Criminal Justice Faculty
David Brody
Associate Professor
brody@wsu.edu
509-358-7952
WSUS Phase 1, WSU Spokane
Dr. Brody's interests include criminal law, criminal procedure, administration of justice, judicial evaluation, judicial selection systems, prosecution and adjudication, law and social control, and the jury system.
Laurie Drapela
Associate Professor
ldrapela@vancouver.wsu.edu
360-546-9485
MMC 102F, WSU Vancouver
Dr. Drapela's research interests include probation officer discretion, the sociological impacts of prison siting, the implementation and operation of therapeutic courts, and offending desistance trajectories among youth. Her work has appeared in Crime & Delinquency, the Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Deviant Behavior, and Youth & Society.
Zachary Hays
Assistant Professor
zhays@wsu.edu
509-335-4031
Johnson Tower 817, WSU Pullman
Charles Johnson
Adjunct
cj@mail.wsu.edu
Johnson Tower 623, WSU Pullman
Faith Lutze
Associate Professor
lutze@wsu.edu
509-335-2272
Johnson Tower 812, WSU Pullman
Dr. Lutze's current research interests include the rehabilitative nature of prison environments, the impact of ultra-masculine environments on inmate adjustment, offender adjustment to community corrections supervision, and violence toward women. She teaches criminal justice courses related to corrections and to gender and justice.
Otwin Marenin
Professor & Interim Director
otwin@wsu.edu
509-335-8428
Johnson Tower 718, WSU Pullman
Dr. Marenin's research and publications have focused on comparative politics and criminal justice issues and, more recently, on issues in international and comparative policing, international police assistance and training efforts, criminal justice in Third World countries, and policing in Native American communities.
Denise Mowder
Adjunct
dmowder@wsu.edu
Johnson Tower 726, WSU Pullman
Matthew Nobles
Assistant Professor
mnobles@wsu.edu
509-335-4075
Johnson Tower 814, WSU Pullman
Bryan Vila
Professor
vila@wsu.edu
509-358-7711
WSUS Phase 1,
WSU Spokane
Dr. Vila's research areas include criminology theory development; the impact of bio-physical, social, and behavioral factors on police performance and discretionay behavior; interdisciplinary research techniques (esp. geographic information systems, mathematical modeling, historical analysis, and evaluation); the evolution of culture in human societies; and street gangs.
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