Dr. Wendy Guastaferro
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Office: 1215 UL
Phone: (404) 413-1028
Email: wpguastaferro@gsu.edu
Education & Training
- NIMH Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (Center for Mental Health Services & Criminal Justice Research and Institute of Health, Health Care Policy & Aging Research)
- Ph.D. Criminal Justice, State University of New York at Albany
- M.A., Criminal Justice, State University of New York at Albany
Research Interests
- Specialty courts (drug, mental health courts) with a particular focus on the balance between treatment and legal interests
- Mental health and criminal justice
- Re-entry & persons with mental illness
- Public defense systems
Current Research Projects
- Drug courts: client assessment and use of incentives and sanctions
- Prisoner supports: the role of non-spousal women kin
Publications
- Pogorzelski, W. & T.W. Brewer. (2007) Cameras in court: How television news media use courtroom footage. Judicature, 91(3), 124-134.
- Draine, J., A.B. Wilson, & W. Pogorzelski. (2007) Limitations and potential in current research on services for people with mental illness in the criminal justice system. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 45(3/4), 159-177.
- Wolff, N. & W. Pogorzelski (2005). “Measuring the Effectiveness of Mental Health Courts: Challenges and Recommendations,” accepted for publication, forthcoming in Psychology, Public Policy & Law, December 2005.
- Pogorzelski, W., N. Wolff, K. Pan, & C. Blitz. (2005). “Behavioral Health Problems, Ex-Offender Reentry Policies, and the ‘Second Chance Act’,” American Journal of Public Health 95 (10): 1718-1724.
- Blitz, Cynthia L., N. Wolff, K. Pan & W. Pogorzelski. (2005) “Gender-Specific Behavioral Health and Community Release Patterns Among New Jersey Prison Inmates: Implications for Treatment and Community Reentry,” American Journal of Public Health 95 (10): 1741-1746.
Courses Taught 2006-2007
- Crime & the Criminal Justice System (CRJU 7010)
- Social Science and the American Crime Problem (CRJU 2200)
- Crime and the Media (CRJU 4080/8900)
University & Community Service
- Student Services Committee Member, College of Health and Human Georgia State University. Fall 2007 – present.
- Undergraduate Committee, Department of Criminal Justice, Georgia State University
- Criminal Justice Library Liaison. Department of Criminal Justice, CHHS, GSU. Fall, 2006 – present.
- Reviewer for peer-reviewed journals: Criminal Justice and Behavior; Journal of Offender Rehabilitation; Psychiatric Services; Psychology, Public Policy & Law; Contemporary Justice Review
Funding
- 2007-08. DeKalb County Drug Court. (P.I.) Examining client assessment & Enhancing the interface between criminal justice and substance abuse treatment drug court team members. $25,487.
- 2007. GSU College of Health and Human Sciences Intramural Grant. (P.I.) Raising grandchildren due to an adult child’s arrest or incarceration: Grandparents’ perceptions of the criminal justice system. $3,929.
