Pamela K. Lattimore
Principal Scientist: Crime, Justice Policy, and Behavior Program
Pamela K. Lattimore, Ph.D., is an expert in prisoner reentry and multi-modal correctional program evaluation, and evaluates interventions, investigates the causes and correlates of criminal behavior, and assesses approaches for improving criminal justice system operations. Dr. Lattimore has been a project director or principal investigator for multiple studies, including the Multi-site Evaluation of the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative, the Comparison of Alternative Coercive Drug Treatment Models, the Evaluation of the Juvenile Breaking-the-Cycle Program, the National Evaluation of the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative, the Coordinating Center for the Criminal Justice Diversion Program for Individuals with Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders, and the Re-entry Court Process Evaluation. She served as chair of the Division on Corrections and Sentencing of the American Society of Criminology from 2001 to 2003, has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, and serves on the editorial boards of several professional journals.
Education
PhD, Economics (Econometrics and Public Finance), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; BA, Interdisciplinary Studies (Economics and Environmental Studies), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Publications
Lattimore, P.K., Barrick, K., Cowell, A., Dawes, D., Steffey, D., & Tueller, S. (Feb 2012)
Lattimore, P.K., Visher, C.A., & Steffey, D.M. (Dec 2011)
Cowell, A.J., Lattimore, P.K., & Krebs, C.P. (May 2010)
Krebs, C.P., Lattimore, P.K., Cowell, A.J., & Graham, P. (Mar 2010)
Dlugacz, H.A. (Ed.) (Jan 2010)