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Jody L. Sundt

Associate Dean

University of North Texas

Department of Criminal Justice

Email: Jody.Sundt@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of Cincinnati, 1998
    Major: Criminal Justice
  • MS, University of Cincinnati, 1994
    Major: Criminal Justice

Development Activities

  • Workshop, Participatory Leadership, UNT. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (January 2021 - May 2021).
  • Workshop, Critical Conversations, UNT. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (May 19, 2021 - May 20, 2021).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • CJUS 4700 - Research Methods in Criminal Justice, 1 course.
  • CJUS 5450 - Punishment, Discipline and Social Policy, 1 course.
  • CJUS 5700 - Evaluation and Research Methodologies, 1 course.
  • CJUS 5800 - Topics in Criminal Justice, 1 course.

Non-Credit Instruction

  • Management/Executive Development, National Institute of Corrections, 35 participants. (June 2021 - August 2021).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Schwaeble, K.L., Sundt, J.L. (2020). Attitudes and Public Opinion About Punishment. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
  • Sundt, J.L. (2016). Solitary Confinement. Other. 111. Rowman \& Littlefield.
  • Petersen, A., Salisbury, E., Sundt, J.L. (2014). Does feminist theory matter?. Sisters in Crime Revisited: Bringing Gender into Criminology. Oxford University Press.
  • Cullen, F.T., Van Voorhis, P., Sundt, J.L. (1996). Prisons in crisis: The American experience. Prisons 2000. 21--52. Palgrave Macmillan, London.

    • Evidence-based interview manual

  • Greenwood, M., Weber, M.A., Johnson, S.M., Sundt, J.L. (2017). Indiana Probation Officer Professional Development Project: Interview Guide. IU Executive Education, School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

    • Journal Article

  • Reiter, J.L., Reiter, K., Williams, B. (2024). The interdependence of caring, safety, and health in correctional settings: Analysis of a survey of security staff in a large county jail system. Social Science & Medicine. 358 (October) 117218.
  • Sundt, J.L. Clarifying the Effect of California Realignment on Motor Vehicle Theft: Results of an Interrupted Time Series. Journal of Experimental Criminology. Berlin, Springer.
  • Boppre, B., Sundt, J., Browne, G.E. Examining “Mass Probation” through an Intersectional Lens: The Intracategorical Effects of Race and Ethnicity on Women and Men’s Probation Outcomes in Kansas. Crime & Delinquency.
  • Sundt, J.L., Boppre, B. (2020). Did Oregon's tough mandatory sentencing law "measure 11" improve public safety? New evidence about an old debate from a multiple-design, experimental strategy. Justice Quarterly. 1--22. Routledge.
  • Sundt, J.L., Schwaeble, K., Merritt, C.C. (2019). Good governance, political experiences, and public support for mandatory sentencing: Evidence from a progressive US state. Other. 21 (2) 141--161. SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England.
  • Salisbury, E., Sundt, J.L., Boppre, B. (2018). Mapping the Implementation Landscape: Assessing the Systemic Capacity of Statewide Community Corrections Agencies to Deliver Evidence-Based Practices. Corrections: Policy, Practice, and Research.
  • Boppre, B., Sundt, J.L., Salisbury, E.J. (2018). The limitations and strengths of the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale as a measure of correctional employees' attitudes: A psychometric evaluation. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 62 (12) 3947--3964. SAGE Publications Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA.
  • Sundt, J.L., Salisbury, E.J., Harmon, M.G. (2016). Is Downsizing Prisons Dangerous? The Effect of California Realignment on Public Safety. Other. 15 (2) Wiley.
  • Sundt, J.L., Cullen, F.T., Thielo, A.J., Jonson, C.L. (2015). Public willingness to downsize prisons: Implications from Oregon. Other. 10 (4) 365--378. Routledge.
  • Pollock, J.M., Hogan, N.L., Lambert, E.G., Ross, J.I., Sundt, J.L. (2012). A utopian prison: Contradiction in terms?. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. 28 (1) 60--76. Sage Publications Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA.
  • Hartman, J.L., Sundt, J.L. (2011). The rise of feminist criminology: Freda Adler. Other. 205--220.
  • Roberts, J.C., Sundt, J.L., Dammer, H.R. (2010). Continuity and Change in Prison Chaplaincy. Other. 1 (2-3) Nova Science Publishers.
  • Hartman, J.L., Sundt, J.L. (2010). Encyclopedia of criminological theory.
  • Sundt, J.L. (2010). Overcoming student resistance to learning research methods: An approach based on decoding disciplinary thinking. Journal of Criminal Justice Education. 21 (3) 266--284. Taylor \& Francis.
  • Sundt, J.L. (2009). Good Job or Dirty Work-Public Perceptions of Correctional Employment. Other. 73 40. HeinOnline.
  • Sundt, J.L., Castellano, T.C., Briggs, C.S. (2008). The sociopolitical context of prison violence and its control: A case study of supermax and its effect in Illinois. The Prison Journal. 88 (1) 94--122. Sage Publications Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA.
  • Sundt, J.L., Cullen, F.T. (2007). Doing God's work behind bars: chaplains' reactions to employment in prison. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. 45 (3-4) 131--157. Taylor \& Francis Group.
  • Blevins, K.R., Cullen, F.T., Sundt, J.L. (2007). The correctional orientation of Òchild saversÓ: Support for rehabilitation and custody among juvenile correctional workers. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. 45 (3-4) 47--83. Taylor \& Francis Group.
  • Blevins, K.R., Cullen, F.T., Frank, J., Sundt, J.L., Holmes, S.T. (2006). Stress and satisfaction among juvenile correctional workers: A test of competing models. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. 44 (2-3) 55--79. Taylor \& Francis Group.
  • Cullen, F.T., Sundt, J.L. (2003). REAFFIRMING EVIDENCE-BASED CORRECTIONS. Other. 2 (2) 353--358. Blackwell Publishing Ltd Oxford, UK.
  • Listwan, S.J., Sundt, J.L., Holsinger, A.M., Latessa, E.J. (2003). The effect of drug court programming on recidivism: The Cincinnati experience. Other. 49 (3) 389--411. Sage Publications.
  • Briggs, C.S., Sundt, J.L., Castellano, T.C. (2003). The effect of supermaximum security prisons on aggregate levels of institutional violence. Other. 41 (4) 1341--1376. Blackwell Publishing Ltd Oxford, UK.
  • Sundt, J.L. (2002). Bringing light to dark places: An occupational study of prison chaplains..
  • Sundt, J.L., Cullen, F.T. (2002). The correctional ideology of prison chaplains: A national survey. Journal of Criminal Justice. 30 (5) 369--385. Pergamon.
  • Sundt, J.L., Dammer, H.R., Cullen, F.T. (2002). The role of the prison chaplain in rehabilitation. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. 35 (3-4) 59--86. Taylor \& Francis.
  • Liederbach, J., Cullen, F.T., Sundt, J.L., Geis, G. (2001). The criminalization of physician violence: Social control in transformation?. Justice Quarterly. 18 (1) 141--170. Taylor \& Francis.
  • Cullen, F.T., Sundt, J.L., Wozniak, J.F. (2001). The virtuous prison: Toward a restorative rehabilitation. Other. 265--286. Prentice-Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ.
  • Sundt, J.L. (2000). Corrections: A Humanistic Approach. Other. 6 (1) 65. SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC..
  • Cullen, F.T., Sundt, J. (2000). Imprisonment in the United States. Other. 473--515. Wadsworth Belmont, CA.
  • Moon, M.M., Sundt, J.L., Cullen, F.T., Wright, J.P. (2000). Is child saving dead? Public support for juvenile rehabilitation. Other. 46 (1) 38--60. Sage Publications, Inc..
  • Sundt, J.L. (1998). Is there room for change: A review of public attitudes toward crime control and alternatives to incarceration. Other. 23 519.
  • Sundt, J.L., Cullen, F.T. (1998). The role of the contemporary prison chaplain. The Prison Journal. 78 (3) 271--298. Sage Publications Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA.
  • Sundt, J.L., Cullen, F.T., Applegate, B.K., Turner, M.G. (1998). The tenacity of the rehabilitative ideal revisited: Have attitudes toward offender treatment changed?. Criminal Justice and Behavior. 25 (4) 426--442. SAGE Publications, Inc..
  • Sundt, J.L., Cullen, F., Turner, M., Applegate, B. (1998). What Will The Public Tolerate?. Other. 22 22--26.
  • Turner, M.G., Cullen, F.T., Sundt, J.L., Applegate, B.K. (1997). Public tolerance for community-based sanctions. The Prison Journal. 77 (1) 6--26. Sage Publications Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA.
  • Applegate, B.K., Cullen, F.T., Turner, M.G., Sundt, J.L. (1996). Assessing public support for three-strikes-and-you're-out laws: Global versus specific attitudes. Other. 42 (4) 517--534. SAGE Periodicals Press.
  • Turner, M.G., Stundt, J.L., Applegate, B.K., Cullen, F.T. (1995). Three strikes and you're out legislation: A national assessment. Other. 59 16.

    • Research Report

  • Sundt, J.L., Vanderhoff, R., Shaver, L., Lazzeroni, S. (2012). Oregonians nearly unanimous in support of reentry services for former prisoners.
  • Sundt, J.L. (2011). Oregonians Report Broad Support for Policies that Could Reduce Prison Population.

    • Scholarly Preface

  • Salisbury, E.J., Sundt, J.L., Boppre, B. (2019). Guest Editors' Comments: Risk Assessment and Judicial Decision Making. SAGE Publications Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA.

    • White Paper

  • Sundt, J.L. (2016). The effect of administrative segregation on prison order and organizational culture. Other. 297--330. US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of~É.

Presentations Given

    Paper

  • Sundt, J.L. (Author & Presenter), Reiter, K. (Author & Presenter), American Society of Criminology, All in a Days Work: Exploring Staff-Detainee Interactions in a Large County Jail System, San Francisco, CA, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, Search Committee VP Student Success. (October 2022 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Academic Associate Dean's Council. (August 2022 - Present).
  • Committee Chair, Digital Strategy Advisory Council. (August 2022 - Present).
  • Chairperson, HPS Awards and Scholarship. (August 2022 - Present).
  • Chairperson, HPS Curriculum Committee. (August 2022 - Present).
  • Committee Member, THECB Transfer Taskforce for Criminal Justice Education. (September 2021 - Present).
  • Co-Chair, Search Committee, Chair Rehabilitation and Health Sciences Department. (September 2022 - December 2022).
  • Member, Chairs Council. (August 2021 - August 2022).

Public Service

  • Officer, Other Officer (Secretary), City of Denton Police Training Advisory Board. Denton, Texas. (November 2020 - Present).
  • Mentor, Highland Park High School. Highland Park, Texas. (January 2021 - April 2021).

Professional Service

  • Other (Content Expert and Working Group Member), National Institute of Corrections. Washington, DC. (March 2021 - August 2021).

Consulting

  • Government, National Institute of Corrections, United States of America. (March 2021 - June 2021).