Congratulations to Criminal Justice Associate Professor Jeffrey Ward for his appointment as the visiting scholar this year at Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC).

The PHMC Visiting Scholars Program provides a unique opportunity for university faculty to collaborate with PHMC researchers and program services on new, original research. Dr. Ward's research focuses on addressing critical research problems in two overarching and complementary areas—developmental and life-course criminology and measurement of criminological constructs. This work forms the foundation for his visiting scholar research at PHMC that will focus on a multi-site data effort to further validate the Risk and Needs Triage (RANT®), a web-based tool designed to help criminal justice professionals place adult drug offenders into appropriate programs and settings. Check out the Visiting Scholars Program webpage for more information.