Research output per year
Research output per year
Organization profile
Organization profile
The Criminal Justice Research Center (CJRC) is a center within the College of the Liberal Arts that bridges the gap between research and criminal justice practice by fostering a rigorous research agenda and transferring knowledge directly to criminal justice practitioners and policymakers. CJRC-sponsored research illuminates causes and solutions for the most pressing criminal justice issues. The CJRC supports research at all levels within the University – undergraduate, graduate, post-doctoral, and faculty – and reaches across multiple units at Penn State University Park and the Penn State campuses.
CJRC staff and affiliates collaborate directly with local, state, and federal criminal justice agencies and community partners to inform evidence-based policies in four key areas of expertise:
- Courts and Sentencing
- Corrections and Re-Entry
- Treatment and Rehabilitation, and
- Public Safety and Crime Prevention.
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Profiles
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Derek Allen Kreager
- Sociology and Criminology - Professor
- Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)
- Criminal Justice Research Center - Director
Person: Academic
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Research output
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A hybrid mixed methods design for understanding decision making, social structure, and network dynamics of life course transitions
Kreager, D. A., Schaefer, D. R., Brant, K., Bardele, N. & Henry, B. F., Jul 2026, In: Social Networks. 86, p. 173-186 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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From peers to partners: The peer-context origins of adolescent heterosexual romance
McMillan, C., Kreager, D. A. & Veenstra, R., Jun 2026, In: Journal of Research on Adolescence. 36, 2, e70187.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A CONVERSATION WITH KURT DANYSH, DIRECTOR OF THE CUMBERLAND HOUSE: A Peer-Led Reentry Intervention for Older, Recently Incarcerated Men
Lipscomb, D., Danysh, K. M., Brant, K., Hazelwood, A. R. & Kreager, D. A., Jan 1 2025, Handbook on Lived Experience in the Justice System: Volume 10. Taylor and Francis, Vol. 10. p. 298-309 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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A longitudinal mixed methods social network analysis to evaluate a peer-led housing program for older men returning from incarceration: Study protocol & pre-implementation results
Henry, B. F., Kreager, D. A., Gray, J., Brant, K., Zajac, G., Lipscomb, D., Brothers, S., Schaefer, D. R., Bardele, N. & Hazelwood, A., Dec 2025, In: Health and Justice. 13, 1, 52.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bridge Over Troubled Waters? Certified Recovery Specialist Support and Community Reentry: A Pilot Study
Kreager, D. A., Zhang, Y., O’Sullivan, D., Zajac, G. & Bucklen, K. B., Sep 2025, In: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 69, 12, p. 1761-1780 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Geographic Arbitrariness in Capital Punishment: Death as an Inhabited Institution
Ulmer, J. T., Zajac, G. & Rodriguez, A. E., Apr 2025, In: American sociological review. 90, 2, p. 318-348 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Just an unfair score: Perceptions of gender inequity in the treatment of substance use disorders among women involved in the criminal legal system
Jones, A. A., Brant, K., Bishop, R. E., Strong-Jones, S. & Kreager, D. A., Feb 2025, In: Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. 169, 209587.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mothers Inside and Out? Pseudo-Families and Motherhood in a Women’s Prison
Dillavou, J., Kreager, D. A., Greenfelder, T. & Zhang, Y., May 2025, In: Crime and Delinquency. 71, 5, p. 1388-1410 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Sexual Double Standard and Adolescent Stigma: A Sociometric and Comparative Approach
Kreager, D. A., Staff, J., Felmlee, D., Zhang, H. & Veenstra, R., 2025, In: Journal of Sex Research. 62, 4, p. 476-486 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Adverse effects of criminal legal system involvement: a qualitative study examining the role of incarceration and reentry on substance use trajectories among women with opioid use disorders
Strong-Jones, S., Brant, K., Kreager, D., Harrison, E. & Jones, A., 2024, In: BMC Global and Public Health. 2, 1, p. 26 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Projects
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Examining Murder Convictions and Punishment
Ulmer, J. T. (PI) & Zajac, G. (CoPI)
5/15/18 → 4/30/24
Project: Research project
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Network Mechanisms in a Prison-Based Therapeutic Community
Kreager, D. A. (PI)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
8/1/15 → 7/31/16
Project: Research project
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The Prison Inmate Networks Study (PINS)
Kreager, D. A. (PI) & Gxz3@psuedu, G. Z. (CoPI)
4/15/15 → 3/31/18
Project: Research project
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The Prison Inmate Networks Study (PINS)
Kreager, D. A. (PI) & Zajac, G. (CoPI)
4/15/15 → 3/31/18
Project: Research project