Rate My Professor Michael Caudy

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.