Shamir Ratansi, Ph.D.

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Ph.D., 2005, University of Cincinnati. Criminology and Criminal Justice
Research Interests: Crime Prevention, Risk Instruments & Policing Special Populations

Undergraduate Courses Taught

• Research Methods in Criminal Justice
• Law Enforcement and Society
• Criminology
• Field Studies in Criminal Justice
• Crime Prevention
• International Criminal Justice Policy
• Crime and Capitalism
• Principles and Ethics in Criminal Justice

Graduate Courses Taught

• Quantitative Analysis in Criminal Justice Research
• Nature of Crime

Selected Publications and Technical Reports

• Costanza, S., Helms, R., Ratansi, S., Kilburn, J. & Harmon, J. (in press) Boom to Bust or Bust to Boom?: Following Effects of Weed and Seed Zoning in New Britain, Connecticut from 1995 to 2000.  Police Quarterly.

• Ratansi, S. (2008) Effects of Specialized Training on Police Perspectives Towards Responding to Persons with Mental Disorders. Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 8, 85 -98.

• Ratansi, S. (2008) Interpol. Forensic Science . Pasadena, CA: Salem Press.

• Ratansi, S. ( 2007) Federal Bureau of Investigation DNA Analysis Units. Forensic Science Pasadena, CA: Salem Press.

• Ratansi, S. (2007) The International Association of Forensic Toxicology. Forensic Science. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press.

• Tyson, B & Ratansi, S. (2009) Police Activities League: Waterbury. Technical Report commissioned by the State of Connecticut General Assembly and the Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparity in the Criminal Justice System

• Cox, S. & Ratansi, S. (2008)  Evaluation of the New Day Program. Technical Report prepared with the Institute for the Study of Crime and Justice for the Puerto Rican Forum and Connecticut Department of Corrections.

• Ratansi, S. & Cox, S. (2007) Revalidation of the Parole Salient Factor Score Risk Assessment Tool. Technical Report commissioned for the Connecticut Department of Corrections.

• Frank, J., Eck, J. & Ratansi, S. (2004). Mobile Crisis Team/Police Collaboration, Technical Report commissioned for the Hamilton County Community Mental Health Board and the Health Foundation of Cincinnati.

Selected Academic Paper Presentations

• Ratansi, S., & Tafrate, R. (2010) Toxic Elements of Anger Episodes and Criminal Behavior. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Diego, CA.

• Ratansi, S., Bender, K., & Tirnady, R.(2009) An Exploration Towards Enhancing Criminology Pedagogy. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA.

• Vose, B. & Ratansi, S. (2008) Predictive Validity of the Level of Service Inventory-Revised: Recidivism Among Female Probationers and Parolees in Iowa. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, MO.

• Ratansi, S & Vose, B. (2008) Predictive Variables in Risk/Need Assessment. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Cincinnati, OH.

• Coon, J & Ratansi, S. (2007) Getting Out of the Classroom to Enhance Criminal Justice Education. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA.

• Ratansi, S., Clark, A. & Cox, S. (2007) Outcomes and Attitudes of Participants in Prison Re-Entry Programs: Evaluating Hartford’s New Day Program. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Seattle,WA.

• Kadleck, C & Ratansi, S. (2006) Teaching Portfolio Construction and Development. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Los Angeles, CA.

• Ratansi, S. & Cox, S. (2006) A Revalidation of the Parole Salient Risk Factor Score. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Criminal Justice Association, Charleston, SC.

• Ratansi, S., Cox, S & Vose, B. (2006) The Effectiveness of Risk Assessment Tools for Parolees. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Baltimore, MD.

• Cox, S., Bantley, K., Ratansi, S. & Hedlund, J. (2005) Preliminary Findings of Two Pilot Programs to Reduce Probation Violations In Connecticut. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, ON.

• Ratansi, S. & Lowenkamp, C. (2005) Assessing the Effectiveness of Criminal Justice Programs. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Chicago, IL.