Victor D. Lofgreen Ph.D.

Biographical Summary

            Victor D. Lofgreen, PhD, has over 30 years of experience and education in the fields of Corrections and Human and Community Development. He is a jail and prison policy and procedures expert related to the standard of care for inmates by local, State and Federal correctional agencies.

            Dr. Lofgreen is a published author on corrections related matters, a former Commander in the US Army Military Police Guard Company, Corrections Institution Counselor and Program Manager, Corrections Planning and Policy Analyst, Adult Institutional Superintendent, and a University faculty member and research administrator.

            Dr. Lofgreen is a consultant specializing in criminal sentence mitigation, alternative sentence plans, and jail and prison litigation.

Education/Licenses Education:

• PhD, Human and Community Resources Education, Sociology and Management
• MA, Adult and Continuing Education
• BGS, English and Political Science
• Additional Graduate Studies in Organizational Development in Corrections

Memberships:

• Community Member, Institutional Review Board (NORC)
• Academy of Criminal Justice Science (ACJS)
• American Correctional Association (ACA)
• Forensic Expert Witness Association (FEWA)

Author:

Corrections and Jail Management Articles

• Automated Law Enforcement and Jail Management System
• Theory of the Power Relationship Between Staff and Inmates
• Grants and Training Materials

            Area(s) of Expertise Consulting and expert witness service in jail and prison cases involving negligence and deliberate indifference to prisoner's health, safety, and constitutional rights:

• Prison and Jail Policy
• Death Penalty and other Sentencing Mitigation
• Inmate Classification and Supervision
• Institutional Security
• Inmate Injury Prevention
• Intervention
• Operations
• Offender Suicide
• Personnel — Recruitment, Hiring, Retention, Training and Supervision
• Population Management / Special Needs Prisoners
• Procedures
• Sex Offender and Violence Risk
• Standards of Care
• Unlawful/Wrongful Death
• Use of Force