The Homepage of Dr. Mara Schiff

• Ph.D. New York University, Public Administration, New York, NY, 1992
• B.A. Clark University, Sociology, Worcester, MA, 1980

• August 2001 - Present
  Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida Atlantic University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• January 1997 - May 2001
  Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida Atlantic University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• August 1995 - December 1996
  Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Florida Atlantic University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• August 1993 - December 1994
  Visiting Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Florida Atlantic University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• November 1989 - July 1993
  Research Director, New York City Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety, New York, NY
• August 1988 - September 1989
  Senior Research Associate, Criminal Justice Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY
• September 1987 - July 1988 and March 1981 - August 1985
  Research Analyst, New York City Criminal Justice Agency, New York, NY
• November 1986 - August 1987
  Management Analyst, New York City Department of Special Services for Children, New York, NY

• Principal Investigator (with G. Bazemore), Understanding and Evaluating Community Youth Sanctioning Models. 18-month project funded by The National Institute of Justice, Fall 1999, $179,626
• Co-Principal Investigator (with G. Bazemore), Understanding Citizen Involvement in the Development of Community Capacity: An Exploratory Study. 18-month project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, January 2000, $178,683

Book Chapters

• Schiff, M. and G. Bazemore. 2002. “Restorative Conferencing for Juveniles in the United States: Prevalence, Process and Practice.” In E. Weitekamp and H-J. Kerner (eds.) Restorative Justice: Theoretical Foundations. United Kingdom: Willan Publishing.
• Schiff, M. 2002. “Models, Outcomes and Promises of Restorative Conferencing.” Forthcoming in A. von Hirsch, A. Bottoms, J. Roberts, K. Roach and M. Schiff (eds.) Restorative Justice and Criminal Justice: Competing or Reconcilable Paradigms. Oxford, England: Hart Publishing.
• Schiff, M. and G. Bazemore. 2002. “Perspectives on Restorative and Community Justice” Forthcoming In Corrections, M. Braswell, J. Pollack and J. Whitehead (eds.) Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing Company.
• Schiff, M. and G. Bazemore. 2001. “Dangers and Opportunities of Restorative Community Justice: A Response to Critics” in G. Bazemore and M. Schiff (eds.) Restorative Community Justice: Repairing Harm and Transforming Communities. Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing Company.
• Schiff, M. and G. Bazemore. 2001. “Exploring and Shaping the Future” in G. Bazemore and M. Schiff (eds.) Restorative Community Justice: Repairing Harm and Transforming Communities. Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing Company.
• Van Ness, D. and M. Schiff. 2001. “Satisfaction Guaranteed? The Meaning of Satisfaction in Restorative Justice” in G. Bazemore and M. Schiff (eds.) Restorative Community Justice: Repairing Harm and Transforming Communities. Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing Company.
• Bazemore, G. and M. Schiff. 2001. “What and Why Now: Understanding Restorative Community Justice” in G. Bazemore and M. Schiff (eds.) Restorative Community Justice: Repairing Harm and Transforming Communities. Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing Company.
• Bazemore, G. and M. Schiff. 2001. “Introduction” in G. Bazemore and M. Schiff (eds.) Restorative Community Justice: Repairing Harm and Transforming Communities. Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing Company.
• Schiff, M. 1998. “The Impact of Restorative Justice Interventions on Juvenile Offenders” In L. Walgrave and G. Bazemore (eds.) Restoring Juvenile Justice: Repairing the Harm of Youth Crime. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press, pp. 327-356

Edited Books

• A. von Hirsch, A. Bottoms, J. Roberts, K. Roach and M. Schiff. Forthcoming 2002. Restorative Justice and Criminal Justice: Competing or Reconcilable Paradigms. Oxford, England: Hart Publishing.
• Bazemore, G. and Schiff, M. 2001. Restorative Community Justice: Repairing Harm and Transforming Communities. Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing Company.

Journal Articles

• Schiff, M.F. 1998. “Restorative Justice Interventions for Juvenile Offenders: A Research Agenda for the Next Decade” Western Criminology Review 1(1). [Online]. Available: http://wcr.sonoma.edu/v1n1/schiff.html. 22 pages
• Schiff, M. 1997. “Gauging the Intensity of Intermediate Sanctions: Developing the Criminal Punishment Severity Scale” Criminal Justice Review, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 175-205
• Schiff, M. and Terry, W.C. 1997. “Predicting Graduation From Broward County's Dedicated Drug Treatment Court” Justice System Journal, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 291-310
• Bazemore, G. and M. Schiff. 1996. “Community Justice/Restorative Justice: Prospects for a New Social Ecology for Community Corrections” International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 311-335
• Belenko, S., M. Schiff, L. Winterfield, M. Phillips. 1994. “Modeling the Prison Displacement Effects of Alternative Sanction Programs: A Case Study” The Prison Journal, Vol 73, No. 2, pp. 167-197

Academic and Professional Presentations

• Schiff, M. and G. Bazemore. Tracking Restorative Justice Decisionmaking in the Response to Youth Crime: The Prevalence of Youth Conferencing in the United States. 2nd Annual Rocky Mountain Restorative Community Justice Conference. Keystone, Colorado, September 2001 and the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta GA, November, 2001
• Schiff, M. Invited Plenary Panelist. 2nd Annual Rocky Mountain Restorative Community Justice Conference. Keystone, Colorado, September 2001.
• Schiff, M. and G. Bazemore. At the Nexus of Restorative Justice Research, Policy and Practice. 2nd Annual Rocky Mountain Restorative Community Justice Conference. Keystone, Colorado, September 2001.
• Bazemore, G. and M. Schiff. Social Justice, Social Capital and Restorative Justice. 2nd Annual Rocky Mountain Restorative Community Justice Conference. Keystone, Colorado, September 2001.
• Schiff, M. C. Erbe and G. Bazemore. Understanding Restorative Conferencing: A Study of Youth Conferencing Models in the United States. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, November, 2000.
• Schiff, M., and G. Bazemore, Developing a Curriculum in Restorative Justice. Roundtable Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, November 2000
• Schiff, M. and G. Bazemore. Research in Restorative Justice. Roundtable Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, November 2000
• Schiff, M. Redefining Responsibility in Restorative Justice. Paper presented at the Fourth International Conference on Restorative Justice for Juveniles, Tuebingen, Germany, October, 2000.
• Schiff, M. Understanding Causal Responsibility in Restorative Justice. Paper presented at conference on Restorative Justice: Analyzing Aims and Limits, Cambridge England, October, 2000.
• Schiff, M., C. Boyes-Watson and S. Spitzer. Developing a Curriculum in Restorative Justice. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, November 1999.
• Schiff, M. and D. Van Ness. Revisiting Satisfaction. Third International Conference on Restorative Justice for Juveniles, Leuven, Belgium, October 1999.
• Schiff, M. and D. Van Ness. Satisfaction Guaranteed? The Meaning of Satisfaction in Restorative Justice. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C., November 1998.
• Schiff, M. and D. Van Ness. Satisfaction Guaranteed: A New Language of Restorative Justice. Second International Conference on Restorative Justice for Juveniles, Fort Lauderdale, November 1998.
• Schiff, M. The Impact of Restorative Justice Interventions on Juvenile Offenders. International Conference on Restorative Justice for Juveniles, Leuven, Belgium, May 1997. (R, P)
• Schiff, M. and L. Feder. Domestic Violence: Parallels Between the United States and Costa Rican Experiences. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Diego, 1997.
• Schiff, M. and L. Feder. Domestic Violence Policy in Costa Rica: Implications for the Future. 20th Annual Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Guadalajara, 1997.
• Schiff, M. Restorative Justice Interventions for Juvenile Offenders: A Research Agenda for the Next Decade. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Diego, November 1997.
• Schiff, M. and W. C. Terry. Predicting Graduation From Broward County's Dedicated Drug Treatment Court Based Upon Individual Participant Characteristics. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, November 1997.
• Schiff, M. and W. C. Terry. Who's Who in Drug Court and Why Does it Matter? Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, March , 1996.
• Schiff, M. Parallels Between Restorative and Retributive Justice. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, November 1996.
• Bazemore, G. and M. Schiff. Community Justice/Restorative Justice: Prospects for a New Social Ecology for Community Corrections. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, November, 1994.
• Belenko, S., M. Schiff, L. Winterfield and M. Phillips. Modeling the Prison Displacement Effects of Alternative Sanctions Programs: A Case Study. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, November, 1993.
• Schiff, M., S. Belenko and L. Winterfield. An Integrated Approach to Research and Policy in New York City: Studying Jail Overcrowding to Effectively Use Intermediate Penalties.
  Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, November, 1992.
• M. Schiff and S. Belenko. Drug Treatment as Intermediate Penalty: Practical and Theoretical Issues. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, November, 1991.
• Winterfield, L. and M. Schiff. The Effect of Jail Conditions Litigation on Alternatives to Incarceration Planning in New York City. Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, June, 1990.
• Schiff, M. Ranking Intermediate Penalties. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, November, 1990.
• Schiff, M. Social Organizational Factors in the Jurisprudence of Adolescent Felony Offenders. Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, June, 1989.
• Schiff, M. and J. Fagan. Substantive and Symbolic Effects of Waiver Legislation. Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, June 1987.

• National Institute of Justice, Peer Panel Reviewer for Investigator-Initiated Research Grants, Prevention and General Juvenile Justice, February, 2000
• Developing An Academic Curriculum in Restorative and Community Justice, Balanced and Restorative Justice Project, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Summer 1999 to present
• Preliminary Evaluation of Community-Based Conferencing Programs, Balanced and Restorative Justice Project, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Summer 1999 to present
• Conference Co-Organizer, Restorative Justice – Analyzing Aims and Limits, Cambridge University, Cambridge England, October 2000
• Conference Director, 2nd Annual Conference on Restorative Justice for Juveniles, Florida Atlantic University and the International Network for Research on Restorative Justice for Juveniles, Fort Lauderdale, November, 1998
• Vice-President, Board of Directors, Florida Institute for Peace Education and Research, Fall 1997 to present
• Editorial Board, The International Journal of Organizational Theory and Behavior, 1997 to present
• Journal Reviewer, Crime and Justice Review, 2000 to present
  American Journal of Criminal Justice, 2000 - present
  Justice Professional, 1998 to present
  Spectrum: The Journal of State Government, 1995 to present
  Criminology, 1994 to present
  Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 1993 to present
• Grant Reviewer, PSC-CUNY Research Award Program (internal grant award program for faculty of the City University of New York), 1995
• Training Coordinator, Community Justice Institute, Florida Atlantic University Peacemaking/Sentencing Circles, Summer 1999 & Spring, 2000
  Community Justice Institute, Florida Atlantic University, Victim- Offender Dialogue, Fall 1997 and March 1998
• Trained Facilitator, Community Justice Institute, Florida Atlantic University, Peacemaking/Sentencing Circles, Summer 1999 & Spring, 2000
  Study Circles Resource Center, Study Circles on Race Relations, Spring 1998
  Community Justice Institute, Florida Atlantic University, Victim- Offender Dialogue, Fall 1997 and March 1998
  Negotiating and Resolving Public Disputes, Florida Conflict Resolution Consortium, Fall 1997
• Conference Co-Organizer, Talking About Women and Crime: A Forum for Researchers, Practitioners and Policymakers, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York City, December 1991

• Member, Juvenile Justice Board of Broward County, August 2001 to present
• Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Research and Evaluation, Delray Beach Community Justice Center, Palm Beach County Criminal Justice Commission, April 2000 - Present
• Member, Subcommittee on Funding, Delray Beach Community Justice Center, Palm Beach County Criminal Justice Commission, April 2000 - Present
• Member, Delray Beach Community Justice Center Task Force, Palm Beach County Criminal Justice Commission, April 2000-Present
• Advisory Committee, Crime Prevention and Intervention Program, Broward County Urban League, Spring 1998 to Spring 1999
• Member, Planning Committee, Broward County Department of Community Relations, Study Circles: Toward a More Perfect Union in an Age of Diversity; Fall 1997 to Fall 1998
• Member, Broward County Department of Community Relations, Study Circles: Toward a More Perfect Union in an Age of Diversity; Fall 1997 to Fall 1998
• Chair, Broward County Community Justice Center Task Force, Spring 1998 to Spring 1999
• Training Coordinator, Community Building and Peacemaking Circles, Community Justice Institute, Florida Atlantic University, April 1998
  Victim-Offender Dialogue, Community Justice Institute, Florida Atlantic University, March 1998
• Teen Court Community Service Project, Broward County Court Division on Mediation and Arbitration, Fall 1997
• Coordinator, National Institute of Corrections Video Teleconference on Restorative Justice, December 1996

• FAU Foundation International Travel Grant, 1996 and 1999
• Emerging Scholar Award, CDSI, Fall 1999
• National Institute of Justice Dissertation Research Fellowship Grant, 1989
• Full Doctoral Program Merit Scholarship from New York University
• Program Assistant, New York University Graduate School of Public Administration, 1985-1986

Graduate Courses

• CCJ 6579 Issues in Community Justice (Internet-Based Course)
• CCJ 6456 Foundations in Justice Policy and Management (previously Proseminar in Justice Policy and Management)
• CCJ 6485 Public Policy Analysis in Justice Systems (previously Public Policy Models in Justice Systems)
• CCJ 6934 Dispute Resolution
• CCJ 6456 Capstone Seminar in Justice Policy Reform
• CCJ 6445 Corrections Policy and Management
• CCJ 6495 Court Policy and Management
• PAD 6931 Substance Abuse Policy and Management
• PAD 6053 Introduction to Public Administration
• PAD 6036 Public Administration and Public Policy

Undergraduate Courses

• PAD 3003 Issues in Public Administration
• CCJ 3665 Victimology

• International Network for Research on Restorative Justice for Juveniles
  American Society of Criminology