Unlocking Effective Correctional Strategies: Deeping our Understanding of the RNR Model

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Dr. Shelley L. Johnson is a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. Prior to this, she held a position as an assistant professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas and an associate professor at Kent State University. She received her Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati in 2001. Her areas of interest include: corrections, criminological theory, psychology of crime, and victimization. She has authored several articles in area of drug courts, case classification, and correctional rehabilitation. Dr. Shelley L. Johnson also serves as a consultant to several state, local, and national agencies in an effort to improve assessment practices and the effectiveness of community-based interventions for offenders.

Deborah Koetzle is the Director of the Corrections Lab and Professor of Criminal Justice at John Jay College and a Fellow at the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute. She is an internationally known expert on the topic of correctional interventions and has extensive experience in evaluative and translational research, with over 20 years’ experience providing TTA to local, state, federal, and international agencies on best practices in correctional settings. She is currently leading multiple projects aimed at improving transforming probation practice, including an evaluation of the Organizational Coaching Model in three community supervision sites and testing the Comprehension Enhancement Interview as part of the Teens on Probation Study. She is co-author of What Works (and Doesn’t) in Reducing Recidivism, a leading text about effective correctional interventions. She received a PhD in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati.

Myrinda Schweitzer Smith received her Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati and is the Executive Director of the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute. Dr. Schweitzer Smith has co-authored publications, presented nationally and internationally on effective interventions, and served as a project director for over 300 projects involving program evaluation, the development and implementation of cognitive-behavioral programs for delinquency, criminality, substance abuse, employment, and sexual offending, and effective practices for community supervision and support. She serves and participates on a multitude of advisory boards and professional organizations supporting the health and wellbeing of those working in and those impacted by the justice system. Most recently, she is actively engaged in several projects that aim to transform juvenile justice and reentry practices to positively shape lives and safer societies.