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Erika Gebo is a Professor and Chair in the Sociology & Criminal Justice Department at Suffolk University. She holds a PhD from the University of New Hampshire, an MA from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and a BA from Seton Hall University. Her research focuses on community violence prevention, youth justice, and interorganizational collaborations in criminal justice settings. Gebo emphasizes practical policy implications and student involvement in research projects. She leads the Boston Community Violence Prevention and Intervention Initiative (CVIPI), exploring public health and criminal justice partnerships. Her work addresses institutional roles in promoting healthy behaviors and evaluates community responses to violence. Notable collaborations include advancing interorganizational crime reduction strategies and analyzing victim-offender overlaps through gendered lenses. Gebo has published extensively on gangs, youth violence, and policy evaluation, with books like Youth, Crime, & Justice (2023) and Looking Beyond Suppression: Community Responses to Gang Violence (2012). She advises graduate students such as Krystal S. Campos and collaborates with agencies to design effective interventions. Her office is located at 73 Tremont St., Room 7010.
Gebo’s research integrates public health and criminal justice frameworks, emphasizing relational change models and violence reduction. She evaluates programs like the Comprehensive Gang Model and explores pandemic impacts on injury trends. Her grants fund community-based initiatives focused on youth and marginalized populations. Awards and recognitions are not explicitly listed, but her work has policy influence through National Institute of Justice collaborations. Gebo teaches courses such as CJU-327 (Special Topics in Criminal Justice) and SOC-510 (Independent Study), fostering student engagement in real-world criminal justice challenges.
