Faculty Profile

Degrees

EDD, Dowling Coll; MS, SUNY Univ Cntr Albany; JD, St Johns Univ Jamaica; MS, St Johns Univ Jamaica; BA, Hofstra Univ

Bio

Sociology of Law captures my interest in the legal responses to social problems. I am a "court watcher" and eagerly await the first Monday in October when the United States Supreme Court starts their new session.
Recent honors include receiving a Fulbright Senior Specialist award, serving as a visiting scholar at the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge, serving as a Research Associate at The Center for Children, Families & the Law at Hofstra University School of Law where I co-authored a report about youth at-risk on Long Island and serving as an Associate Member of University Seminar on Drugs & Society at Columbia University.

Courses

SOC 004 Contemporary Society
SOC 007 Crime & Delinquency
SOC 170 Sociology of Law
SOC 180 Statistics in Sociology

Selected Publications

Robert Costello and Colleen Eren The Impact of Supreme Court Decisions on U.S. Institutions-A Sociology of Law Primer. Routledge (2021).
https://www.routledge.com/The-Impact-of-Supreme-Court-Decisions-on-US-Institutions-A-Sociology-of/Costello-Eren/p/book/9780367898489

Vogel, Glen and Costello, Robert (2022) "Implicit Bias is Not a Fairytale: From the Classroom to the Courtroom: The Connection Between Racial Bias in Early Education and its Impact on Stereotypes and Interactions with the Criminal Justice System," Seattle Journal for Social Justice: Vol. 20: Iss. 3, Article 10.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/sjsj/vol20/iss3/10

Costello, Robert and Margaret Leigey, Eds. (2020). New Jersey's Criminal Justice System. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press. (Co-Editor and Contributor) https://cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781531015299/New-Jerseys-Criminal-Justice-System#

Costello, Robert, Ed. (2019). New York's Criminal Justice System. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press. (Editor and Contributor) https://cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781531008789/New-Yorks-Criminal-Justice-System

Costello, Robert. 2010. Book Review: The Delinquent Girl." Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 8(2):160-162.

Costello, Robert. 2010. "US Supreme Court Watch: An Overview of Graham v. Florida." American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section Juvenile Justice Newsletter March 2010 (5).

Costello, Robert. 2010 "Book Review: Cruel & Unusual Punishment: The Culture of Punishment in America." A Critical Journal of Crime, Law and Society Fall 2010.

Costello, Robert. 2010. "Book Review: The Guantanamo Lawyers:" Inside a Prison Outside the Law." Criminal Justice Review Fall 2010.

Costello, Robert. 2010. "Book Review:" Crimes of Power & States of Impunity: The US Response to Terror." Critical Criminology: An International Journal 18 (3) Fall 2010.

Costello, Robert. 2010. "Book Review: Sisters Outside: Radical Activists Working For Women Prisoners." Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice Fall 2010.

Costello, Robert. 2009. "Research Brief: A Summary of Roundtable Discussions about Youth at-Risk." American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section Juvenile Justice Newsletter October 2009 (4).

Costello, Robert. 2001. "Fetal Endangerment: A Challenge for Criminal Law." California Criminal Law Review 4.

Costello, Robert. 2001. "Case Spotlight:" The Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. New York." UC Davis Journal of Juvenile Law & Policy 5(2): 341-347.

Costello, Robert. 2001. "Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. New York: A Case for Equal Education." Long Island Education Review 1(3): 7-11.

Costello, Robert. 2000." "NYPD Blues:" The Struggle for Equal Pay." The Princeton University Law Journal IV (2): 22-38.

Costello, Robert and Frank Biafora. 1999. "Just the Facts Ma"am": The Supreme Court Says "No" to Media Ride-Alongs." Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture 7(1):15-25.

Biafora, Frank and Robert Costello. 1999. "Censoring the Press: The Supreme Court Rules on Media Ride-Alongs." Picturing Justice May.

Costello, Robert, Robert Palmieri and Carmine Pesca. 1999. "The Constitutional and Public Policy Concerns of Fetal Endangerment." Criminal Justice Journal 7(1): 83-88.

Recent Courses Taught