I am Professor of Criminology at Rutgers University-Newark. I received my Ph.D. in 2004 from the University of Maryland. My research encompasses the labor market, the life course, and crime policy, and has been published in Criminology, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Justice Quarterly, and Social Problems, among others.
I have served or currently serve on the editorial boards of five leading criminological journals: Criminology, Justice Quarterly, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, and Criminology and Public Policy. I am also a former Associate Editor of Journal of Quantitative Criminology (2014-2018).