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Shawn D. Bushway is a Professor of Criminal Justice in the School of Criminal Justice and Professor of Public Administration and Policy in the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany, State University of New York. His research intersects criminal justice and public policy, focusing on the relationship between work and crime, discretion in criminal justice processing, and dynamic changes in criminal behavior (desistance).
Education:
- B.S. in Mathematics and Science, University of Notre Dame (1989)
- Ph.D. in Public Policy Analysis and Political Economy, H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University
His groundbreaking analysis of long-term hazard rates with co-authors Robert Brame and Megan Kurlychek demonstrated that youthful first-time offenders eventually reach the same risk levels as non-offenders 7–10 years post-conviction. This 'redemption' research challenges lifetime employment bans for individuals with old criminal records and highlights systemic racial disparities in the criminal justice system, particularly regarding collateral consequences of convictions in labor markets.
Professor Bushway contributes to the Early Childhood Interventions (ECI) and Inequality: Measurement, Interpretation, and Policy (MIP) networks. His work emphasizes rigorous modeling of criminal justice processes and their role in creating/maintaining social inequality.
