Expertise
Risk Assessment, Prison Classification, Restrictive Housing, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Sex Offender Treatment Program Evaluation, Higher Education in Prison
Research Interests
Prison Classification, Prison Violence, Restrictive Housing, Reentry Programming, Risk Assessment, Psychopathy, Sentencing, Vigilantism, Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), Sex Offender Policies
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.): Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati
- Graduate Certificate: Applied Behavioral Analysis, University of Cincinnati
- Master of Science (MS): Criminal Justice:, University of Cincinnati
- Bachelor of Science (BS): Criminal Justice:, University of Cincinnati
Biosketch
Josh Long is the author of Prison Homicide: Killing and Dying in Prison Today (2025, Lynne Rienner Publishers) and co-author of Avenging Child Sex Abuse: Vigilante Violence in Prison and the Community with Jason Vukovich.
Selected Awards and Honors
- 2025 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching – UMass Lowell School of Criminology and Justice Studies
- 2024 Wiley Top Cited Article recognition for:
Pattavina, A.F., Long, J. S., Petrich, D. M., Byrne, J., Cullen, F. T., & Taxman, F. (2024). Revisiting the effectiveness of HOPE/swift-certain-fair supervision programs: A meta-analytic review. Criminology & Public Policy, 23(1), 45-76.
Selected Publications
- Long, J.S. (2025). Freedom at any cost: An exploratory analysis of 45,000 prison escapes (1989-2019). Corrections, 1-13.
- 18. Morgan, M., Long, J.S., Logan, M.W., & Benton, F. (2025). Pareto in prison: Behavioral Sciences & the Law
- Long, J.S. & McNeeley, S. (2025). Testing the assumption that people incarcerated for sex crimes against children are at an increased risk of violent victimization in prison. Victims & Offenders, 20(2), 371-386.
- Long, J.S. & Marquart, J. (2025). Life without parole and euthanasia: The future unintended consequences of current sentencing practices. Punishment & Society, 27(2), 191-214.
- Mills, M. & Long, J. S. (2024). An archetypal vigilante case study: Mr. M’s double homicide. Journal of Criminal Justice, 90, 102154.
- Long, J. & Vukovich, J. (2024). Avenging Child Sex Abuse: The Retributive Motives for Vigilante Violence in Prison and the Community. Routledge.
- Nisser, M., Gaetz, M., Fishberg, A., Soicher, R., Faruqi, F. & Long, J. S. (2024). From prisons to programming: Fostering self-efficacy via virtual web design curricula in prisons and jails. CHI, 654, 1-13.
- Pattavina, A.F., Long, J. S., Petrich, D. M., Byrne, J., Cullen, F. T., & Taxman, F. S. (2024). Revisiting the effectiveness of HOPE/swift-certain-fair supervision programs: A meta-analytic review. Criminology & Public Policy, 23(1), 45-76. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12635
- Logan, M. W., Morgan, M. A., Long, J. S., Hazelwood, A., & Bacigalupo, J.* (2022). More similar than different? Examining prison infractions and recidivism among female and male white-collar offenders. Journal of Criminal Justice, Forthcoming.
- Long, J. S. (2022). Targeted violence in correctional facilities: The complex motivations of prisoners who kill child sex abusers. Journal of Criminal Justice, 82, 101980.
- Long, J. S., Logan, M. W., & Morgan, M. A. (2021). Are white-collar prisoners special? Prison adaptation and the special sensitivity hypothesis. Journal of Criminal Justice, 77, 101863.
- Long, J. S., Sullivan, C., Wooldredge, J., Pompoco, A., & Lugo, M. (2018). Matching needs to services: Prison treatment program allocations, Criminal Justice and Behavior, 46(5), 674-696. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0093854818807952
- Long., J. & Sullivan, C. S. (2017). Learning more from evaluation of justice interventions: Further consideration of theoretical mechanisms in juvenile drug courts, Crime and Delinquency, 63(9), 1091-1115. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0011128716629757
- Latessa, E. J., Lux, J. L., Lugo, M. & Long, J. (2016). Examining the Validity and Reliability of the Ohio Risk Assessment System: Final Report. Technical Report. University of Cincinnati.
- Logan, M. W., Long, J. S. & DeLisi, M. A. (2023). Serious, violent, and chronic prison misconduct: Are the predictors the same for women and men? The Prison Journal. 103(1), 23- 44. https://doi.org/10.1177/003288552211398
- Long, J. S. (2022). Targeted violence in correctional facilities: The complex motivations of prisoners who kill child sex abusers. Journal of Criminal Justice, 82, 101980. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2022.101980
Selected Presentations
- Long, J.S. (2025). License to kill? The deadly use of force against incarcerated people by correctional officers. Seventh UMass Interdisciplinary Legal Studies Colloquium.
- Long, J.(2023). Framing the Day’s Discussion: The Power of Data. New England Commission on the Future of Higher Education in Prison. 3rd Commission Meeting.
- Long, J.and Bacigalupo, J. (2023). Prison Homicide: Data and Trends. American Society of Criminology 75th Annual Meeting.
- Long, J.and Zhang, S. (2022). Correcting Corrections: The challenges of creating positive environments in American jails and prisons, 30th Nordic Sociological Association.
- Long, J., Wooldredge, J., Cochran, J., and Anderson, C. (2019). Assessing the Collateral Impacts of a Restrictive Housing Stay, American Society of Criminology 75th Annual Meeting.
- Long, J., Cochran, J., and Wooldredge, J. (2018). Implications of Local Jail Usage for Sentencing Decisions, American Society of Criminology 74th Annual Meeting.