Associate Professor

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  • Role

    Faculty

  • Position

    • Associate Professor

  • Concentration

    • Criminology
    • Police Organizations
    • Sentencing
    • Criminal Legal Systems

  • Department

    • Sociology

  • Education

    • Ph.D., University of New Mexico

  • Curriculum Vitae:

Biography

Jeffrey Nowacki is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Colorado State University.  He joined the Sociology Department in 2017.  His research focuses broadly on social responses to crime, specifically addressing how policy changes and social context influence criminal justice system behavior.  His research has appeared in academic journals such as Crime & Delinquency, the British Journal of Criminology, Police Quarterly, Feminist Criminology, and Policing: An International Journal.

Publications

Nowacki, J. Willert, B., & Buss, F. (2026). Immigration & Sentencing: Early Disposition Departures, Sentence Discount, and Length of Sentence. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 53(8), 1201-1216.

Hagan, A. & Nowacki, J. (2026). Immigration Enforcement by Local Agencies: Policy & Organization of Policing. Crime & Delinquency.

Nowacki, J., White, D., & Schafer, J. (2025). Workplace fit and police leaders: Do race and sex matter? Police Practice & Research, 27(2), 329-349.

Roberts, A. J. & Nowacki, J. S. (2025). Structural Gender Inequality & Women in Policing. Justice Quarterly, 43(2), 396-419.

Nowacki, J. & Giblin, M. (2025). Police Organizations, Fiscal Distress, and Police Employment Among Sworn and Non-Sworn Employees. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 50(6), 1350-1373.

Courses

  • Sociology 253: Introduction to Criminology & Criminal Justice

  • Sociology 354: Policing & Society

    Syllabus

  • Sociology 356: Inequality & Criminal Sentencing

    Syllabus

  • SOC 555: Society, Deviance, & Crime

    Syllabus