Countries Expertise: United States

Jill Viglione is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Florida. Her research focuses on the implementation of evidence-based practices, individual and organizational responses to policy reform, and decision making within correctional agencies. She conducts policy-relevant evaluations of correctional programs and policies. She has studied the implementation of a variety of programs/policies, including risk and needs assessments, correctional curriculums, and motivational interviewing. Her current projects investigate the potential of technology to enhance community supervision practices.

Dr. Viglione is currently a PI on a National Science Foundation study (SES-2215111) to develop data-driven guidelines for future pandemic responses in community corrections agencies. She is also PI on several Bureau of Justice Assistance projects (15PBJA-21-GG-02794-SMTP; 15PBJA-21-GG-02795-SMTP; 15PBJA-21-GG-02792-SMTP) examining the implementation of mobile applications in probation and parole agencies. In 2019, she was named the American Society of Criminology's, Division on Corrections and Sentencing Distinguished New Scholar.