Ryan M. Labrecque

Ryan M. Labrecque, PhD, is a Senior Program Manager in the Corrections and Reentry Research Program. His primary research interests and areas of expertise include the use and impact of restrictive housing, the development and validation of risk assessments, and the implementation and evaluation of correctional services. Prior to joining RTI, Dr. Labrecque was an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Florida. Ryan also previously served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Portland State University, a Research Assistant for the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute, and in several correctional practitioner roles in the New Hampshire and Maine Departments of Corrections, including as a Correctional Officer, Mental Health Counselor, Social Worker, and Probation and Parole Officer. He has also been a Principal Investigator (or Co-Principal Investigator) on 12 federal, foundation, and state research grants and contracts. Most notably, Dr. Labrecque is the Principal Investigator on the Assessment of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Restrictive Housing Practices project which is funded by the National Institute of Justice.

To date, Dr. Labrecque has published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles on topics related to institutional and community corrections. His work has appeared in journals that include Justice Quarterly; Criminology and Public Policy; Journal of Criminal Justice; Journal of Experimental Criminology; Criminal Justice and Behavior; Law and Human Behavior; and Crime and Delinquency. Dr. Labrecque has also published more than 40 book chapters and technical reports, and presented more than 60 papers at various regional, national, and international academic and practitioner conferences. Dr. Labrecque currently serves as the Editor for the Corrections: Policy, Practice and Research.

Some of Dr. Labrecque's notable publications include:

• Advancing measurement of correctional officer health and wellness: A pilot study of wearable biometric sensor devices.

• The impact of community supervision officer training programs on officer and client outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

• Security threat management in prison: Revalidation and revision of the inmate Risk Assessment for Segregation Placement.
• Sensible pretrial reform: The importance of accounting for risk of violence in judicial release decisions.