Faculty and Staff Profile

William Casey

Educational Background

Florida State University Ph.D. Criminology

Florida State University M.S. Criminology

Florida State University B.S. Criminology

Courses Taught

JUST 2890 - Criminology
JUST 4930 - Corrections

Profile

Dr. William M. Casey received his Ph.D. in Criminology from Florida State University. His research centers on the criminal and juvenile justice systems, with a particular emphasis on the pretrial phase. Dr. Casey has extensive experience collaborating with state and local criminal justice agencies on funded research projects. He currently serves as Co-Principal Investigator, alongside Dr. Vivian Aranda-Hughes, on a project funded by the Clean Slate Initiative examining the impact of clean slate legislation implementation in Colorado. He has also recently worked on projects funded by the MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and Justice Challenge, which aimed to reduce reliance on cash bail and pretrial detention, as well as a National Institute of Justice study assessing how variations in outcome measurement affect rates and predictors of juvenile recidivism. Stemming from these funded research projects, Dr. Casey’s work has been published in leading journals, including Justice Quarterly, the American Journal of Criminal Justice, Crime & Delinquency, Criminology & Public Policy, Criminal Justice Policy Review, and the Handbook on Pretrial Justice.

Research Interests

Juvenile and Criminal Justice Policy | The Pretrial Phase | Juvenile Recidivism | Adverse Childhood Experiences | Re-entry | Translational Criminology

Research Publications

Casey, William M., Sonja E. Siennick, and Jennifer E. Copp. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the family environment: Examining the association between ACEs and different types of juvenile recidivism. Crime & Delinquency. Online First. https://doi.org/10.1177/00111287251406216

Casey, William M. (2024). Translational criminology and law enforcement. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 50(1), 94-118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-024-09779-3

Siennick, Sonja E., Jhon A. Pupo, William M. Casey, Dequan Cowell, and Brian J. Stults. 2024. Does measurement matter? Examining the impact of outcome measurement variation on the rates and predictors of juvenile recidivism. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 49(5), 653-677. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-024-09767-7

Casey, William M., Jennifer E. Copp, and Stephen Demuth. 2024. Disparities in the pretrial process: Race, ethnicity, and citizenship. Justice Quarterly, 41(2), 268-290. https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2023.2209151

Casey, William M., and Sonja E. Siennick. 2023. Juvenile recidivism: An examination of state measurement strategies. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 48(3), 786-807. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-022-09684-7

Copp, Jennifer E., William M. Casey, Thomas G. Blomberg, and George B. Pesta. 2022. Pretrial risk assessment instruments in practice: The role of judicial discretion in pretrial reform. Criminology & Public Policy, 21(2), 329-358. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12575

Casey, William M., Jennifer E. Copp, and William D. Bales. 2021. Releases from a local jail: The impact of visitation on recidivism. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 32(4), 427-441. https://doi.org/10.1177/0887403420919480