Curriculum Vitae

Professor and Associate Director
Director of Office of Forensic Social Work
PhD, Sociology, Bowling Green State University: Specialization Criminology and Social Deviance

Affiliate Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and School of Justice and Social Inquiry

Interests
Forensic and correctional mental health, managing and treating violent behavior; conflict and its management; risk assessment, procedural justice, mental health recovery,and offender-reentry.

Contact Information
Office: University Center 880F
Phone: (602) 496-0095
Email: jose.ashford@asu.edu

Awards/Honors
Webster and Hucker (2003) identified his APA book as one of the most influential books on management of violence risk in the forensic literature between 1980-2003.
Appointed to the Society of Social Work Research Presidential Task Force on Publication.

Honorable Mention, Manfred S. Guttmacher (2002) Award for the outstanding contribution to the forensic psychiatry literature, American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law for Treating Adult and Juvenile Offenders with Special Needs.

Sample of Publications
Ashford, J. B., Wong, K., & Sternbach, K. (2008).  Generic correctional programming for mentally ill offenders: A pilot study.  Criminal Justice and Behavior.  35: 457-473.

Ashford, J. B. (2006). Comparing the effects of judicial versus child protective service relationships on parental attitudes in the juvenile dependency process. Research on Social Work Practice.

Ashford, J. B., Holschuh J. (2006). Fairness issues in law and mental health: Directions for future social work research. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare. 33, 131-152.

Ashford, J.B., LeCroy, C.W., Lortie, K.L. (2006). Human Behavior in the Social Environment: A multidimensional perspective (3rd Edition). Belmont: Thomson Brooks/Cole.

Ashford, J.B., Wong, K. & Sternbach, K. (January, 2005). Monterey County mentally ill offender crime reduction evaluation report. Sacramento, CA: California Board of Corrections.

Ashford, J.B., & Faith, R. L. (2004). Testing models of justice and trust: A study of mediation in child dependency disputes. Social Work Research. 28, 18-27.

Ashford, J.B. (2004). Treating substance abusing parents: A study of the Pima County family drug court. Juvenile and Family Court Journal. 55, 27-37.

Ashford, J.B., Sales, B.D., & Reid, W. H. (2001). Treating adult and juvenile offenders with special needs. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Funded Research
Principal Investigator for the Drug Court Engagement and Retention in Treatment Pilot Study funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse. Amount awarded: $50,000.

Research Director of the Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction (MIOCR) grant with the Board of Corrections for the state of California. Amount awarded: $3,741,262.00.

Director of the Court Monitor of Superior Court of Maricopa County's research project on the implementation of the Arnold v. Sarn settlement agreement.