Joan Petersilia | |
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| Born | Joan Ramme January 2, 1951 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | September 23, 2019 (aged 68) |
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| Alma mater | Loyola Marymount University |
| Awards | 2014 Stockholm Prize in Criminology, received an honorary Doctor of Public Policy by the Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School (also in 2014) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Criminology Criminal law |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Thesis | Intensive supervision probation for high-risk offenders: findings from three California experiments (1990) |
| Doctoral advisor | Arnold Binder |
Joan Ramme Petersilia (January 2, 1951 – September 23, 2019) was an American criminologist and the Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, as well as the faculty co-director of the Stanford Criminal Justice Center.