Carolyn Petrosino Editor & Author

Carolyn Petrosino is a professor of criminal justice at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. She has nearly 18 years of experience as a correctional social worker, correctional unit supervisor, and as a parole hearing officer in the New Jersey correctional and parole systems. She earned her doctorate at the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice, Newark, NJ. Her current research interests include the political nature of hate crime, its effects on victims and communities, and its national and global persistence. Dr. Petrosino is coauthor of American Corrections in Brief and author of Understanding Hate Crime: Acts, Motives, Offenders, Victims and Justice.