Rate My Professor Michael Caudy

Michael Caudy is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Florida's College of Community Innovation and Education. In Social Science, his work centers on criminal justice topics. He received his Ph.D. in Criminology from the University of South Florida in 2011, with a dissertation entitled “Assessing racial differences in offending trajectories: A life-course view of the race-crime relationship.” Prior degrees include an M.A. in Criminology from the University of South Florida in 2007 and a B.S. in Criminal Justice (Cum Laude) from the University of South Carolina in 2005. Caudy's professional appointments include Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Florida from 2017 to 2021 and at the University of Texas at San Antonio from 2014 to 2017. He served as Senior Research Associate at George Mason University's Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence from 2013 to 2014, Postdoctoral Research Fellow there from 2011 to 2013, Graduate Research Assistant at the University of South Florida's Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute from 2009 to 2011, and Graduate Teaching Assistant in Criminology at the University of South Florida from 2007 to 2009.

Caudy's research specializations and academic interests include criminology, corrections, and substance abuse, with emphasis on offender reentry, risk assessment, behavioral health treatment, racial disparities in drug arrests, community supervision, and correctional programming. Notable peer-reviewed publications feature "Examining racial disparities in drug arrests" (Justice Quarterly, 2015, with O. Mitchell), "Risk tells us who, but not what or how: Empirical assessment of the complexity of criminogenic needs to inform correctional programming" (Criminology & Public Policy, 2015, with F.S. Taxman), "How well do dynamic needs predict recidivism? Implications for risk assessment and risk reduction" (Journal of Criminal Justice, 2013, with J.M. Durso and F.S. Taxman), "Justice reinvestment in the United States: An empirical assessment of the potential impact of increased correctional programming on recidivism" (Victims & Offenders, 2014, with F.S. Taxman and A. Pattavina), "The Impact of Community Supervision Officer Training Programs on Officer and Client Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" (Justice Quarterly, 2023, with R. Labrecque and J. Viglione), and "Jail versus probation: A gender-specific test of differential effectiveness and moderators of sanction effects" (Criminal Justice and Behavior, 2018, with M.S. Tillyer and R. Tillyer). He has earned the Addiction Health Services Research Conference New Investigator Travel Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse in 2012 and the University of South Florida Criminology Graduate Student Organization Travel Award in 2010.