Curriculum Vitae
J. Michael Olivero, Ph.D.
OFFICE: Department of Law and Justice
CentralWashingtonUniversity
Ellensburg, Washington 98926
(509) 963-2398
OFFICE: Olivero Family Counseling and Consulting
C/O Epic Youth Service
600 Superior Lane
PO Box 9279
Yakima, Washington98902
(509) 945-7185
EDUCATION
1997
MSW Master of Social Work: School of Social Work, Eastern Washington
University. GPA of 3.9. Area of concentration: community mental health
services and family issues. Practicum served with the Center for Counseling and
Psychotherapy, as a domestic violence counselor, doing assessments, and teaching
anger management/domestic violence classes. My initial practicum was the
Washington Department of Corrections, facilitating group therapy in Moral
Reconation Therapy, as well as workshops for offenders on Hepatitis, Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS transmission in Kittitas County Jail.Faculty Advisor: Jim Renner.
1988
Ph.D. Sociology: Department of Sociology, Southern IllinoisUniversity.
Dissertation Title: A Theoretical and Stage Model Analysis of Prison Riots.
Areas of Competence and Concentration: Methodology, Organizations, Social
Psychology and Social Movements. Dissertation Chairperson: Dr. Ernest Alix.
Grade Point Average: 3.9 on a 4.0 scale.
1983
M.S. Criminal Justice Sciences: Department of Criminal Justice Sciences,
IllinoisStateUniversity. Thesis Title: Puritanism and Religiosity and the
Impact upon Attitudes Concerning Capital Punishment. Areas of Concentration:
Correctional Counseling, Substance Abuse-Drug Rehabilitation and Criminological
Theory. Researched drug use rates on campus. Advisor: Robert Culbertson.
Grade Point Average: 3.7 on a 4.0 scale.
1979
B.S. Sociology
B.S. Art
San FranciscoStateUniversity. Areas of Concentration: Deviant Behavior and Social Psychology. Advisor: Dr. Sherri Cavan. Grade Point Average: 3.5 on 4.0 scale.
Academic Awards: Member of Alpha Phi Sigma (The National Criminal Justice
Honor Society). Several semesters on the Dean's List as an undergraduate. Two
graduate assistantships from the Department of Criminal Justice Sciences,
IllinoisStateUniversity (Summer 1983 and Fall 1983). Five semesters as a
graduate research assistant from the Center for the Study of Crime, Corrections
and Delinquency. Southern IllinoisUniversity (Fall 1984, Spring 1985, Summer
1985, Fall 1985, Spring 1986). Three graduate assistantships from the
Department of Sociology, Southern IllinoisUniversity (Fall 1986, Spring 1987,
Summer 1987). DissertationResearchAward-SouthernIllinoisUniversity (1987,
1988).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1991-Present
Full Professor: Department of Law and Justice, CentralWashingtonUniversity.
Courses include Counseling, Corrections, Correctional Law, Criminology,
Community Based Corrections- Probation and Parole, Comparative Corrections,
Research Methods and Statistics, and Juvenile Delinquency. Part of the time is
also spent on committee work, which included Chairperson of Department Self
Study, Chairperson of Department Curriculum Revision Committee, Chair of the
Department Personnel Committee and the University Strategic Planning Committee.
Chair of the Department for 4 years.
1989-1991
Assistant Professor: Criminal Justice Department, University of Texas- Pan
American. Teaching undergraduate courses in criminal justice, including
introduction to Criminal Justice, Research and Statistics in Criminal Justice,
Criminological Theory, Issues in Corrections (Jail Suicide, AIDS in Prison,
Correctional Issues- overcrowding, gangs, violence, riots), or Probation and
Parole. Developed supplemental reader for Criminological Theory course.
Committee work included University Merit Selection Committee, University Faculty
Research Grant Committee, Chaired Department Merit and Tenure Committee.
1987-1988
Instructor: Law Enforcement Program at JohnA.LoganCollege. Taught courses
in Police and Community Relations, or Probation and Parole.
1986-1987
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Department of Sociology, Southern Illinois
University. Assisted Dr. Frank Nall and Dr. Edward Patterson in teaching
introductory classes in sociology. Personally lectured in the areas of
Deviance/Criminology, Social Movements and Complex Organizations. Was
responsible for testing, attendance records and grading.
1982
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Department of Criminal Justice Sciences, Illinois
StateUniversity. Taught introductory criminal justice courses. Composed own
lectures, course material, tests, attendance records and grading.
1981-1982
Instructor: Law Enforcement Program at LincolnCollege. Taught Courses in
Corrections and Juvenile Delinquency.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
1999 to Present
Olivero Family Counseling and Consulting. Guardian ad Litem registries in Yakima and KittitasCounties. Family Counseling. Domestic Violence and Anger Management assessments and classes.
2000 to 20010
Clinical Director of Youth Services, Therapist, Clinical Services Consultant or Research and Evaluation: EPIC Youth Services, Yakima, WA. Work with adolescents. Some of whom are state dependent, deemed to be at risk, including gang involvement and substance dependence. Group and individual therapy, treatment plans, casework and casework planning, working with families and youth, working with collateral treatment providers, testing, assessment and treatment, training personnel in mental health issues and adolescents, grant writing and agency planning.
1999 to 2004
Therapist and Associate: Anger Control Clinic and Bill Dietz Counseling, Yakima and Ellensburg, WA. Ran groups on anger management and domestic violence, or individual counseling. I also did domestic violence and anger management evaluations for the courts. Monitored the terms of probation on domestic violence perpetrators, worked with families and domestic violence victims. State certified domestic violence treatment provider.
2002 to 2004
Workshop Grantee- Solutions Based Processing Workshop (Assault Prevention):
Awarded grant from Juvenile Justice Advisory Board in KittitasCounty to do
workshops with juvenile offenders on solutions based processing to decrease the
risk of assaultive behavior. Work with juvenile offenders and their parents in
a group therapy situation. Coordinated services with Kittitas County Probation Department, the Department of Social and Health Services, Alcohol and Drug Dependence Services, and the Victim Offender Mediation. I wrote the curriculum and implemented the program, which has been funded on an ongoing basis. I incorporated students from Central Washington Unversity as mentors in the workshop.
2000 to 2003
Social Worker 3: Department of Social and Health Services, KittitasCounty.
Worked as Children’s Services supervisor on an interim basis. Worked in several programs in the Children Services programs including Child Protective Services- investigating child abuse, assessment of risk, system intake, working with runaway youth and the crisis residential center, liaison with law enforcement, the prosecutor’s office and testifying before the Superior Court; Child Welfare Services- Home studies, case management (mental health, physiological problems, etc), working with therapeutic support providers, working with children and parents, working with foster parents, etc. I also briefly served as interim supervisor over all programs during her maternity leave, supervising clerical staff, personnel issues with social workers, working with outside service providers and contract provision review, etc. Supervisor: Lynnette Shaw.
1987 to 1991
Police Officer (Researcher- unpaid): Mission Police Department, Mission Texas. Part time basis. Researched supervision of station lock up, undercover narcotics work, street patrol and coordinating gang crime intelligence. Assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division. Wrote book on gangs with this data.
1987-1989
Coordinator of Emergency Services: Mental Health Services of Franklin and
Williamson Counties, Inc. Coordinated mental health emergencies with law enforcement agencies, hospitals, nursing homes, etc., as well as being chief liaison with other community agencies and media. Responded to "go out" and "walk in" mental health emergencies (crisis intervention) and substance abuse services. Consulted with various internal programs (Substance Abuse Services, Youth Services Bureau, Case Coordination, etc.) on emergencies such as psychosis, sexual assault, detoxification, etc. Screened clients as to risk rating and refer them to appropriate services, including Adult Outpatient Services, Substance Abuse programs, etc. Schedule and supervise night
contractual emergency workers. Scheduling day emergency back-up workers. Acted
as Vice-Chairperson on the Quality Review Subcommittee-guarding the corporation
against liability. Public relations and adjunct member to the Southern Illinois University of Medicine-Community Psychiatry Residency Program. Training Corporation staff in nonviolent crisis intervention techniques. Services contracted through mental health center to others in training on nonviolent crisis out intervention.
1988-1989
Night Emergency Contractual Worker: Twenty-four hour emergency mental health,
substance abuse and youth service coverage in a two country area. Duties
include crisis intervention, or mental health and substance abuse assessment.
Secure placement in appropriate setting group home, detoxification center,
psychiatric facility, follow up counseling, etc.
1986-1987
Counselor: 608 House, JacksonCounty Community Mental Health. Worked with the
chronically mentally ill and dual/diagnosed at a half-way house. Taught
independent living skills, behavior programs and evaluation, etc. Clients
included people suffering from schizophrenia and the drug/alcohol dependent.
1980
Intern Probation Officer (unpaid): Placer County Department of Probation. Lake Tahoe,
California. Duties included pre-sentence investigations (On previous criminal
history, drug abuse, etc.) And reports to the court, supervision at juvenile
detention center, supervision of probationers and parolees and juvenile traffic.
PUBLICATIONS
2014
Olivero, J.Michael. 2014. Prosecutors and Politics: A Comparative Perspective, by Michael Tonry (ed), The Law and Politics Book Review, Vol.24. No.3, 128-131.
2013
Olivero, J.Michael. 2013. Frequency of Student Cheating on Online Test Examinations. National Social Science Technology Journal, Volume 3, No. 2,
2013
Olivero, J.M. 2013. “The Imposition of the Death Penalty on Mexican Nationals in the United States and the Cultural, Legal and Political Context.”Laws 2013, 2, 33-50.
2012
Olivero, J Michael. 2012. “Smoke and Political Mirrors: Policing Marijuana in WashingtonState.” Police Forum, Vol. 23, N 3: 5-13
2011
Olivero, J. Michael, Murataya, R., Francis, Teresa . 2011. “Homophobic behavior and law enforcement majors: A case for sexual minority studies.”Police Forum, 15(2), 4-13.
2010
Olivero, J. Michael. 20010. “How domestic violence is defined for therapeutic purposes?” National Social Science Journal, Vol. 34, N.2: 110-128
2009
Olivero, J. Michael. 2009. Book Review of Regulating Deviance: The Redirection of Criminalisation and the Future of Regulating of Criminal Law.by Bernadette McSherry, Alan North and Simon Bronitt (eds). Onati International Series in Law and Society. Portland, OR and Oxford, UK: Hart Publishing, 2008. Vol. 19, No.9: 712-715.
2009
Olivero, J.Michael. Book Review of The Prisoners’ Delimma: Political Economy and Punishment in Contemporary Democracies, by Nicola Lacey. New York and Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press, 2008. Vol 19 No. 3 (March, 2009) Law and Politics Book Review Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association
2009
Olivero, J.Michael. Indian Self Determination Act. Encyclopedia of Race and Crime. 382-384. Sage Publications: Newberry Park, CA.
2009
Olivero, J.Michael. Native American Massacres. Encyclopedia of Race and Crime. Sage Publications. Sage Publications: Newberry Park, CA.
2006
Olivero, J. “ Child Abuse”. Encyclopedia of Juvenile Violence. Greenwood Publishing: New York.
2006.
Olivero, J. “ Bullying”. Encyclopedia of Juvenile Violence. Greenwood Publishing: New York.
2006
Olivero, J. “Native Americans.” Encyclopedia of Juvenile Violence. Greenwood Publishing: New York.
2006
Olivero, J. “Curfews.” Encyclopedia of Juvenile Violence. Greenwood Publishing: New York.
2005
Olivero, J.
Yakima Drug Court Evaluation. Report to Yakima County Drug Court and the Judiciary. Yakima- technical report.
2005
Crane, D., Gagliardi, G., and P. Stanley
Assessment of Department of Corrections Incidents Involving Supervised Offenders. Report to the Director of the Office of Financial Management. State of Washington: Olympia- technical report
2005
Olivero, J.M. Juvenile Justice in the State of Washington. National Social Science Association: San Diego.
2004
Rodrigo Murataya and J.Michael Olivero. Medical Atrocities, Legal and Ethic Mandates and the Application to Cross-Cultural Research in Criminal Justice: Research on Mexico and Mexicans, ERCES Online Quarterly Journal, Vol.1, Issue 3.
2004
J.Michael Olivero, Christopher Trevino, Rodrigo Murataya and Dan Capatillo. “Transitions: Transitions in Mexican American Migrations Policies Post the September Attacks.” Current, December 2003: 12-13.
2003
J,Michael Olivero and Chris Trevino. “Domestic Violence and Dyadic Death.” Journal of the Social Sciences. Volume 23, Issue 1, pp. 98-104.Refereed.
2003
J.Michael Olivero. Understanding Domestic Violence for Law Enforcement Personnel in the state of Washington. National Social Science Association: San Diego.
2001
J.Michael Olivero and Rodrigo Murataya. "Homophobia and Law Enforcement Majors."
Journal of Criminal Justice Education, Vol.23: 453-477.
1999
J.Michael Olivero and Leslie Smith. "Yakima Indian Salmon Fishing Rights: The
Case of David Sohappy." National Social Sciences Journal. Vol.12, No.1:
115-121.
1998
Olivero, J. 1998. The Crisis in Mexican Prisons: The Impact of the United
States. As it appears in Comparing Prison Systems: Toward a Comparative and
International Penology, R.Weiss and N. South, eds. Gordon and Breach Publishers-
Amsterdam:99-113.
1998
Olivero, J. and R. Murataya. 1998. Citizen Satisfaction with Police Services in
Guadalajara, Mexico. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal
Justice. Vol.22, No.2:303-310.
1997
Miah, M. and J.Michael Olivero. “Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors Related to AIDS Among Prisoners: Implications for Social Work Practice.” International Review of Modern Sociology 27(2), 1997: 23-32.
1995
Olivero, J. and J. Roberts. "AIDS in Mexican Prisons," AIDS & Society, 7, N.4:
15-21.
1994
Robinson, C., R. Scaglion and J. Olivero. Evolution of the Police Function.
N.Y.: Greenwood Publications.
1994
Olivero, J., J. Roberts, R. Murataya and L. Rubenser. "The Treatment of U.S.
Citizens by Mexican Law Enforcement Officials: An Obstacle to Trade Relations
Between the U.S. and Mexico." National Social Science Perspectives Journal, 5,
N.3: 202-210.
1994
Rowe, L. and J. Olivero. "Profiles in Bicycle Theft: There is a Pattern."
Journal of Security Administration, 16, N.2: 17-24.
1994
J. Olivero, R. Hansen. "Research Note--Community Mental Health Service Provider
Assistance in Police Officer Management of the Suicidal: An Analysis of
Linkage Agreements." Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 28: 36-57.
Refereed.
1993
Olivero, J., R. Hansen and A. Clark. "The Implementation of the Texas Public
Intoxication Law in Small Texas Cities." American Journal of the Police, Vol.
XII, No. 4: 127-148.
1993
J. Olivero and G. Mounce. "Research Note: Acquired Immunity Deficiency Syndrome
and Mexican Inmate Knowledge of Behavior." Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol.
21: 285-293.
1993
J. Olivero, K. Smith, G. Mounce and A. Morgado. "Mexican Prisons and AIDS: Will
Mexico Follow the Path of the United States?" International Journal of
Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, Vol. 17, No. 2: 261-271.
1992
J. Olivero. "AIDS in Prisons: Administrative and Judicial Dilemmas and
Strategies." In Corrections: Dilemmas and Directions. Edited by P. Benekos and
A. Merlo's, Dilemmas and Directions in Corrections. Anderson/ACJS Publishing.
Pages 37-55.
1992
J. Olivero, A. Clark, A. Morgado and G. Mounce. "A Comparative View of AIDS in
Prisons: Mexico the United States." International Criminal Justice Review, Vol.
2: 105-118.
1991
J. Michael Olivero. Honor, Violence and Upward Mobility: A Case Study of
Chicago Gangs during the 1970s and 1980s. University of Texas: Edinburg,
Texas.
1991
J. Michael Olivero, G. Mounce and A. Morgado. "Corrections in Mexico."
American Jails. Vol. 5, No. 4: 130-137.
1991
J. Michael Olivero. "U.S. Prisons in Border Prisons in Tamaulipas, Mexico."
Rio Bravo: Vol. 1, No. 1: 106-122. Refereed.
1991
J. Michael Olivero. State of Siege, U.S. Prisons, 1971-1986 by B. Useem and P.
Kimbell. Book review. Journal of Criminal Justice. Vol. 18, No. 6: 552-554.
1991
J. Michael Olivero. "IV Drug Use and AIDS: An Analysis of Evolving
Correctional Policy." Criminal Justice Policy and Review. Volume 3, Number 4:
360-375. Refereed.
1991
J. Michael Olivero. "A Recent Look at U.S. Prisoners in Mexican Border
Prisons." International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice.
Vol. 15, No. 1: 251-158. Refereed.
1991
J. Michael Olivero. "Americas Watch Produces Investigative Report on Prison
Conditions." CJ the Americas. Vol. 4, No. 5: 3.
1991
J. Michael Olivero. "Mental Health and Criminal Justice," book review.
American Journal of the Police. Volume X, Number 1: 97-99.
1991
J. Michael Olivero and G. Mounce. "Struggle Between Drug Lords Generates Riot
at Matamoras Prison." CJ the Americas. Volume 4, Number 4: 3-4.
1990
J. Michael Olivero. "Linkage Agreements Between Community Mental Health Service
Providers and the Police." Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology: Vol. 6,
No. 2: 8-13. Refereed.
1990
J. Michael Olivero. "Research Notes on the Evolution of Police Structure."
Journal of Criminal Justice. Volume 18, Number 2: 1710176. Refereed.
1990
J. Michael Olivero. "The Treatment of AIDS Behind the Walls of Correctional
Facilities." Social Justice. Volume 17, No. 1, Spring: 113-125. Refereed.
1990
J. Olivero and J. Roberts. "The United States Federal Penitentiary at Marion,
Illinois: Alcatraz Revisited." The New England Journal of Criminal and Civil
Confinement. Volume 16, Number 1, Winter 1990: 21-51. Refereed.
1990
J. Olivero and J. Roberts. "Jail Suicide and Legal Liability." Suicide and
Life Threatening Behavior. Volume 20, Number 2, Summer: 138-148. Refereed.
1990
J. Michael Olivero. "The War on Drugs and Mexican Prisons." CJ the Americas,
Volume 4, Number 2: 3-4.
1989
J. Olivero "Community Crime Prevention" book review, American Journal of the
Police. August 1989. Pp. 141-143.
1989
Olivero, J. and J. Roberts "The Management of Aids in Correctional Facilities:
The View from the Federal Court." Prison Journal. Volume LXIX, Number 2,
Fall-Winter: 9-20. Refereed.
1989
Olivero, J. And J. Roberts. "Jail Suicide a Legal Liability." The Proceedings
of the 22nd Meetings of the American Association of Suicidology. Pp. 177-191.
1988
J. Olivero and J. Roberts. "Identifying Needs Among the Disadvantaged in a
Rural Town and the Attempt for Change: The Case of Carbondale." The Proceedings
of the Eight Conference on SmallCities and Municipalities. Pp. 255-270.
1987
J. Olivero and J. Roberts. "The U.S. Federal Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois,
and the 22 Month Lockdown: The Crisis Continues." Crime and Social Justice.
(1987). Nos. 27-28, Pp. 245-256. Refereed.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2012
J.Michael Olivero. WashingtonState Medical Marijuana. 2012 meeting of the Western Society of Criminology. Newport Beach, California.
2011
Murataya R., Presenter, Olivero, J. M. and Francis, Teresa. “Homophobic behavior and law enforcement majors: A case for sexual minority studies.” Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. WashingtonDC.
2010
J.Michael Olivero and Rodrigo Murataya. Salmon fishing and the Conflict Between the Yakama Nation and State or Federal Law Enforcement Officials at the 2010 meeting of the Western Society of Criminology. Honolulu, Hawaii.
2009
J.Michael Olivero and Laura Bazadula. “At-Risk Youth and Substance Abuse: