Background
Petersilia, Joan was born in 1951.
Petersilia, Joan was born in 1951.
Bachelor in Sociology, Loyola University, 1972. Master of Arts in Sociology, Ohio State University, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy in Criminology, Law & Society, University California, Irvine.
Director Criminal Justice Program Research and Development Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1989—1994. Faculty co-director Stanford Criminal Justice Center. Professor criminology, law & society University California School Social Ecology, Irvine, California, 1992—2009, professor emeritus, since 2009.
Founding director UCI Center on Evidence Based Corrections, 2005—2009. Professor law Stanford Law School, since 2009. Special advisory to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger State of California, since 2003.
Visiting professor Stanford Law School, 2005—2006.
Member of Western Society Criminology, American Correctional Association, American Probation & Parole Association, Association for Criminal Justice Research in California (president 1984-1985, vice president 1982-1983), American Society Criminology 1985-1986, (president 1989-1990).