Faculty Profile

Peggy Tobolowsky

Title
Modified Service Retiree
Department
Criminal Justice
College
College of Health and Public Service

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
JD, George Washington University, 1977. 
Major: Law
BA, Washington University, 1974. 
Major: Political Science, English





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
No current or future courses scheduled.


          
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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.
  

        

      

    

  


    

    

      


        


          


            
Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4200.001, Criminal Procedure, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5200.602, Legal Aspects of the Criminal Justice System, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5200.900, Legal Aspects of the Criminal Justice System, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4200.001, Criminal Procedure, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5200.001, Legal Aspects of the Criminal Justice System, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 4200.001, Criminal Procedure, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 5200.601, Legal Aspects of the Criminal Justice System, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 5200.900, Legal Aspects of the Criminal Justice System, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4200.001, Criminal Procedure, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5900.002, Special Problems, Spring 2019 
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3201.900, Criminal Law, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3201.950, Criminal Law, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4200.001, Criminal Procedure, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5200.900, Legal Aspects of the Criminal Justice System, Spring 2018  SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5200.950, Legal Aspects of the Criminal Justice System, Spring 2018  SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4200.001, Criminal Procedure, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4200.001, Criminal Procedure, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5200.001, Legal Aspects of the Criminal Justice System, Spring 2017  SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4200.001, Criminal Procedure, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3201.900, Criminal Law, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4200.001, Criminal Procedure, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5900.004, Special Problems, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4200.001, Criminal Procedure, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4951.001, Honors College Capstone Thesis, Fall 2015 
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 5200.001, Legal Aspects of the Criminal Justice System, Spring 2015 
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 3201.900, Criminal Law, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 4901.001, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 5850.002, Directed Studies, Fall 2013 
                    

                    CJUS 5200.001, Legal Aspects of the Criminal Justice System, Spring 2013 
                    

                    CJUS 5950.002, Master's Thesis, Spring 2013 
                    

                    CJUS 4900.007, Special Problems, Spring 2013 
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Fall 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 5950.002, Master's Thesis, Fall 2012 
                    

                    CJUS 5850.002, Directed Studies, Spring 2012 
                    

                    CJUS 4901.001, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Spring 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Fall 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 5850.002, Directed Studies, Summer 5W2 2011 
                    

                    CJUS 5850.002, Directed Studies, Spring 2011 
                    

                    CJUS 5200.001, Legal Aspects of the Criminal Justice System, Spring 2011 
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Fall 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 5850.002, Directed Studies, Fall 2010 
                    

                    CJUS 5850.792, Directed Studies, Fall 2010 
                    

                    CJUS 5850.002, Directed Studies, Spring 2010 
                    

                    CJUS 4901.003, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Spring 2010 
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Fall 2009 
                    

                    CJUS 5850.002, Directed Studies, Fall 2009 
                    

                    CJUS 5200.001, Legal Aspects of the Criminal Justice System, Spring 2009 
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Fall 2008 
                    

                    CJUS 4850.001, Internship in Criminal Justice, Summer 5W2 2008 
                    

                    CJUS 4900.001, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2008 
                    

                    CJUS 4860.001, Studies in Criminal Justice, Summer 5W2 2008 
                    

                    CJUS 4850.001, Internship in Criminal Justice, Spring 2008 
                    

                    CJUS 4901.001, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Spring 2008 
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Fall 2007 
                    

                    CJUS 4850.001, Internship in Criminal Justice, Fall 2007 
                    

                    CJUS 4901.001, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Fall 2007 
                    

                    CJUS 4900.001, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2007 
                    

                    CJUS 4900.002, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2007 
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Spring 2007 
                    

                    CJUS 5200.001, Legal Aspects of the Criminal Justice System, Spring 2007 
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Fall 2006 
                    

                    CJUS 4850.001, Internship in Criminal Justice, Fall 2006 
                    

                    CJUS 4901.001, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Fall 2006 
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Spring 2006 
                    

                    CJUS 4901.001, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Spring 2006 
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Fall 2005 
                    

                    CJUS 4250.001, Law and Social Problems, Fall 2005 
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Spring 2005 
                    

                    CJUS 5200.001, Legal Aspects of the Criminal Justice System, Spring 2005 
                    

                    CJUS 3201.001, Criminal Law, Fall 2004 
                    

                    CJUS 4250.001, Law and Social Problems, Fall 2004 

          


          
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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
Tobolowsky, P. M. (2016). Crime Victim Rights and Remedies, 3d ed.. Carolina Academic Press. 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (2014). Excluding Intellectually Disabled Offenders from Execution. 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (2010). Crime Victim Rights and Remedies , 2nd ed.. 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (2001). Crime Victim Rights and Remedies.. 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (2000). Understanding Victimology: Selected Readings .. 
Book Chapter
Tobolowsky, P. M. (2018). Capital Offenders' Intellectual Disability and "Insanity". Routledge. 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (2007). "Mental Health and the Death Penalty: Matters of Competency and Culpability." Current Legal Issues in Criminal Justice.. 
Book Review
Tobolowsky, P. M. (1998). Review of Capital Punishment and the Judicial Process. 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (1997). Review of Paying for Crime: The Policies and Possibilities of Crime Victim Reimbursement. 
Encyclopedia Article
Tobolowsky, P. M. (2009). "Victim Bill of Rights." The Praeger Handbook of Victimology.. 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (2009). "Victim Rights Constitutional Amendment." The Praeger Handbook of Victimology.. 
Journal Article
Tobolowsky, P. M. (2018). Preventing and Addressing Wrongful Convictions: The Texas Approach. Criminal Law Bulletin. 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (2015). Mandamus Muddle: The Mandamus Review Standard for the Federal Crime Victims' Rights Act. University of Denver Criminal Law Review. 
Tobolowsky, P. M., Trulson, C. R. (2015). What Happens After Commutation? An Examination of Institutional Misconduct by Previously Death-Sentenced  Intellectually Disabled Capital Offenders. 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (2011). "A Different Path Taken: Texas Capital Offenders' Post-Atkins Claims of Mental Retardation.". 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (2011). "An Examination of Guilt, Shame, Empathy and Blaming Among a Sample of Incarcerated Male and Female Offenders". 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (2007). "The Road to Atkins and Beyond in Texas--The Tale of One Mentally Retarded Capital Offender.". 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (2007). "To Panetti and Beyond--Defining and Identifying Capital Offenders Who Are Too 'Insane' to be Executed.". 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (2004). "Capital Punishment and the Mentally Retarded Offender.". 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (2004). "Police Referrals of Crime Victims to Compensation Sources: An Empirical Analysis of Attitudinal and Structural Impediments.". 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (2004). "Texas and the Mentally Retarded Capital Offender. ". 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (2003). "Atkins Aftermath: Identifying Mentally Retarded Offenders and Excluding Them from Execution.". 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (2000). "Crime Victim Restitution: Its Past, Present, and Future.". 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (1999). "Victim Participation in the Criminal Justice Process: Fifteen Years After the President' s Task Force on Victims of Crime. ". 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (1997). "'Constitutionalizing' Crime Victim Rights.". 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (1994). "Drug-Related Behavior as a Predictor of Defendant Pretrial Misconduct.". 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (1994). "The Gang Problem in Large and Small Cities: An Analysis of Police Perceptions in Nine States.". 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (1993). "Pretrial Release in the 1990s: Texas Takes Another Look at Nonfinancial Release Conditions.". 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (1993). "Restitution in the Federal Criminal Justice System.". 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (1992). "A Case Study Method for Teaching Theoretical Criminology.". 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (1992). "What Hath Penry Wrought?: Mitigating Circumstances and the Texas Death Penalty.". 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (1991). "Drugs and Death: Congress Authorizes the Death Penalty for Certain Drug-Related Murders.". 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (1991). "Participation of Incarcerated High School Drop-outs in County Jail Programs.". 
Tobolowsky, P. M. (1976). Case Note. "Constitutional Law--Prisoners' Rights--Prison Superintendent Must Follow Written Standards Unrelated to Content of Speech When Deciding Whether to Grant Prisoner Requests for Personal Contact with Press--Main Road v. Aytch, 522 F.2d 1080 (3d Cir. 1975).". 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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