Spohn appointed adjunct professor in the Key Centre

Cassia Spohn, Foundation Professor and director of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, has been appointed an adjunct professor in the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. 

The Key Centre is home to scholars who engage in research on values-based reforms in institutional, organizational and community governance that reduce social injustices and improve individual, environmental and societal safety and well-being. The interdisciplinary center supports collaboration among experiences and early career faculty as well as students, in humanities, psychology, sociology, law, economics, criminology and other social sciences.

Spohn has published more than 100 articles on topics such as the effects of race/ethnicity and sex on state and federal sentencing decisions, sentencing of drug offenders, case processing decisions in sexual assault cases and the deterrent effect of imprisonment. Her work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Justice, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In 1987 her research was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark case, McCleskey v. Kemp.