Faculty

Deanna Pérez, Assistant Professor

University of Colorado Denver
School of Public Affairs
P.O. Box 173364 - Campus Box 142
Denver, CO 80217 - 3364
Phone: (303) 315 - 2292
Fax: (303) 315 - 2229
E-mail: Deanna.Perez@ucdenver.edu

Areas of Interest: Corrections, Drug Abuse/Treatment, Program Evaluation, Ethnicity and Gender.

Bio:  Dr. Deanna M. Pérez is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado Denver. Dr. Pérez received her Ph.D. and M.A. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland.  Her research interests include correctional rehabilitation and evidence-based practices, offender substance-abuse and treatment issues, gender and crime, and criminological theory testing.

Recent Publications:

Deanna M. Pérez, Wesley Jenkins, & Angela R. Gover.  2008.  “Specifying General Strain Theory:  An ethnically relevant approach.”  Deviant Behavior, 29(6): 544-578.

Angela R. Gover, Deanna M. Pérez, & Wesley G. Jenkins.  2008. “A test of Importation/Deprivation Theory: Gender differences in factors contributing to institutional misconduct.”  The Prison Journal, 88(3):378-403.

Deanna M. Pérez. (Forthcoming).  “An evaluation of residential substance abuse treatment program for high-risk offenders under community supervision: Applying the risk and needs principles in community corrections.”  Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice.

Deanna M. Pérez, Angela R. Gover, Kristin Tennyson, & Saskia Santos.  (Forthcoming). “Individual and institutional characteristics related to inmate victimization.”  International Journal Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology.

Wesley G. Jenkins, Nicole L. Piquero, Angela R. Gover, & Deanna M. Pérez.  (Forthcoming). “Explaining sex differences in offending: An examination of a gendered general strain theory among Hispanic adolescents.” Journal of Criminal Justice.