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Present	Associate Professor, Loyola University Chicago ‐ Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
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Prosecutorial Decision Making, Sentencing, Community Corrections, and Policy Innocation and Diffusion

Race, Ethnicity, and Prosecution in Cook County, Illinois

Criminal Justice & Criminology: Faculty Publications & Other Works (2019)

Besiki Luka Kutateladze, Rebecca Richardson, Ryan Meldrum, Don Stemen, et al.

The analyses reveal few differences in outcomes across racial/ ethnic groups in Cook County. When looking at case approval, dispositions, ...

An Examination of Felony Case Processing in the Circuit Court ...

Cook County Justice Advisory Council Research Bulletin: An Examination of Felony Case Processing in the Circuit Court of Cook County, 2000-2012 (2013)

This research bulletin provides an examination of felony cases filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County between 2000 and ...

Unpublished Paper

Rules, Resources, and Relationships: Contextual Constraints on Prosecutorial Decision Making

ExpressO (2012)

Don Stemen and Bruce Frederick

In the American criminal justice system, prosecuting attorneys arguably enjoy broader discretion than any other system actor. Research, however, is ...

Aggravated Sentencing: Blakely v. Washington

Federal Sentencing Reporter (2004)

Jon Wool and Don Stemen

Drivers of the Sentenced Population: Probation Analysis

Criminal Justice & Criminology: Faculty Publications & Other Works (2013)

David E Olson, Donald Stemen, Sema Taheri and Michelle D. Mioduszewski

The report examines trends in the number and characteristics of felony probation sentences and caseloads in Illinois, as well as ...

Unpublished Paper

Rules, Resources, and Relationships: Contextual Constraints on Prosecutorial Decision Making

ExpressO (2012)

Don Stemen and Bruce Frederick

In the American criminal justice system, prosecuting attorneys arguably enjoy broader discretion than any other system actor. Research, however, is ...

Illinois Felony Sentencing: A Retrospective

Criminal Justice & Criminology: Faculty Publications & Other Works (2011)

David E Olson and Donald Stemen

This research bulletin provides an overview of forces that have influenced the number of felons under the supervision of Illinois' ...

Reconsidering Incarceration: New Directions for Reducing Crime

Federal Sentencing Reporter (2007)

Little empirical study had been done to confirm or refute the effectiveness of incarceration in reducing crime rates when America ...

Changing Fortunes or Changing Attitudes: Sentencing and Corrections Reforms in ...

Federal Sentencing Reporter (2004)

Jon Wool and Don Stemen

Dollars and Sense in Cook County: Examining the Impact of ...

Progressive and Traditional Orientations to Prosecution: An Empirical Assessment in ...

Criminal Justice and Behavior (2020)

Ryan C. Meldrum, Don Stemen and Besiki Luka Kutateladze

Deferring felony prosecution: a process evaluation of an innovative Cook ...

Journal of Criminological Research, Policy, and Practice (2017)

Jennifer Cossyleon, John Orwat, Christine George, Don Stemen, et al.

WHEN POLICY COMES TO TOWN: DISCOURSES AND DILEMMAS OF IMPLEMENTATION ...

Criminology (2017)

Andres F. Rengifo, Don Stemen and Ethan Amidon

The Impact of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s ...

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation (2019)

Christine George, John Orwat, Don Stemen, Jennifer Cossyleon, et al.

This paper analyzes the impact of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office Deferred Prosecution Program (DPP) on participation outcome patterns ...

Two Paths to Policy: Data, Discretion, and Local-Level Problems in ...

Federal Sentencing Reporter (2017)

Don Stemen and David Olson

When Policy Comes to Town: Discourses and Dilemmas of Implementation ...

Criminology (2017)

Andres F. Rengifo, Don Stemen and Ethan Amidon

In this case study, we document challenges to reform implementation posed by line staff, supervisors, and managers during a large-scale ...

Beyond the War: The Evolving Nature of the U.S ...

Harvard Law and Policy Review (2017)

Over the last forty years, perhaps no issue has affected the United States’s criminal justice system as profoundly as has ...

The Prison Paradox: More Incarceration Will Not Make Us Safer

For the Record Evidence Brief Series (2017)

The focal concerns of sentencing and mandatory sentencing laws: circumvention ...

Journal of Criminal Justice (2015)

Don Stemen, Andres F. Rengifo and Ethan Amidon

The Unintended Effects of Penal Reform African American Presence, Incarceration ...

Crime & Delinquency (2015)

Andres F. Rengifo and Don Stemen

The Impact of Drug Treatment on Recidivism Do Mandatory Programs ...

Crime & Delinquency (2013)

Andres F. Rengifo and Don Stemen

Patterns and Trends in Federal Pro Se Litigation

Jona Goldschmidt and Don Stemen

Race and Women’s Imprisonment: Poverty, African American Presence, and ...

Journal of Quantitative Criminology (2012)

Karen Heimer, Kecia R. Johnson, Joseph B. Lang, Andres F. Rengifo, et al.

Charting the Evolution of Structure and Determinacy in State Sentencing ...

Justice Research and Policy (2012)

Don Stemen and Andres F. Rengifo

The Anatomy of Discretion: An Analysis of Prosecutorial Decision Making ...

B. Frederick and D. Stemen