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The impacts of COVID-19 on incarcerated people and their families
(Wichita State University, 2020-09-15)Breanna Boppre will discuss the implications of COVID-19 for correctional agencies nationwide and in Kansas. She will provide preliminary results from her ongoing mixed-methods study that examines families' experiences of ... -
Social media intelligence: AI applications for criminal investigation and national security
(IGI Global, 2023-02-01)This chapter aims at discussing how social media intelligence (SOCMINT) can be and has been applied to the field of criminal justice. SOCMINT is composed of a set of computer forensic techniques used for intelligence ... -
Cyber profiling in criminal investigation
(IGI Global, 2021-01-01)The line between street crimes and cybercrimes has been increasingly blurry, given the prevalence of internet access. In all kinds of criminal investigations, digital information has become relevant and even crucial in ... -
The gendered effects of a graduated sanctions model on probation outcomes in Kansas
(SAGE Journals, 2022-02-27)Although originally perceived as an evidence-based program, there has been a continual debate on the true effectiveness of the graduated sanctions model for probation. Nonetheless, what is missing in the literature is an ... -
Prevention and mitigation measures against phishing emails: A sequential schema model
(Springer Nature, 2021-09-28)Phishing emails have permeated our digital communication, taking advantage of vulnerabilities that the information technology system poses to users. Given the potential for further cybersecurity incidents, theft of personally ... -
Criminal justice and community psychology: Our values and our work—The introduction to the special issue
(Springer Verlag, 2021-03-15)This special issue of The American Journal of Community Psychology originated from the Society for Community Research and Action Criminal Justice interest group, with a goal of exploring the work of community psychologists ... -
Did Oregon’s tough mandatory sentencing law “measure 11” improve public safety? New evidence about an old debate from a multiple-design, experimental strategy
(Routledge, 2020-07-15)This research contributes to policy debates about whether mandatory sentences improve public safety and are responsible for maintaining lower rates of crime. The current study used two quasi-experimental approaches, ... -
Bringing course material to life through experiential learning: impacts on students’ learning and perceptions in a corrections course
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-11-12)Experiential learning can be an effective practice to improve student engagement, comprehension, and application of course material in criminal justice classrooms. The current study analyzes 33 undergraduate students’ ... -
Cross-national differences in women’s imprisonment rates: exploring the conditional effects of gender inequality and other macro-level factors
(Routledge, 2019-10-08)Prior research examined cross-national differences in imprisonment, yet few studies considered the specific nature of women’s imprisonment. The current study fills an important gap in the literature by assessing the ... -
“The Traps Started During My Childhood”: The role of substance abuse in women’s responses to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-08-13)The gendered pathways perspective seeks to identify the biological, psychological, and social realities that lead to women’s law-breaking behavior. Prior research in this area demonstrates the link between women’s adverse ... -
Women of color and the war on crime: An explanation for the rise in Black female imprisonment
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-10-02)Since 1972, U.S. female imprisonment has risen twice as fast as male imprisonment, with increased disparities between White females and women of color. Such disparities are particularly stark for drug crimes, for which ... -
Editorial: Guest editors’ comments: risk assessment and judicial decision making
(SAGE, 2019-02-01)Many readers and contributors to Criminal Justice and Behavior (CJB) have been trained on and inculcated into a culture that supports the use of actuarial risk assessment instruments (including ourselves). In fact, much ... -
Chapter 5 -- Factorial survey research in the study of environmental regulatory processes
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018-06-29)In this chapter, we describe how factorial surveys are (and can be) used to study the impact of environmental law and enforcement on corporate compliance. We begin by outlining the benefits and limitations of the factorial ... -
Does fear of victimization deter online shopping?
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2018-07-02)Purpose: This paper aims to address the relationship between fear of identity theft/fraud and online shopping, while identifying the most important factors affecting online shopping. Design/methodology/approach: This study ... -
Child sexual abuse in Japan: a systematic review and future directions
(Elsevier B.V., 2017-04)Introduction: Estimating the national prevalence of child sexual abuse (CSA) and its association with health and developmental outcomes is the first step in developing prevention strategies. While such data are available ... -
Factors associated with college students' responses to rape-disclosure scenarios: influence of gender, rape characteristics, and opinions about health professionals
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis LTD, 2017)Few studies examine the role of friends in victims' decisions to seek help from health professionals. This study used a sample of college students (N = 637) to examine the factors that may influence whether students would ... -
Chapter 12 -- Areas where vulnerable public transit commuters reside: a method for targeting crime prevention and other resources to address local area problems
(Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015)Hart and Miethe (Chapter 11 in this volume) focused on where street robberies occur, taking proximate environments into account. In this chapter, we shift the focus from crime events and features of places to potential ... -
Changing trajectory: an integrated theoretical view of the Roman Catholic priest sex abuse scandal
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2016)The sexual abuse of children by Roman Catholic priests across the United States is a direct result of access to children, and that access changes across the life-course of individual priests. Turning points affect not only ... -
Chapter 4 -- Psychology of human trafficking
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2015)Human trafficking is often referred to as a form of "modern-day slavery" (Hoyle, Bosworth, and Dempsey 2011). Although this conceptualization of domestic human sex trafficking captures the involuntary nature of human ... -
Introduction: Human trafficking-modern slavery
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2015)Slavery can be traced to ancient times. The Bible, Islam Koran, and Greek classics all have described slavery. The term slavery simply means that one person owns another human being like a piece of property. The human being ...
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