Georgia Spiropoulos, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
Phone: (657) 278 - 8249
Email: gspiropoulos@fullerton.edu
Office: GH 520
Office Hours:
M 1:00-2:30PM,
W 1:00-2:30PM via Zoom (see syllabus)
Degrees
- 2007, Ph.D, University of Cincinnati
- 1999, M.S., Northeastern University
- 1992, B.A, Gustavus Adolphus College
Research Areas
- Evidence-based corrections
- Evidence-based correctional rehabilitation
- Correctional development and evaluation
- Correctional philosophies
- Theories of (criminal) behavior and behavioral change
Publications
- Spiropoulos, Georgia V., Emily Salisbury & Patricia Van Voorhis. (2014). Moderators of Correctional Treatment Success: An Exploratory Study of Racial Differences.International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 58:7, 835-860.
- Spiropoulos, Georgia V. (2014). “The State of the State: Crime Trends in California.” C. Gardiner & P. Fiber, (eds). California’s Criminal Justice System, 2nd Ed, Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press.
- Van Voorhis, Patricia, Georgia V. Spiropoulos, P. Neal Ritchie, Renita Seabrook & Lisa Spruance (2013). Identifying Areas of Specific Responsivity in Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Outcomes. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 40:11, 1250-1279.
- Spiropoulos, Georgia V. (2012). “The State of the State: Crime Trends in California.” C. Gardiner & S. Mallicoat, (eds). California’s Criminal Justice System, 1st Ed,Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press.
- Spiropoulos, Georgia V. & Christie Gardiner (2010). Blueprint for the Reentry of Young Offenders in Orange County, California. Orange County, CA: Orange County Workforce Investment Board.
- Spiropoulos, Georgia V. (2010). “Bandura, Albert: Social Learning Theory” in Francis Cullen and Pamela Wilcox (eds.) Encyclopedia of Criminology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Salisbury, Emily, Georgia V. Spiropoulos and Patricia Van Voorhis (2009). The Predictive Validity of a Gender-Responsive Needs Assessment: An Exploratory Study.Crime & Delinquency, 55, 550-585.