William D. Bales

Rev. 4/15/2016

Curriculum Vitae

William D. Bales

UNIVERSITY ADDRESS

Florida State University

College of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Eppes Hall, 112 S. Copeland St.

Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1273

Phone:(850) 644-7113; Fax: (850) 644-9614

E-mail address:

CURRENT POSITIONS

Professor, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University.

Director, Center for Criminology and Public Policy Research, Florida State University, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice.

Co-Editor with Daniel S. Nagin, Criminology & Public Policy

POSITIONS HELD

Professor, Florida State University, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice (2012 – Present).

Associate Professor, Florida State University, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice (2003 – 2012).

Bureau Chief, Bureau of Research and Data Analysis, Florida Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, Florida (1991 – 2003).

Adjunct Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida (2002, 2003).

Population Projection Administrator, Bureau of Planning, Research and Statistics, Florida Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, Florida (1987 – 1991).

Senior Data Base Analyst, Division of Criminal Justice Information Systems, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Tallahassee, Florida (1986 – 1987).

Senior Management Analyst I, Division of Criminal Justice Information Systems, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Tallahassee, Florida (1985 – 1986).

Planner II, Florida Criminal Justice Statistics Clearinghouse, Bureau of Public Safety Management, Department of Community Affairs, Tallahassee, Florida (1983 – 1985).

Director of Data Collection, Multi-Jurisdictional Sentencing Guidelines Evaluation Project, ABT Associates, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts (1981 – 1982).

Research Assistant, Planning, and Coordination Unit, Office of the State Courts Administrator, Florida Supreme Court, Tallahassee, Florida (1977 – 1981).

Research Assistant, Institute for Social Research, Florida State University (1978).

Research Assistant, “Deterrence of Delinquency," LEAA grant, Florida State University, School of Criminology, Tallahassee, Florida (1976 – 1977).

EDUCATION

Florida State University 1977 – 1987 Ph. D. (Criminology)

Florida State University 1975 – 1977 M. S. (Criminology)

Florida State University 1971 – 1975 B. S. (Criminology and Sociology)

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Gaes, Gerald G., William D. Bales and Samual S. Scaggs. (2016). The Effect of Imprisonment on Recommitment: An Analysis Using Exact, Coarsened Exact, and Radius Matching. Journal of Experimental Criminology12: 143-158.

Lindsey, Andrea M.,Daniel P. Mears, Joshua C. Cochran, William D. Bales and Brian J. Stults. (2015). In Prison and Far From Home: Spatial Distance Effects on Inmate Misconduct. Crime & Delinquency. Online First

Toman, Elisa L., Joshua C. Cochran, John K. Cochran and William D. Bales. (2015). The Implications of Sentence Length for Inmate Adjustment to Prison Life. Journal of Criminal JusticeOpen Access 43:6.

Scaggs, Samual J.A. and William D. Bales. (2015). The Growth in the Elderly Inmate Prison Population: The Role of Determinate Punishment Policies. Justice Research and Policy16:1.

Cochran, Joshua C., Daniel P. Mears, William D. Bales, and Eric A. Stewart (2015)

"Spatial Distance, Community Disadvantage, and Racial and Ethnic Variation in Prison Inmate Access to Social Ties". Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency53:2, 220-254.

Mears, Daniel P., Xia Wang, and William D. Bales(2014).“Does a Rising Tide Lift All Boats? Labor Market Changes and Their Effects on the Recidivism of Released Prisoners.”Justice Quarterly31:5, 822-851.

Cochran, Joshua C., Daniel P. Mears, William D. Bales, and Eric A. Stewart(2014).“Does Inmate Behavior Affect Post-Release Offending? Investigating the Misconduct-Recidivism Relationship among Youth and Adults.”Justice Quarterly 31:1044-1073.

Wang, Xia, Hay, Carter, Todak, Natalie Erin, and William D. Bales (2014).Criminal Propensity, Social Context, and Recidivism: A Multilevel Analysis of Interactive Relationships.Criminal Justice and Behavior, 41:3, 300-317.

Cochran, Joshua C., Daniel P. Mears, and William D. Bales (2014).Assessing the Effectiveness of Correctional Sanctions.Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 30, 317-347.

Cochran, Joshua C., Daniel P. Mears, and William D. Bales (2014).Who Gets Visited in Prison? Individual- and Community-Level Disparities in Inmate Visitation Experiences.Crime & Delinquency, 1:24.

Bales, William D. Bales, Samual J. A. Scaggs, Catie L. Clark, David Ensley, and Philip Coltharp (2014).Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships: A Case Study of the Development of a Long-Term Collaborative Project Between a University and a Criminal Justice Agency.Criminal Justice Studies, 27:3, 294-307.

Siennick, Sonja E., Daniel P. Mears, and William D. Bales (2013). Here and Gone: Anticipation and Separation Effects of Prison Visits on Inmate Infractions. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 50:3, 417-444.

Bales, William D., Thomas G. Blomberg, and Kevin Waters (2013). Inmate Tattoos and In-Prison and Post-Prison Violent Behavior.International Journal of Criminology and Sociology,2, 20-31.

Wang, Xia, Carter Hay, Natalie Erin Todak, and William D. Bales (2013). Criminal Propensity, Social Context, and Recidivism: A Multilevel Analysisof Interactive Relationships. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 20:10, 1-18.

Van Slyke, Shanna and William D. Bales (2013). Gender Dynamics in the Sentencing of White-Collar Offenders. Criminal Justice Studies, 26:2, 168-196.

Bales, William D. and Alex R. Piquero (2012). Racial/Ethnic Differentials in Sentencing to Incarceration. Justice Quarterly, 29:5, 742-773.

Caravelis Hughs, Cyndy, Ted Chiricos, and William D. Bales (2012). Race, Ethnicity, Threat and the Designation of Career Offenders.Justice Quarterly,50, 145-186.

Bales, William D. and Courtenay H. Miller (2012).The Impact of Determinate Sentencing on Prisoner Misconduct.Journal of Criminal Justice, 40, 394-403.

Bales, William D. and Alex R. Piquero. (2012). Assessing the Impact of Imprisonment on Recidivism. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 8:71–101.

Mears, Daniel P., Joshua C. Cochran, Sonja E. Siennick, and William D. Bales. (2012). Prison Visitation and Recidivism. Justice Quarterly, 29:6, 888-918.

Mears, Daniel P., Joshua C. Cochran, and William D. Bales. 2012. Gender Differences in the Effects of Prison on Recidivism.Journal of Criminal Justice,40:5, 370-378.

Van Slyke, Shanna and William D. Bales. (2012).A Contemporary Study of the Decision to Incarcerate White-Collar andStreet Property Offenders.Punishment & Society, 14:2, 217-246.

Warren, Patricia, Ted Chiricos, and William D. Bales (2012). The Imprisonment Penalty for Young Black and Hispanic Males: A Crime-Specific Analysis. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency,49:1, 56-80.

Blomberg, Thomas G., William D. Bales, and Alex R. Piquero.(2012). Is Educational Achievement a Turning Point for Incarcerated Delinquents Across Race and Sex?. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 41, 202-216.

Caravelis Hughes, Cyndy, Ted Chiricos and William D. Bales (2011). Static and Dynamic Indicators of Minority Threat in Sentencing Outcomes: A Multi-Level Analysis. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 27: 405-425.

Gaes, Gerald G. and William D. Bales.(2011). Deconstructing the Risk Principle: Addressing Some Remaining Questions. Reaction Essay in Criminology & Public Policy. Issue 10: No. 4, 979-985.

Blomberg, Thomas G., William D. Bales, Karen Mann, Alex R. Piquero, and Richard A.Berk. (2011). Incarceration, Education and Transition from Delinquency. Journal of Criminal Justice, 39, 355-365.

Wang, Xia, Daniel P. Mears, and William D. Bales. (2010). Race-Specific Employment Contexts and Recidivism.Criminology, 48:4,1171-1211.

Bales, William D., Gerry G. Gaes, Thomas G. Blomberg, and Kerensa N. Pate. (2010).An Assessment of the Development and Outcomes of Determinate Sentencing in Florida.Justice Research and Policy,12:1, 41-71.

Mears, Daniel P. and William D. Bales. (2010). Supermax Housing: Placement, Duration, and Time to Reentry.Journal of Criminal Justice, 38, 545-554.

William D. Bales, Karen Mann, Thomas G. Blomberg, Brian McManus, and Karla Dhungana. (2010). Electronic Monitoring in Florida.The Journal of Offender Monitoring,22: 2, 5-12.

Mears, Daniel P. and William D. Bales. (2009). Supermax Incarceration and Recidivism. Criminology, 47:4, 801-836.

Bales, William D., and Daniel P. Mears. (2008). Inmate Social Ties and the Transition to Society: Does Visitation Reduce Recidivism?.Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 45:3, 287-321.

Mears, Daniel P., Xia Wang, Carter Hay, and William D. Bales. (2008). Social Ecology and Recidivism: Implications for Prisoner Reentry. Criminology, 46:2, 301-340.

Lucken, Karol and William D. Bales. (2008). Florida’s Sexually Violent Predator Program: An Examination of Risk and Civil Commitment Eligibility. Crime & Delinquency, 54:1, 95-127.

Chiricos, Ted, Kelle Barrick, William D. Bales and Stephanie Bontrager. (2007). The Labeling of Convicted Felons and The Consequences for Recidivism. Criminology, 45:3, 547-581.

Reisig, Michael D., William D. Bales, Carter Hay and Xia Wang. (2007). The Effect of Racial Inequality on Black Male Recidivism. Justice Quarterly, 24:3, 408-434.

Bales, William D., Van Slyke, Shanna and Thomas G. Blomberg. (2006). Substance Abuse Treatment in Prison and Community Re-Entry: Breaking the Cycle of Drugs, Crime, Incarceration, and Recidivism.Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy,XIII:2, 383-401.

Padgett, Kathy G., William D. Bales and Thomas G. Blomberg. (2006). Under Surveillance: An Empirical Test of the Effectiveness and Consequences of Electronic Monitoring.Criminology & Public Policy, 5:1, 201-232.

Crow, Mathew S. and William D. Bales. (2006). Sentencing Guidelines and Focal Concerns: The Effect of Sentencing Policy as a Practical Constraint on Sentencing Decisions. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 30:2, 285-304.

Bontrager, Stephanie, William D. Bales and Ted Chiricos. (2005). Race, Ethnicity, Threat

and the Labeling of Convicted Felons.Criminology, 43:3, 589-622.

Bales, William D., Laura E. Bedard, Susan T. Quinn, David T. Ensley and Glen P. Holley. (2005). Recidivism of Public and Private State Prison Inmates in Florida.Criminology & Public Policy, 4:1, 101-127.

Burton, Susan E., Matthew Finn, Debra Livingston, Kristen Scully, William D. Bales and Kathy Padgett. (2004). Applying a Crime Seriousness Scale to Measure Changes in the Severity of Offenses by Individuals Arrested in Florida. JusticeResearch and Policy, 6:1, 1-18.

Blomberg, Thomas G., William D, Bales and Karen Reed. (1993). Intermediate Punishment Through Home Confinement: Redistributing or Extending Social Control?.Crime, Law and Social Change,19:2,187-201.

Bales, William D., and Linda G. Dees. (1992). Mandatory Minimum Sentencing in Florida: Past Trends and Future Implication.Crime and Delinquency, 38:3, 309-329.

Bales, William D., and Theodore G. Chiricos. (1991). Unemployment and Punishment: An Empirical Assessment.Criminology, 29:4, 701-724.

Bales, William and Richard P. Kern. (1980). Measuring the Severity of Self-reported Delinquency: The Development of a Seriousness Scale. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 71:4, 637-645.

FORTHCOMING PAPERS ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION

Mitchell, Ojmarrh, Joshua C.Cochran and Dan Mears. (2016). Examining Prison Effects on Recidivism: A Regression Discontinuity Approach. Justice Quarterly.

Valentine, Colby L.,Daniel P. Mears and William D. Bales. (2016). Unpacking the Relationship Between Age and Prison Misconduct. Journal of Criminal Justice.

Mears, Daniel P., Joshua C.Cochran, William D. Bales and Avinash S. Bhati. (2016). Recidivism and Time Served in Prison. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology.

BOOKS

Blomberg, Thomas G., Brancale, Julie Mestre, Beaver, Kevin M. and William D. Bales. (2016). Advancing Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy, Editors, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Bales, W.D., Burkes, K.J., Scaggs, S.J.A., Clark, C.L. (2015). Recidivism. In: James D. Wright (editor-in-chief), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, Vol 20. Oxford: Elsevier. pp. 31–36.

Blomberg, Thomas G., William D. Bales and Courtney Waid. (2009). Educational Achievement Among Incarcerated Youth and Post-Release Return to School, Employment and Crime Desistance. in The Development of Persistent Criminality, edited by Joanne Savage, Oxford University Press, New York, 250-267.

Blomberg, Thomas G., William D. Bales and Courtney A. Waid. (2007). Punishment and Culture. in International Handbook of Penology and Criminal Justice. Shlomo Giora Shoham, Ori Beck, and Martin Kett, eds. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 1-15.

Van Slyke, Shanna, William D. Bales and Gordon P. Waldo. (2007). Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts: Monetary and Nontraditional Punitive Sanctions. in International Handbook of Penology and Criminal Justice. Shlomo Giora Shoham, Ori Beck, and Martin Kett, eds. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 99-160.

Bales, William D., and Richard P. Kern. (1983). The Development of a Perceptually Based Offense Seriousness Scale. in Measurement Issues in Criminal Justice, Gordon P. Waldo, Ed., Sage Publications.

OP-ED ARTICLES

Mears, Daniel, and William D. Bales, November 27, 2008. Inmate Visitation – Much to Gain, Little to Lose. Tallahassee Democrat.

Mears, Daniel, and William D. Bales, January 7, 2009. Prison Family Visits Could Reduce Crime. Florida Sun-Sentinel.

FUNDED RESEARCH

Principal Investigator, “Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships”.A three year $495,329 project with the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice and funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, January 1, 2014.

Principal Investigator, “Re-Validation of the Florida Department of Corrections’ Correctional Operations Trend Analysis System (COTAS)”. A six month $23,244 project funded by the Florida Department of Corrections, 2011.

Co-PrincipalInvestigator,“DomesticViolenceHomicidePreventionPrograminPalmBeachCounty”, a$150,000projectfundedbytheNationalInstituteofJustice, 2013.

Co-Principal Investigator, “Family Drug Court Program Evaluation”. A six month $15,000 project funded by the Palm Beach County Board of County Commission, April, 2013.

Co-Principal Investigator, “Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships”.A three year $598,982 project funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, resulting in a $338,695 fixed price contract with FSUfrom the Florida Department of Corrections, January 1, 2012.

Co-Principal Investigator, “GPS Monitoring Technologies and Domestic Violence: An Evaluation Study”, a $24,190 sub-contract with the University of Illinois at Chicago, (January 2011 to June 2011).

Lead Researcher, “Broward County Jail Project", a $149,963 contract with the Broward County Sheriff’s Officer (August 2009 to September 2010).

Principal Investigator, “An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Electronic Monitoring for Medium and High Risk Offenders on Supervision and Post-Supervision Outcomes”, A $281,976 project funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice (September 2007 to December 2009).

Principal Investigator, Sub-Contractor, through the Urban Institute, “Quantifying the Specific Deterrent Effects of DNA Databases,” a subcontract of $13,666 from a $150,815 project funded by the National Institute of Justice (February 2008 to March 2009).

Lead Researcher, “Evaluation of the Youth Violence Prevention Project Youth Violence Prevention Programs in Palm Beach County: Year Two”, A $200,000 project funded by the Palm Beach County Criminal Justice Commission (February 2007 to April 2009).

Co-Principal Investigator, “Youth Violence Prevention Project”, A $75,000 project funded by the Palm Beach County Criminal Justice Commission (April 2005 to January 2006).

Principal Investigator, “Fiscal Impact and Public Safety Effects of Proposed Attorney General’s Bill: Forcible Felony Violator”, A $15,600 project funded by the Florida Attorney General’s Office (December 1, 2005 to March 30, 2005).

Co-Principal Investigator, “The Impact of PRIDE on Post-Release Employment and Recidivism,” A $25,000 project funded by the Prison Rehabilitative Industries and Diversified Enterprises, Inc., (June 1, 2004 to August 30, 2004).

Co-Principal Investigator, “The Florida Correctional Research Coalition,” A $174,290 project funded by the National Institute of Justice (July 1, 1995 to June 30, 1997).

Project Director, “Florida’s Criminal Justice Workforce Research Information System,” A $49,870 project funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics to the Florida Department of Corrections and the Florida Department of Law

Enforcement (October 1994 to March 1996).

Author, Florida Statistical Analysis Center (FSAC). A $147,276 funded project from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (January 1986 to December 1986). FDLE continues to operate the FSAC through renewal of funding from BJS on an annual basis.

FUNDED RESEARCH SUBMITTED AND NOT FUNDED

Co-Principal Investigator, “Florida State University and Broward County Sheriff’s Office Research Partnership Project”. A two year $249,993 proposal submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, May 30, 2012.

William D. Bales, Karen Mann, Thomas G. Blomberg, and Gerry G. Gaes, “An Assessment of Graduated Community-Based Alternatives to Incarceration

for Nonviolent, Substance Abuse Offenders", A two year $612,016 project proposal submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, June 1, 2010.

Thomas G. Blomberg, Karen Mann, William Bales, Eric Baumer, Brian Stultz, and Eric Stewart, A $561,053 project, “Response to the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Request for Information: Juvenile Justice Research Services”, September, 2008.

RESEARCH REPORTS AND MONOGRAPHS

William D. Bales, David Ensley, Philip Coltharp, Samuel J. A. Scaggs, and Catie Clark. (2014). “The Implementation of Randomized Experimental Study of Prison-Based Substance Abuse Treatment Programs in the Florida Department of Corrections”, Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice.Report for the Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnership Grant, Funding Opportunity Number: NIJ-20112819.

Samuel J. A. Scaggs, William D. Bales, David Ensley, Philip Coltharp, and Catie Clark. (2015). “Assessing the Results of Prison-Based Substance Abuse Treatment Programs on Recidivism and Employment Outcomes among Inmates in the Florida Department of Corrections”, Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice.Report for the Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnership Grant, Funding Opportunity Number: NIJ-20112819.

Catie Clark, William D. Bales, David Ensley, Samuel J. A. Scaggs, Philip Coltharp. (2015). Assessing the Effectiveness of Post-Release Supervision on Recidivism and Employment among State Inmates”, Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice.Report for the Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnership Grant, Funding Opportunity Number: NIJ-20112819.

William D. Bales, David Ensley, Samuel J. A. Scaggs, Philip Coltharp, and Catie Clark. (2015). Assessing the Effectiveness of Work Release Programs on Recidivism and Employment among State Inmates, Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice.Report for the Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnership Grant, Funding Opportunity Number: NIJ-20112819.

Catie Clark, William D. Bales, Samuel J. A. Scaggs, David Ensley, and Philip Coltharp. (2015). “Summary Report for the Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnership Grant”,Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice.Report for the Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnership Grant, Funding Opportunity Number: NIJ-20112819.

An Evaluation pf the Palm Beach County Family Drug Court, George Pesta, William D. Bales, Thomas G. Blomberg, and Julie Mestre, August, 2013.

“Electronic Monitoring Reduces Recidivism”, William D. Bales, Karen Mann, Thomas G. Blomberg, Gerry Gaes, Kelle Barrick, Karla Dhungana and Brian McManus, U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, September 2011.

“Broward County Jail Population:Trends and Forecast, Report to the Broward County Sheriff's Office“, April 2010.

“Validation of the COMPASRisk Assessment Classification, Report to the Broward County Sheriff's Office“, September 2010.

“A Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Electronic Monitoring“, William Bales, Karen Mann, Thomas G. Blomberg, Gerry Gaes, Kelle Barrick, Karla Dhungana and

Brian McManus, Funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, January, 2010.

“An Analysis of Violent Crime in Palm Beach County and Strategies of Violence Reduction Initiatives in U.S. Cities“ Florida State University, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Center for Criminology and Policy Research, (with Center Staff), March 2006.