Nancy Rodriguez
Faculty Profile: Nancy Rodriguez, Ph.D
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Nancy Rodriguez, Ph.DCriminology and Criminal Justice Associate Professor ASU at the Downtown Campus |
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Office: UCENT S304 Phone: 602-496-2343 Email: Nancy.Rodriguez@asu.edu |
Nancy Rodriguez is an Associate Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Washington State University in 1998. Her research interests include sentencing policies, juvenile court processes, and substance abuse. She also conducts research in the area of restorative justice. Her research has included program evaluations of drug courts, restorative justice programs, and three strikes laws. She has also conducted studies on the role of race/ethnicity and gender in juvenile court processes. Dr. Rodriguez recently completed a study of prosecution and sentencing practices of imprisoned drug offenders pre and post Arizona's mandatory drug treatment law. She is currently working on a statewide analysis of race/ethnicity and gender in Arizona's juvenile court system. Dr. Rodriguez has received several grants from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She is the co-author of Just Cause or Just Because? Prosecution and Plea-bargaining Resulting in Prison Sentences on Low-level Drug Charges in California and Arizona and co-editor of Images of Color, Images of Crime: Readings. Her recent work has appeared in Crime Delinquency, Justice Quarterly, and Criminology Public Policy.
Courses taught:
- CRJ 100 Justice System
- CRJ 340 Juvenile Justice
- CRJ 302 Research Methods
- CRJ 598 Seminar on Courts and Sentencing
- CRJ 534 Program Evaluation for Criminal Justice
Recent Publications:
- Rodriguez, Nancy Webb, Vincent J. (2004). Multiple measures of juvenile drug court effectiveness: Results of a quasi-experimental design. Crime Delinquency, 50(2), 292 - 314
- Rodriguez, Nancy. (2005). Restorative justice, communities, and delinquency: Whom do we reintegrate? Criminology Public Policy, 4(1), 103 - 130
- Rodriguez, Nancy, Katz, Charles, Webb, Vincent, Schaefer, David. (2005). Examining the impact of individual, community, and market factors on methamphetamine use: A tale of two cities. Journal of Drug Issues, 35(4), 665 - 694
Community Involvement
Arizona Supreme Court, Administrative Office of the Courts: Arizona Building Blocks Initiative, Research Advisory Board
Professional Affiliations
- American Society of Criminology
- Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
Specializations
- Juvenile Justice
- Sentencing Policies
- Evaluation Research
- Race, Gender, and Crime
