Beck Strah, Ph.D.

Beck Strah
Beck Strah, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice

Contact Information

401.254.3253bstrah@rwu.edu CAS 131

Areas of Expertise

Correctional systems, gender, program evaluations, punishment and the impacts of prison and prisonization

Education

B.A. University of Alaska Anchorage
M.A. Seattle University
Ph.D. Northeastern University

Beck Strah is an Assistant Professor in the School of Justice Studies at Roger Williams University. Dr. Strah鈥檚 research has largely centered on corrections, prison subcultures, gender, and program evaluations. His recent research examined the effect of gendered attitudes on prison behaviors, and he served as a co-investigator on a study evaluating the impacts of punishment on sex offenders in Washington state.

Dr. Strah鈥檚 published work has appeared in Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology, and Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. Prior to his doctoral work, he was employed as a Corrections Deputy in Snohomish County, WA, and he has recently taught and developed inmate programs for Massachusetts correctional facilities. Dr. Strah is a 2020 graduate of Northeastern University (Ph.D.) and is currently co-authoring a book titled Criminal Psychology: History, Practice, Research, and the Future.