Andrea Leverentz
Director, Graduate Certificate in Forensic Services

Office: Wheatley, 4th floor, Rm 11
Telephone: 617-287-6265
Email: andrea.leverentz@umb.edu

Research

Prisoner reentry; reentry of female ex-prisoners, with an emphasis on their social context and social networks; public attitudes towards crime, offenders, and prisoner reentry; community context of crime and prisoner reentry.

Representative publications

Leverentz, Andrea (forthcoming). “The neighborhood context of attitudes towards crime and reentry.” Punishment and Society.

Leverentz, Andrea (2010).  “Barriers to Reentry” in Lior Gideon and Hun-En Sung (eds.) Rethinking Corrections: Rehabilitation, Reintegration, and Reentry. Sage Publications.

Deng, Xiaogang, Lening Zhang, and Andrea Leverentz (2009). “The Dual System of Land Use Policy and Its Related Problems in Contemporary China” in Reza Hasmath and Jennifer Hsu (eds.) China in an Era of Transition: Understanding Contemporary State and Society Actors. Palgrave MacMillan.  

Leverentz, Andrea, Juan Carlos Gorlier, and Sarah Hogue. (2008). Justice for Youth, Justicia para las/los Jóvenes: Latino/a Youth and the Juvenile Justice System. Gaston Institute, University of Massachusetts Boston.

Leverentz, Andrea. 2006. “The love of a good man? Romantic relationships as a source of support or hindrance for female ex-offenders.” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 43 (4): 459-488.