Kristy Holtfreter

Kristy Holtfreter is a Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. She is also affliated with the Center for Innovation in Healthy and Resilient Aging, the Office of Gender-Based Violence, the School of Public Affairs, the Women and Gender Studies program, and Barrett, The Honors College. Dr. Holtfreter is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of actuarial risk assessment, criminological theory, female offending and victimization, and white-collar and corporate crime. Her research has been funded by grants from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institute of Justice, the AARP, and other sources. Her work has been published in Accountability in Research, Aging and Mental Health, Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Studies in Higher Education, and a variety of other outlets. Recent professional appointments include technical review panelist for the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) redesign, member of the Stanford University Financial Fraud Research Center's Fraud Taxonomy Work Group, and member of a National Academy of Sciences Panel on Corporate Criminal Justice.