Kevin Wolff, Faculty Fellow

Kevin Wolff is an associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and a member of the doctoral faculty for the Program of Doctor Studies in Criminal Justice at John Jay/ The Graduate Center.  Dr. Wolff received his Ph.D. from the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University in 2014. His research interests include the spatial and temporal patterning of crime, juvenile justice, criminological theory, program evaluation, and quantitative methods. His work has appeared in Justice Quarterly, the Journal of Crime and Delinquency, Journal of Criminal Justice, Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, and Journal of Youth and Adolescence. He recently received the Tory J. Caeti Memorial Award and the Feliks Gross Award in recognition of his contribution to the discipline.

Select Publications:

Piquero, A. R., Baglivio, M. T., & Wolff, K. T. (2023). A statewide analysis of the impact of restitution and fees on juvenile recidivism in Florida across race & ethnicity. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 21(4), 279-308..https://doi.org/10.1177/15412040231180816

Wolff, K. T., Limoncelli, K. E., & Baglivio, M. T. (2022). The effect of program staffing difficulties on changes in dynamic risk and reoffending among juvenile offenders in residential placement. Justice Quarterly, 39(3), 525-552.https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2020.1825774

Thomas, C., Cadoff, B., Wolff, K. T., & Chauhan, P. (2022). How do the consequences of pretrial detention on guilty pleas and carceral sentences vary between misdemeanor and felony cases?. Journal of Criminal Justice, 82, 102008.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2022.102008