Dr. Christopher Salvatore, department chair and associate professor, has a PhD in criminal justice from Temple University. Before joining Montclair State University he was a research assistant at Temple University where he worked in the following areas: program evaluations of therapeutic communities and juvenile drug courts, a study examining the effectiveness of using Juvenile Assessment Centers for STI screening and treatment in Hillsborough County Florida, and the implementation of evidence based practices in criminal justice settings.

Dr. Salvatore is currently working on projects examining the influence of emerging adulthood on offending and public perceptions of the criminal justice system. Forthcoming work will explore workplace hostility in higher education, and expressions of homophobia in higher education.

Dr. Salvatore teaches courses including: Gangs in America, Statistics for Social Research, and the Senior Seminar and Internship. He is the author of Sex, Crime, Drugs, and Just Plain Stupid Behaviors: The New Face of Young Adulthood in America published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2018.

Emerging Adulthood, Youth Offending, Program Evaluation, and Perceptions of the Criminal Justice System.

Emerging Adulthood, Youth Offending, Program Evaluation, Perceptions of the Criminal Justice System.

Gangs in America, Statistics for Social Research, and the Senior Seminar and Internship