Title:	Assistant Professor
	Office:	Lewis Towers 918, WTC
	Phone:	312-915-7570
	E-mail:	dstemen@luc.edu

Personal Information

Dr. Don Stemen is an Assistant Professor in the the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology and a member of the Gruadate Faculty at Loyola University, Chicago.  Dr. Stemen received his Ph.D. in Law and Society from the Institute for Law and Society at New York University in 2007.

Before coming to Loyola, Dr. Stemen was the Director of Research on Sentencing and Corrections at the Vera Institute of Justice, where he worked with state and county governments to reform criminal justice policies.  His research focuses primarily on sentencing and corrections issues, examining the innovation and diffusion of sentencing and corrections policies across the United States and the impact of those policies on criminal justice agencies.  

Courses Currently Taught

• Introduction to the Criminal Justice System CRMJ 101.
• Sentencing Policies in the United States CRMJ 395.
•  Undergraduate Research Methods CRMJ 315.
• Graduate Research Methods CRMJ 409.      

Recent Publications

• Stemen, D. and Rengifo, A.F. (forthcoming) “Reconciling the Multiple Objectives of Drug Diversion Programs: Evidence from Kansas’ Senate Bill 123,” Evaluation Review.
• Rengifo, A.F. and Stemen, D. (forthcoming) “The Unintended Effects of Penal Reform: Racial Threat, Determinate Sentencing and Incarceration in the United States (1978-2004),” Crime and Delinquency.
• Stemen, D. and Rengifo, A.F. (forthcoming) “Charting the Evolution of Structure and Determinacy in State Sentencing and Corrections Policies 1970-2010” Justice Research and Policy.
• Johnson, K., Heimer, K., Rengifo, A.F., Lang, J.B., and Stemen, D. (forthcoming) “Race and Trends in Women’s Imprisonment: The Consequences of Welfare, Drug Penalties, and Economic Hardship.”  Journal of Quantitative Criminology.
• Stemen, D. and Rengifo, A.F. (2011) “Policies and Imprisonment: The Impact of Structured Sentencing and Determinate Sentencing on State Incarceration Rates, 1978-2004.” Justice Quarterly 28(1): 174-201.
• Rengifo, A.F., Stemen, D., Dooly, B.D., Amidon, E., and Gendon, A. (2010) “Cents and Sensibility: A Case Study of Corrections Reform in Kansas and Michigan,” Journal of Criminal Justice 38(4): 419-426.
• Rengifo, A.F. and Stemen, D. (2010) “The Impact of Drug Treatment on Recidivism: Do Mandatory Programs Make a Difference? Evidence from Kansas’ Senate Bill 123.”  Crime and Delinquency (forthcoming).
• Stemen, D. and Rengifo, A.F. (2009).  “Mandating Treatment for Drug Possessors: The Impact of Senate Bill 123 on the Criminal Justice System in Kansas,” Journal of Criminal Justice 37(3): 296-304