Lisa Muftić, Ph.D.

Biographical Sketch

Lisa R. Muftić (pronounced mooph-teach) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of North Texas.  Dr. Muftić earned her Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from North Dakota State University.  Her dissertation, entitled “Examining the Methodological Utility of Macro-Micro Theoretical Integration Utilizing Hierarchical Linear Statistical Modeling” explored the importance of including individual and structural level variables in multi-level theoretical models.  Dr. Muftić has also received degrees from the University of Chicago (M.A. in the Social Sciences) and from North Dakota State University (B.S. in Sociology and Psychology).

Dr. Muftić’s current research interests are focused on examining the intersection of violence, gender, and justice issues.  More specifically, she is interested in the role the criminal justice system (i.e., police, courts, corrections, and treatment agencies) plays in reducing the incidence of intimate partner violence.  In addition, Dr. Muftić has conducted research examining the impact of defensive violence on the phenomenon of dual arrest in intimate partner violence. 

Her other research interests are focused on the advancement of theory through the utilization of quantitative methods in criminal justice research, comparative analyses of issues associated with intimate partner violence (particularly between the United States and Eastern Europe), and the interdiction of transnational sex trafficking.

Dr. Muftić has published in numerous professional journals including The Prison Journal, Violence Against Women, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Journal of Family Violence, Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, International Journal of Crime, Criminal Justice, and Law, Security Journal, and Western Criminology Review.  She is also a member of American Society of Criminology, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and the Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice.