Dr. Robert Marsh is an Associate Professor for the Department of Criminal Justice. In addition to teaching responsibilities, Dr. Marsh serves as the Coordinator of the Field Practicum and Internship Program. His research interests have focused on the sexual abuse of children and the juvenile justice system. In addition to conducting an annual child sexual abuse study for the state of Idaho, Dr. Marsh has written articles for the Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Policy Review, and the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. Dr. Marsh is the President and Co-Founder of Research, Training, and Evaluation Association which has conducted evaluations of the Boise City Juvenile Accountability Program and the Baton Rouge Drug Court.
Articles
Sentencing Outcomes of Convicted Child Sex Offenders (with Steven Patrick), Journal of Child Sexual Abuse (2011)
This research examines the sentencing outcomes of convicted child sexual offenders from data collected over...
Recidivism Among Child Sexual Abusers: Initial Results of a 13 Year Longitudinal Random Sample (with Steven Patrick), Journal of Child Sexual Abuse (2009)
In the initial analysis of data from a random sample of all those charged with...
The Prosecution of Child Sexual Abuse in Idaho: July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007 (with Steven Patrick, Ted Hopfenbeck, Beth Doane, Nate Hopfenbeck, and Michelle Morrison), Report to the Idaho Legislature (2008)
House Bill 362, passed in 1989 (adding section 67-1405 to the Idaho Code), expanded the...
Beneath the Surface: Juvenile Adjudication Disparity in a Rural County (with Steven Patrick), Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice (2007)
A rural county with a high Hispanic population showed small disproportionate minority contact (citation or...
Juvenile Diversion: Results of a Three Year Experimental Study (with Steven Patrick), Criminal Justice Policy Review (2005)
In a three year longitudinal study of first time juvenile status offenders assigned at random...
Contributions to Books
Juvenile Diversion Programs (with Steven B. Patrick), Handbook of Juvenile Justice: Theory and Practice (2006)
Presentations
Prison Sentencing of Convicted Child Sex Offenders (with Steven Patrick), Western Social Science Association (2009)
This research examines the prison sentencing of convicted from data collected over an 8 year...
Probation Sentencing of Convicted Child Sex Offenders (with Steven Patrick), Western Social Science Association (2009)
This research examines the probation sentencing of convicted from data collected over an 8 year...