Faculty Profiles

My research focuses on two larger areas: examining court decision-making by judges and prosecutors and working with community agencies on program and process evaluation in justice-related fields. I have been a co-investigator on several funded projects, including evaluating a conflict management program for behavioral health staff and a family drug treatment court, and have served as a principal investigator on an evaluation response to the civil legal needs of survivors of human trafficking. I have served as a master’s thesis chair and have been actively involved in mentoring master’s and doctoral students on research projects, including presentations at conferences and publishing peer-reviewed articles.

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• The effect of neighborhood context and local institutions on offending, corrections and parolee outcomes

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My research primarily examines urban gun violence. My work uses geographic information systems, social network analysis, simulation, and advanced statistical modeling to understand the processes that contribute to violence. I am currently involved in two funded projects to evaluate gun violence prevention programs, including Cure Violence (St. Louis, MO) and Project Life (Indianapolis, IN). I am always looking to work with graduate students interested in learning more about data management and analysis.

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My research focuses on examining potential disparities in the criminal justice system related to sentencing decisions; and the influence of individual- and neighborhood-level factors that affect the likelihood of recidivism post-jail. I have experience conducting program evaluations for various agencies across Wisconsin, and currently have funding for a process and outcome evaluation of the Milwaukee County Adult Drug Treatment Court. I hope to draw additional funding in the future that will support both masters and doctoral students.

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Dr. Stan Stojkovic is a Criminal Justice & Criminology professor at the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare. He is an expert in criminal justice administration, prisoner reintegration, and theories of justice. He has written extensively on corrections and works locally, nationally, and internationally with law enforcement and corrections entities.

Professor Stojkovic is author or co-author of over 50 academic publications, book chapters, monographs, editorials, and other publications. He has conducted numerous projects evaluating correctional outcomes. He was principal local evaluator for the Correctional/Law Enforcement Family Services (CLEFS) project, funded by the National Institute of Justice, in 2005. In addition, he was co-evaluator of the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) initiative with the U.S. Attorneys Office in Southeastern Wisconsin (2010). He has worked with the Police Officer Standards and Training (POST) agency for the state of California regarding prisoner re-entry (2008-2021). Additionally, he is a commissioner on the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Accreditation Group (2000-present), a group dedicated to advancing law enforcement accreditation in the state of Wisconsin.

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My research focuses on unhealthy alcohol use and expanding the base of alcohol and other drug use intervention into health care settings. I have been involved in numerous substance use research, evaluation, and training projects over the past 20+ years. These projects have included the efficacy of alcohol behavioral treatments in combination with medications, studies on alcohol screening and brief intervention for individuals engaged in hazardous and harmful drinking, and alcohol biomarker research.

My current projects focus on integrated substance use disorder and psychological trauma treatment. I currently am the co-principal Investigator of a training project titled Youth-Oriented Substance Abuse and Trauma Counseling. I have served as an advisor to several doctoral students over the years, published with many more, and I count several former students as current colleagues in the substance use research field.

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My research examines the impact and intersection of interpersonal and state violence on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) youth and young adults. My previous work investigated young transgender women’s pathways into the criminal legal system. Currently, I serve as the principal investigator on an NIH-funded study examining transgender women’s trajectories of victimization, help-attainment, and mental health. I am excited to expand my research team to include new doctoral students.

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My research focuses on the design, implementation and evaluation of trauma responsive service models integrated within publicly funded programs such as child welfare. I have developed the T-SBIRT model, and after completing multiple feasibility studies, I am now conducting outcome evaluations of the model. I currently have funding from the Wisconsin Partnership Program and Medical College of Wisconsin. I hope to draw down future funding that will enable support of doctoral students.

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My research focuses on infant and maternal health, specifically, reducing risk of sleep-related infant deaths such as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and suffocation. I am currently studying the context of infant sleep and parental decision-making about infant sleep practices. I am also evaluating approaches to educate families on safe infant sleep, such as group education and home visiting models, as well as hospital-based interventions. I am seeking funding for the next phases of my research, including funding to support doctoral students.

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