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Dr. Travis Franklin
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Criminal Justice, Washington State University
Areas of Expertise:
Prison Violence, Fear of Crime, Sentencing Decisions, Prosecutorial Discretion, Quantitative Research Methods
Biography:
Dr. Travis Franklin earned his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Washington State University in 2008. He received his M.A. in Criminal Justice (also from Washington State) in 2005 and his B.A. in Political Science from Gonzaga University in 2001. He taught as an adjunct professor at Washington State in 2007 and has published in such journals as Social Justice Research, Journal of Criminal Justice, and California Journal of Health Promotion. His main research interests include correctional violence and disparity in court decision making, and his current research examines whether or not a broad array of community-level factors influence the individual decision making of various courtroom actors, primarily judges and prosecutors.
