Criminal Justice Matters: Selected Publications

Creasie Finney Hairston, Director

Hairston, C. F. (2019). Family oriented correctional programs. In R. Morgan (Ed.), Sage encyclopedia of criminal psychology (pp. 473-476). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Hairston, C. F. (2019). Reflections and conclusions. In J. M. Eddy & J. Poehlmann-Tyson (Eds.), Handbook on children with incarcerated parents: Research, policy and practice (2nd ed., pp. 373-379). Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland.

Hairston, C. F. (2018). Family relationships during incarceration and when fathers return home. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 57(2), 67-68.

Hairston, C. F. (2016). Starting all over: Service needs and service responses in an urban neighborhood. Chicago, IL: Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research, Jane Addams College of Social Work.

Hairston, C. F. (2014). Editor’s note: Women prisoners’ community reentry and reintegration. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 53(7), 501-502.

Hairston, C. F. (2010). Foreword. In J. M. Eddy & J. Poehlmann (Eds.), Children of incarcerated parents:
A handbook for researchers and practitioners, pp. xiii-xvi. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute Press.

Hairston, C. F. (2010). Introduction. Special issue: Children of incarcerated parents. Scholar & Feminist Online, 8(2).

Hairston, C. F. (2009). Kinship care when parents are incarcerated: What we know, what we can do.  Baltimore, MD: Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Hairston, C. F. (2008). Children with parents in prison: Child welfare matters. CW360°, pp. 4-5, 22.

Oliver, W., & Hairston, C. F. (2008). Intimate partner violence during the transition from prison to the community: Perspectives of incarcerated African American men. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 16(3), 258-276.

Hairston, C. F. (2007). Focus on children with incarcerated parents: An overview of the research literature. Baltimore, MD: Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Hairston, C. F., & Oliver, W. (2006). Domestic violence and prisoner reentry: Experiences of African American men and women (pp. 1-28). New York, NY: Vera Institute of Justice.

Hairston, C. F., & Oliver, W. (2006). Women’s experiences with men’s incarceration and reentry. Women, Girls, & Criminal Justice, 7(5), 65-80.

Hairston, C. F., & Rollin, J. (2006). Prisoner reentry: Social capital and family connections. In R. Immarigeon (Ed.), Women and girls in the criminal justice system: Policy issues and practice strategies (pp. 4-1–4-5) .Kingston: Civic Research Institute, Inc.

Hairston, C. F., Oliver, W., Williams, O. J., & Crowder, L. (2004). Prisoner reentry and intimate partner violence in the African American community: The case for culturally competent interventions. Journal of the Institute of Justice & International Studies, 1(4), 47-156.

Hairston, C. F., Rollin, J., & Jo, H. (2004). Family connections during imprisonment and prisoners’ community reentry. Chicago, IL: Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research, Jane Addams College of Social Work.

Hairston, C. F., Bates, R. E., & Lawrence-Wills, S. (2003). Serving incarcerated mothers and their babies in community-based residences. Chicago, IL: Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research, Jane Addams College of Social Work.

Hairston, C. F., Bates, R. E., & Lawrence-Wills, S. (2003). Children and families of incarcerated parents:
A view from the ground. Chicago, IL: Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research, Jane Addams College of Social Work.

Hairston, C. F. (2003). Parents in prison: New directions for social services. In O. Harris & R. R. Miller (Eds.), Impacts of Incarceration on the African American Family (pp. 81-186). New York: Transaction Publishers.

Hairston, C. F. (2003). Prisoners and their families: Parenting issues during incarceration. In J. Travis and M. Waul (Eds.), Prisoners once removed: The impact of incarceration and reentry on children, families, and communities (pp. 259-282) Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute Press.

Hairston, C. F., & Rollin, J. E. (2003). Social capital and family connections. Women, Girls & Criminal Justice, 4(5), 67-68.

Hairston, C. F. (2003). Families, prisoners, and community reentry: A look at issues and programs. In V. Gadsden (Ed.), Heading home: Offender reintegration into the family. Lanham, MD: American Correctional Association.

Hairston, C. F. (2002). Fathers in prison: responsible fatherhood and responsible public policies. Michigan Family Impact Seminars Briefing Report No. 2002-1, pp. 21-26.

Hairston, C. F. (2002). The importance of families in prisoners’ community reentry. ICCA Journal of Community Corrections, pp. 11-12, 14.

Hairston, C. F. (2002). Prisoners and families: parenting issues during incarceration. In From prison to home: The effect of incarceration and reentry on children, families and communities. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Hairston, C. F. (2001). Fathers in prison: responsible fatherhood and responsible public policies. Marriage and Family Review, 32(3-4), 111-135.

Seymour, C., & Hairston, C. F. (Eds.). (2001). Children with parents in prison: child welfare policy, program, & policy issues. New York: Routledge.

Hairston, C. F. (2001). The importance of families in prisoners’ community reentry. Family and Corrections Network Report, 30, 1.

Hairston, C. F. (2001). Prisoners and their families and friends. Proceedings of the international conference on human rights and prison reform. Washington, DC: National CURE.

Hairston, C. F., Jeffries, J. M., & Menghraj, S. (2001). Serving incarcerated and ex-offender fathers and their families: a review of the field. New York, NY: Vera Institute of Justice.

Hairston, C. F. (2001). Foreword. In P. O’Brien, Making It in the “free world”: Women in transition from prison. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

John Holton, Director of Strategic Initiatives

Molnar, B. E., Goerge, R. E, Gilsanz, P., Hill, A., Subramanian, S. V., Holton, J. K., Duncan, D. T ., Beatriz, E. D., & Beardslee, W. R. (2016). Neighborhood-level social processes and substantiated cases of child maltreatment. Child Abuse and Neglect, 51, 41-53.

Zambrana, R. E., & Holton, J. K. (2007). Disparity/Inequity, knowledge production and public policy. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 16(3/4), 169-178.

Molnar, B. E., Buka, S. L., Brennan, R. T., Holton, J. K., & Earls, F. (2003). A multilevel study of neighborhoods and parent-to-child physical aggression: Results from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods. Child Maltreatment, 8(2), 84-97.

Holton, J. K. (1995). Witnessing violence: Making the invisible visible. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 6(2), 152-159.

Holton, J. K. (1994). Educating families and children on child health. In M. Jenkins (Ed.), Child health in the inner-city: Issues and answers for the ’90s. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press.

Holton, J. K. (1992). African American’s needs and participation in child maltreatment prevention services: Toward a community response to child abuse and neglect. Urban Research Review, 14(1), 1-6.

Holton, J. K. (1990). Black families and child abuse prevention: An African-American perspective and approach. Chicago: National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse.

Holton, J. K. (1989). A report on the development of a culturally competent approach for working with African American families. Chicago: The Ounce of Prevention Fund.

Holton, J. K. (1985). [Review of the book] Juvenile delinquency: Trends and perspectives by M. Rutter and H. Giller. Contemporary Sociology, 14, 460-461.

Joseph Strickland, Senior Researcher

Strickland, J. (2016). Building social capital for stable employment: The postprison experiences of Black male exprisoners. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 55(3), 129-147.

Strickland, J. & Aspholm, R. (2010). Preventing Recidivism of Boot Camp Participants Report. Unpublished Report for Cook County Jail.

Kathryn Bocanegra, Faculty Affiliate

Bocanegra, K. (2018). Community context and mass incarceration. In R. D. Morgan (Ed.) The Sage Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology. Alexandria, VA: American Correctional Association.

Bocanegra, K. (2017). Community and decarceration: Developing localized solutions. In M. Epperson & C. Pettus-Davis (Eds.) Smart decarceration. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Aaron Gottlieb, Faculty Affiliate

Gottlieb, A., & Mahabir, M. (in press). Incorporating gender into smart decarceration. Social Work.

Gottlieb, A., & Arnold, K. (in press). Do public defender resources matter? The effect of public defender and support staff caseloads on the incarceration of felony defendants. Journal of Society for Social Work and Research.

Gottlieb, A. & Flynn, K. (2021). The legacy of slavery and mass incarceration: Evidence from felony case outcomes. Social Service Review, 95(1).

Gottlieb, A., Charles, P., McLeod, B. A., Kjellstrand, J., & Bonsu, J. (2021). Were California’s decarceration efforts smart? A quasi-experimental examination of racial, ethnic, and gender disparities. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 48(1), 116-134.

Jacobs, L., & Gottlieb, A. (2020). Housing circumstances as recidivism risk factors for probationers.  Criminal Justice and Behavior, 47, 1097-115.

Farrell, C., & Gottlieb, A. (2020). The effect of health insurance on healthcare utilization in the justice-involved population, 2014-2016. American Journal of Public Health, 110, S78- S84.

Gottlieb, A., McLeod, B. A, & Barutell, K. (2020). The impact of health insurance on problematic substance use among justice-involved individuals. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 59, 81-97.

Gottlieb, A. & Mahabir, M. (2019). The effect of multiple types of intimate partner violence on maternal criminal justice involvement. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Gottlieb, A. & Wilson, R (2019). The effect of direct and vicarious police contact on the educational achievement of urban teens. Children and Youth Services Review, 103, 190-199.

Gottlieb, A., & Sugie, N. F. (2019). Marriage, cohabitation, and crime: Differentiating associations by partnership stage. Justice Quarterly, 36, 503-531.

Gottlieb, A., & Moose, J. W. (2018). The effect of eviction on maternal criminal justice involvement. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 4, 1-12.

McLeod, B. A., & Gottlieb, A. (2018). Examining the relationship between incarceration and child support arrears among low-income fathers. Children and Youth Services Review, 94, 1-9.

Gottlieb, A. (2017). Incarceration and relative poverty in cross-national perspective: The moderating roles of female employment and the welfare state. Social Service Review, 91(2), 293-318.

Gottlieb, A. (2017). The impact of messaging on public attitudes towards criminal justice reform for nonviolent offenses. Crime & Delinquency, 63(5), 636-656.

Gottlieb, A. (2016). Household incarceration in early adolescence and the risk of premarital first birth. Children and Youth Services Review, 61, 126-134.

Charles Hounmenou, Faculty Affiliate

Charles Hounmenou & Caitlin O’Grady (2021) Private investigators’ experiences in human trafficking investigations. Journal of Human Trafficking. doi: 10.1080/23322705.2021.1925819

Hounmenou, C. (2021). A statewide coalition’s input in human trafficking policy implementation: Member organizations’ involvement and perceptions. Journal of Human Trafficking, 7(1), 69-87.

Hounmenou, C. (2020). Private investigation agencies’ involvement in the fight against human trafficking. Research Report. Chicago: Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois Chicago.

Laser-Maira, J., Hounmenou, C., & Peach, D. (2020). Global commercial and sexual exploitation of children. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Oxford University Press.

Hounmenou, C. (2020). Engaging anti-human trafficking stakeholders in the research process. Journal of Human Trafficking, 6:1, 30-49.

Hounmenou, C., & O’Grady, C. (2019). A review and critique of the U.S. policy responses to commercial sexual exploitation of children. Children & Youth Services Review, 98, 188-198.

Hounmenou, C. (2018). Policy response and service provision to child victims of commercial sexual exploitation in the West African region. Journal of Human Trafficking, 4(4), 336-361.

Hounmenou, C. (2018). Scope of human trafficking in Illinois and beyond. Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research, University of Illinois Chicago.

Hounmenou, C. (2017). Issues of sexually transmitted infections and violence among children in prostitution in West Africa. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 34(5), 479-492.

Hounmenou, C. (2015). Human trafficking in Illinois – Fact Sheet. Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research, University of Illinois Chicago.

Hounmenou, C. (2014). Justice advocates: Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) and prison reform. Chicago, U.S.: Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research, University of Illinois Chicago. 52 p.

Hounmenou, C. (2012). Justice advocates: Citizens Alert and police accountability. Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research, University of Illinois Chicago.

Hounmenou, C. (2012). Monitoring human rights of persons in police lockups: Potential role of community-based organizations. Journal of Community Practice, 20(3), 274–292.

Hounmenou, C. (2010). Standards for monitoring human rights of people in police lockups. Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research, University of Illinois Chicago.

Hounmenou, C. (2009). Summary of the John Howard Association’s 26th Court Monitoring Report for Duran v. Brown et al. about crowding and conditions of confinement at the Cook County Department of Corrections. U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois, from May 2009 to December 2009. Chicago, IL: John Howard Association.

Branden McLeod, Faculty Affiliate

McLeod, B. A. (2021). The effects of multiple forms of father-child contact during imprisonment on fathers’ reports of relationship quality. Corrections: Policy, Practice and Research, 1-19.

Gottlieb, A., Charles, P., McLeod, B., Kjellstrand, J., & Bonsu, J. (2020). Were California’s decarceration efforts smart? A quasi-experimental examination of racial, ethnic, and gender disparities. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 48(1), 116-134.

Gottlieb, A., McLeod, B. A., & Barutell, K. F. (2020). The impact of health insurance on problematic substance use among justice-involved individuals. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 59(2), 81-97.

McLeod, B. A., Cryer-Coupet, Q., Johnson, W. E., & Mincy, R. (2019). Examining the longitudinal effects of paternal incarceration and coparenting relationships on sons’ vocabulary development. Children and Youth Services Review, 100, 362-375.

McLeod, B. A., & Gottlieb, A. (2018). Examining the relationship between child support arrears and incarceration among low-income nonresident fathers. Children and Youth Services Review, 94(2).

Van Sluytman, L. G., Torres, D., McLeod, B. A., & Coleman, D. (2018). When they return: Framing the argument for inclusion. Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, 3, 149-157.

McLeod, B. A., Gilmore, J., Daughtery, L. G., & Jones, J. T. (2018). A nonprofit organization’s approach to cognize community responses to historic and perpetuated structural racism in Baltimore city. Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, 4(2).

McLeod, B. A. & Bonsu, J. E. (2018). The benefits and challenges of visitation practices in correctional settings: Will video visitation assist incarcerated fathers and their children? Children and Youth Services Review, 93, 30-35.

McLeod, B. A. (2017). Fathering despite perpetual penalties: Examining fathers’ involvement amidst the collateral consequences of previous criminal justice involvement. Urban Social Work, 1(2), 144-164.

McLeod, B. A. & Tirmazi, M. T. (2017). Paternal dimensions and complexities: Understanding the relationship between parental dyads and fathers’ involvement among Black fathers with criminal records. Journal of Family Social Work, 20(5).

McLeod, B. A., Gilmore, J., & Jones, J. (2017). Solutions to structural racism in Baltimore City: One organization’s community-engaged approach in the aftermath of civil unrest. Social Work, 62(1), 77-79.

Egleton, M. C., Banigo, D. M., McLeod, B. A., & Vakalahi, H. F. O. (2016). Homelessness among formerly incarcerated African American men: Contributors and consequences. Contemporary Social Science, 11(4), 403-413.