Cassia Spohn

American criminologist

Cassia Cathleen Spohn

Alma mater| University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Known for| Research on rape law
Awards| 2013 Faculty Achievement Award for Defining Edge Research in Social Sciences from Arizona State University
Scientific career
Fields| Criminology, criminal justice
Institutions| Arizona State University
Thesis| The role of advisory boards in the national policy-making process (1978)

Cassia Cathleen Spohn is a Foundation Professor at Arizona State University, where she is also the director of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.

## Education

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Spohn attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she received her B.A. in journalism and political science in 1973, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in political science in 1975 and 1978, respectively.[1]

## Career

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Spohn joined the faculty of the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1978 as an assistant professor in the Goodrich Scholarship Program. In 1987, she was appointed a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice there, a position she held until joining Arizona State University in 2006. From 2005 to 2006, she served as the chair of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.[1] In 2011, she became a Foundation Professor at Arizona State University.[2]

## Research

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Spohn has published over 100 papers on various subjects in the field of criminal justice, including the effects of race and sex on federal sentencing decisions, the deterrent effect of prison, and the processing of sexual assault cases.[3][4][5] In 1987, the Supreme Court of the United States cited her research in the landmark capital punishment case McCleskey v. Kemp.[2]

## Honors and awards

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In 1985, Spohn became a Graduate College Faculty Fellow at the University of Nebraska.[1] In 2013, she received the Faculty Achievement Award for Defining Edge Research in Social Sciences from Arizona State University.[2]

## Editorial activities

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In 2011, Spohn became the editor-in-chief of Justice Quarterly.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Cassia Spohn CV" (PDF). Retrieved 14 April 2016.
2. ^ a b c d "Cassia Spohn". Arizona State University. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
3. ^ "US commanders in Japan overruled court-martial recommendation in 2 rape cases, dropped charges, analysis shows". Fox News. Associated Press. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
4. ^ Ehrenfreund, Max (2 February 2016). "What makes the rape case against Bill Cosby so unusual". Washington Post. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
5. ^ Dobie, Kathy (10 January 2016). "To Catch a Rapist". New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 2 May 2016.

## External links

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* Faculty page
* Cassia Spohn publications indexed by Google Scholar

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