Pablo Martinez Ph.D RESUME. Summary

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1 RESUME Pablo Martinez Ph.D Summary Dr. Martinez has been working in the Criminal Justice field for over 30 years. He retired in 2002 after 27 years of service for the State of Texas in the criminal justice area. He presently is Assistant professor of Criminal Justice at Texas State- San Marcos, where he started in During the years working for the justice system he developed the PABLO Scale and the PAROLE SCORE, instruments used by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to screen offenders for parole. He is also known for his work in forecasting with the ADULT JUSTICE forecasting model, which projects the size of the prison, parole and probation populations in Texas and it has capability to produce policy simulations. He also built the JUVENILE JUSTICE forecasting model for Texas which has the same capabilities as the adult model but for the juvenile system. He has done consulting for the states of Kentucky, Oklahoma, Hawaii and Colorado where he developed forecasting models similar to the one in Texas for their adult justice systems. He has developed and is presently refining a Weighted Enforcement System (WES) for licensed child care and Residential facilities in Texas. A grant funded by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (TDFPS). He is also presently involved in developing the Texas Youth Commission Classification system with the emphasis on internal and external controlled., a grant funded by the Texas Youth Commission. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Date of Birth: August 5, 1948 Married: Four Children 233 Trophy Pass Austin, Texas pm14@txstate.edu COURSES TAUGHT: Introduction to Criminal Justice Research Methods

2 Corrections in America Undergraduate Statistics Graduate Statistics Juvenile Justice Special Issues in Criminal Justice Special Topics Readings in Criminal Justice AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Criminal Justice Forecasting: Prison, probation, parole populations Jail populations Juvenile probation populations Juvenile incarcerated populations Program Evaluation: Substance abuse Faith based initiative Education Other: Community Corrections Risk assessment development Policy analysis EDUCATION: Ph.D. Criminal Justice Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas Dissertation: An Analysis of the Predictive Validity of the PABLO Scale.

3 MS Education, 1974: State University College, Geneseo, New York Bachelors, Psychology 1972: State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: August 2002 to Present: Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Texas State University (formerly known as Southwest Texas State), San Marcos, Texas. December 1990 to July 2002: Director of Special Projects, Criminal Justice Policy Council. His responsibilities included directing a team of researchers to conduct statewide research projects such as probation revocation, parole revocation and multiple recidivism programs. He worked with state and county officials to coordinate the activities of the different Criminal Justice agencies in the state on issues related to prison population management, data flow, and program effectiveness. He built the ADULT JUSTICE forecasting model, the simulation model used in Texas to forecast prison, parole and probation populations. He built the JUVENILE JUSTICE model to forecast the juvenile population of the state. December 1990 to July 2002: Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) Director for the State of Texas. As the SAC Director (1991 to 2002) he was the liaison for Texas to the U.S. Justice Department in matters relating to criminal justice information, and research activities. He was a member of its Executive Board in October 1983 to December 1990: Planner, Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles His responsibilities included conducting program planning and evaluation. During the tenure as a planner he developed the PABLO scale, an instrument that the Parole Board used in Texas to guide the Board in parole decision making. He also conducted extensive studies on recidivism, prison overcrowding and alternatives to alleviate overcrowding. November 1976 to October 1983: Planner, Texas Department of Criminal Justice (formerly known as Texas Department of Corrections), Huntsville, Texas. His responsibilities included material preparation for the Ruiz vs. Estelle case, which resulted in the most arching changes in the correctional system in the state. He developed the concept of the Mail System Coordinating Board that is presently in used throughout the Texas prison system and that was proposed by the state during the litigation of Guajardo vs. Estelle. GRANT PROPOSALS:

4 A Proposal to Conduct An Evaluation of the Texas Severe Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI). Proposal Submitted to The Texas Department of Criminal Justice on January 13, 2006 A Proposal to Develop a Risk Score Instrument for Licensed Operations submitted to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (TDFPS) on March 26, Funded. A Proposal to Develop a Risk Score Instrument for Licensed Operations submitted to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (TDFPS) on November, Funded. A Proposal to Develop a Risk Score Instrument for Licensed Operations, submitted to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (TDFPS) on July, Funded. TYC Classification System-A Proposal. Submitted to the Texas Youth Commission on June 29, Funded through December Principal Investigator (PI) for Bureau of Justice Statistics Grants (SAC Grants) while Directors of the Statistical Analysis Center for the State of Texas ( ) SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS Probation Failures: It s Time to Shift Paradigms ( 2005). Seventeenth Skills Annual Conference, Community Justice Assistance Division (CJAD) Austin, Texas (June 22) Correctional Forecasting. Since 1994 during the Annual Meeting of the Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA) he has been conducting post conference workshops on Criminal Justice Forecasting. The Most recent workshop was conducted in St. Petersburg, Florida in October 2005 The State Jail Felon: He conducted training seminars for prosecutors, defense attorneys and judges regarding changes in the Texas Penal Code in The Seminars were conducted in Austin, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, El Paso, Midland and Lubbock He conducted seminars for the Texas Defense Attorney s Association during their yearly training from SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS:

5 Harris County Felony Revocations. (2005(a)). Presentation to the Harris County Judges (April 28) Characteristics of Felony Probation Revocations in Harris County, Texas. (2005 (b)). Presentation to Harris Co. Judges. (April 28, 2005) Probation Revocations in Texas (2005). Presentation to the Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee (May 18) Harris County Felony Dispositions (2005). Presentation to Harris Co. Judges (July 29) Crime Trends in Texas (2004). Paper presented at the Annual meeting of SWACJ in Houston Texas, October The Effectiveness of Substance Abuse Treatment on Recidivism after Conducting CPAI process evaluation (With Rose Valenzuela). Paper presented at the 2003 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada. Projecting Correctional Admissions. Paper Presented at the 2003 Annual meeting of the SWACJ in Houston, Texas October 8, 2003 CONSULTING: Developed Prison Population Forecasting Simulation Models for the states of Oklahoma, Kentucky, Hawaii and Colorado Harris County : An Evaluation of the Harris County Criminal Justice system (in progress) PUBLICATIONS SUBMITTED: Projecting Prison admissions and Probation Placements. This manuscript has been submitted to the Prison Journal. Awaiting Response Projecting Prison Populations from projected admissions This article is Part II of the one above and it will be submitted by April, 2005 to the Prison Journal. (It has been completed. Awaiting Response) Projecting Prison Population starting with the stock, and Parole -Probation Populations Under Supervision. This article is Part III of the one above and it will

6 be submitted by April, 2005 to the Prison Journal. (It has been completed and will be sent this coming the second week of October) (The above three papers are being considered for publication in one issue of the journal, as a special topic, and that is why they have not responded yet they are awaiting for the final paper) PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS: Probation is Failing A Need to Shift Paradigms To be submitted by the end of February 2006 (This paper will be presented during the 2006 ACJS Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland ) Female Felony Dispositions in a large Texas County - With Rachel Liedtke. To be submitted by the end of February (This paper will be presented during the 2006 ACJS Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland ) The Rising Number of Elderly Offenders in Texas Prisons and the Associated Medical Cost. With Karly Watson To be submitted by the end of March, 2005 PUBLICATIONS AND TECHNICAL REPORTS He is the author of numerous articles and research papers published by the Texas Department of Corrections, The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, and the Texas Criminal Justice Policy Council. The following list is not all inclusive: Trends, Profile and Policy Issues Related to Felony Probation Revocations in Texas. Criminal Justice Policy Council, Austin Texas, May 2002 (with other staff members of the Policy Council) An Audit of the Texas Community Supervision Tracking System. Criminal Justice Policy Council, Austin, Texas 2002 (with other staff members of the Policy Council) An Overview of Texas Parole Guidelines. Criminal Justice Policy Council, Austin, Texas 2001 (with Sharon Keiling et all). Recidivism of State Jail Felons: The First Report. Criminal Justice Policy Council, Austin Texas 2001 (with other staff members of the Policy Council) Projections of Adult Correctional Populations in Texas Fiscal Years Criminal Justice Policy Council, Austin, Texas 2001 (with other staff members of the Policy Council) The State Jail System Today: An Update. Criminal Justice Policy Council, Austin, Texas 2000 (with other staff members of the Policy Council)

7 Report to the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committee, Impact of Closing the Harris County Boot Camp. Criminal Justice Policy Council, Austin, Texas 1999 Impact Analysis: Abolishing Parole and Mandatory Supervision for all Offenders, HB 95. Criminal Justice Policy Council, Austin, Texas 1999 (with other staff members of the Policy Council) Elderly Offenders in Texas Prisons. Criminal Justice Policy Council, Austin Texas 1999 (with other members of the Policy Council) Sourcebook of Texas Adult Justice Population Statistics Criminal Justice Policy Council, Austin, Texas 1999 (with other staff members of the Policy Council). Impact Analysis: Life without Parole for Offenders Convicted of Capital Offenses and Abolishing Parole for Offenders Convicted of Aggravated Offenses, HB 421. Criminal Justice Policy Council, Austin Texas, 1999 (with other staff members of the Policy Council) Projections of Adult Correctional Populations in Texas, Fiscal Years Criminal Justice Policy Council, Austin, Texas 1998 (with other members of the Policy Council) Changing Characteristics of the Texas Prison Population. Criminal Justice Policy Council, Austin, Texas 1996 Evaluation of the Use of Parole Guidelines by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. Criminal Justice Policy Council, Austin, Texas 1996 (with other staff members of the Policy Council). Sentencing Dynamics Study II; Criminal Justice Policy Council, Austin Texas, 1993 (with other staff members of the Policy Council) Sentencing Dynamics Study, A Source Book of Sentencing Practices in Urban Texas in 1991, A Report to the the 73 rd Texas State Legislature. Criminal Justice Policy Council Austin, Texas (with other staff members of the Policy Council) The Texas Criminal Justice System in a Nutshell. Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, Austin Texas A Plan to Control the Texas Prison Population. Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, Austin Texas 1987.

8 Past, Present and Future of Texas Prison Population Crowding. Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. Austin Texas, 1986 An Analysis of Factors Affecting Parole Decisions and Parole Success in Texas, Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, Austin, Texas July (This research paper was the fundamental basis for the PABLO scale). ASSOCIATIONS American Evaluation Association Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice Justice Research and Statistics Association UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES Member of Texas State University Academic Computing Committee (ACC). This committee makes recommendations for the expenditures of approximately $500, every year. Member of Texas State University IBR Committee. This committee reviews research proposals for research that involves the use of human subjects to assure that they meet the federal guidelines Member of Latinos Presence at Texas State University-San Marcos- The first 100 years. We are working on preparing a document to trace the contributions of Latinos to Texas State University- San Marcos. COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS: Council on At Risk Youth ( CARY ). A non-profit Austin based organization that aims to take early action on children who are showing problems that will likely result in involvement with crime Member of the Research Advisory Group for the Texas Criminal Justice Assistance Division CIVIC ACTIVITIES Volunteer to talk to parents and students of La Garza High school in Austin. Emphasis is made on encouraging students to attend college, particularly Texas State University, with a consideration of a major in Criminal Justice.

9 Participant Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce Round Table discussion on Criminal Justice The cost of Incarceration (With Travis Co Sheriff; Travis Co District Attorney and Travis County CSCD Director), Austin, Texas, August, 2005 Design data based for the Faith Based Initiative Halfway House in Travis County (David Pena, Director)