Department of Criminal
Justice & Criminology
Marshall
University
One John Marshall
Drive
Huntington, WV
25755-2662
Office: Smith Hall
736
Phone: (304)
696-3082
FAX: (304)
696-3085
Email:
crewsa@marshall.edu
Dr.
Angela West Crews joined the Criminal Justice & Criminology Faculty in the fall of 2008.
She
currently holds the rank of Associate Professor and also serves as
the Department's Undergraduate Academic Advisor. Before arriving at
Marshall, she taught at Washburn University in Topeka Kansas. Dr.
Crews is originally from Tennessee.
Education
Ph.D., Criminology, Indiana University
of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
M.A., Criminal Justice & Criminology,
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
B.S., Psychology,
Tusculum College, Greeneville, TN
Faculty
Biography
For her
Masters thesis, Dr. Crews experimentally examined the
accuracy and reliability of eyewitness identifications and her
doctoral dissertation comparatively evaluated the effectiveness of
HIV/AIDS education programs for male and female inmates in
Pennsylvania prisons.
Dr. Crews
has over 14 years of undergraduate and graduate teaching experience,
and has authored or co-authored numerous journal articles, book
chapters, and grant proposals. Most recently, she has been
interested in the measurement of concepts in law enforcement and
correctional policy analysis and program evaluation, and in policies
related to the release of ex-inmates into society.
Her research interests are varied and involve all
aspects of the criminal justice system, but share a policy analysis
or program evaluation focus. Her areas of teaching include research
methods and statistics, corrections, comparative justice systems,
and criminological theory. Dr. Crews is active in the Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences as the Chair of the Corrections Section,
and in the American Society of Criminology. She also has served the
profession in various capacities within the Southern Criminal
Justice Association.
Dr. Crews
currently is writing a book chapter examining corrections from a
critical perspective, and working with her husband, Dr. Gordon
Crews, on two books relating to juvenile delinquency. In addition,
the Crews' recently worked with the Joint Center on Violence and
Victim Studies on a grant proposal to the U.S. Department of State
to form collaborative partnerships with NGOs in Africa (Ghana and
South Africa) to address the problem of human trafficking.
Revised July 9, 2008
