Honors College
Director
Dr. Craig Hemmens
Director, Honors College
Boise State University
Boise, ID 83725
Office: (208) 426-3251
Fax: (208) 426-1247
Email: chemmens@boisestate.edu
Craig Hemmens is the Director of the Honors College and a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Boise State University, where he has taught since 1996. He holds a J.D. from North Carolina Central University School of Law and a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Sam Houston State University. He has previously served as Academic Director of the Paralegal Studies Program and Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice.
Professor Hemmens has published twelve books and more than one hundred articles on a variety of criminal justice-related topics. His primary research interests are criminal law and procedure and corrections. He has served as the editor of the Journal of Criminal Justice Education. His publications have appeared in Justice Quarterly, the Journal of Criminal Justice, Crime and Delinquency, the Criminal Law Bulletin, and the Prison Journal.
Selected Publications
Books
Jeff Walker and Craig Hemmens, Legal Guide for Police (8th edition). Anderson Publishing (2008)
Alan Thompson, Lisa Nored, John Worrall, Craig Hemmens, An Introduction to Criminal Evidence: Cases and Concepts. Oxford University Press (2007).
Anthony Walsh and Craig Hemmens, Law, Justice and Society: A Socio-legal Introduction. Oxford University Press (2007).
Craig Hemmens (editor and contributor), Current Legal Issues in Criminal Justice. Oxford University Press (2007).
Craig Hemmens, John Worrall, Alan Thompson, Criminal Justice Case Briefs: Significant Cases in Criminal Procedure. Oxford University Press (2004).
Craig Hemmens, Barbara Belbot, Katherine Bennett, Criminal Justice Case Briefs: Significant Cases in Corrections. Oxford University Press (2004).
Craig Hemmens, Benjamin Steiner, David Mueller, Criminal Justice Case Briefs: Significant Cases in Juvenile Justice. Oxford University Press (2004).
Articles
Craig Hemmens and Mary K. Stohr. “All We Gotta Do Is Hold Up Our End: Bruce Springsteen and Strain Theory.” Forthcoming, Interdisciplinary Literary Studies. Scheduled publication, Fall, 2007.
Craig Hemmens, Jennifer Ashley, Simon Billenge, “Who Let the Dogs Outs? Drug Dogs in Court.” Criminal Justice Studies 20(3): 177-197 ( 2007).
Valerie Bell, Craig Hemmens, Benjamin Steiner, “Up Skirts and Down Blouses: A Statutory Analysis of Legislative Responses to Video Voyeurism.” Criminal Justice Studies 19(3): 301-314 (2006).
Benjamin Steiner, Craig Hemmens, Valerie Bell, “Legislative Waiver Reconsidered: A Test of the General Deterrent Effect of Statutory Exclusion Laws Enacted Post 1979.” Justice Quarterly 23(1): 34-59 (2006).
Craig Hemmens and Chris Mathias, “United States v. Banks: The Knock and Announce Rule Returns to the Supreme Court.” Idaho Law Review 41(1): 1-36 (2005).
Misty Kifer, Craig Hemmens, Mary K. Stohr, “The Goals of Corrections: Perspectives From the Line.” Criminal Justice Review 28(1): 47-69 (2003).
Benjamin Steiner and Craig Hemmens, “Juvenile Waiver 2003: Where Are We Now?” Juvenile and Family Court Journal 54(2): 1-24 (2003).
Craig Hemmens, Mary K. Stohr, Mary Schoeler, Bona Miller, “One Step Up, Two Steps Back: The Progression of Perceptions of Women’s Work in Prisons and Jails.” Journal of Criminal Justice 30(6): 1-17 (2002).
Craig Hemmens, Milo Miller, Velmer S. Burton, Jr., Susan Milner, “The Consequences of Official Labels: An Examination of the Rights Lost by the Mentally Ill and Mentally Incompetent Ten Years Later.” Community Mental Health Journal 38(2): 129-140 (2002).
Craig Hemmens and Mary K. Stohr, “Correctional Officer Attitudes Regarding the Use of Force in Corrections.” Corrections Management Quarterly 5(2): 27-40 (2001).
