NACJD Faculty Affiliates
The NACJD project at ICPSR is supported by an interdisciplinary group of University of Michigan faculty. Representing multiple academic units, these scholars are leading experts on topics related to crime, law, and justice.

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics University of Michigan
Areas of expertise: Youth crime reduction and interventions; field experiments

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology University of Michigan
Areas of expertise: Developmental psychopathology; adolescent antisocial behavior

Professor, Department of Sociology University of Michigan
Areas of expertise: Neighborhood effects on crime; prisoner reentry

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics University of Michigan
Areas of expertise: The economics of crime, administrative data on criminal justice

Professor of Law; Co-Director, Empirical Legal Studies Center & Program in Law and Economics University of Michigan Law School
Areas of expertise: Criminal law; sentencing; courts

Associate Professor, School of Social Work; Co-Director, Child and Adolescent Data Lab University of Michigan
Areas of expertise: Juvenile justice, child maltreatment, foster care, transition to adulthood, administrative data.

Wade H. and Dores M. McCree Collegiate Professor of Law; Director, Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse University of Michigan Law School
Areas of expertise: Civil rights; prisoner rights; prison litigation

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing University of Michigan
Areas of expertise: Adolescent drug use and violence prevention; child and adolescent health and well-being; risk and resilience

Professor, Department of History, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, & Residential College University of Michigan
Areas of expertise: History of punishment and criminal justice policy

Marshall H. Becker Collegiate Professor, School of Public Health & Department of Psychology; Director, Prevention Research Center University of Michigan
Areas of expertise: Violence prevention; delinquency; adolescent health and resilience; empowerment theory