My Portfolio
Welcome to my portfolio. Here you’ll find a selection of my work. Explore my projects to learn more about what I do.
Employment
1997-2001
Juvenile detention, court, probation, teaching, inspections, transport
Boulder County, Colorado
2001 - 2006
Maryland Death Penalty Project; Maryland boot camp experiment; Maryland Sentencing Commission; Teaching Assistant, Adjunct professor.
University of Maryland, College Park
2006-2010
Social Scientist
U.S. DOJ | Federal Bureau of Prisons | Office of Research and Evaluation
2010 - 2014
Behavior Analyst
U.S. DOJ | United States Marshals Service | Behavior Analysis Unit
2014 - 2015
Director of Research
U.S. DOJ | Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention
2015 - 2023
United States Marshals Service | Lead, Data Science
2023 - present
United States Marshals Service | Lead, Operational Research
Education
2007
Ph.D., Criminology and Criminal Justice. University of Maryland, College Park. Dissertation: Cost Matters: Application and Advancement of Economic Methods to Policy Choice in Criminology.
2003
M.A., Criminology and Criminal Justice. University of Maryland, College Park. Thesis: Race and Danger among the Nation’s Confined Youth: A Contextual Analysis.
2000
B.A, Psychology & B.A. Sociology. University of Colorado, Boulder.
Publications
2024 Bierie & Panepinto. Foreign born fugitives: Nationality, prevalence, and valuation. (under peer review).
2021 Bierie & Budd. Banishing Justice: Extradition Limits in the United States. Criminology & Public Policy, 20(4), 595-619
2021 Bierie & Budd. Registration and the Closure of Stranger-Perpetrated Sex Crimes Reported to Police. Sexual Abuse, volume 33(5), 606-626
2020 Bierie & Budd. Impact of sex offender registries on closure of stranger perpetrated sexual assaults. Sexual Abuse, 33(5), 606-626
2019 Budd, Mancini, & Bierie. Parks, playgrounds, and incidents of sexual assault
Sexual Abuse 31 (5), 580-606
2019 Budd, Rocque, & Bierie. Deconstructing incidents of campus sexual assault: Comparing male and female victimizations. Sexual Abuse 31 (3), 296-317
2019 Budd & Bierie. Victims of sexual assault perpetrated by female youth: An exploratory study of gender differences. Journal of sexual aggression 24 (3), 274-293
2018 Bierie, & Bud. Romeo, Juliet, and statutory rape. Sexual Abuse 30 (3), 296-321
2018 Bierie & Mann. The history and future of prison psychology. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 23 (4), 478
2017 Bierie. Assault of police. Crime & Delinquency 63 (8), 899-925
2017 Budd & Bierie. Injury matters: On female-perpetrated sex crimes. Journal of interpersonal violence, 35(19-20), 3735-3766
2017 Bierie & Detar. Integrating Research and Researchers into the US Marshals Service. Translational Criminology, 4
2016 Bierie. Firearm violence directed at police. Crime & Delinquency 62 (4), 501-524
2015 Bierie, D. Utility of Sex Offender Registries: A research note. Journal of Sexual Abuse, Journal of Sexual Aggression 22 (2), 263-273
2015 Bierie, D. National Registry of Active Warrants: A policy proposal. Federal Probation, Fed. Probation 79, 27
2015 Budd, K. Bierie, D., & Williams, K. Deconstructing incidents of female perpetrated sex crimes: Comparing female sexual offender groupings. Sexual Abuse, 29(3), 267-290
2014 Craun, S. & Bierie, D. Craun, S. & Bierie, D. Alternative measures for the impact of the sex offender registry: A research note. Federal Probation, 79(5)
2014 Bierie, D. Fugitives in the United States. Journal of Criminal Justice, 42(4), 327-337
2014 Williams, K. & Bierie, D. Comparing male and female sex offenders: A NIBRS analysis. Sexual Abuse, 27(3), 235-257
2014 Bierie, D. & Davis-Seagal, J. Measurement Matters: Examining old and new definitions of rape in federal statistical reporting. Sexual Abuse, 27(5), 443-459
2014 Bierie, D. Enhancing NIBRS: Suggestions for a new national strategy. International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology, 59(10), 1125-1143
2014 Bierie, D. & P. Detar. Geographic and social movement of fugitive sex offenders. Crime & Delinquency, 62(8), 983-1002
2013 Craun, S., Bierie, D., & Bourke, M. Secondary traumatic stress in law enforcement officers: A longitudinal analysis. Victims & Offenders, 9(3), 299-316
2013 Bierie, D., Detar, P, & Craun, S. Under fire: Gun violence directed at police. Crime & Delinquency, 62(4), 501-524
2013 Craun, S., Detar, P., & Bierie, D. Shots Fired: Examining lethal force used against Deputy US Marshals. Victims & Offenders, 8(1), 56-69
2013 Rocque, M., D. Bierie, C. Posick, & D.L. MacKenzie. (2011). Unraveling change: Social bonds during incarceration and recidivism. Victims & Offenders, 8(2), 209-230
2012 Bierie, D. Procedural Justice and Prison Violence: Examining complaints among federal inmates (2000 – 2007). Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 19(1), 15-29
2012 Shermer, L., D. Bierie, & A. Shock: Decomposing risk: Endogeneity in prison classification systems. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 57(10), 1248-1274
2012 Bierie, D. Perceived danger among the nation’s confined youth: Disaggregating micro and macro level forces. Journal of Criminal Justice, 28(4), 297–312
2011 Bierie, D. Physical conditions of prison and staff well-being: Impacts on risk and readiness. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 56(1), 81-95
2011 Bierie, D. Prison violence, gender, and perceptions: Testing a missing link in discretion research. American Journal of Crime and Justice, 37(2), 209-228
2011 Bierie, D. Is Tougher Better? The impact of prison conditions on inmate violence. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 56(3), 338-355
2011 Rocque, M., D. Bierie, and D.L. MacKenzie. Social Bonds and Change During Incarceration: Testing a missing link in the reentry research. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 55(8), 816-838
2010 Bierie, D. Boot Camps as an intermediate sanction . In Martine Herzog-Evans (ed.), Transnational Criminology, Wolf Legal Publishers, AH: Oisterwijk.
2010 Franke, D., D. Bierie, and D.L. MacKenzie. Legitimacy in Corrections: A randomized experiment comparing a prison and boot camp. Criminology and Public Policy, 9(1), 89-117
2009 Bierie, D. Cost Matters: A randomized experiment comparing recidivism between two styles of prison. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 4(5), 371-397
2007 MacKenzie, D.L., D. Bierie, and O. Mitchell. An Experimental Study of a Therapeutic Boot Camp: Impact on Impulses, Attitudes and Recidivism. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 3(3), 221-246
2007 O’Neill, L., D. MacKenzie, and D. Bierie. Educational success across prison facilities: A randomized experiment. The Prison Journal, 87(3), 311-327
2006 Bierie, D. Review of Prisoner Reentry and Crime in America. Western Criminology Review, 7(2), 86-90
2005 Young, D., K. Moline, J. Farrell, and D. Bierie. Best Implementation Practices: Disseminating New Justice Technologies in a Juvenile Justice Agency. Crime and Delinquency, 49(1), 135-158
2005 Bierie, D. and K. Murphy. Press and Prosecution: An examination of homicides 1990 – 2000 . Criminal Law Bulletin, 41(1), 60-74
Government Reports
2024 Suicide at arrest: Prevalence, impact, and policy implications. Presentation to the
Director of the United States Marshals Service.
2023 Production diagnostics through surveys: Social climate, workload, and moral: Survey
Investigative Operations Division, US Marshals Service.
2023 Performance, Production, and the KPI: Revising measurement toward human centric
models. Investigative Operations Division, US Marshals Service.
2020 – 2023
COVID-19 patterns, trends, and impacts on USMS operations and special subgroups
(i.e., approximately 20 reports on gun violence, homicide patterns, domestic violence, closure rate and speed, race and ethnicity, geospatial patterns, etc.). Investigative Operations Division, US Marshals Service.
2019 The relationship between vehicle-based arrests and shootings. Investigative Operations Division, US Marshals Service.
2018 Lethal attacks against Deputy U.S. Marshals: A predictive analysis with big
data. Investigative Operations Division, US Marshals Service.
2018 Predicting new offending by registered sex offenders: A model-based strategy
to resource allocation and performance enhancement. Investigative Operations Division, US Marshals Service.
2017 Fugitive killers: Lethal attacks on police officers in the United States.
Investigative Operations Division, US Marshals Service.
2016 Evidence based funding allocation model for Fugitive Task Forces.
Investigative Operations Division, US Marshals Service.
2013 - 2014
Various evaluations and reports for the Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice (list available upon request).
2013 Fugitive behavior: Examining Adam Walsh Act violators over geographic and social space. Behavior Analysis Unit internal use report, US Marshals Service.
2012 Gunpoint: Firearm violence directed at police. Behavior Analysis Unit internal use report, US Marshals Service.
2011 USMS Adam Walsh investigations: A process evaluation. Behavior Analysis Unit internal use report, US Marshals Service.
2011 Operation guardian: Case closures. Behavior Analysis Unit internal use report, US Marshals Service.
2011 Operation guardian: Process Evaluation. Behavior Analysis Unit internal use report, US Marshals Service.
2011 Analytic Response Tool: Briefing paper on applications to child abductions. Behavior Analysis Unit internal use report, US Marshals Service.
2010 Inmate Reentry and Federal Prison. Report submitted to the U.S. Congress.
2009 Religious Service Programming: Annual report. Federal Bureau of Prisons internal use report.
2009 Pay boosting experiment: Saving $100million by applying the appropriate statistical method. Federal Bureau of Prisons internal use report.
2008 Perceptions of training adequacy by Federal Prison staff: A longitudinal analysis (1995 – 2007). Federal Bureau of Prisons internal use report.
2008 Fear of retaliation: Ranking prisons by staff fear of management. Federal Bureau of Prisons internal use report.
2007 Institutional Gender Transitions: The impact of adding female camps to a male prison. Federal Bureau of Prisons internal use report.
2007 Punt: Evaluating GAO’s ‘Cost of private prisons’ report. Federal Bureau of Prisons internal use report.
2007 Fact or Fiction? Comments on U.S. parole guidelines validation study. Federal Bureau of Prisons internal use report.
2007 Comparing OPM and PSCS depictions of BOP staff: A cautionary tale. Federal Bureau of Prisons internal use report.
2006 Islamic Radicalization in Federal Prison: Fact or Fiction? Federal Bureau of Prisons internal use report.
2005 Final Report: An experimental study of the Maryland Correctional Boot Camp for adults. Report to the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention.
2004 An Experimental Study of the Maryland Correctional Boot Camp for Adults: Intermediate Change. Report to the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention.
2004 An Experimental Study of the Maryland Correctional Boot Camp for Adults: Process Evaluation. Report to the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention.
2003 An Empirical Analysis of Maryland’s Death Sentencing System with Respect to the Influence of Race and Legal Jurisdiction. Report to the Office of the Governor.
2002 Offense Distribution by Age Group, 1997 – 2001. Maryland State Sentencing Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 1(12).
2002 Property Offenses in Maryland Circuit Courts, 1997 - 2000. Maryland State Sentencing Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 1(9).
2002 Victim Information in Maryland Circuit Courts, July 2001 – March 2002. Maryland State Sentencing Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 1(8).
2002 Demographics of Person Offenses in Maryland Circuit Courts, 1997-2000. Maryland State Sentencing Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, (7).
2002 Demographics of Drug Sentences in Maryland Circuit Courts, 1997-2000. Maryland State Sentencing Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 1(5).
2002 Drug Offenses in Maryland Circuit Courts, 1997-2001. Maryland State Sentencing Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 1(4).
2002 Sentencing Demographics in Maryland, 1996-2001. Maryland State Sentencing Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 1(1).
International Consortium on Sex Offender Research (Interpol) 2024 – present
Editorial Board, Psychology, Public Policy, & Law 2014 – 2024
Editorial Board, Criminology: An interdisciplinary journal 2012 – present
Death in Custody Reporting Act Implementation Plan (OJP) 2015
Board member, Division of Policing, American Society of Criminology 2014 – 2015
Federal Interagency Forum on Child & Family Statistics 2014 – 2015
Human Trafficking Assessment Workgroup (DHS) 2013 – 2014
Research Advisory Committee (IACP) 2012 – 2014
National Motor Vehicle Theft Working Group (Host: DOJ/BJA) 2012 – 2014
Federal Working Group on Violence against Women (Host: DOJ/OJP) 2012
Federal Consortium on Sex Offender Research (Host: AOUSC) 2011
American Society of Criminology 2001 – present
Professional
Service
Operational
Innovations
Analytic Data Architecture (USMS)
Design and execute plan to create analytic data architecture for use by the Investigative Operations Division, resulting in accumulation of over, 22,000 files, 15 terabytes of data, and a persistent and automated ingestion of new data prepped for analytic or research applications.
Enterprise Dashboards (USMS)
Design and execute plan to create visual analytic dashboards offering the field timely and dynamic access to large & integrated data sources for operational planning, resource allocation, and operations.
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Warrant Analytic Response Dashboard (WAR-D)
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Foreign Nexus Dashboard (FNX)
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Gang & Organized Crime Targeting Tools (GANG-WAR)
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Missing Children Unit Dashboard (MISS-U)
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National Sex Offender Registry Dashboard (NSOR+)
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USMS Performance & Production Dashboards (U-PRODUCE)
Enforcement Operations Strategy (USMS)
Develop strategy and technology to identify optimal locations for USMS surge operations, as well as strategies to follow (i.e., Problem Oriented Policing & Focused Deterrence).
Investigation Systems & Tools (USMS)
Scalable solutions to complex and previously unsolvable investigations
Funding Intelligence Tool (OJP)
Visual analytic dashboard tracking geography, value, and content of more than 50,000 grants representing $36 billion in grants, training, and services by the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The tool facilitates planning, communication, and identification of gaps as well as overlapping grants between OJP agencies which may interfere with one another (e.g., NIJ and OJJDP running two randomized trials in the same city).
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