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Overview

Susan Turner is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research spans several fields including social sciences, health professions, and psychology.

Their scholarly output covers multiple specialized areas such as general health professions, sociology and political science, clinical psychology, education, and human-computer interaction.

Core topics of their work include criminal justice and corrections analysis, homelessness and social issues, child abuse and trauma, persona design and applications, health policy implementation science, mental health and patient involvement, as well as education discipline and inequality.

Susan Turner has contributed to the following research publications:

  • "Transitioning into the Community: Perceptions of Barriers and Facilitators Experienced By Formerly Incarcerated, Homeless Women During Reentry-A Qualitative Study" (2021) published in Community Mental Health Journal
  • "Applying Elinor Ostrom's Design Principles to Guide Co-Design in Health(care) Improvement: A Case Study with Citizens Returning to the Community from Jail in Los Angeles County" (2021) published in International Journal of Integrated Care
  • "Joan Petersilia" (2020) published in Federal Sentencing Reporter

The scientist has also contributed to book publications, including a report titled Evaluation of the Minnesota Department of Correction's Career Navigators Program: Final Report published by RAND Corporation eBooks in 2022.

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Lois M. Davis
  • Benissa E. Salem
  • Jordan Kwon
  • Maria L. Ekstrand
  • Elizabeth Hall

Research by Susan Turner has appeared in prominent venues such as:

  • Community Mental Health Journal
  • International Journal of Integrated Care
  • Federal Sentencing Reporter

Best Publications

  • Intensive Probation and Parole

    Joan R. Petersilia;Susan Turner

  • Parolee Recidivism in California: The Effect of Neighborhood Context and Social Service Agency Characteristics

    John R. Hipp;Joan Petersilia;Susan Turner

  • How Effective Is Correctional Education, and Where Do We Go from Here? The Results of a Comprehensive Evaluation

    Lois M. Davis;Jennifer L. Steele;Robert Bozick;Malcolm V. Williams

  • Self-Control and Criminal Opportunity Cross-Sectional Test of the General Theory of Crime

    Douglas L Longshore;Susan Turner

  • Drug Courts: A Conceptual Framework:

    Douglas L. Longshore;Susan Turner;Suzanne L. Wenzel;Andrew R. Morral

  • Does providing inmates with education improve postrelease outcomes? A meta-analysis of correctional education programs in the United States

    Robert Bozick;Jennifer L. Steele;Lois M. Davis;Susan Turner

  • Drug Court or Probation?: An Experimental Evaluation of Maricopa County’s Drug Court

    Elizabeth Piper Deschenes;Susan Turner;Peter W. Greenwood

  • Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime: An Evaluation of Five Programs

    M. Douglas Anglin;Douglas Longshore;Susan Turner

  • Race and imprisonment decisions in California.

    Stephen Klein;Joan Petersilia;Susan Turner

  • Comparing Intensive and Regular Supervision for High-Risk Probationers: Early Results from an Experiment in California

    Joan Petersilia;Susan Turner

  • Evaluating Intensive Supervision Probation/Parole (ISP) for Drug Offenders

    Susan Turner;Joan Petersilia;Elizabeth Piper Deschenes

  • A DECADE OF DRUG TREATMENT COURT RESEARCH

    Susan Turner;Douglas L. Longshore;Suzanne L. Wenzel;Elizabeth Deschenes

  • Prison Versus Probation in California: Implications for Crime and Offender Recidivism

    Joan R. Petersilia;Susan Turner;Joyce E. Peterson

  • Evaluating an Experimental Intensive Juvenile Probation Program: Supervision and Official Outcomes

    Jodi Lane;Susan Turner;Terry Fain;Amber Sehgal

  • An Evaluation of Intensive Probation in California

    Joan Petersilia;Susan Turner

  • Drug courts: A bridge between criminal justice and health services

    Suzanne L. Wenzel;Douglas L. Longshore;Susan Turner;M. Susan Ridgely

  • Granting Felons Probation: Public Risks and Alternatives

    Joan R. Petersilia;Susan Turner;James P. Kahan;Joyce E. Peterson

  • Focusing on High-Risk Parolees: An Experiment to Reduce Commitments to the Texas Department of Corrections

    Susan Turner;Joan R. Petersilia

  • Are Sex Offenders Moving into Social Disorganization? Analyzing the Residential Mobility of California Parolees

    John R. Hipp;Susan Turner;Jesse Jannetta

  • Work Release in Washington: Effects on Recidivism and Corrections Costs

    Susan Turner;Joan Petersilia

  • Executive Summary of Rand's Study, “Granting Felons Probation: Public Risks and Alternatives”:

    Joan Petersilia;Susan Turner;James Kahan;Joyce Peterson

  • Reliability and Validity of a Self-Control Measure: Rejoinder

    Douglas L. Longshore;Susan Turner;Judith Stein

  • Justice, Treatment, and Cost: An Evaluation of the Fiscal Impact of Allegheny County Mental Health Court

    M. Susan Ridgely;John Engberg;Michael D. Greenberg;Susan Turner

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas Longshore
Douglas Longshore University of California, Los Angeles
Suzanne L. Wenzel
Suzanne L. Wenzel University of Southern California
Maria L. Ekstrand
Maria L. Ekstrand University of California, San Francisco
John R. Hipp
John R. Hipp University of California, Irvine
Terry L. Schell
Terry L. Schell RAND Corporation
Adeline Nyamathi
Adeline Nyamathi University of California, Irvine
Judith A. Stein
Judith A. Stein University of California, Los Angeles
Jeremy N. V. Miles
Jeremy N. V. Miles Google (United States)
Martin Y. Iguchi
Martin Y. Iguchi Georgetown University
John M. MacDonald
John M. MacDonald University of Pennsylvania

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