Department of
Criminology and Criminal Justice

Katharine L. Brown received her Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Arizona State University (ASU). Katharine’s research employs mixed methodology (e.g., survey data collection, focus groups, and ethnography) to better understand issues of policing and homelessness. She works with several police departments and community agencies to identify gaps in responses to unhoused populations and works with those agencies to improve these responses by adopting evidence-based practice. Her work has been published in The Journal of Experimental Criminology, Behavioral Sciences & the Law, and Policing: An International Journal.

Katharine was honored with the National Science Foundation’s Law and Science Dissertation Grant to complete her doctoral dissertation and was awarded the Distinguished Graduate Student award from the Women’s Faculty Association at ASU nearing the completion of her studies.