Caryn E. Saxon

Department

Criminology

Role: Faculty
Campus: Springfield

Postal mail

Missouri State University
Criminology
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield, MO 65897

Details

Education

  • MS, Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2012, Missouri State University

  • BA, English and Religious Studies, 2002, Webster University

Teaching

  • CRM 220 Criminology
  • CRM 270 Institutional and Community-Based Corrections
  • CRM 342 Victim Advocacy
  • CRM 356 Conflict, Communication, and Stress in Criminal Justice Professions
  • CRM 376 Restorative Justice
  • CRM 415 Difference and Diversity in Criminology
  • CRM 496 Senior Seminar

Research and professional interests

Caryn Saxon’s professional interests include mental health and behavioral change, criminal justice reform, restorative and transformative justice processes, occupational stress in criminal justice professions, and victim advocacy.  Caryn has coauthored a textbook with Dr. Aida Hass titled Restorative Justice: Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice. She regularly volunteers in the local community with various organizations and agencies including the Greene County Jail and Missouri’s Department of Corrections and serves as internship coordinator for the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.