Katherine N. Hardesty
Assistant Professor
724-738-2423
katherine.hardesty@sru.edu
Education
Ph.D. 2000, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Criminology
M.A. 1986, West Virginia University, Social Work
B.A. 1997, California University of Pennsylvania Sociology
Courses Taught
- Human Diversity
- Crime, Justice and Society
- The Death Penalty in American
- Human Behavior in the Social Environment
- Biopsychosocial/ life course criminology
- Correctional Healthcare
- Disparities in justice
- Families of prisoners
- “A Handbook for the Families and Friends of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Inmates”. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, 2003, 2005. This handbook has also been translated to a Spanish edition in 2005. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections has posted it online at:
Handbook_for_Families_and_Friends.pdf
- Sturges, J. E. & Hardesty, K.N. (2005). Survey of Pennsylvania jail wardens: An examination of visitation policies within the context of ecosystem theory. Criminal Justice Review, 30. pp. 141 - 154.
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