Faculty Profile

Haley Zettler

Title
Associate Professor
Department
Criminal Justice
College
College of Health and Public Service

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, University of Texas at Dallas, 2016. 
Major: Criminology
MS, University of North Texas, 2009. 
Major: Criminal Justice
BA, University of Oklahoma, 2007. 
Major: Sociology
Degree Specialization: Criminology





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
CJUS 3630.900, Drugs, Crime and Society, Summer 2024 
CJUS 3600.001, Criminology. 3600. Criminology, Spring 2024 Syllabus
CJUS 3630.800, Drugs, Crime and Society, Spring 2024 Syllabus
CJUS 5050.900, Substance Abuse and Crime, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    CJUS 5950.009, Master's Thesis, Fall 2023 
                    

                    CJUS 4870.002, Topics in Criminal Justice, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5800.002, Topics in Criminal Justice, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3600.001, Criminology. 3600. Criminology, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3630.800, Drugs, Crime and Society, Spring 3W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5950.009, Master's Thesis, Spring 2023 
                    

                    CJUS 4900.002, Special Problems, Spring 2023 
                    

                    CJUS 4870.002, Topics in Criminal Justice, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5050.001, Criminals and Substance Abuse, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4870.002, Topics in Criminal Justice, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3630.900, Drugs, Crime and Society, Summer 5W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    RHAB 4800.888, Studies in Rehabilitation, Summer 3W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4870.888, Topics in Criminal Justice, Summer 3W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5800.888, Topics in Criminal Justice, Summer 3W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    RHAB 5250.888, Topics in Rehabilitation, Summer 3W1 2022  SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5050.900, Criminals and Substance Abuse, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3630.800, Drugs, Crime and Society, Spring 3W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4900.001, Special Problems, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5900.001, Special Problems, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5900.601, Special Problems, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 2100.001, Crime and Justice in the United States, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3600.001, Criminology. 3600. Criminology, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 2100.900, Crime and Justice in the United States, Summer 5W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3630.900, Drugs, Crime and Society, Summer 5W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4460.001, Community Corrections, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3600.001, Criminology. 3600. Criminology, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3630.800, Drugs, Crime and Society, Spring 3W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3630.850, Drugs, Crime and Society, Spring 3W1 2021 
                    

                    CJUS 2100.900, Crime and Justice in the United States, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5050.001, Criminals and Substance Abuse, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 2100.900, Crime and Justice in the United States, Summer 5W1 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 2100.950, Crime and Justice in the United States, Summer 5W1 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4901.900, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Summer 5W1 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4460.001, Community Corrections, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 3600.001, Criminology. 3600. Criminology, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 2100.900, Crime and Justice in the United States, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3700.900, Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3700.950, Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4700.900, Research Methods in Criminal Justice, Summer 5W2 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4700.950, Research Methods in Criminal Justice, Summer 5W2 2019 Syllabus SPOT

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Book Chapter
Zettler, H., Hector, J.  (2020). The Female Prison Experience. Women in Prison. Springer. 
Zettler, H.  (2019). The Gendered Challenges of Prisoner Reentry. Prisoner Reentry in the 21st Century. Routledge. 
Journal Article
Zettler, H. R., Craig, J. M. (2024). The Prevalence and Impact of Trauma among Participants in a Juvenile Mental Health Court. Criminal Justice and Behavior. 
Craig, J. M., Zettler, H. R., Trulson, C. R. (2023). Trauma and Violent Misconduct among Incarcerated Juveniles: The Mediating Role of Mental Health. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology. 9, 121-140. 
Schauss, E., Zettler, H. R., Hawes, K., Rashed, J., Roberts, S., Ahern, B., Bartelli, D., Li, C., Burgess, M., Williams, R.  (2023). Call to action: The rise of pediatric gun violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma. 
Craig, J., Zettler, H., Trulson, C. R. (2022). What Predicts the Use of Blended Sentences among Eligible Juveniles?: A State-Wide Examination. Criminal Justice Policy Review. 33(1), 99-115. 
Craig, J. M., Wolff, K., Pierce, K., Zettler, H. R., Baglivio, M.  (2022). Childhood Abuse, Neglect, Household Dysfunction, and Juvenile Recidivism: The Mediating Role of Social Bonds. Journal of Criminal Justice. 
Zettler, H., Martin, K.  (2022). Technical Violations and their Effects on Pretrial/Bond Supervision Outcomes. Criminal Justice & Behavior. 
Zettler, H., Craig, J.  (2022). Residentially-Placed Youth and the Adverse Childhood Experiences-Recidivism Relationship: Considering Racial/Ethnic and Sex Differences. American Journal of Criminal Justice. 
Craig, J. M., Zettler, H.  (2021). Are the Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Violent Recidivism Offense-Specific?. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. 19(1), 27-44. 
Zettler, H.  (2021). Much to Do about Trauma: The Need to Evaluate the Impact of Trauma-Informed Treatment on Youth Violence. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. 19(1), 113-134. 
Martin, K., Yang, L., Zettler, H.  (2021). Trauma survivors in a prostitution court: Rethinking outcome success measures. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. 
Schauss, E., Zettler, H., Ellmo, F., Bartelli, D., Naik, S., Dixon, P., Patel, M., Hawes, K., Suchomelly, F., Cogdal, P., West, S.  (2021). Exploring the test-retest differences of self-reported adverse childhood experiences among adolescents in residential treatment. Journal of Family Trauma, Child Custody, and Child Development. 
Baglivio, M. T., Zettler, H., Craig, J., Wolff, K. T. (2021). Evaluating RNR-based targeted treatment and intervention dosage in the context of traumatic exposure. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. 19(3), 251-276. 
Schauss, E., Zettler, H., Naik, S., Ellmo, F., Hawes, K., Dixon, P., Bartelli, D., Cogdal, P., West, S.  (2020). Adolescents in residential treatment: The prevalence of ACEs, substance use and justice involvement. Journal of Family Trauma, Child Custody, and Child Development. 
Martin, K., Zettler, H.  (2020). An examination of probation officer workload tasks by officer-caseload type. Criminal Justice Policy Review. 
Zettler, H., Martin, K.  (2020). Exploring the Impact of Technical Violations on Drug Court Failure. American Journal of Criminal Justice. 
Medina, J., Zettler, H.  (2019). Does polysubstance drug use predict arrest for probationers?. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 
Schauss, E., Horn, G., Ellmo, F., Reeves, T., Zettler, H., Bartelli, D., Cogdal, P., West, S.  (2019). Fostering intrinsic resilience: A neuroscience informed model of conceptualizing and treating adverse childhood experiences. Journal of Mental Health Counseling. 41(3), 242-259. 
Zettler, H., Medina, J.  (2019). Missed officer-probationer contacts and its influence on rearrest. Criminal Justice Policy Review. 
Schauss, E., Zettler, H., Russell, A.  (2019). Stopping the cycle of abuse: An argument and model for neuroscience and trauma-informed offender treatment programs. Aggression and Violent Behavior. 46, 1-7. 
Craig, J. M., Zettler, H., Wolff, K., Baglivio, M.  (2018). Considering the mediating effects of drug and alcohol use, mental health, and their co-occurrence on the adverse childhood experiences-recidivism relationship. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. 17(3), 219-240. 
Zettler, H.  (2018). The impact of dual diagnosis on drug court failure.. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 63(3), 357-382. 
Zettler, H., Iratzoqui, A.  (2018). Investigating the impact of child maltreatment histories on drug court outcomes. Criminal Justice and Behavior. 45(6), 799-819. 
Zettler, H.  (2018). Exploring the relationship between dual diagnosis and recidivism in drug court participants. Crime & Delinquency. 64(3), 363-397. 
Ozkan, T., Worrall, J., Zettler, H.  (2017). Validating media-driven and crowdsourced police shooting data: A research note. Journal of Crime and Justice. 41(3), . 
Zettler, H., Wolff, K., Baglivio, M., Craig, J., Epps, N.  (2017). The racial and gender differences in the impact of adverse childhood experiences on juvenile residential 	placement. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. 16(3), 319-337. 
Zettler, H., Cardwell, S., Craig, J. M. (2016). The gendering effects of co-authorship in criminology & criminal justice research. Criminal Justice Studies. 30(1), 30-44. 
Zettler, H., Morris, R., Piquero, A., Cardwell, S.  (2015). Assessing the celerity of arrest on 3-year recidivism patterns in a sample of criminal defendants. Journal of Criminal Justice. 43(5), 428-436. 
Zettler, H., Morris, R.  (2015). An exploratory assessment of race and gender-specific predictors of failure to appear in court among defendants released via a pretrial services agency. Criminal Justice Review. 40(4), 417-430. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
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Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research  

 	 
	 	 
  
Grant - Research   
Zettler, H. R., Sharma, R. (Co-Principal), "Addressing Health Disparities for Aging Persons on Probation," Sponsored by Office of Research and Innovation, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (May 2024 – April 2025).
Zettler, H. R., "Denton County Drug Treatment Court Program Evaluation," Sponsored by Office of the Governor, State, $11234 Funded. (September 2023 – August 2024).
Zettler, H. R., "Fostering Resilience and Well-being in the Pediatric Trauma Population: Counseling Interventions for an At-Risk Population," Sponsored by Urban Child Institute, Local, $18000 Funded. (July 2023 – June 2024).
Zettler, H. R., Craig, J. M., Trahan, A., Watson, W. L., "North Texas Reentry Guide," Sponsored by University of Illinois Education Justice Project, Other, $2000 Funded. (January 2023 – December 2023).
Zettler, H., "Denton County Drug Treatment Court Enhancement Evaluation," Sponsored by Bureau of Justice Assistance, Federal, $36859 Funded. (October 2020 – September 2023).
Zettler, H., "Denton County Drug Treatment Court Outcomes Evaluation," Sponsored by Office of the Governor, State, $10826 Funded. (September 2022 – August 2023).
Zettler, H., "Fostering Resilience and Well-being in the Pediatric Trauma Population: Counseling Interventions for an At-Risk Population," Sponsored by Urban Child Institute, Other, $18000 Funded. (July 2022 – June 2023).
Zettler, H., "Presenting Collaborative Research at National Conferences," Sponsored by Office of Faculty Success, Local, $1500 Funded. (August 2021 – May 2022).
Zettler, H. (Principal), Madden, A. (Co-Principal), Gibbons, W. (Supporting), "Evaluating the Effects of “Swift, Certain, and Proportionate Sanctions” for Probation and Parole Populations in Memphis/Shelby County, Tennessee.," Sponsored by Pyramid Peak Foundation, Private, $54992 Funded. (January 2019 – May 2019).
Zettler, H. (Supporting), Schauss, E. (Principal), Bartelli, D. (Supporting), "A Combined Environment and Epigenetics Study (ACES): Impact of Neurofeedback Therapy on the Health and Behavior of Adolescents.," Sponsored by University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, State, $74554 Funded. (August 2018 – May 2019).
Zettler, H. (Supporting), Schauss, E. (Principal), Cogdal, P. (Supporting), Bartelli, D. (Supporting), West, S. (Supporting), "Fostering Resilience through Neuroscience: A Clinical Application of Neurofeedback Therapy for the Treatment of ACE's (Memphis Research Consortium).," Sponsored by State of Tennessee, State, $323803 Funded. (July 2017 – July 2018).
Grant - Teaching   
Wood, P. C. (Co-Principal), Bennett, A. (Co-Principal), Zettler, H. R. (Co-Principal), Craig, J. M. (Co-Principal), "International Crime and Justice in the Netherlands (ICJ-Netherlands)," Sponsored by Texas International Education Consortium, State, $6000 Funded. (August 2023 – May 2025).
Zettler, H., Craig, J., Dixon, A., Trahan, A., "Inside-Out Prison Exchange Network Team Mentoring Grant," Sponsored by Office of Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (August 2021 – May 2022).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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