VITA KAROL M. LUCKEN CURRENT POSITION Associate ...

VITA
KAROL M. LUCKEN
CURRENT POSITION
Associate Professor
Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida
EDUCATION
Doctorate of Philosophy in Criminology
School of Criminology Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
1994
Master of Science in Criminology
School of Criminology
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
1988
Bachelor of Science in Criminology
School of Criminology
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
1986
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Instructor, School of Criminology, Florida State University. (1993 - 1994)
Legislative Intern, Florida House of Representatives. Corrections Committee. Tallahassee,
Florida. (1992 - 1993)
Probation Officer, Orange County Corrections Division, Orlando, Florida. (1988 - 1990)
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PUBLICATIONS
ARTICLES
Lucken, K. (2011) “Leaving Mass Incarceration: The Ways and Means of Penal
Change.” Criminology and Public Policy 10 (3):707-714.
Lucken, K. and L.Ponte. (2008) “A Just Measure of Forgiveness: Reforming Occupational
Barriers for Ex-Offenders Using BFOQ Analysis.” Law and Policy 30 (1):46-72.
Lucken, K. and W. Bales (2008) “Florida’s Sexually Violent Predator Program: Assessing
Risk and Civil Commitment Eligibility” Crime and Delinquency 54 (1):95-127
Lucken, K. and J. Latina (2002) "Sex Offender Civil Commitment: Medicalizing Sexual Deviant
Behavior." Barry Law Review, 3, pp.15-37.
Clear, T.R., Hardyman, P., Stout, B., and K. Lucken (2000) “The Value of Religion in Prison:
An Inmate Perspective.” Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 16 (1).
Lucken, K. (1999) “Victims and the Criminal Justice System: The Vagaries of Integration.”
International Review of Victimology 6 (2):137-157.
Lucken, K. (1998) "Contemporary Penal Trends: Modern or Postmodern? The British Journal of
Criminology 38 (1):106-123.
Blomberg, T.G., Yeisley, M. and K. Lucken (1998). "American Penology: Words, Deeds, and
Consequences." Crime, Law, and Social Change 27(1):269-286
Lucken, K. (1997). "Privatizing Discretion: 'Rehabilitating' Treatment in Community
Corrections" Crime and Delinquency 43 (3):243-259.
Reprinted in Kratcoski, P.C. (2000). Correctional Counseling and Treatment. Prospect
Heights, IL: Waveland Press, Inc. 4 th Edition
Lucken, K. (1997) "Dynamics of Penal Reform" Crime, Law, and Social Change 26 (4): 367-384.
Blomberg, T.G. and K. Lucken (1994) "Stacking the Deck by Piling Up Sanctions: Is
Intermediate Punishment Destined to Fail?" The Howard Journal 33:62-80.
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BOOKS
Blomberg, T.G. and K. Lucken (2010). American Penology: A History of Control- An Enlarged 2 nd
Edition. New Brunswick: NJ. Transaction Publishers
Blomberg, T.G. and K. Lucken. (2000) American Penology: A History of Control. Hawthorne, NY:
Aldine de Gruyter.
Cited by U.S. Supreme Court; Smith et al. v Doe et al. 2002
BOOK CHAPTERS
Lucken, K. and T.G. Blomberg (2012) “American Corrections: Reform Without Change.”
In Oxford Handbook on Sentencing and Corrections, edited by Joan Petersilia and Kevin Reitz.
Oxford University Press.
Lanier, M.M., Lucken, K. and T.A. Akers (2008) “Correctional Opportunities: Epidemiological
Criminology” in Key Correctional Issues (ed. Rosalyn Muraskin). 2 nd Edition. Prentice Hall.
Lucken, K. (1998) "Has Community Corrections Become Community Control?" in J.Fuller and
E.Hickey (Eds.) Controversial Perspectives in Criminology. Allyn & Bacon Publishing.
Lucken, K. (1998) "Can Penal Reform Theory, Evaluation, and Policy Ever Meet?" in Sociology of
Crime, Law, and Deviance Volume I, (series editor, Jeffrey T. Ulmer) pp. 85-103. Greenwich, CT:
JAI Press
Blomberg, T.G. and K. Lucken (1993). "Intermediate Punishment and the Piling Up of
Sanctions," in George F. Cole (Ed) Criminal Justice: Law and Politics, 6th Edition, p.470-481.
Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
BOOK REVIEWS
Lucken, K. (2010). Do Prisons Make Us Safer? The Benefits and Costs of the Prison Boom by Steven
Raphael and Michael A.Stoll (eds). New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2009. Punishment and
Society 12 (2): 231-232.
Lucken, K. (2008). Managing Correctional Crises by John M. McCullough. Jones and Bartlett
Publishers. International Criminal Justice Review, 18:3.
Lucken, K. (2005) Thinking About Crime: Sense and Sensibility in American Penal Culture by Michael
Tonry. Oxford University Press. Punishment and Society, 7 (3):331-334.
Lucken, K. (2001). Undoing Time (Edited by Jeff Evans). Northeastern University Press. Criminal
Justice Review 26 (2): 293/294.
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RESEARCH & OTHER REPORTS
Lucken, K. (1995) Orange County Corrections Program Evaluation Project--Phase I. Final Report.
Orlando, Florida: Orange County Corrections Division.
Lucken, K. (1994). Corrections at the Crossroads. Published Proceedings of the 1993 Southern
Conference on Corrections. Florida Department of Corrections: Tallahassee, Florida 1994.
Lucken, K. (1988). The Youthful Offender Program. Final Report. Tallahassee, Florida: Department
of Corrections.
Lucken, K. (1988). An Examination of the Precedents for the Development of Regional Jails. Final Report.
Tallahassee, Florida: State of Florida . Executive Office of the Governor.
GRANTS SUBMITTED
(2003) “Sex Offender Civil Commitment: Evaluating Risk Assessment and Treatment.” The
National Institute of Justice. Principal. Amount $226,327.
(2003) “Actuarial Justice: Predicting Risk in Sex Offender Civil Commitment”. (2003) Society
of Actuaries. Co-Principal. Amount $10,000 (Principal-Lorrie Hoffman, Dept. of Statistics)
(2001) Religion, Crime, & Punishment. John Templeton Foundation. Amount $52,546.
(1998) Assessment of Police/Child Advocacy Center. National Institute of Justice. Co-Principal
Investigator with Police Executive Research Forum (PERF). Amount $343,966
(1997) Evaluation of Teen Courts. U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention. Co-principal with PERF Amount $796,686.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Periodic Reviewer for Following Journals:
Criminology and Public Policy
Crime & Delinquency
Punishment & Society
Justice Quarterly
Critical Journal of Crime, Law & Society
Criminal Justice Review
Criminology
American Journal of Criminal Justice
Journal of Drug Issues
Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
Violence Against Women: An International & Interdisciplinary Journal
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES continued
Speaker/Training Workshop. “The Meaning of Evidence-Based Practice.” Florida Association
of Community Corrections. Orlando, FL. (April, 2010).
Speaker. “Adolescent Correctional Education and Crime Desistance: A Response.”
International Community Corrections Association. Annual Conference. Orlando, FL. (October,
2009)
Participant. Restoration of Rights Summit: Offender Re-Entry. Florida Department of
Corrections and Governor’s Office. Tallahassee, FL (June 2008).
Invited Speaker on Florida’s Sex Offender Civil Commitment Program. National Association
of Sentencing Commissions Annual Conference. Philadelphia. (August 2006).
Scientific Review Committee. 12 th Annual World Society of Victimology Conference. (August
2006).
Interviewed by Neil Munro of the National Journal on the use of inmates in investigational drug
studies. (October, 2005).
Interviewed by Pierre Duchesne of Radio Canada/Canadian Public Television on Faith-Based
Prison Programs (2004).
Task Force Member. Targeted Community Action Plan/Comprehensive Juvenile Strategic Plan.
9 th Judicial Circuit, State of Florida. (2003).
Guest Editor (2000). Spirituality and Forgiveness Considerations in Criminology and Criminal
Justice. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 16 (1).
Mentor. American Society of Criminology Mentoring Program (2000-present)
Committee Member. American Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Outstanding Book of the
Year Award (2001).
Reviewer. American Society of Criminology Student Paper Awards. (2001)
Editor of Corrections Newsletter. Corrections Division of the Academy of Criminal Justice
Sciences. (2000)
Editorial Board. The Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. Sage Periodicals Press. (1995-2002)
Member of Student Affairs Committee. Division on Corrections and Sentencing for the
American Society of Criminology (present)
Program Planning Committee. 44th Annual Southern Conference on Corrections. Palm Beach,
Florida. (September, 1998).
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES continued
Invited Discussant. Theological Symposium on Justice, Center for Justice Initiatives,
Washington D.C. (April, 1999)
Invited Speaker. 43rd Annual Meeting of the Southern Conference on Corrections. Orlando,
Florida (October, 1997).
Invited Speaker. 25th Annual National Association of Pre-Trial Services Conference. Miami, FL
(September 1997).
Invited Speaker. 3rd Annual Meeting of the Florida Association of Community Corrections.
Sarasota, Florida. (June 1996)
Program Committee. Division Chair on Teaching, Education, and Academic Issues- 46th
Annual American Society of Criminology Meetings. Miami, Florida (November 1994)
Advisory Committee, Victim Offender Meeting Program, Orange County Victim Service Center
& Orange County Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Services (2000)
Chair of Human Subject Review Board. Central Florida Reception Center Florida Department
of Corrections. Orlando, Florida. (1997-1999)
Member of Florida Department of Corrections Bioethics Committee. Tallahassee, FL.
(1997-2000)
Member of Commissioner Mary I. Johnson’s Victim Center Task Force (1997-1998) Member
of the Arnold Palmer Hospital Child Advocacy Center Task Force (1998) Correctional Staff
Training Workshop. Florida Department of Corrections. (February, 1998).
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Society of Criminology
PRESENTER AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
“Making Reentry ‘Work’: A Loss Prevention Versus a Crime Prevention Narrative. Paper
presented at the American Society of Criminology. Philadelphia (November, 2009)
“A Just Measure of Forgiveness: Reforming Occupational Barriers for Ex-Felons.” Paper
presented at the American Society of Criminology. Atlanta. (November 2007)
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“A Just Measure of Forgiveness: Reforming Occupational Barriers for Ex-Felons.” Paper
presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Seattle, Washington (March 2007)
“Florida’s Sexually Violent Predator Program: A Multivariate Analysis of Risk Factors
Determining Civil Commitment Eligibility.” Paper presented at the 57 th Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Criminology. Toronto, Canada (November 2005).
“Curious Rehabilitation: Assessing Risk and Treatment in Sex Offender Civil
Commitment.” Paper presented at the 55 th Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Criminology. Denver, CO (November 2003)
Rountable Discussant. “Religion in Corrections. What Do We Know?” 53 rd Annual Meeting of
the American Society of Criminology. Atlanta, GA. (November, 2001)
“Whither Punitive Attitudes: The Impact of Punishment on Society.” Paper presented at the
52 nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA. (November
2000).
“Defining Punishment and Measuring Its Prevalence: A Case Study of the ‘Punitive City.’ ”
paper presented at the 51 st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto,
Canada (November, 1999).
Presenter. Panel- Criminal Justice System Evaluation Issues. 44 th Annual Meeting of the
Southern Conference on Corrections. Palm Beach, Florida (September, 1998)
Chair of Panel Bioethics Behind Bars: Issues in Biotechnology in Corrections 44 th Annual
Meeting of the Southern Conference on Corrections Palm Beach, Florida (September, 1998).
"Criminal Justice Perspectives on Crime Victims and Victim Services" paper presented at 50 th
Annual Meeting of American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C. (November, 1998)
"Diversion in the Nineties: 'Deep-Enders' and Weaker Nets?" paper presented at 49 th
Annual Meeting of American Society of Criminology, San Diego (November 1997)
"Privatized Treatment in Community Corrections," paper presented at the 48 th Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois. (November 1996)
Chair of "Punishment and Deterrence," panel. 47 th Annual Meeting the American Society of
Criminology, Boston, Massachusetts. (November 1995)
"Penal Reform: New Directions in Theory and Research," paper presented at the 47 th Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Boston, Massachusetts. (November 1995)
"Toward an Integrative Approach in the Study of Correctional Reform," paper presented at the
46 th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Miami, Florida. (November 1994)
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Overview and Critique of Intermediate Punishment," paper presented at 38 th Southern
Conference on Corrections, Tallahassee, FL (Fall, 1991).
"Stacking the Deck by Piling Up Sanctions," paper presented at 43 rd Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Criminology, San Francisco. (Nov, 1991)
Intermediate Punishment and the Piling Up of Sanctions," paper presented at the 42 nd Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Baltimore, Maryland. (November 1990)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Corrections/Punishment/Social Control
-Theory, History, Philosophy, Practice
-Offender Reentry
- -Intermediate Punishment
-Sex Offender Civil Commitment
Victims
-Victim Services
-Domestic Violence Civil Injunctions
CONSULTING ACTIVITIES
Caliber Research Associates/Kairos Horizon Prison Ministry Evaluation (2003-2004)
Orange County Victim Service Center (2002)
Louisiana Department of Corrections (1991)
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