Department:

Criminal Justice

College:

College of Public Affairs and Community Service

Email:

ctrulson@scs.unt.edu

Phone:

(940) 390-2758

Expertise:

Juvenile justice, prison violence, Texas prisons, Institutional behavior of those incarcerated in Texas Youth Commission; relapses into criminal behavior by youths

Education:

PhD, Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University; MA, Criminal Justice and Criminology, Sam Houston State University; BA, Criminology, University of Northern Iowa; AA, Public Service/Law Enforcement, North Iowa Community College

Activities:

Author of "Juvenile Justice: System, Process, and Law," Wadsworth Publishing, 2005. Former parole officer with Texas Youth Commission.