ROI and the Misclassification of Criminal Justice Education Programs: How Accountability Metrics Shape Public Universities and the Evaluation of CJ Education
ROI and the Misclassification of Criminal Justice Education Programs: How Accountability Metrics Shape Public Universities and the Evaluation of CJ Education
Sandra L. Trappen Department of Criminal Justice, Penn State University, McKeesport, PA, USASandra L. Trappen is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Penn State University. Her research examines the institutional, labor-market, and governance structures shaping contemporary criminal justice practice and the implications of these structures for the organization and evaluation of criminal justice education. Her work also analyzes how trauma and institutional power produce contemporary forms of harm across community corrections, postindustrial regions, and the institutional infrastructures that organize public life in the United States.