Irshad Altheimer
Curriculum Vitae
Department of Criminal Justice
College of Liberal Arts
Eastman Hall Room 2164
Rochester Institute of Technology
93 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, New York 14623-5603
Phone: (585) 475-6299
Email: [email protected]
EMPLOYMENT
August 2012 to Present: Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Rochester Institute
of Technology
August 2005 to May 2012: Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Wayne State
University
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Washington State University, 2005. Sociology
M.A. Washington State University, 2001. Sociology
B.A. Alabama State University (Magna Cum Laude), 1999. Sociology
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Macro-Level Criminological Theory
Comparative Criminology
Guns and Crime
Corrections
Neighborhood Processes and Crime
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Wu, Yuning, and Irshad Altheimer. 2013. "Race/Ethnicity, Foreign-born Status, and
Victimization in Seattle, WA" Race and Justice 3(4): 339-357
Altheimer, Irshad. 2013. “Cultural Processes and Homicide across Nations.” International
Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 57(7):842-863
Altheimer, Irshad. 2013. “Herding and Homicide across Nations.” Homicide Studies 17(1): 2758
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Altheimer, Irshad, and Matthew Boswell. 2012. “Reassessing the Association between Gun
Availability and Homicide at the Cross-National Level.” American Journal of Criminal Justice
37(4):682-704
Lambert, Eric, Nancy L. Hogan, Kelly Cheeseman Dial, Irshad Altheimer, and
Shannon M. Barton-Bellessa. 2011. “Examining the Effects of Stressors on Organizational
Citizenship Behaviors among Private Correctional Staff: A Preliminary Study.” Security Journal
25:152-172
Lambert, Eric, Irshad Altheimer, Nancy Hogan, and Shannon M. Barton. 2011. “An
Exploratory Study of the Correlates of Correctional Orientation in a Treatment Orientated
Prison: A Partial Test of the Person-Environment Fit Theory.” Criminal Justice and Behavior
38(5):453-470
Altheimer, Irshad. 2010. “An Exploratory Analysis of Guns and Violent Crime in a CrossNational Sample of Cities.” Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice 6(3): 204-227
Lambert, Eric, Nancy L. Hogan, Irshad Altheimer, and Jennifer Wareham. 2010. “The Effects
of Different Aspects of Supervision among Female and Male Correctional Staff: A Preliminary
Study.” Criminal Justice Review 35(4): 492-513
Lambert, Eric, Irshad Altheimer, and Nancy Hogan. 2010. “Exploring the Relationship between
Social Support and Job Burnout among Correctional Staff: An Exploratory Study.” Criminal
Justice and Behavior 37(11): 1217-1236
Lambert, Eric, Nancy Hogan, and Irshad Altheimer. 2010. "The Association between WorkFamily Conflict and Job Burnout among Correctional Staff: A Preliminary Study." American
Journal of Criminal Justice 35(1): 37-55
Lambert, Eric, Nancy Hogan, and Irshad Altheimer. 2010. "An Exploratory Examination of the
Consequences of Burnout in Terms of Life Satisfaction, Turnover Intent and Absenteeism
among Private Correctional Staff." The Prison Journal 90(1):94-114
Lambert, Eric, Nancy Hogan, Irshad Altheimer, Shanhe Jiang and Michael T. Stevenson. 2010.
“The Relationship between Burnout and Support for Punishment and Treatment: A Preliminary
Examination.” International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 54(6):
1004-1022
Lambert, Eric, Irshad Altheimer, and Nancy Hogan. 2010. “An Exploratory Examination of a
Gendered Model of the Effects of Role Stressors.” Women and Criminal Justice 20:193-217
Altheimer, Irshad. 2008. “Do Guns Matter? A Multi-Level Cross-National Examination of Gun
Availability on Assault and Robbery Victimization.” Western Criminology Review 9(2): 9–32
Altheimer, Irshad. 2008. “Social Support, Ethnic Heterogeneity, and Homicide: A CrossNational Approach.” Journal of Criminal Justice 36(2): 103-114
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Altheimer, Irshad. 2007. “Assessing the Relevance of Ethnic Heterogeneity as a Predictor of
Homicide at the Cross-National Level.” International Journal of Comparative and Applied
Criminal Justice 31(1): 1-20
Hay, Carter, Edward Fortson, Dusten Hollist, and Irshad Altheimer. 2007. “Compounded Risk:
The Implications for Delinquency of Coming from a Poor Family that Lives in a Poor
Community.” Journal of Youth and Adolescence 36:593-605
Hay, Carter, Edward Fortson, Dusten Hollist, Irshad Altheimer, and Lonnie Schaible. 2006.
“The Impact of Community Disadvantage on the Relationship between the Family and Juvenile
Crime.” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 43:326-356
MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS
Schiable, Lonnie, and Irshad Altheimer. "Social Structure, Anomie and National Levels of
Homicide.”
FUNDED RESEARCH
National Institute of Justice. 2013 NIJ W.E.B. Du bois Fellowship. “Enhancing Knowledge of
Dispute-Related Violence.” Amount Funded: $99,727
Bureau of Justice Assistance. Smart Policing Initiative. 2013. “Intervening in Violent Retaliatory
Disputes.” Position: Co-Principal Investigator. (Principal Investigator: John Klofas.) Amount
Funded $300,000.
Wayne State University. Research Enhancement Grant. 2009. “Detroit Citizens’ Responses to
Crime and Disorder.” Position: Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator: Jennifer
Wareham; Co-PI: Brad Smith). Amount Funded $50,000.
PAPER/POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Altheimer, Irshad. Neighborhood Factors, Individual Characteristics, and the Lethality of Gun
Violence. Presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology.
Altheimer, Irshad, and Matthew Boswell. Economic Globalization, Economic Inequality, and
Homicide. Presented at the 2011 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology.
Altheimer, Irshad. “Culture and Homicide in a Cross-National Sample of Nations. Presented at
the 2010 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology.
Schaible, Lonnie, and Irshad Altheimer. "Social Structure, Anomie, and National Levels of
Homicide." Presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology.
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Altheimer, Irshad, and Eric Lambert. “An Analysis of the Varying Impacts of Heterogeneity on
Homicide across Nations.” Presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the Midwestern Criminal
Justice Association.
Hogan, Nancy, Shannon Barton, Irshad Altheimer, Eric Lambert, and Kelly Cheeseman Dial.
Examining the Effects of Stressors on Organizational Citizenship Behaviors among Private
Correctional Staff: A Preliminary Study.” Presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the
Midwestern Criminal Justice Association.
Lambert, Eric, Nancy Hogan, and Irshad Altheimer. “The Association between Work-family
Conflict and Job Burnout among Correctional Staff: a Preliminary Study.” Presented at the 2009
annual meeting of the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association
Lambert, Eric, Irshad Altheimer, and Nancy Hogan. “An Exploratory Examination of a
Gendered Model of the Effects of Role Stressors.” Presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the
Midwestern Criminal Justice Association
Hogan, Nancy, Eric Lambert, and Irshad Altheimer. "An Exploratory Examination of the
Consequences of Burnout in Terms of Life Satisfaction, Turnover Intent, and Absenteeism.
Presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
Altheimer, Irshad. “Social Disadvantage and Homicide in Western Nations.” Presented at the
2008 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology.
Altheimer, Irshad. “Guns and Crime in a Cross-National Sample of Cities.” Presented at the
2008 annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
Altheimer, Irshad. Firearms and Crime: A Multi-level Cross-National Approach.” Presented at
the 2006 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology.
Altheimer, Irshad. “Ethnic Heterogeneity, Social Support, and Homicide: A Cross-National
Approach.” Presented at the 2005 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology.
Altheimer, Irshad. “Assessing the Effects of Ethnic Heterogeneity and Income Inequality on
Homicide: A Cross-National Approach.” Presented at the 2004 annual meeting of the American
Society of Criminology.
Hay, Carter, Edward Fortson, Dusten Hollist, and Irshad Altheimer. “Considering the
Criminogenic Effects of Family- and Community-Level Poverty.” Presented at the 2004 annual
meeting of the American Society of Criminology.
Hay, Carter, Edward Fortson, Dusten Hollist, Lonnie Schaible and Irshad Altheimer. “The
Effects of Family- and Community-Level Poverty on Juvenile Delinquency.” Presented at the
2002 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology.
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Altheimer, Irshad. “Does Neighborhood Disorder Affect Individual Commitment to a
Conventional Means of Success and Lead to Delinquency?” Presented at the 2001 annual
meeting of the American Society of Criminology
Altheimer, Irshad. “Affirmative Action and its Effects on Labor Force Participation Rates.”
Presented at the 1999 annual meeting of the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association.
TECHNICAL REPORTS
Altheimer, Irshad and Don Dillman. 2003. Results from Cognitive Interviews of NSF Earned
Doctorate Web Survey. SESRC Technical Report #02-30
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Society of Criminology
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate
Corrections
Criminology
Criminological Theory
Diversity Issues in Criminal Justice
Introduction to Sociology
Juvenile Delinquency
Graduate
Graduate Seminar in Corrections
The Nature of Crime
MASTERS ESSAYS SUPERVISED
Rochester Institute of Technology
--Wayne State University
Carolyn Lee Austin. Prison Re-entry and Employment. Completed Winter 2007
Ellen Galloway. Mental Illness and Corrections. Completed Winter 2007
Heather Horan. Offender Reentry: A Look at the Unique Needs of Female Offenders Throughout
the Reentry Process. Completed Fall 2011.
William Bradley Mallory. The Drug Trade, Prohibitive Policies, and the Rise of a Narco-State.
Completed Fall 2011.
Lora Eggenmeyer. Collateral Consequences for Returning Offenders. In Progress.
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Jennifer Lynn-Borghi Wolf. Recidivism and Reentry. In Progress.
Tacarra Walker. Sex Offenders and Reentry. In Progress.
AWARDS
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Teaching Award. Wayne State University. 2008-2009
Student Organization Advisor of the Year. Wayne State University. 2008-2009
Gordon D. and Izola P. Morgan Graduate Fellowship in Sociology. Washington State University.
Spring 2004
Minority Student Fellowship. Washington State University Department of Sociology. Spring
2003
Gordon D. and Izola P. Morgan Graduate Fellowship in Sociology. Washington State University.
Spring 2002
Minority Student Fellowship. Washington State University Department of Sociology. Spring
2001
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Reviewer, Social Problems, April 2007
Reviewer, Journal of Criminal Justice, December 2007
Reviewer, Criminal Justice Policy Review, April 2008
Reviewer, International Journal of Applied and Comparative Criminal Justice, February 2009
Reviewer, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, (Multiple
times)
Reviewer, Justice Quarterly, November 2011
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Rochester Institute of Technology
--Wayne State University
Member. Criminal Justice Search Committee, 2008-2009; 2010-2011.
Member. Criminal Justice Chair Search Committee, 2007-2008.
Member. Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Department of Criminal Justice, 2006-2008;
2009 to present.
Member. Personnel and Policy Committee, Department of Criminal Justice, 2006-2008; 2011 to
present.
Member. Student Academic Misbehavior Committee. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Fall
2011.
Faculty Advisor. Criminal Justice Club. Wayne State University. December 2006 to present
Faculty Advisor. Muslim Students Association. Wayne State University August 2007 to present
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REFERENCES
Travis C. Pratt, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Arizona State University
411 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
(602) 496-2355
E-mail: [email protected]
Eric Lambert, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor
Department of Criminal Justice
Wayne State University
3281 Faculty/Administration Bldg.
656 West Kirby
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 577-3281
Email: [email protected]
Carter Hay, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Florida State University
634 W. Call Street
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1127
(850) 644-1594
Email: [email protected]
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