Richard Hartley

Richard Hartley, Ph.D. serves as Department Chair and Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Texas at San Antonio's College for Health, Community and Policy (HCAP). His research focuses on criminal court decision-making, racial disparities in sentencing, and veterans treatment courts, with recent work examining international contexts like Brazil.

• Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Nebraska at Omaha
• M.S. and B.S. in Criminal Justice from Minot State University

Research Interests include judicial discretion, racial/ethnic bias in federal sex offense sentencing, gender disparities in veterans treatment programs, and cross-national comparisons of criminal offending. His methodological approach integrates quantitative analysis of federal sentencing data with program evaluation frameworks.

Grants include $139,553 from the City of San Antonio (2022-2024) for case processing analysis and a 2022 $33,662 grant for CoSA Municipal Court optimization. Current projects focus on bail reform and service delivery evaluation.

Presentations span international conferences like the European Society of Criminology (2022) and major domestic events including the American Society of Criminology (2023). Topics range from focal concerns theory to procedural justice, with recent 2024 work on federal defense systems.

Publications analyze veterans treatment court efficacy, racialized sentencing in Brazil, pornography's link to aggression, and cross-cultural offending patterns. His 2021 studies revealed increasing racial disparities in U.S. federal sex offense sentencing, while 2019 work highlighted geographic sentencing variations.