Welcome! I am Dr. Shteynberg and here’s some info about me:

I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at California State University San Bernardino. I am also a Research Fellow at the John F. Finn Institute for Public Safety. I received my Ph.D. and M.A. in Criminal Justice from the University at Albany, SUNY. I received my B.A. in Criminology, Law and Society from the University of California, Irvine.

My research focuses on access to justice and issues surrounding criminal justice decision-making policies and practices, including plea bargaining and adjudication, court and legal reform, juvenile justice, law enforcement, program implementation and evaluation, and research methodologies. You can see an overview of my research here and view my publications and reports here.

To learn more about the courses I teach, click here.

For a copy of my CV, click here.

And personally? Well, I’m a Los Angeles native, hiking and photography novice, travel and architecture enthusiast, yoga and music habitue, coffee and science fiction addict, cooking Macgyver, and a reluctantly former neighbor to a family of four very silly deer and a forest full of (avocado-loving, northeast-hipster) squirrels.

If you do the Twitter thing, here’s mine: @CJSresearcher

If you’re curious about how to pronounce my name, just say Rebeka but replace the ‘b’ with a ‘v’ – Reh-veh-kah. The last name is a bit more complicated, but if you pronounce the word ‘stain’ and modify it to be ‘shtain’ you’ll know how to pronounce Sh-teyn-berg.

Also, here’s a shameless plug:

If you’re into nerdy t-shirts ($15.99 – $17.99), for yourself or as a gift, check out the following prints you can order via Amazon prime (click here for other fun non-academic designs): 

                
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Fabric is super soft and the prints don’t fade with excessive washing.

In case you’re curious, these three prints were conceptualized by me and illustrated/designed by my very talented fiancé.