Wayne N. Welsh

Biography

My research interests include violence, corrections, substance abuse treatment, and organizational change in both adult and juvenile settings. I am author of Counties in Court: Jail Overcrowding and Court-Ordered Reform (Temple University Press, 1995), Criminal Justice Policy and Planning, with Philip Harris (Elsevier, 2013, 4th Ed.), and Criminal Violence: Patterns, Causes and Prevention, co-authored with Marc Riedel (Oxford, 2015, 4th Ed.). I am currently Co-PI on JJ-TRIALS (Juvenile Justice - Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System), a national multi-site study (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2013-2017) to investigate and improve implementation of evidence practices for drug-involved youth in the juvenile system. I was Co-Investigator on CJ-DATS2 (Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Systems), a national, collaborative research project (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2009-14). Key research questions addressed organizational and systems issues related to implementation of effective drug treatment and other services in adult criminal justice settings. I was Lead Researcher for our research center on two of three multisite protocols: Medication Assisted Treatment Implementation in Community Correctional Environments (MATICCE), and the Organizational Process improvement intervention (OPII). I've been PI on several other large, multi-site research projects conducted as part of a long term research partnership with the PA Dept. of Corrections which began in 1998 and continues to the present. Funded projects have included: "A Multi-Site Evaluation of Prison-Based Drug Treatment: A Research Partnership Between the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and Temple University" (Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency; 2005-08); "Evaluation of Drug Treatment Programs at the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Chester: A Partnership Between the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Gaudenzia, Inc., and Temple University" (National Institute of Justice, 2002-06); "Evaluation of Prison based Drug Treatment in Pennsylvania: A Research Collaboration Between the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and the Center for Public Policy at Temple University" (National Institute of Justice, 2000-02); and "Building An Effective Research Collaboration Between the Center for Public Policy at Temple University and the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections" (National Institute of Justice, 1998-2000). Other funded studies include “Building a Culture and Climate of Safety in Public Schools: School-Based Management and Violence Reduction in Philadelphia” (National Institute of Justice, (1993-95) and "Reducing Over-Representation of Minorities in the Juvenile Justice System” (Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, 1994-96). Service to the community includes volunteer participation on the Philadelphia Mayor`s Reentry Task Force and the Philadelphia Children`s Round Table (chaired by the Philadelphia Family Court President). I also serve on the Editorial Advisory Board for the Prison Journal, the oldest, peer-reviewed journal publishing research on adult and juvenile confinement, treatment interventions, and alternative sanctions.

Education

Ph.D. Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine
M.A. Applied Social Psychology, University of Saskatchewan

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

Research interests include applications of organizational theory to criminal justice and examinations of organizational change; theories of violent behavior and intervention/prevention programs; and substance abuse treatment in criminal justice settings. Books include Counties in Court: Jail Overcrowding and Court-Ordered Reform (Temple U. Press, 1995) and Criminal Violence: Patterns, Causes and Prevention, with M. Riedel (Oxford, 2015, 4th ed.).

Personal Interests

Music, hiking, theater.

Books