Education

Ph.D.1992, Pennsylvania State University; Administration of Justice/Graduate Minor,Psychology

M.A.1991, Pennsylvania State University; Administration of Justice/Graduate Minor,Psychology

B.A.1988, University of Washington; Society & Justice and Psychology

Courses Taught

• Criminal Justice Theory (Graduate)  
• Typologies of Crime & Criminal Behavior (Graduate)
• The Psychopath (Undergraduate/Graduate)  
• Forensic Psychology  
• Murder Movies & Copycat Crime  
• Introduction to Criminal Justice  
• Forensic Science 
• Criminal Profiling  
• Deviance & Social Control 
• Criminal Justice Research Methods 
• Gender, Race, & Crime
• Victimology  
• Law, Society, & Justice 
• Punishment & Social Theory 
• Adult Corrections 
• Juvenile Corrections 
• Correctional Counseling
• Probation & Parole 
• Correctional Organization and Management 
• Police Organization & Behavior

For Course Descriptions, click here.  

Research Interests 

• Criminal Behavior  
• Psychopathy  
• Corrections  
• Offender reentry  
• Restorative Justice

Select Publications

Gunnison, E. &Helfgott, J.B. (2011). Factors that hinder reentry success: A view fromcommunity corrections officers.  International Journal of OffenderTherapy and Comparative Criminology, 55(2), 1-18.    

Helfgott, J.B. (2008). Criminal Behavior: Theories, Typologies, and Criminal Justice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Helfgott, Jacqueline B.,and Elaine Gunnison. 2008. “The Influence of Social Distance on CommunityCorrections Officer Perceptions of Offender Reentry Needs.”  FederalProbation June: 2-12.

Gunnison, E. &Helfgott, J.B.  (2007). Community corrections officer perceptions ofex-offender reentry needs and challenges. Journal of Police and CriminalPsychology, 22(1). 

Helfgott, J.B. (2004).Primitive defenses in the language of the psychopath: Considerations forforensic practice. Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 4(3), 1-29. 

Helfgott, J.B. (2003).The prison tour as a pedagogical tool in undergraduate criminal justice courses.Corrections Compendium, 28(8), 1-2+. 

Helfgott, J.B., Lovell,M.L., Lawrence, C.F., & Parsonage, W.H. (2000).  Results from thepilot study of the Citizens, Victims, and Offenders Restoring Justice Programat the Washington State Reformatory.  Journal of Contemporary CriminalJustice, 16, 5-31. 

Helfgott, J.B., Lovell,M.L., Lawrence, C.F., & Parsonage, W.H. (2000).  Development of theCitizens, Victims, and Offenders Restoring Justice Program at the WashingtonState Reformatory.  Criminal Justice Policy Review, 10,363-399. 

Helfgott, J.B. (1997). Exoffender needs versus community opportunity in Seattle,Washington.  Federal Probation, 61, 12-24. 

Helfgott, J. B.(1997).  The unconscious defensive process/conscious cognitive stylerelationship in psychopaths. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 24,278-293. 

Grants

SeattleUniversity Arts & Sciences Faculty Research/Promotion Fellowship.  CriminalBehavior: Theories, Typologies, & Criminal Justice Applications (book);No Remorse: Psychopathy & Criminal Justice (book).  Award:$5,000.00, 2005.

Seattle University Summer Faculty Research Fellowship.  ThePrison Tour: Real World Exposure to Prison as a Pedagogical Tool inUndergraduate Criminal Justice Courses (article). Award: 6,000.00, 2001. 

Seattle University Arts & Sciences Faculty ResearchFellowship.  Narrative Responses of Borderline Primitive Defenses inPsychopaths (article).  Award: $5,000.00, 2000. 

Program Director/Principal Investigator.  Citizens,Victims, and Offenders Restoring Justice.  Award: $47,900.00 TheCenter on Crime Communities and Culture of the Open Society Institute (NewYork, NY), 1999-2000. 

Program Director/Principal Investigator.  Citizens,Victims, and Offenders Restoring Justice.  Award: $49,400.00 TheCenter on Crime Communities and Culture of the Open Society Institute (NewYork, NY), 1997-1998.  

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