People

The Crossroads study has been fortunate to have a consistent group of individuals who have been partners in the implementation of this study.

Investigators at the University of California, Irvine coordinate the study and have primarily responsibility for all aspects of the study implementation.

Elizabeth Cauffman, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine Principal Investigator

Data are collected with Co-Principal Investigators at University of New Orleans (Jefferson Parish) and Temple University (Philadelphia) and their staff.

Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D. Temple University Co-Investigator
Michelle Harmon Temple University Site Coordinator
Paul Frick, Ph.D. Louisiana State University   Co-Investigator
Emily L. Robertson Louisiana State University Site Coordinator

In addition, other individual have been part of the advisory group that helps make operational and conceptual decisions about the course of the study.

• Gina Vincent, Ph.D, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School
  Joseph Cocozza, Ph.D, Vice President of Policy Research Associates
• Sandra Graham, Ph.D, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
• Mark Soler, J.D., Executive Director of the Center for Children’s Law and Policy
• Debra Deprato, M.D., Director of Louisiana Models for Change
• Robert Schwartz, J.D., Executive Director of the Juvenile Law Center
• Jens Ludwig, Ph.D, Professor, University of Chicago School of Law
• James King, Chief of Probation, Juvenile Court of Philadelphia, PA
• Barron Burmaster, J.D., District Attorney, Jefferson Parish, LA
• Steven Sentman, Chief of Probation, Orange County, CA
• Hon. Douglas Hatchimonji, J.D., Former Judge of Orange County Juvenile Center
• Hon. Maria Hernandez, J.D., Presiding Judge of Orange County Juvenile Center
• Seth Williams, J.D., Philadelphia District Attorney

• Bennie E. Price, Philadelphia Deputy Director of Juvenile Probation

We would also like to thank Elizabeth Shulman, Ph.D (Brock University), James Ray, Ph.D. (San Antonio), and Jordan Bechtold, Ph.D (University of Pittsburgh) for their tremendous help in initiating the study, and managing the data through the early years.

Finally, the Crossroads study could not have succeeded without the efforts of the individuals who are in the field collecting data each day. We are grateful to each one of them.