Project Mental Health
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Bruce D. Stout
Lambertville, New Jersey 08530
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EMPLOYMENT
Associate Professor
Department of Criminology
September 2008 present
The College of New Jersey
Faculty member responsible for teaching undergraduate courses and for conducting an independent
research agenda into crime and justice issues. Areas of focus include sentencing law and policy, drug
policy, and the intersection of mental health and juvenile justice.
Special Advisor
Governor s Office March, 2007 August 2008
Assigned to the Office of the Governor to work on several special administration initiatives. Assignments
included serving as staff/advisor to a Sentencing and Corrections Task Force chaired by retired Chief
Justice Poritz charged with making recommendations for changing statutes and practice to improve crime
control efficacy and to reduce costs. Also chaired a prisoner reentry committee to design and implement
prisoner reentry policies and programs for the state. Authored the reentry component of the Governor s
crime plan, A Strategy for Safer Streets and Neighborhoods.
February, 2006 February, 2007
Director
New Jersey Division of Child Behavioral Health Services
Chief executive officer of New Jersey s child and adolescent behavioral health system, a $428M statewide
continuum of care ranging from psychiatric inpatient services and mobile crisis response services to
outpatient services. Responsible for policy development and implementation, program operations,
contracting, and quality assurance. New Jersey s child behavioral health system is the first statewide
implementation of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration s System of Care for meeting
the needs of children and adolescents with behavioral and mental health needs.
January, 2002 January, 2006
Executive Director
The Violence Institute
November, 2002 January, 2006
Executive Director
Behavioral Research and Training Institute
March, 2003 January, 2006
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Chief executive officer of two major University-based institutes dedicated to conducting research and training
that informs public policy and practice. At the Violence Institute, oversaw the operations of a multi-disciplinary
center dedicated to the study and prevention of violence, including child abuse, youth violence, elder abuse,
domestic violence, and workplace violence. Directed the activities of a professional and technical staff
engaged in a $3.3M sponsored agenda of basic, applied, and evaluation research and training and technical
assistance designed to equip policy makers and practitioners with the latest knowledge and skills. At the
Behavioral Research and Training Institute, directed a professional staff that provided rigorously evaluated
violence and substance abuse prevention programs, training to mental health providers and screeners, and
which conducted research on behavioral health treatment accessibility, delivery, and outcomes.
November, 1999 December, 2001
Executive Director
Juvenile Justice Commission
Chief executive officer of the state s juvenile justice system, an agency with over 1,500 employees and an
annual budget of over $143 million. Responsible for setting the policy direction for juvenile justice in the state
and for day to day operations of a system of five secure facilities, sixteen residential group centers, and
seven day programs that served over 1,200 juveniles on a daily basis. Additionally, oversaw the
administration of over $20 million in grants to support local prevention and early intervention efforts. Specific
initiatives included the creation of a new $6 million alternatives to incarceration program, the implementation
of a comprehensive substance abuse screening and assessment process, the significant enhancement of
the aftercare system with a focus on community collaborations, the introduction of demonstrably effective
treatment modalities and the hiring of licensed clinical staff, the implementation of a comprehensive medical
services plan, the creation of a research and evaluation unit, and the creation of special programs for
juveniles with mental health problems, sex offenders, and female substance abusers.
September, 1998 October, 1999
Deputy Chief of Policy and Planning
February, 1994 August, 1998
Senior Policy Advisor
Governor's Office
Trenton, New Jersey
Directed the day-to-day operations of a professional and technical staff responsible for developing and
implementing the Governor s policy agenda. As senior staff to the Govern or, assisted in the development
of a state budget and fiscal policy that supported the Governor's policies and priorities. Oversaw
departmental activities to ensure compliance with fiscal policies and policy directives. Provided ongoing
policy recommendations to the Governor that were informed by a current understanding of the substantive
literature, best practices, and evaluation research. Oversaw consultant contracts and managed
interdepartmental projects. Worked with the legislature and the executive and judicial branches to
implement the Governor's agenda. Promoted the Governor's initiatives by representing the Governor to
state and local governmental bodies, professional organizations, and the public. Major initiatives included
the implementation of a drug court pilot project that places offenders in treatment in lieu of incarceration, a
$19M substance abuse treatment initiative as a component of welfare reform, the development of a five
year strategic plan for information technology that led to public and higher education technology bond
initiatives and the creation of a state chief information officer, the transformation of the Department of
Commerce into a Commerce and Economic Growth Commission, the creation of a $5 million technology
transfer program and new financing programs for high technology start-up companies, a reform of juvenile
justice that decentralizes the system and funds local solutions to youth problems, a complete restructuring
of state funding for science and technology that is competitive and results oriented, and the
implementation of an empirically derived objective risk and needs assessment within the parole system.
June, 1993 January, 1994
Assistant Professor/Program Chair
The Pennsylvania State University Abington Campus
Abington, Pennsylvania
Oversaw the development of a baccalaureate degree program in Administration of Justice at the
University's major branch campus. Managed faculty assignments and review. Instructed courses in the
justice curriculum, including research methods, statistics, criminal law, and juvenile justice. Advised
students and supervised student work. Developed, operationalized, and conducted an independent
research agenda leading to scholarly publications.
October, 1990 June, 1993
Project Director/Senior Research Associate
Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice
Newark, New Jersey
Taught graduate and undergraduate criminal justice courses. Directed a Pew Charitable Trust funded
national research project examining the impact of religion on prisoners, prisons, and community
adjustment of ex-offenders. Supervised project staff, oversaw the project budget, directed a multi -stage,
multi-state data collection effort involving survey administration and abstraction of data from official
records, analyzed data and authored project reports and papers. Assisted in the work of other grant
funded research projects at the School and at the National Council on Crime and Delinquency including an
evaluation of halfway houses in New Jersey. Worked with the Alabama criminal justice system as part of
the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation s state-centered strategy on projects that included an impact
assessment of state legislation regulating correctional policy, construction of a classification instrument for
Alabama Parole and Probation, and a project that modeled current and alternative decision making
policies for the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles. Additional responsibilities included serving as the
primary faculty consultant to a college student/juveniles at risk mentoring project.
November, 1984 September, 1990
Assistant Director
Juvenile Delinquency Commission
Trenton, New Jersey
Designed, operationalized, and evaluated the research agenda of a state legislative Commis sion
responsible for evaluating the implementation of a new juvenile code and family court and for monitoring
and making recommendations to improve juvenile justice system functioning. Prepared and presented
research and analysis reports and legislative impact statements designed to inform juvenile justice policy
development. Developed legislative initiatives to address juvenile justice system problems. Testified
before standing legislative committees, represented the Commission through public speaking
engagements, supervised and directed the work of Commission research staff, coordinated Commission
meetings and symposiums.
April, 1984 October, 1984
Director, Office of Criminal Justice Planning
Morris County, New Jersey
Planned, organized, directed, and evaluated the activities of a professional and technical staff engaged in
researching and planning in specialized criminal justice fields. Developed and analyzed grant proposals,
provided technical and advisory services to criminal justice agencies. Administered county contract
program for court support services. Served as staff to the County Justice System Advisory Board.
EDUCATION
5/89 Ph.D., The Graduate School
Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
Thesis: "An Empirical Assessment of the Impact of the Graves Act on the Weapons
Involvement Character of Violent Crime in New Jersey"
1983 University Fellowship
The Graduate School, Rutgers University
An annual award to the School's most promising doctoral student.
12/82 Master of Arts, School of Criminal Justice
Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
Thesis: "The Analysis of Nominal, Dichotomous Criterion: A Comparison of Techniques"
5/78 Bachelor of Arts, Rutgers College
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
SPECIAL TRAINING
3/85 Criminal Justice Statistics Association's "Exploratory Data Analysis" workshop participant.
7/81 - 8/81 U.S. Department of Justice fellowship recipient to participate in the "Quantitative Analysis
of Crime and the Criminal Justice System " summer seminar at the Inter-University
Consortium for Political and Social Research, University of Michigan.
PUBLICATIONS
Stout, Bruce D. & Holleran, David. The Impact of Evidence-Based Practices on Out-of-Home
Placements. Journal of Child and Family Studies (forthcoming).
Stout, Bruce D. & Holleran, David. The Impact of Mental Health Services on Juvenile Court Placements:
An Examination of New Jersey s System of Care Initiative. Criminal Justice Policy Review (forthcoming).
Stout, Bruce D. The Case for Rational Reform . New Jersey Reporter vol. 34 no. 1, February 2006, pp. 36-
43.
Stout, Bruce D., Barlyn, Ben. New Jersey Commission to Review Criminal Sentencing, Report on New
Jersey's Drug Free Zone Crimes and Proposal for Reform, Federal Sentencing Reporter vol. 18 no. 2, pp.
146-156, December, 2005.
Stout, Bruce D., Barlyn, Ben. Report on New Jersey s Drug Free Zone Crimes & Proposal for Reform .
Trenton, New Jersey, New Jersey Commission to Review Criminal Sentencing, December, 2005.
Stout, Bruce D. Connecting the Dots: New Jersey Juvenile Justice Past, Present and Future. Association
for Children of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, December, 2003.
Clear, Todd, Hardyman, Patricia, Stout, Bruce, Lucken, Karol, and Dammer, Harry. The Value of
Religion in Prison, Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice vol. 16 no. 1, pp. 53-74, February, 2000.
Clear, Todd, Stout, Bruce D., Dammer, Harry, Kelly, Linda, Hardyman, Patricia, and Shapiro, Carol.
Prisoners, Prisons and Religion. Newark, Rutgers University, 1992.
Austin, James and Stout, Bruce D. The Application of Retroactive Correctional Incentive Time in Alabama
to Reduce Population Growth: A Preliminary Analysis. San Francisco, National Council on Crime and
Delinquency, 1992.
Clear, Todd, Stout, Bruce, et. al., Does Involvement in Religion Help Prisoners Adjust to Prisons? NCCD
FOCUS, San Francisco, November, 1992.
Stout, Bruce D. and Clear, Todd. "Piety in Prison," Federal Prisons Journal vol.2 no. 4, Winter, 1992.
Clear, Todd and Stout, Bruce D. Measuring Religiosity. Newark, Rutgers University, 1990. Presented at
the 1990 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology.
Stout, Bruce D.; Detention Alternatives Handbook. Trenton, New Jersey, Juvenile Delinquency
Commission, 1990.
Clear, Todd and Stout, Bruce D. An Estimation of the Diversion Impact of Florida's Community Control
Program. San Francisco, National Council on Crime and Delinquency, 1990.
Stout, Bruce D.; Female Offenders: A Policy Briefing Paper. Trenton, New Jersey, Juvenile Delinquency
Commission, 1989.
Stout, Bruce D.; Shock Incarceration or Boot Camp Programs: What We Know. Trenton, New Jersey,
Juvenile Delinquency Commission, 1989.
Stout, Bruce D.; Juvenile Justice and Other Social Indicators: A Statistical Factbook. Trenton, New Jersey,
Juvenile Delinquency Commission, 1988.
Stout, Bruce D. and Aloisi, Michael. The Incarceration of Minority Youth. Trenton, New Jersey, Juvenile
Delinquency Commission, 1988. A paper presented to the 1988 New Jersey Judicial College and the New
Jersey Supreme Court Task Force on Minority Concerns.
Stout, Bruce D.; Hodanish, Martin J. and Aloisi, Michael. Juvenile Justice - Towards Completing the
Unfinished Agenda. Trenton, New Jersey, Juvenile Delinquency Commission, 1988.
Stout, Bruce D. The Chronic Juvenile Offender: A Report. Trenton, New Jersey, Juvenile Delinquency
Disposition Commission, 1987.
Stout, Bruce D. Juvenile Waivers to Adult Court. Trenton, New Jersey, Juvenile Delinquency
Commission, 1986. A paper presented to the 1986 New Jersey Judicial College.
Hodanish, Martin J. and Stout, Bruce D. The Impact of the New Jersey Code of Juvenile Justice. Trenton,
New Jersey, Juvenile Delinquency Disposition Commission, 1986.
Stout, Bruce D. The Effect of Waiver on Dispositional Severity. Trenton, New Jersey, Juvenile
Delinquency Disposition Commission, 1985.
Finckenauer, James and Stout, Bruce D. The Theory and Practice of Treating Young Offenders. Newark,
New Jersey, Rutgers University, 1983 (presented at the Seventh United Nations Congress on the
Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders).
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2009 present Member, New Jersey Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission
2010 present Member, Board of Directors, National Council on Alcoholism and Drug
Dependence- NJ
2005 2006 Member, Board of Directors, ARC of Hunterdon Foundation
2004 present Member (appointed by Assembly Speaker), New Jersey Commission to Review
Criminal Sentences
2004 Recipient, Governor Thomas H. Kean Public Service Award from Prevent Child
Abuse New Jersey
2004 2005 Member, Board of Directors, Family Guidance Corporation, Inc.
2002 Facilitator and drafter, New Jersey Department of Education Statewide Anti-
Bullying Policy
2002 present Assembly Speaker advice and consent appointee to the Coordinating Committee
on Youth
2000 2005 Gubernatorial advice and consent appointee to the State Employment and
Training Commission
2000 2001 Member, New Jersey Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Task Force
1998 present Advice and Consent appointee to New Jersey s Parole Advisory Board
1997 present Peer reviewer, National Institute of Justice
1995 - 1997 Member, U.S. Sentencing Commission's Drugs/Violence Task Force
1987 - 1996 Member of the Hopewell Township Juvenile Conference Committee
1993 Chair, Governor-Elect Whitman's Transition Team for Department of Corrections
1993 1994 Member, Evaluation Advisory Board, Administrative Office of the Courts, Juvenile
Intensive Supervision Project
1992 - 1994 Member, Board of Directors, New Jersey Chapter of the American Correctional
Association
1991 - 1993 Contributing Editor, The Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
1989 - 1990 Representative to the New Jersey Supreme Court Task Force on Minority
Concerns
1988 - 1989 Chair, Juvenile Justice Subcommittee of the Governor's Mental Health Task
Force
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