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Gennifer Furst

Professor • Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice

Hi! I’m Professor Furst. I began teaching at WPU in 2006. I'm a Professor in the Sociology & Criminal Justice Department. My area of focus is incarceration: most of my research has been about programs inside carceral facilities. I'm particularly interested in dog training programs and have written a book and numerous articles about them.

I have a background in Psychology (BA and MA) and earned my PhD in Criminal Justice from CUNY Graduate Center/John Jay. Prior to teaching full-time, I worked at the Correctional Association of New York as an advocate for incarcerated men.

I am a first-generation college student. I welcome any other first-gen students to reach out to me any time, about any situation. I asked a lot of people a lot of questions as I pursued my educational and professional goals. It's important to me to help others on their journey.

Degrees

PhD Criminal Justice, CUNY Graduate Center/John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY

MA Psychology, Claremont Graduate University , CA

BA Psychology, Connecticut College New London, CT

Specialization

Incarceration; Carceral facility programming; Carceral dog training programs

Representative Publications


The Empirical Evidence Supporting Dog Training Programs for Incarcerated People.; Prison Dog Programs: Renewal and Rehabilitation in Correctional Facilities; Springer; 2019


Prisons, Race Making, and the Changing American Racial Milieu; Race, Ethnicity and Law ; Emerald Publishers; 2017


Animal Visitation Programs as a Therapeutic Intervention for Jailed Women with a Mental Health Diagnosis; Volume 245, 2019


Prisoner Parenting: Parenting From a Federal Jail; 2020
http://Journal of Correctional Health Care


Animal Visitation Programs as a Therapeutic Intervention for Jailed Women with a Mental Health Diagnosis; Volume 245, 2019

Email

973 720 2417

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