John D. Hewitt Robert M. Regoli

Currently a professor of criminal justice at Grand Valley State University, John D. Hewitt was born in Carmel, California, while his father was stationed at the Presidio during World War II. Dr. Hewitt completed his undergraduate work at Western Washington State College and his Ph.D. at Washington State University. He has taught for more 30 years at small and large state colleges and universities as well as in small liberal arts colleges in the Midwest and West.

During his career, Dr. Hewitt has worked in the Indiana Department of Corrections and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Delaware County Youth Services Bureau and Bethel Place for Boys. He has testified as an expert witness in Arizona, Indiana, and Michigan in cases dealing with the death penalty, drug trafficking, judicial sentencing, and youth gangs. The author of many publications, Dr. Hewitt has written extensively about issues of crime, criminal justice, and delinquency. He co-authored Delinquency in Society, Exploring Criminal Justice, Exploring Criminal Justice: The Essentials, and The Impact of Sentencing Reform as well as numerous articles on issues ranging from judicial sentencing, judicial sentencing patterns, rule enforcement by correctional officers, victim-offender relationships in homicide cases, and work stress among police executives.