Mary K. Stohr, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Washington State University and the Principal Investigator on the NIJ funded study of the Effect of Marijuana Legalization on Law Enforcement in Washington state. Before academe she worked in an adult male prison in Washington state as a correctional officer (for less than a year) and as a correctional counselor (for about two years). After she graduated with her Ph.D. from WSU she worked at New Mexico State University, Boise State University and Missouri State University, before returning to WSU in 2012. Stohr has published over 100 academic works of one sort or another, including seven books and over 50 journal articles, in the areas of the management of criminal justice organizations and operation, correctional personnel, inmate needs, program evaluation, gender, and victimization.