About Todd Clear

In 1978, he received his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from The University at Albany. Previous positions include professorships at Ball State University, Rutgers University, and Florida State University (where he was also Associate Dean of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice).

Clear has published three recent books on the topic of community justice:

Community Justice (Wadsworth, 2003), What is Community Justice? (Sage, 2002) and The Community Justice Ideal (Westview, 2000). Other recent books include The Offender in the Community and American Corrections (both by Wadsworth, 2003) and Harm in American Penology(SUNY, 1995).