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Joseph B. Sanborn, Jr.

Joe Sanborn earned a B.A. in Sociology from Villanova University in 1973, and a M.A. (1974) and PhD (1984) in Criminal Justice from SUNY Albany (University at Albany). His Dissertation topic was titled, Plea Negotiation in Juvenile Court, which remains the only comprehensive examination of this important subject. The data for the Dissertation were derived from 265 days observing case dispositions in court and interviewing hundreds of juvenile court workers in Philadelphia’s Juvenile (Family) Court; more than 10,000 cases were included in the study.

Joe researched and taught juvenile justice at the college level for more than four decades: Glassboro State College/Rowan University (1979-1994), Department Chair (1989-1992), Law and Justice Studies Department; Villanova University (1985-1994) Adjunct, Graduate Human Organization Sciences Department; West Chester University (1985-1994) Adjunct, Undergraduate, Criminal Justice Department; and University of Central Florida (1994-2017), Undergraduate Coordinator, Graduate Coordinator, PhD Coordinator, Assistant Chair.

At these Universities, Joe taught a variety of courses, including: juvenile justice, prosecution and adjudication, criminal law, constitutional law, human rights and criminal justice, seminar in law, seminar in social justice, criminal procedure, legal aspects of policing, and legal aspects of the criminal court. Joe is the author of two books, The Juvenile Justice System: Law and Process (Oxford University Press; co-author Anthony W. Salerno); and, The Legal Aspects of Policing (West Academic Publishing) and numerous articles that have appeared in Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology; Justice Quarterly; Judicature; Crime & Delinquency; Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice; Law & Policy; The Justice System Journal; Criminal Justice Review; Criminal Justice Policy Review; Criminal Law Bulletin; and Barry Law Review. Many of the articles were included in subsequent anthology publications. Joe is a previous President, Southern Criminal Justice Association (SCJA, 2002), and long-time member of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) and the American Society of Criminolog
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