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Christopher W. Dollar is a Lecturer in Criminology at the School of Social Sciences, Monash University. His research interests encompass criminal justice policy, time series evaluation, community and institutional corrections, rehabilitation, reintegration, application of law, research methods, and comparative criminology. Dollar completed his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice and Criminology at Washington State University Pullman in May 2023, focusing on Justice Reinvestment and Mass Incarceration. He previously earned his M.S. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Portland State University in June 2018, with a thesis evaluating the effectiveness of Justice Reinvestment in Oregon. As a recent appointee to Monash University, Dollar contributes to the academic community by accepting PhD students and aligning his work with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including SDG 1 No Poverty, SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being, SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities, and SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.

Dollar's scholarship appears in prominent journals such as Crime & Delinquency, Sociology Compass, Criminal Justice Review, and Justice Quarterly. Key publications include 'Policy reforms of justice reinvestment: differences between a sample of US states' implementations' (Sociology Compass, 2024), 'Evaluating Oregon’s Justice Reinvestment Act: an interrupted time-series regression of state-level outcomes' with Campbell and Labrecque (Crime & Delinquency, 2024), 'A new coat of paint: the bluewashing of justice reinvestment and realignment to community reinvestment' (Sociology Compass, 2023), 'Recent legal developments: criminal justice decisions of the United States Supreme Court, 2020 term' with Hemmens and Dalton (Criminal Justice Review, 2022), and 'Instruction modality and writing intensive undergraduate research success: a case study' with Bernat, Kraft-Duley, and Makin (Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 2024). At Monash, he coordinates the unit ATS2555 Foundations in researching crime and justice and maintains an active research profile from 2022 to 2024, including recent external collaborations.