Jody L. Sundt
University of North Texas
Criminal Justice
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Education

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

Development Activities Attended

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. (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
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 employeesÕ 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.

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).

Professional Service

Other, National Institute of Corrections, Washington, DC. (March 2021 – August 2021).

Public Service

Officer, Other Officer, City of Denton Police Training Advisory Board, Denton, Texas. (November 2020 – Present).

Mentor, Highland Park High School, Highland Park, Texas. (January 2021 – April 2021).

Consulting

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