Erika Gebo, Associate Professor

Erika Gebo, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Sociology

Phone: 617.557.1594
Fax: 617.994.4278
Email: egebo@suffolk.edu
Office: 73 Tremont St., Rm. 571 

Education

• PhD, University of New Hampshire
• MA, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
• BA, Seton Hall University

Office Hours Spring 2013

Monday and Wednesday, 11:00-12:30 pm 

Research Interests

• Youth Justice
• Crime and Justice related Comprehensive Community Initiatives
• Policy and Evaluation

Biography

Professor Gebo believes in active scholarly engagement with the wider community. She does so through funded grant work on issues related to youth justice and assistance to community responding to youth violence, as well as through her work as research associate and former co-director for the Center for Crime and Justice Policy Research. Where possible, students are brought into research projects in order to engage more directly with the topic under study. Her current research examines community interventions for proven risk youth, such as gang members. She also is interested in how institutions, such as schools and community agencies can inhibit or promote delinquent and gang behavior and the policy implications derived from that. 

Professional Activities

Research associate with the Center for Crime and Justice Policy Research

Selected Publications

Book

Gebo, Erika and Brenda J. Bond, Eds. (June, 2012). Beyond Suppression: Community Responses to Gang Violence. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.   

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Gebo, Erika, Carolyn Boyes-Watson, and Sayra Pinto-Wilson. (2010). “Reconceptualizing Organizational Change in the Comprehensive Gang Model.” Journal of Criminal Justice, 38: 166-173.

Bond, Brenda J. and Erika Gebo. Forthcoming. “Comparing the Implementation of a Best Practice Crime Policy across Cities.” Administration & Society.

Gebo, Erika and Maureen Norton-Hawk. 2009. “Criminal Records and Private Employers.” Justice Policy Journal, 6: 1-29.

Tobin, Kimberly, and Erika Gebo. 2008. “Assessing Student Learning and Undergraduate Effectiveness through a Comprehensive Exam.” Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law and Society, 21: 223-238.

Gebo, Erika. 2007.“A Family Affair: The Juvenile Court and Family Violence Cases.” Journal of Family Violence, 22: 501-509.

Gebo, Erika, Nena Stracuzzi, and Valerie Hurst. 2006. “Juvenile Justice Reform and the Courtroom Workgroup: Issues of Perception and Workload.” Journal of Criminal Justice, 34: 425-433.

Gebo, Erika. 2005. “Do Family Courts Administer Individualized Justice In Delinquency Cases?” Criminal Justice Policy Review, 16: 190-210.

Gebo, Erika. 2005. "Evaluating the Beginnings of a Juvenile Detention Initiative.” Journal for Juvenile Justice Services, 19, 1: 59-72.

Gebo, Erika. 2002. “A Contextual Analysis of Siblicide.” Violence & Victims, 17, 2: 157-165.

Gebo, Erika, and John T. Kirkpatrick. 2002. “The Challenge of Collaboration between Law Enforcement and Medical Communities.” Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law and Society [formerly known as The Justice Professional], 15, 1: 19-28.

Applied Grant-Supported Technical Reports

Gebo, Erika and Melissa Burbank. 2005. The Status of Juvenile Justice in New Hampshire.

Gebo, Erika. 2002. Evaluation of New Hampshire’s Juvenile Detention Risk Assessment Instrument.

Current Grant Support

Two action research anti-gang and youth violence initiatives in Massachusetts 

Courses Taught

Juvenile Justice (undergraduate and graduate)

Seminar in Crime and Justice

Street Gangs

Global Criminology

Research Methods (undergraduate and graduate)

Statistics (undergraduate and graduate)