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Stephen M. Cox, Ph.D.
ISCJ Director, Professor and Acting Economics Department Chair

406 Vance Academic Center
Office Phone: (860)832-3138
Email Address:
coxs@ccsu.edu

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 Ph.D., Michigan State University, Criminal Justice

Research Interests: Social Policy, Quantitative Criminology

Courses Taught

Introduction to Criminal Justice
Research Methods in Criminology
Criminology
Current Issues in Criminal Justice Policy
Research Methods in Criminal Justice
Public Policy in Criminal Justice
Administration of Justice

Selected Publications and Academic Paper Presentations

Publications:

Cox, Stephen M., Simmons, Reginald, Ruffolo, Lyndsay, and McCreary, Kenisha.  (2009).  Evaluation of the Department of Children and Families’ Juvenile Review Boards.  Hartford, CT: Connecticut Department of Children and Families.

Cox, Stephen M., Mitchell, Damon.  (2009).  Final Report of the Evaluation of the Community Reporting Engagement Support and Treatment Center (CREST).  Middletown, CT: Connecticut Department of Mental and Addiction Services, Division of Forensic Services

Cox, Stephen M., Costanza, Stephen; Ruffolo, Lyndsay and Revicki, Jesse (2009) “A Comparative Analysis of  Special Parole and Split Sentence Probation Sentencing Options” [technical report commissioned by Connecticut Dept. of Correction]

Cox, Stephen M., Costanza, Stephen; Revicki, Jesse and Ruffolo, Lyndsay (2009) "An Exploratory Study of the Connecticut Department of Correction’s Halfway House Programs" [technical report commissioned by Connecticut Dept. of Correction]

Cox, Stephen M., Bantley, Kathleen, Roscoe, Thomas, and Hill, Brian.  (2008).  ­The Effects of Connecticut’s Probation Transition Program on Reducing Technical Violations.  Justice Policy and Review. 10(1), 1-20.

Costanza, Stephen and Ruffolo, Lyndsay (2008) "Analysis of the Connecticut Department of Correction Prisoner Reentry Workbook" [technical report commissioned by Connecticut Dept. of Correction]

Kuhns, Joseph B., Maguire, Edward, Uchida, Craig., and Cox, Stephen M., (2007).  Measuring Community Policing at the Agency Level.  Police Quarterly, 4, 429-454.

Mitchell, Damon, Angelone, D.J., and Cox, Stephen M.  (2007).  An Exploration of Readiness to Change Processes in a Clinical Sample of Military Service Members.  Journal of Addictive Diseases, 26(3), 60-83.

Cox, Stephen M., Costanza, Stephen, and Ruffolo, Lyndsay.  (2007).  Final Report of the Evaluation of the New Britain Police Department’s Weed and Seed Program.  New Britain, CT:  New Britain Police Department, City of New Britain.

Ratansi, Shamir and Cox, Stephen M.  Revalidation of the Parole Salient Factor Score Risk Assessment Tool. Wethersfield, CT: Connecticut Department of Correction.

Mitchell, D., Cox, S. M., Demos, E., & Angell, L. M. (2007). Final report of the evaluation of the Connecticut Department of Correction’s Project RAISE. Wethersfield, CT: State of Connecticut Department of Correction.

Cox, Stephen M., Bantley, Kathleen, and Roscoe, Thomas.  (2006).  Final Report of the Evaluation of the Probation Transition Program and the Technical Violation Unit. Wethersfield, CT: Court Support Services Division, Connecticut Judicial Branch.

Cox, Stephen M.  (2006).  Evaluation of the Norwich Public Schools’ Pilot Reintegration Education Program (PREP).  Hartford, CT: Connecticut Office of Policy and Management.

Cox, Stephen M.  (2006).  Evaluation of the Hartford Public Schools’ Pilot Reintegration Education Program (PREP).  Hartford, CT: Connecticut Office of Policy and Management.

Cox, Stephen M., and Gaboury, Mario.  (2005).  Juvenile Arrests in Three Connecticut Municipalities.  Bridgeport, CT:  Regional Youth Adult Substance Program and The Tow Foundation.

Pease, Susan E., Cox, Stephen M., Ludwig, Mark A., and Tafrate, Raymond Chip.  (2004).  Evaluation of the Young Offender Model, Final Report.  Hartford, CT:  Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

Cox, Stephen M., Bynum, Timothy, S., and Davidson, William, S.  (2004).  Understanding the Relationship between Carrying Weapons to School and Fighting.  In. R. Holmes and S. Holmes (Eds.), Violence: A Contemporary Reader, pp. 133-146.  Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Cox, Stephen M. and Bantley, Kathleen.  (2003).  Process Evaluation of the Bias Crimes Diversion Project.  West Hartford, CT:  The Justice Education Center, Inc.

Cox, Stephen M. and Orsaris, Erini.  (2003).  Evaluation of the Pilot Reintegration Educational Project (PREP), Second Interim Report.  Hartford, CT:  Connecticut Office on Policy and Management.

Hedlund, Jennifer, Cox, Stephen M., and Wiatrowski, Susan.  (2003).  Validation of the Bail Risk Assessment Instrument.  Rocky Hill, CT:  Connecticut Judicial Branch, Court Support Services Division.

Cox, Stephen M., Forde, Margaret.  (2002).  Evaluation of the Pilot Reintegration Educational Project (PREP), Interim Report.  Hartford, CT:  Connecticut Office on Policy and Management.

Pease, Susan E., Tafrate, Raymond Chip, and Cox, Stephen M.  (2002).  Interim Report on the Evaluation of the Young Offender Model.  Hartford, CT:  Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

Malley, James C., and Cox, Stephen M.  (2002).  Building a Positive School Climate, Plainville School District.  Plainville, CT:  Plainville Board of Education.

Cox, Stephen M.  (2002).  Introduction to the Special Issue on Racial Profiling.  Police Quarterly, 5(3), 270-271.

Cox, Stephen M.  (2002).  Crime Reporting and Analysis. In D. Levinson (Ed.)  Encyclopedia of Crime & Punishment, 1, (pp. 384-388).  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishing.

Cox, Stephen M.  (2002).  Statistics Methods and Models.  In D. Levinson (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Crime & Punishment, 4, (pp. 1571-1576).  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishing.

Cox, Stephen M.  (2002).  A Layperson’s Guide to Forensic Science [Review of Beyond the Crime Lab:  The New Science of Investigation by Jon Zonderman.  Contemporary Psychology, 47(2), 128-130.

Cox, Stephen M., Pease, Susan E., Miller, Daniel S., and Tyson, C. Benjamin.  (2001).  Report on Traffic Stops for the State of Connecticut For the Period of July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001.  Rocky Hill, CT:  Division of Criminal Justice, Office of the Chief State’s Attorney, State of Connecticut.

Pease, Susan E., Tafrate, Raymond Chip, and Cox, Stephen M.  (2001).  Final Report: Process Evaluation of Tier 4 Connecticut Department of Correction Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Programs. Washington, D.C.:  National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice.

Cox, Stephen, M., and Reed, Dolly.  (2001).  Light the Candle: Recognizing the Victims of Family Violence Homicide in Connecticut.  Hartford, CT: State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management Statistical Analysis Center.

Cox, Stephen M., Pease, Susan E., Miller, Daniel S., and Tyson, C. Benjamin.  (2001).  Interim Report of Traffic Stops Statistics:  January 2000 to June 2000.  Rocky Hill, CT:  Division of Criminal Justice, Office of the Chief State’s Attorney, State of Connecticut.

Cox, Stephen M.  (1999).  An Assessment of the Effects of an Alternative Education Program for At Risk Delinquent Youth.   Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 36(3), 323-336

Miller, Daniel S., and Cox, Stephen M.  (1999).  Public Awareness of the Michael Ross Case:  A Study for the State of Connecticut Office of the Public Defender.  New Britain, CT:  Center for Social Research, Central Connecticut State University.

Academic Paper Presentations

Costanza, Stephen, E., Cox, Stephen M., and Mitchell, Damon. “Straight out the Supermax: A Study of Ex-Convicts Released from Long-term Confinement Directly into the Community.”  Paper to be presented at the 2009 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology.  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Cox, Stephen M.  “An Analysis of Connecticut Halfway Houses”.  Invited speaker at the 2009 Annual Meetings of the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics and Justice Research and Statistical Association.  St. Louis, Missouri.

Costanza, Stephen, E., Cox, Stephen M., and Kilburn, John C.  “Halfway Houses and Desistance from Criminal Activity: An Exploratory Analysis Using Propensity Modeling”.  Paper Presented at the 2009 Annual Meetings of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.  Boston, Massachusetts. 

Mitchell, Damon and Cox, Stephen M.   “Evaluation of a transitional case management program” . Paper to be presented at the 2009 Annual Meetings of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts.

Costanza, Stephen, Ruffolo, Lyndsay, Cox, Stephen M.  “Evaluation of New Britain’ Weed and Seed Project using Spacial Analysis”.  Paper presented at the 2008 Annual Meetings of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Mitchell, Damon and Cox, Stephen M.  “Bar-On Emotional Intelligence Quotient profiles in an incarcerated population”. Paper be presented at the 2008 Annual Meetings of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Mitchell, Damon, and Cox, Stephen M.  “Evaluation of RAISE: A correctional life skills training program.”  Poster presented at the 2008 Annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts.

Cox, Stephen M.  “Connecticut’s Prison Population Forecasting Model”.  Invited speaker at the 2007 Annual Meetings of the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Justice Research Statistical Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Cox, Stephen M. and Bantley, Kathleen. “Findings from the Evaluation of the Probation Transition Program and the Technical Violation Unit.” Paper presented at the 2007 Annual Meetings of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Seattle, Washington.

Hedlund, Jennifer, and Cox, Stephen M. “Development of a Decision Aid for Pretrial Conditional Release.” Poster presented at the 2007 Annual Meetings of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Seattle, Washington.

Mitchell, Damon, Cox, Stephen, M., and Angelone, D. J. (2006). Changes in readiness to change over the course of substance abuse treatment. Poster presented at the 2006 Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL.

Ratansi, Shamir and Cox, Stephen M.  A Revalidation of the Parole Salient Risk Factor Score.” Presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Southern Criminal Justice Association, Charleston, South Carolina.

Ratansi, Shamir, Cox, Stephen M., and Vose, Brenda.  The Effectiveness of Risk Assessment Tools for Parolees.” Presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland.

Cox, Stephen M.  “From Lock-up to School:  Placing Seriously Delinquent Youth Back Into School.”            Paper presented at the 2004 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Nashville, Tennessee.

Hedlund, Jennifer, Cox, Stephen M. “Validation of Connecticut's Risk Assessment for Pretrial Decision Making.”  Paper presented at the 2004 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Nashville, Tennessee.

Cox, Stephen M., Pease, Susan E., Ludwig, Mark L., and Tafrate, Raymond Chip.  “Don't Blame Me":  The Failure of a Promising Substance Abuse Intervention.”  Poster presented at the 2004 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Nashville, Tennessee.

Cox, Stephen M., Hedlund, Jennifer, and Ludwig, Mark L.  “Exploring the Tacit Nature of Police Work.”  Poster presented at the 2002 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois.

Pease, Susan E., Tafrate, Raymond Chip, and Cox, Stephen M. “Process Evaluation of Three Connecticut Department of Correction Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Programs.”  Paper presented at the 2002 Annual Meetings of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Anaheim, California.

Cox, Stephen M., Pease, Susan E., and Miller, Daniel S.  “Racial Profiling in Connecticut.”  Paper presented at the 2001 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, Georgia. 

Cox, Stephen M., Gaboury, Mario T., Phillips, Scott W., and Miller, Daniel S.  “The Phoenix Barrier Project: A Time Series Evaluation of CPTED.”  Paper presented at the 2000 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, California.

Gaboury, Mario T., Gosha, Michael, and Cox, Stephen M.   “The Bridgeport Police Department’s Anti-Graffiti Program.”  Panel presentation at the 1999 Problem Oriented Policing Conference sponsored by the Police Executive Research Foundation, San Diego, California.

Cox, Stephen M., Bynum, Timothy S., and Davidson, William S.  “Predicting Success or Failure in a Drug Testing Program Combined with Immediate Sanctions for Parolees:  The Evaluation of Project S.T.O.P.”  Paper presented at the 1999 meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Ontario.

Cox, Stephen M.  “An Evaluation of the Bridgeport Police Department’s Anti-Graffiti Program.”  Presented at the 1999 Connecticut State University Research Conference, Willimantic, Connecticut.

Gaboury, Mario, Cox, Stephen M., and Gosha, Michael.  “Getting the Writing Off the Wall: Decreasing Graffiti through Community Policing.”  Presented at the 1999 meetings of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Orlando, Florida.