Associate Professor
Email: cjr@niagara.edu
Phone: 716.286.8095
Curriculum Vita
Dr. Craig Rivera joined the faculty of the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice in the fall of 2002. He currently teaches or has taught Policy Research Seminar, Introduction to Criminal Justice, and Restorative Justice on the undergraduate level; he also teaches Research Methods, Introduction to Statistical Analysis, and Restorative Justice on the graduate level. Dr. Rivera’s recent publications have appeared in Criminal Justice and Behavior, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Justice Quarterly, and Criminal Justice Policy Review. He is a member of the American Society of Criminology and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.
His main research interests include the following: the relationship between religiosity and delinquency and drug use; the impact of victimization on several outcomes including delinquency, drug use, and depression, and the potential buffering role of religiosity; identifying patterns of imprisonment over time for U.S. counties, and examining correlates and consequences of these patterns; empirically testing criminological theories. He and Dr. Ireland, along with several graduate students, are also involved in a longitudinal evaluation of a HOPE VI project in the City of Niagara Falls. HOPE VI is a federal program designed to reconceptualize and revitalize public housing
PhD, University at Albany (2002); MA, University at Albany (1996); BS, Penn State University (1994)
