Dr. Peter Scharf
Dr. Peter Scharf was recently appointed Research Professor of Criminal Justice and Executive Director of the Center for Society, Law and Justice at Texas State University. Prior to coming to Texas State University he was for 13 years Executive Director and Founder of the Center for Society, Law and Justice at the University of New Orleans at the University of New Orleans.
Prior to joining UNO in l995 he served as the Director of Technology and Technical Assistance at the Police Foundation in Washington D.C. where he helped found the BJA Community Policing Consortium, developed the Risk Assessment Management System and served as consultant to the Governor’s Report on the Crown Heights Civil Disorder.
Dr. Scharf received his doctoral degree from Harvard University (Lawrence Kohlberg dissertation advisor-“Moral Atmosphere in the Prison”) and is the author of eight published books, including Badge and the Bullet, Towards a Just Correctional System, etc.
The Center for Society, Law and Justice (CSLJ) has managed over 8 million dollars in projects funded by the Department of Justice including Managing Criminal Justice Technologies, Art of Performance Measures, Gunshot Detection, PSN Assessment of the EDLA, Managing, The Gulf Coast Computer Forensic Lab project, Managing Law Enforcement Integrity and a study of PREA prison rape risk factors.
Dr. Scharf has been the subject of major media coverage related to New Orleans including PBS, NPR, BBC, NBC, ABC Nightline, NY TIMES, WA POST, CBS, , TIME, etc. He is currently conducting research related to national murder trends related to performance management and evidence based research models, technology based programs to control violent crime, and the assessment of prison sexual assault risks He presented these findings to the House Judiciary Committee in April and June of 2007.
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