Caterina G. Roman

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Caterina G. Roman

  • College of Liberal Arts

    • Criminal Justice

      • Professor

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

CJ 4097

CJ Capstone Seminar: Criminal Justice Reform in the 21st Century

Undergraduate

CJ 8233

Communities and Crime

Graduate

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Roesch, S., Patch, C., Roman, C., Conway, T., Taylor, R., Saelens, B., Adams, M., Cain, K., Natarajan, L., & Sallis, J. (2021). Crime and physical activity measures from the SAFE and Fit Environments Study (SAFE): Psychometric properties across age groups. Preventive Medicine Reports, 22. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101381.

  • Hyatt, J., Densley, J., & Roman, C. (2021). Social media and the variable impact of violence reduction interventions: Re-examining focused deterrence in Philadelphia. Social Sciences, 10(5). doi: 10.3390/socsci10050147.

  • Roman, C., Cahill, M., & Mayes, L. (2021). Changes in personal social networks across individuals leaving their street gang: Just what are youth leaving behind? Social Sciences, 10(2), 1-22. doi: 10.3390/socsci10020039.

  • Roman, C. (2021). An evaluator’s reflections and lessons learned about gang intervention strategies: an agenda for research. Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, 13(2-3), 148-167. doi: 10.1108/JACPR-02-2021-0576.

  • Johnson, N., Roman, C., Mendlein, A., Harding, C., Francis, M., & Hendrick, L. (2020). Exploring the influence of drug trafficking gangs on overdose deaths in the largest narcotics market in the eastern United States. Social Sciences, 9(11), 1-21. doi: 10.3390/socsci9110202.

  • Roman, C., Forney, M., Hyatt, J., Klein, H., & Link, N. (2020). Law Enforcement Activities of Philadelphia’s Group Violence Intervention: An Examination of Arrest, Case Processing, and Probation Levers. Police Quarterly, 23(2), 232-261. doi: 10.1177/1098611119895069.

  • Roman, C., Klein, H., Harding, C., Koehnlein, J., & Coaxum, V. (2020). Postinjury Engagement With the Police and Access to Care Among Victims of Violent Street Crime: Does Criminal History Matter? Journal of Interpersonal Violence. doi: 10.1177/0886260520922520.

  • Roman, C., Link, N., Hyatt, J., Bhati, A., & Forney, M. (2019). Assessing the gang-level and community-level effects of the Philadelphia Focused Deterrence strategy. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 15(4), 499-527. doi: 10.1007/s11292-018-9333-7.

  • Patch, C., Roman, C., Conway, T., Taylor, R., Gavand, K., Saelens, B., Adams, M., Cain, K., Engelberg, J., Mayes, L., Roesch, S., & Sallis, J. (2019). Crime and physical activity: Development of a conceptual framework and measures. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 16(10), 818-829. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2018-0405.

  • Roman, C., Klein, H., & Wolff, K. (2018). Quasi-experimental designs for community-level public health violence reduction interventions: a case study in the challenges of selecting the counterfactual. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 14(2), 155-185. doi: 10.1007/s11292-017-9308-0.

  • Roman, C. & Link, N. (2017). Community Reintegration Among Prisoners With Child Support Obligations: An Examination of Debt, Needs, and Service Receipt. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 28(9), 896-917. doi: 10.1177/0887403415611460.

  • Eidson, J., Roman, C., & Cahill, M. (2017). Successes and Challenges in Recruiting and Retaining Gang Members in Longitudinal Research: Lessons Learned From a Multisite Social Network Study. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 15(4), 396-418. doi: 10.1177/1541204016657395.

  • Roman, C., Decker, S., & Pyrooz, D. (2017). Leveraging the pushes and pulls of gang disengagement to improve gang intervention: findings from three multi-site studies and a review of relevant gang programs. Journal of Crime and Justice, 40(3), 316-336. doi: 10.1080/0735648X.2017.1345096.

  • Harding, C. & Roman, C. (2017). Identifying Discrete Subgroups of Chronically Homeless Frequent Utilizers of Jail and Public Mental Health Services. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 44(4), 511-530. doi: 10.1177/0093854816680838.

  • Link, N. & Roman, C. (2017). Longitudinal Associations among Child Support Debt, Employment, and Recidivism after Prison. Sociological Quarterly, 58(1), 140-160. doi: 10.1080/00380253.2016.1246892.