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Dale Sechrest has
practiced, taught, and published in the field of corrections for over
40 years. His work has focused on the evaluation of corrections
programs, including juvenile diversion, correctional privatization,
substance abuse programs, treatment of mentally ill offenders, victim-offender reconciliation programs, and correctional standards.
Dr. Sechrest’s
research and scholarship includes research on drug treatment programs,
both methadone maintenance programs nationally and drug courts in California.
Current or recently completed research has focused on the diversion of juvenile offenders, mentally ill offenders released from jail, residential drug treatment, drug courts, juvenile boot camps, violent juvenile offenders, restorative justice, DUI offenders, and telemarketing scams.
Dr. Sechrest has
published extensive research on drug treatment programs, having evaluated
the impact of methadone maintenance on the criminal activity of heroin
addicts in Santa Clara County, California and New York City at the Center for
Criminal Justice at Harvard Law School (1973-74). He has directed community-based
research projects in Santa Clara County, California. He was staff of a
national study of correctional manpower and training (1966-68), and a
Deputy Probation Officer, Contra Costa County, California. He was Deputy Director and Director of the standards and accreditation program of the American Correctional Association (1975-1984). His publications
include articles on correctional standards, privatization in corrections, drug programs, diversion,
restorative justice, and community corrections. Books are The Role of the Helping Professions in Treating the Victims and Perpetrators of Violent Crime (2002), The Changing Career of the Correctional Officer (1998), Three Strikes and You're Out: Vengeance as Public Policy (1996), and Jail Management and Liability Issues (1989). A book is in
progress on program evaluation in corrections.
Dr. Sechrest teaches
undergraduate and graduate corrections courses, research methods, and
statistics.
Professional Specialties:
Selected Publications:
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Schichor,
David, & D.K. Sechrest (2002). Privatization and flexibility:
Legal and practical aspects of interjurisdictional transfer of prisoners.
The Prison Journal 82(3): 386-407 (September). |
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Sechrest,
D.K., and David Shichor, editors, Journal of Drug Issues;
included paper by Sechrest, D.K., & Shichor, D. (2001). Drug
courts as an alternative treatment modality” Winter 2001, Vol
31, No. 1. |
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Doocy,
J.H., Shichor, D., Sechrest, D.K., & Geis, G. (2001). Telemarketing
fraud: Who are the tricksters and what makes them trick?” Security
Journal 14(3): 7-26. |
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Shichor,
David, Sechrest, D.K., & Jeffrey Doocy (2000). “Victims
of investment fraud” In Pontell, H.N., & Shichor, D. (2000),
Contemporary issues in crime and criminal justice: Essays in
honor of Gilbert Geis. Prentice-Hall, pages 81-96. |
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Sechrest,
D.K., Matthew A. Robby (2000). Public and private substance abuse
programs in corrections. In Shichor, D., & Gilbert, M., Privatization
of Criminal Justice, Past, Present, and Future. Anderson Publishing
Company, pages 123-132. |
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Sechrest,
D.K., and Don A. Josi (1999). A Pragmatic Approach to parole aftercare:
Evaluation of a community reintegration program for high-risk youthful
offenders. Justice Quarterly 16(1), , pp. 51-80. |
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Sechrest,
D.K., David Shichor, Jeffrey H. Doocy, and Gilbert Geis (1998). A
Research Note: Women’s response to a telemarketing scam. Women
& Criminal Justice 10(1): 75-89. |
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Shichor,
David, and Dale K. Sechrest (1998). A comparison of mediated and non-mediated
juvenile offender cases in California. Juvenile and Family Court
Journal 49(2): 27-40. |
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Sechrest,
D.K., & Shichor, David (1997) Juvenile Repeat Felons: Examination
of Existing Sentencing Practices in California. Faculty Fellows
Program, Center for California Studies, California State University,
Sacramento, CA. |
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Sechrest,
D.K., and Don A. Josi (1996). Treatment vs. security: Adversarial
relationship between treatment facilitators and correctional officers.
The Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 23 (1/2):167-184. |
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Sechrest,
D.K. and David Shichor (1996). Comparing public and private correctional
facilities in California: an exploratory study. In Mays, G. Larry,
& Gray, T., eds. Privatization and the Provision of Correctional
Services: Context and Consequences. Anderson Publishing Company. |
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Shichor,
David, and D.K. Sechrest (1995). Quick fixes in corrections: Reconsidering
private and public for-profit facilities (1995). The Prison Journal
75(4): 457-478 (December). |
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Williams
III, Frank P., Marilyn D. McShane, and D.K. Sechrest (1994). Barriers
to Effective performance review: The seduction of raw data. Public
Administration Review 54(6):537-542. |
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Sechrest,
D.K. Marilyn D. McShane, and Larry Haefeli.(1994) Program Review
and Internal Audit in Corrections (1994). Washington, DC: U.S.
Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections. |
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Sechrest,
D.K., and Don A. Josi (1993). An evaluation of substance abuse treatment
outcomes for youthful parolees The Prison Journal 73(3):355-378. |
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Cushman,
Robert C., and Dale K. Sechrest (1992). Variations in the administration
of probation supervision (1992). Federal Probation 56(3):19-29. |
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Burns,
Pamela, and D.K. Sechrest (1992). Police corruption: The Miami case.
Criminal Justice and Behavior 19:294-313; with Pamela Burns. |
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Sechrest,
D.K. (1979). Methadone programs and crime reduction: A comparison
of New York and California addicts (1979). The International Journal
of the Addictions 14(3):377-400. |
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Sechrest,
D.K. (1975). Criminal activity, wages earned and drug use after
two years of methadone treatment Addictive Diseases: An International
Journal 1(4):491-512. |
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Sechrest,
D.K. (1969). A comparison of inmates' and staff's judgments of the
severity of offenses (1969). Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
6(1):41-55. |
Grants and Contracts:
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Director, Juvenile Justice and Crime Prevention Act (AB 1913 ) evaluation. State Board
of Corrections, 2001 to 2005.
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Director, Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction Grant evaluation. PASSAGES.
State Board of Corrections, 2002 to 2005.
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Director, Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction Grant evaluation. SPAN. State
Board of Corrections, 1999 to 2005.
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Director, Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program (RSAT) evaluation at
Banning Correctional Facility, Riverside County. 1999 to 2002.
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Director, Riverside County Drug Court (ROC) evaluation, 1996-1997. Desert Drug
Court, 1998-99. |
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Co-Principal
Investigator, Juvenile Repeat Felons: Examination of Current Sentencing
Practices, 1997. CSU Faculty Fellows Program. |
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Director, Riverside County Juvenile Boot Camp (Van Horn) evaluation, 1996-1997. |
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Project
Evaluation Director, Riverside County Juvenile Prevention, Intervention, and
Suppression projects: (1) Evaluation for Riverside County (California)
Juvenile Justice Local Action Plan (Challenge Grant), for the Multi-Agency
Coordinating Council, 1997; (2) Riverside County (California) Community-Based
Punishment Options Strategy Plan; survey of 900 detainees with final
report, 1996. State Board of Corrections. |
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Project
Director, National study of correctional program auditing systems:
A two year study in five states completed in 1993. Funded by Federal
National Institute of Corrections. |
Affiliations,
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