Dr. Patti Salinas

Patti Salinas, J.D., Ph.D. J.D., University of Missouri Ph.D., Sam Houston State University Department Chair Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Department of Criminal Justice MRC South Hall 318 Phone: 956-882-8994 Email: patti.salinas@utb.edu

Research Interests

Death sentenced female offenders
Conditions of confinement on death row
Custodial suicide
Compensation payments to victims of crime
Victimology

Courses Taught

Correctional Systems and Practices
Correctional Administration
Current Literature and Research in Criminal Justice
Fundamentals of Criminal Law
Juvenile Justice
Nature of Crime

Degrees

B.S., Southwest Missouri State University, 1977.
J.D., University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Law, 1980.
Ph.D., Sam Houston State University, 2005.

Dr. Salinas is a former city prosecuting attorney for the city of Springfield, Missouri. She has taught courses at Aquinas College, Sam Houston State University, and at the Round Rock Higher Education Center of Texas State University-San Marcos. She joined the UTB faculty in 2004.