Biography
Amanda R. Witwer is a doctoral candidate in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in public policy analysis from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2018. Her research interests include court decision making and sentencing guideline systems. Amanda’s work has been published in Crime & Delinquency, Federal Probation, and Public Administration Review. Her article on the relaxation of Michigan's sentencing guidelines won t
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BA 2018, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Publications
Holmstrom, A.J., Morash, M., & Witwer, A. (2025). Trait Self-Efficacy as a Moderator of Esteem Support Message Effects in the Parole/Probation Agent-Client Relationship. Communication Studies, 1–20.
Witwer, A., Langton, L., Vermeer, M., Banks, D., Woods, D., & Jackson, B. Countering technology-facilitated abuse: Criminal justice strategies for combating nonconsensual pornography, sextortion, doxing and swatting. National Institute of Justice. 2020.
Gourdet, C., Witwer, A., Langton, L., Banks, D., Planty, M., Woods, D., & Jackson, B. Court appearances in criminal proceedings through telepresence: Identifying research and practice needs to preserve fairness while leveraging new technology. National Institute of Justice. 2020.
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