Hank Fradella
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School of Criminology and Criminal Justice 411 North Central Avenue UCENT 659 (Mail Code 4420) PHOENIX, AZ 85004-0685
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Mail code: 4420Campus: Dtphx
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Henry F. Fradella is a professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. In addition, he is an affiliate professor in the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law and a core faculty member in the University's interdisciplinary Law and Behavioral Science program. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Clark University, a master’s degree in forensic science and a law degree from George Washington University, and a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary justice studies from Arizona State University.
Dr. Fradella researches the historical development of substantive, procedural, and evidentiary criminal law; the evaluation of law's effects on human behavior; the dynamics of legal decision-making; and the nature, sources, and consequences of variations and changes in legal institutions or processes. He is the author, coauthor, or co-editor of 15 books including The Law of Interrogations and Confessions: A Guide for Law Enforcement Officers and Students of Law and Justice (W.B. Sheridan Law Publishers); LGBTQ+ Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice (Routledge); Sexual Privacy and American Law (Academica); Punishing Poverty: How Bail and Pretrial Detention Fuel Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System (University of California Press); Stop and Frisk: The Use and Abuse of a Controversial Police Tactic (New York University Press); Sex, Sexuality, Law, and (In)Justice (Routledge); Mental Illness and Crime (Sage); The Foundations of Criminal Justice (Oxford University Press); Defenses of Excuse in American Law (Academica); a casebook on criminal law (Oxford University Press); and four textbooks published by the Wadsworth/West Division of Cengage Learning, including America's Courts and the Criminal Justice System and Criminal Procedure for the Criminal Justice Professional. Dr. Fradella has also authored or coauthored more than 125 articles, book chapters, reviews, and scholarly commentaries that have appeared in outlets such as the American Journal of Criminal Justice; American Journal of Criminal Law; Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice; Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law; Cardozo Public Law, Policy, and Ethics Journal; ConLawNow; The Conversation; The Crime Report; Criminal Justice Policy Review; Criminal Justice Studies; Criminal Law Bulletin; Criminal Law Practitioner; Criminology and Public Policy; Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society; Critical Criminology; Federal Courts Law Review; Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice; Journal of Criminal Justice Education; Journal of Homosexuality; Journal of Law and Sexuality; Journal of Legal Education; Justice Systems Journal; Law, Culture, and the Humanities; Law and Psychology Review; New Criminal Law Review, Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law; Police Quarterly; Policing: An International Journal; University of Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy; Western Criminology Review; Willamette Social Justice & Equity Journal; William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice; and the flagship law reviews of Arizona State University; Chapman University; Lewis & Clark University; the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill); Pepperdine University; Rutgers University; Seattle University; the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; and the City University of New York.
A fellow and past president of the Western Society of Criminology (WSC), Dr. Fradella served as the editor of that society’s journal, Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society, from 2013 through 2017. He also guest-edited three special issues of the Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice (2002, 2011, 2020). He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Thomson/Reuter's Criminal Law Bulletin.
Dr. Fradella received the WSC’s Joseph D. Lohman Award in 2014 for his professional service, the Richard Tewksbury Award for scholarship and activism on the intersection of crime and sexuality in 2017, and the President’s Award for contributions to criminology and positive impact on the career of 2021 WSC President Christine S. Scott-Hayward. In 2024, the WSC created the Henry F. Fradella Award and bestowed the inaugural award on its namesake for significant contributions to empirical scholarship on legal aspects of criminal justice. Dr. Fradella has also received the 2023 Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award from the American Society of Criminology's Division of Queer Criminology; the ASU President’s Award for Innovation in 2020 for helping to create ASU’s Law and Behavioral Science Initiative; a "best books of 2019" recognition for Punishing Poverty from the Vera Institute of Justice; and the Outstanding Book Award in 2019 for Stop and Frisk from the American Society of Criminology's Division of Policing.
Dr. Fradella is a member of the American Society of Criminology, the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, the American Bar Association, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychology and Law Association, the Western Society of Criminology, the State Bar of Arizona, Alpha Phi Sigma, and Phi Beta Kappa.
- Ph.D. (Justice Studies) from Arizona State University, 1997
- J.D. (Law) from The George Washington University, 1993
- M.F.S. (Foresnic Science) from The George Washington University, 1993
- B.A. (Psychology) from Clark University, 1990
- The insanity and diminished capacity defenses
- Judicial use, acceptability, and understanding of forensic and behavioral scientific evidence
- Mental health issues in correctional populations
- The legal regulation of sex and sexualities
Select Recent Articles:
Fradella, H. F. (In press). Liberty and privacy after the (partial) decriminalization of sodomy: A content analysis of how state courts applied Lawrence v. Texas in criminal and quasi-criminal cases across two decades. Journal of Law and Sexuality, 33, ___–___.
Fradella, H. F. (In press). The imperative of rejecting “gender-critical” feminism in the law. William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender & Social Justice, 30, ___–___.
Jones-Brown, D., Reck, P., Helfers, R., & Fradella, H. F. (2023). A commentary on qualified immunity in the aftermath of City of Tahlequah v. Bond. Criminal Law Bulletin, 59(5), 637–682.
Fradella, H. F. (2023). A synthesis of the science and law relating to eyewitness misidentifications and recommendations for how police and courts can reduce wrongful convictions based on them. Seattle University Law Review, 47(1), 1–118. https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/sulr/vol47/iss1/2/
Fradella, H. F. (2023). How state courts apply Lawrence v. Texas in civil contexts: A mixed-methods content analysis of two decades of cases. Journal of Law and Sexuality, 32, 1–110.
Guiora, A. N., Craigle, V., Hibben, A., & Fradella, H. F. (2023). Holding enablers of child sexual abuse accountable: The case of Jeremy Bell. Criminal Law Bulletin, 59(4), 517–584.
Forston, J. W.,* & Fradella, H. F. (2022). A content analysis of criminal cases concerning unattended children in vehicles between 1990 and 2021: Empirically-based suggestions for reform. Chapman Law Review, 26(1), 1–55. http://www.chapmanlawreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/clr_26-1-1-forston-fradella.pdf
Terpstra, B.,* White, M.D., & Fradella, H. F. (2022). Finding good cops: The foundations of a screen-in (not out) hiring process for police. Policing: An International Journal, 45(4), 676–692. https://doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-08-2021-0116
McCowan, K.,* Neal, T. M. S., & Fradella, H. F. (2021). A rape myth in court: The impact of victim-defendant relationship on sexual assault case outcomes. Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law, 26(2), 273–301. https://doi.org/10.15779/Z38F18SG1S
Purdon, J. A.,* Fradella, H. F., Totten, C. D., & Lee, G. (2021). Police officers’ knowledge of Gant. New Criminal Law Review, 24(4), 468–497. https://doi.org/10.1525/nclr.2021.24.4.468
Valcore, J., Fradella, H. F., Guadalupe-Diaz, X., Ball, M. J., Dwyer, A., DeJong, C., Walker, A., Wodda, A., & Worthen, M. G. F. (2021). Building an intersectional and trans-inclusive criminology: Responding to the emergence of “gender critical” perspectives in feminist criminology. Critical Criminology, 29(4), 687–706. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-021-09590-0
Jones-Brown, D., Dawson, A., Blount-Hill, K. L., McIntosh-Fuller, K., Oder, P., & Fradella, H. F. (2021). Am I my brother’s keeper: Can duty to intervene policies save lives and reduce the need for special prosecutors in officer-involved homicide cases? Criminal Justice Studies, 34(4), 306–351. https://doi.org/10.1080/1478601X.2021.1964694
Fradella, H. F., Morrow, W. J., & White, M. D. (2021). Race, sex, and stop-and-frisk. Nevada Law Journal, 21(2), 1151–1206.
White, M. D., Fradella, H. F., & Flippin, M.* (2021). How can we achieve accountability in policing? The (not-so-secret) ingredients to effective police reform. Lewis & Clark Law Review, 25(2), 405–452.
Fradella, H. F., & Scott-Hayward, C. S. (2020). Advancing bail and pretrial justice reform in Arizona. Arizona State Law Journal, 52(3), 845–882.
Snyder, M. M.,* Fradella, H. F., Shafer, M. S., & Ashford, J. B. (2020). A study of criminal defendants adjudicated non-restorable to competency to stand trial in a rural southwestern county. Criminal Law Practitioner, 5(2), 6–53.
White, M. D., & Fradella, H. F. (2020). Policing a pandemic: Stay-at-home orders and what they mean for the police. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 45(4), 702–717. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-020-09538-0
Fradella, H. F. (2020). Why the special needs doctrine is the most appropriate Fourth Amendment theory for justifying police stops to enforce COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. ConLawNOW, 12, 1–14.
Dario, L., Fradella, H. F., Verhagen, M., and Parry, M. M. (2020). Assessing LGBT people’s perceptions of police legitimacy. Journal of Homosexuality, 67(7), 885–915. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2018.1560127
Wilson, J. R., & Fradella, H. F. (2020). The Hamlet syndrome. Law, Culture, and the Humanities, 16(1), 82–102. https://doi.org/10.1177/1743872115626076
Caraveo-Parra, D.,* Fradella, H. F., Salerno, J., & Telep, C. W. (2019). Does homophobia affect prosecutorial discretion in ambiguous statutory rape cases? Willamette Social Justice and Equity Journal, 3(1), 1–50.
Slakoff, D.,* & Fradella, H. F. (2019). Media messages surrounding missing women and girls: The “Missing White Woman Syndrome” and other factors that influence newsworthiness. Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society, 20(3), 80–102.
Lutes, E.,* Purdon, J. A., * & Fradella, H. F. (2019). When music takes the stand: A Content analysis of how courts use and misuse rap lyrics in criminal cases. American Journal of Criminal Law, 46(1), 77–132.
White, M. D., & Fradella, H. F. (2018). The intersection of law, policy, and police body-worn cameras: An exploration of critical issues. University of North Carolina Law Review, 96(5), 1579–1638.
Fradella, H. F., & White, M. D. (2017). Reforming stop and frisk. Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society, 18(3), 45–64.
Morrow, W. J., White, M. D., & Fradella, H. F. (2017). After the stop: Exploring the nature, prevalence, and predictors of police use of force during Terry stops. Police Quarterly, 20(3), 367–396. https://doi.org/10.1177/1098611117708791
Polansky, J., & Fradella, H. F. (2017). Does ‘Precrime’ mesh with the ideals of U.S. justice? Implications for the future of predictive policing. Cardozo Public Law, Policy, and Ethics Journal, 15(2), 253–295.
White, M. D., Fradella, H. F., Morrow, W. J., & Mellom, D. (2016). Federal civil litigation as an instrument of police reform: A natural experiment exploring the effects of the Floyd ruling on “stop, question, and frisk” activities in New York City. Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, 14(1), 9–66.
Morrow, W. J., Vickovic, S. G., Dario, L., & Fradella, H. F. (2016). Assessing the influence of the Columbine shooting on federal sentencing outcomes. Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law, and Society, 29(4), 378–396. https://doi.org/10.1080/1478601X.2016.1238826
Fradella, H. F., Morrow, W. J., & White, M. D. (2016). Terry and SQF viewed through the lens of the suspicion heuristic. Criminal Law Bulletin, 52(4), 871–922.
Scott-Hayward, C. S. A., Fradella, H. F., & Fischer, R. G. (2016). Does privacy require secrecy? Societal expectations of privacy in the digital age. American Journal of Criminal Law, 43(1), 19–59.
Fradella, H. F. (2016). Neuroscience and the potential need for a new bright-line rule concerning Miranda waivers after CED exposure. Criminology and Public Policy, 15(1), 117–129. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12179
Morrow, W. J., Vickovic, S. G., & Fradella, H. F. (2014). Examining the prevalence and correlates of a “senior citizen discount” in U.S. federal courts. Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law, and Society, 27(4), 362–386. https://doi.org/10.1080/1478601X.2014.947029
Vickovic, S. G., Griffin, M. L., & Fradella, H. F. (2013). Depictions of correctional officers in newspaper media: An ethnographic content analysis. Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law, and Society, 26(4), 455–477. https://doi.org/10.1080/1478601X.2013.823423
Select Books:
Fradella, H. F. (2022). Criminal law: An introduction to key concepts and cases. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Owen, S. S., Fradella, H. F., Burke, T. W., & Joplin, J. (2020). The foundations of criminal justice (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Scott-Hayward, C. S., & Fradella, H. F. (2019). Punishing poverty: How bail and pretrial detention fuel inequalities in the criminal justice system. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Neubauer, D. W., & Fradella, H. F. (2018). America’s courts and the criminal justice system (13th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Cengage.
White, M. D., & Fradella, H. F. (2016). Stop and frisk: The use and abuse of a controversial policing tactic. New York, NY: New York University Press.
Fradella, H. F., & Sumner, J. (Eds.). (2016). Sex, sexuality, law, and (in)justice. New York, NY: Routledge.
Ferdico, J. N., Fradella, H. F., & Totten, C. D. (2015). Criminal procedure for the criminal justice professional (12th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Cengage.
Schug, R. A., & Fradella, H. F. (2014). Mental illness and crime. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Fradella, H. F. (2007). From insanity to diminished capacity: Mental illness and criminal excuse in contemporary American law. Bethesda, MD: Academica Press.
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CRJ 203 | Courts and Sentencing |
| CRJ 260 | Intro Substantive Criminal Law |
2024 Fall
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| CRJ 100 | Intro to Criminal Justice |
| CRJ 203 | Courts and Sentencing |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CRJ 203 | Courts and Sentencing |
| CRJ 537 | Criminal Procedure |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CRJ 203 | Courts and Sentencing |
| CRJ 100 | Intro to Criminal Justice |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CRJ 538 | Criminal Law & Social Control |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CRJ 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| CRJ 513 | Seminar in Courts & Sentencing |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CRJ 493 | Honors Thesis |
| CRJ 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| CRJ 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CRJ 496 | Directed Research |
2019 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| CRJ 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CRJ 100 | Intro to Criminal Justice |
| CRJ 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| CRJ 493 | Honors Thesis |
- Henry F. Fradella Award (for empirical scholarship on legal aspects of criminal justice),
Western Society of Criminology, 2024 [Inaugural recipient of the award named in Dr. Fradella's honor] - Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Awards (for “Building an Intersectional and Trans-Inclusive Criminology: Responding to the Emergence of ‘Gender Critical’ Perspectives in Feminist Criminology”), American Society of Criminology, Division of Queer Criminology, 2023
- President’s Award (for contributions to criminology and positive impact on the career of 2021 WSC President Christine S. Scott-Hayward), Western Society of Criminology, 2022
- President’s Award for Innovation (for ASU’s Law and Behavioral Science Initiative), Arizona State University, 2020
- Best Books of 2019 Award (for Punishing Poverty: How Bail and Pretrial Detention Fuel Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System), Vera Institute of Justice, 2020
- Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, Marquis Who’s Who, 2019
- Outstanding Book Award (for Stop and Frisk), American Society of Criminology Division of Policing, 2019
- Richard Tewksbury Award, Western Society of Criminology, 2017
- Distinguished Faculty Scholarly and Creative Achievement Award, California State University, Long Beach, 2014
- Joseph D. Lohman Award, Western Society of Criminology, 2012 & 2014
- Fellows Award, Western Society of Criminology, 2009
- Phi Beta Kappa, Lambda of Massachusetts, Clark University, 1989
- Editor-in-Chief, Criminal Law Bulletin, Feb. 2019 – present.
- Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, Apr. 2020, Guest Editor for thematic issue: “Emerging Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice for LGBTQIA People” [with Ball, Matthew J.]
- Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society, Dec. 2017, Guest Editor for thematic issue: “Criminal Justice Policy Reform” [with Luna, E., & Wade, M.]
- Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society, Nov. 2013 – Apr. 2017, Co-editor of the official journal of the Western Society of Criminology (formerly known as Western Criminology Review) [with Malm, A., & Scott-Hayward, C. S.]
- Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, Feb. 2011, Guest Editor for thematic issue: “Criminal Justice and the Forensic Sciences”
- Criminal Law Bulletin, Jan. 2004 – Feb. 2009, Legal Literature Editor.
- Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, Aug. 2002, Guest Editor for thematic issue: “Sexuality, Law, and Justice”
- American Society of Criminology
- Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
- Western Society of Criminology
- American Psychological Association
- American Psychology–Law Society (Division 41 of the American Psychological Association)
- American Bar Association
- American Bar Association Section on Criminal Justice
- State Bar of Arizona (admitted to practice October 1995)
- Arizona State University Institutional Service
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Member, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Tenure & Promotions Committee, Aug. 2015 – present
Chair, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Associate Hiring Committee, Aug. 2014 – June 2022
Member, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Graduate Committee, Aug. 2017 – June 2022
Alumni Development Task Force, Aug. 2014 – July 2021
Member, Honors Faculty Council, Aug. 2018 – July 2021
Member, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences Tenure & Promotions Committee, Aug. 2020 – May 2021
Chair, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Undergraduate Committee, Aug. 2015 – Aug. 2019
Member, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Undergraduate Committee, Aug. 2014 – Aug. 2015
Member, Provost’s Task Force on Academic Integrity, Sept. 2017 – May 2018
Senator, University Academic Senate, Aug. 2016 – May. 2017
Member, Committee on Committees, Aug. 2016 – May 2017
Member, University Hearing Board, Aug. 2015 – May 2017
Assistant Chief of Police Search Committee, Nov. 2014 – Mar. 2015
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- Peer Reviewer for
- Criminal Justice Review
- Criminal Justice Studies
- Criminal Law Bulletin
- Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society
- Current Issues in Criminal Justice (Australia)
- International Journal of Police Science and Management
- Journal of Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice
- Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
- Journal of Criminal Justice Education
- Justice Quarterly
- New Criminal Law Review
- Oxford University Press
- Pearson
- Police Quarterly
- Policing & Society
- Sage
- Sexuality Research and Social Policy
- Stanford Law Review
- University of California Press
- Western Criminology Review
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Editorial Board Member
- Journal of Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice (2012 – present)
- Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society (2013 – present)
- Criminal Justice Studies (2013 – present)
- Criminal Law Bulletin (2004 – 2009; 2019 – present)
- Western Criminology Review (2009 – 2013)
- Western Society of Criminology
- Webmaster (2010 – present)
Executive Director (2016 – 2022) - Site Selection Committee Chair (2013 – 2022)
- Publications Committee Chair (2014 – 2017)
- Immediate Past-President and Secretary-Treasurer (2013 – 2014)
- President (2012 – 2013)
- Vice-President and Secretary (2011 – 2012)
- Executive Counselor (2010 – 2011)
- Webmaster (2010 – present)
- McBride High School Advisory Board, Advisory Board Member (2014 – 2014)
- AZ Outings, Director of Legal Affairs/General Counsel, pro bono (2003 – 2007)
- Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences, Awards Committe Chair (1999 – 2001)
- Samuel DeWitt Proctor Academy, Trustee (1998 – 2000)