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Dr. Tina Freiburger is dean of the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.ÌýDr. Freiburger'sÌýprimary 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 hot spot 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 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:

• PhD, Criminology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2007
• MA, Criminal Justice/Criminology, Sam Houston State University, 2004
• BA, 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:

• 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.