Christopher Melde, PhD

Dr. Melde serves as a subject expert in the Law Enforcement and Coordination subject core. For the past 15 years, Dr. Melde has worked with schools and prevention program providers in the areas of training, implementation fidelity, and curriculum review. He has worked on the national process and outcome evaluation of the National Crime Prevention Council’s Teens, Crime, and the Community: Community Works program, served on the curriculum review and redevelopment committee for the Community Works program, the national process and outcome evaluation of the Gang Resistance Education and Training program, as well as the ongoing process and outcome randomized controlled trial of an innovative whole-school change program throughout Genesee County, Michigan. This ongoing randomized controlled trial integrates three evidence-based practices – restorative justice, youth mental health first aid training, and crime reduction through environmental design – to improve school climate and reduce the use of exclusionary practices in schools. Dr. Melde has published extensively in the areas of youth violence and perceptions of crime and victimization risk.