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Position:  Assistant Professor
Research Interests:Contextual Variations in Sente
Racial and Ethnic Relations in
Use of advanced statistical mo
Brian D. Johnson is an Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland. He received his Ph.D. in Crime, Law & Justice in 2003 from the Pennsylvania State University. His dissertation was supported by the Forrest Crawford Fellowship for Ethical Inquiry and received the Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation Award. In 2008 Dr. Johnson recieved the American Society of Criminology Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award. His current research interests include contextual variations in sentencing, racial and ethnic relations in society, and the use of advanced statistical modeling techniques to study criminal processes.



Education Pennsylvania State University
Major/Specialty Crime, Law & Justice
E-Mail Address bjohnson@crim.umd.edu
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Class Materials:
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Publications:
download/viewJohnson 2003. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing Departures across Modes of Conviction
download/viewUlmer & Johnson 2006. Sentencing in Context: A Multilevel Analysis
download/viewKurlychek & Johnson 2004. The Juvenile Penalty: A Comparison of Juvenile and Young Adult Sentencing Outcomes
download/viewJohnson 2005. Social Context of Disparities in Guidelines Departures
download/viewJohnson 2006. The Multilevel Context of Criminal Sentencing: Integrating Judge- and County-level Influences
download/viewBushway, Johnson, & Slocum 2007. Is the Magis Still There?
download/viewJohnson et al. 2008 Federal Departures