Assistant Professor of Sociology
132 Post
Phone: (610) 660-1597
Fax: (610) 660-1688
Email: mlogue@sju.edu
Biographical Sketch
Melissa A Logue is Assistant Professor of Sociology at St. Joseph’s University and a Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Violence Research and Prevention. She earned her Ph.D. in Crime, Law, and Justice from the Pennsylvania State University in 2003. Her research interests include courts/sentencing, corrections, violence against women, race/ethnicity and gender, and international issues/law. In 2004, she along with 2 colleagues, garnered a publication in the journal Crime and Delinquency. This publication dealt with an evaluation of the impact of a mandatory restitution statute implemented by the Pennsylvania State Legislature. In addition to this professional publication, this research resulted in a technical report being submitted to the PA legislature. She is currently continuing her research on courts/sentencing disparity, but with particular attention to the federal sentencing guidelines and the impact that offenders’ familial responsibilities plays in their sentencing outcomes and subsequent offending behavior. In addition, she has just received an $8,000 summer research grant from St. Joseph’s University to assist her in this endeavor. The grant will assist her in broadening the scope of her research in this area from a solely quantitative focus to a qualitative one. The first step in this process will be interviews with federal judges that will begin in summer 2006.
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