Daryl Kroner

Daryl Kroner is a Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU). With over 20 years of experience as a correctional psychologist in Canadian prisons (medium, maximum, and minimum security institutions), he transitioned to academia in Fall 2008. His research bridges clinical psychology and criminal justice, focusing on psychometric evaluation, offender dynamics, and community safety.

• Education: Ph.D. in Psychology (1999), Carleton University

Research Specializations: Offender assessment, violent/criminal risk, correctional intervention, mentally ill offenders, criminal desistance. His work emphasizes dynamic risk assessment, mental health evaluation of female offenders, treatment attrition predictors, and integrating offender self-prediction into justice practices.

Labs & Collaborations: Co-leads the Research and Practice in Corrections Lab and collaborates with SIU's CRIM lab (Bob Morgan). His mission aims to reduce crime's societal impact through improved behavioral understanding and intervention.