Consulting

I provide balanced, thoughtful, and dispassionate analyses of complex questions and situations in my areas of expertise. In order to accomplish this task, I collect relevant information, understand the quality of that information, determine numerous possible explanations concerning the dynamics of the question or situation, and then present my analysis in as objective a manner as possible.

Types of work I have done:

Conducting and Managing Research

My research expertise lies in the fields of:

policing/law enforcement
corrections
oppositional political terrorism
crime and criminal justice in Indian Country
international issues of crime, punishment, and political violence.

I also have expertise in the research process itself:

Developing solicitations for research
Managing the peer-review process
Reviewing grant applications
Selecting grants for funding
Managing funded grants.
Researching and writing affidavits for legal proceedings (esp. extradition related)

Editorial Assessment

Reviewing papers for scholarly journals.
Reviewing reports for government agencies.
Providing editorial assessments to publishers of book proposals, unpublished manuscripts that are under review for contracting, books that are under consideration for revision, and book series.

Pretrial Research for Defendants and Defense Attorneys in Criminal Cases

Extradition-related research for international cases
Sentencing outcomes and mitigation
Investigative research

Strategic Planning for Nonprofit Organizations

I have expertise in developing strategic plans for a variety of nonprofit organizations.

Working with diverse groups of stakeholders in organizations to develop a cohesive document that integrates competing perspectives and goals, at the same time providing recommendations to better utilize scarce resources in a rational fashion in order to accomplish each organization’s goals.

Clients I have worked for:

Consulting Firms

CSR
Gerson Lehrman Group
Westat

Government Agencies

U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Department of Defense, Strategic Command
Maryland Department of Probation and Parole

Non profits

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
Intel Science
University of Baltimore, University wide
University of Baltimore, Office of the Provost
University of Baltimore, Yale Gordon College of Liberal Arts
Washington Latin Charter School

Publishers