Jina Lee
Associate Professor
School of Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
Ph.D., Michigan State University
B.A., M.A., Kyonggi University
Office: 251-C DeVos
Phone: (616) 331-7169
Email: [email protected]
Expertise
Intimate Partner Violence, Policing, Sentencing, Quantitative Data Analysis
About
Dr. Jina Lee joined Grand Valley State University in 2017. She earned a Ph.D. degree in Criminal Justice at Michigan State University, where she studied help-seeking decisions of female victims of intimate partner violence. Her research interests involve intimate partner violence, policing, sentencing, and quantitative data analysis. Specifically, she is interested in the quality of victim-police interactions and procedural fairness in dealing with intimate partner violence, as well as the criminal justice and judicial systems’ responses to intimate partner violence. In addition, she is interested in qualitative data analysis and comparative research.
Course Taught
- Justice and Society
- Criminology
- Criminal Investigation
- Police Process
- Crimes Against Women
- Research Methodology and Data Analysis (Master’s)
Recent Publications:
- Petlakh, K. & Lee, J. (2023). The Independent and Joint Effects of Race, Gender, and Age on Federal Sentencing Outcomes: Analysis of the 2018-2019 United States Federal Sentencing Data. International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences.
- Petlakh, K., Lee, J. & Chang, J. (2023). Factors that Predict Exonerations for Murder and Arson: An Analysis of the Registry of Exonerations, 1989-2022. Journal of Korean Criminological Association.
- Lee, J., Kanaboshi, N., & Petlakh, K (2022). Domestic Violence Protection Orders for Teen Dating Violence: An Analysis of State Laws and Practices. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse.
- Lee, J., Chang, J, Hwang, E., & Lee, S. (2022) Victim-Police Interactions and Subsequent Police Contacts for Intimate Partner Violence, Journal of Korean Criminological Association.
- Lee, S. & Lee, J. (2021). Impact of propensity to trust on the perception of police: An Integrated Framework of Legitimacy Perspective. Policing: An International Journal.
- Garner, J., Maxwell, C., & Lee, J. (2021). The Specific Deterrent Effects of Criminal Sanctions for Intimate Partner Violence: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology.
- Lee, J. & Petlakh, K. (2020). Progression to Hard Drug Use from Adolescent Initiation of Marijuana: A Propensity Score Matching Technique. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice.