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Dr. Tina Freiburger is dean of the School of Information Studies, dean of the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, and dean of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Freiburger's primary research areas are courts and sentencing, program evaluation, juvenile justice, and racial/ethnic issues in the criminal justice system. She teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses, including Methods in Social Welfare Research; Analysis of Criminal Justice Research; Juvenile Justice; Perspectives of Crime and the Criminal Justice System; and Crime and Criminal Justice Policy.

Dr. Freiburger has partnered with several local criminal justice agencies for studies and program evaluations on topics including: juvenile offending; improving the identification of the mental health needs of youth in our community; police and juvenile relations; the effectiveness of work programs for probationers and parolees; the effectiveness of hotspot policing; and racial and gender disparities in prosecutorial and judicial decision making.

Dr. Freiburger has published numerous articles in criminal justice journals and is the associate editor ofÌýCorrections: Policy, Practice, and Research. She is also a member of the editorial board ofÌýYouth Violence and Juvenile Justice; Race and Justice: An International Journal;Ìý²¹²Ô»åÌýJournal of Crime and Justice.

Education

• Ph.D., Criminology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2007
• M.A., Criminal Justice/Criminology, Sam Houston State University, 2004
• B.A., Criminal Justice/Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, 2001Ìý

Professional Interests

• Program evaluation
• Criminal sentencing
• Gender and racial disparities in the criminal justice system
• Juvenile justice and decision making in the juvenile court

Recent Grants

• 10/2019-9/2022:ÌýPrincipal Investigator,ÌýProcess and Outcome Evaluation of Medically Assisted Treatment (MAT) at the House of Correction. Funding: Bureau of Justice Assistance, $121.497.
• 9/2019-9/2023:ÌýCo-Principal InvestigatorÌý(with Co-Principal Investigator, Melinda Kavanaugh),ÌýSystem of Care (SOC) Expansion & Sustainability Evaluation and Infrastructure Development. Funding: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), $1,272,999.
• 7/2019-12/2019:ÌýPrincipal Investigator,ÌýInfrastructure Development Research for Milwaukee Wraparound. Funding: Milwaukee County, $29,500.
• 5/2019-5/2024:ÌýPrincipal Investigator,ÌýAssessment of Performance Measures for Milwaukee County Adult Drug Treatment Court, Funding: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), $350.000.
• 5/2019-12/2019,ÌýPrincipal Investigator,ÌýEnhanced Milwaukee County Circuit Diversion and Deferral Program to Meet Participants' Mental Health Needs. Funding: Bureau of Justice Assistance, $30,300.
• 10/2018-9/2021:ÌýPrincipal Investigator,ÌýSystem-level Diversion Project-Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-based Program. Funding: Bureau of Justice Assistance, $56,448.
  
• 10/2018-6/2019:ÌýCo-Principal Investigator,ÌýAn Assessment of a Vocational Training Program to Prepare Wisconsin's Prison Population for Skilled Employment. Tommy Thompson Foundation, $56,448.
• 10/2018-9/2020:ÌýPrincipal Investigator,ÌýEviction Defense Project Evaluation: Years 3 and 4. Funding: Legal Services Corporation, $25,000.
• 8/2017-9/2018:ÌýCo-Principal Investigator, (with Co-Principal Investigator, Melinda Kavanaugh)ÌýIn-depth Examination of Opioid Deaths in Milwaukee County. Funding: Department of Justice, $75,000.
• 1/2017-8/2018:ÌýPrincipal Investigator,ÌýAn Investigation of the Vistelar Training Initiative at Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division.ÌýFunding, Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division, $79,999.
• 2/2017-10/2018:ÌýPrincipal Investigator,ÌýEviction Defense Project Evaluation. Funding: Legal Services Corporation, $25,000.
• 9/2016-9/2019:ÌýPrincipal Investigator, Milwaukee County Adult Treatment Court: Service Enhancement Project. Funding: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA), $194,997.
• 9/2015-9/2018:ÌýPrincipal Investigator, Mental Health First Aider Training for Transitional-Aged Youth. Funding: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA), $31,500.
• 2015-2016:ÌýPrincipal Investigator,ÌýAn Evaluation of S.T.O.P. in St. Louis, MO. Funding: St. Louis Police Foundation, $19,904.
• 10/2015-9/2016:ÌýPrincipal Investigator,ÌýEvaluation of Students Talking it Over with Police (S.T.O.P.) in Racine, WI.ÌýFunding: Private Foundation Donor, $39,500.
• 1/2014-12/2014:ÌýPrincipal Investigator,ÌýAn Evaluation of S.T.O.P. in the Milwaukee Public Schools. Funding: U.S. Department of Justice, $10,903.36.
• 5/2011-8/2012:ÌýCo-Principal InvestigatorÌý(with Co-Principal Investigator, William Pelfrey),ÌýMillerCoors Alcohol Retail Partnership Project. Funding: MillerCoors, $70,000.

Professional Affiliations

• Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
• American Society of Criminology
• Midwest Criminal Justice Association

Media Coverage

• Columnist,Ìý. June 2014 to present.
• Essayist,Ìý.ÌýJuly 2014 to present.

Books

• Freiburger, T.L.Ìý& Sheeran, A.M. (in press).ÌýTeaching Research Methods. Cognella: Academic Publishing.
• Freiburger, T.L.Ìý& Jordan, K.L. (2016).ÌýRace and Ethnicity in the Juvenile Justice System.ÌýCarolina Academic Press.
• Freiburger, T.L.Ìý& Marcum, C.D. (2015).ÌýWomen in the criminal justice system: Tracking theÌýjourney of females and crime.ÌýTaylor and Francis Group.

Select Publications

• Freiburger, T. L.Ìý& Sheeran, A.M.** (forthcoming). Evaluation of Safe Streets Treatment Option to reduce recidivism among repeat drunk driving offenders.ÌýCriminal Justice Policy Review
• Freiburger, T. L.Ìý& Romain, D.M. (forthcoming). An Examination of the impacts of gender, race, and ethnicity on the judicial processing of offenders in domestic violence cases,ÌýCrime and Delinquency
• Romain, D. M. &ÌýFreiburger, T.L.Ìý(2016). Chivalry revisited: Gender, race/ethnicity, and offense type on domestic violence charge reduction.ÌýFeminist Criminology, 11(2), 191-222.
• Jordan, K.L. &ÌýFreiburger, T.L.Ìý(2015). The effect of race-ethnicity on sentencing: Examining sentence type, jail length, and prison length.ÌýJournal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 13(3), 179-196.
• Snowden, A.J. &ÌýFreiburger, T.L.Ìý(2015). Alcohol outlets, social disorganization, and robberies: Accounting for neighborhood characteristics and alcohol outlet types.ÌýSocial Science Research, 51,Ìý145-162.
• Hilinski-Rosick, C.M.,ÌýFreiburger, T.L.Ìý& Verheek, A.* (2014). The effects of legal and extra-legal variables on the sentences of sex offenders.ÌýVictims and Offenders, 9(3), 334-351.
• Freiburger, T.L.Ìý& Hilinski, C. (2013). The effects of race, gender and age on sentencingÌýusing a trichotomous dependent variable.ÌýCrime & Delinquency, 59(1), 69-86.
• Freiburger, T.L., Marcum, C.D., Iannacchione, B.M.*, & Higgins, G.E. (2012). Sex offenders and criminal recidivism: An exploratory trajectory analysis using a Virginia sample.ÌýJournal of Crime and Justice, 35(3), 365-375.
• Freiburger, T.L.Ìý& Burke, A.S. (2011). Status offenders in the juvenile court: The effects ofÌýgender, race, and ethnicity on the adjudication decision.ÌýYouth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 9(4), 352-365.
• Freiburger, T.L.Ìý& Jordan, K.L. (2011). A multilevel analysis of race on the decision toÌýprosecute in the juvenile court.ÌýRace and Justice: An International Journal, 1(2), 185-201.
• Freiburger, T.L.Ìý& Hilinski, C. (2010). The impact of race, gender, and age on the pretrialÌýdecision.ÌýCriminal Justice Review, 35(3), 318-334.
• Jordan, K. &ÌýFreiburger, T.L.Ìý(2010). Examining the impact of race and ethnicityÌýon the sentencing of juveniles in the adult court.ÌýCriminal Justice Policy Review, 20(2), 185-201.
• Freiburger, T.L.Ìý(2010). The effects of gender, family status, and race on sentencing decisions.ÌýBehavioral Sciences and the Law, 28(3), 378-395.