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Submissions from 2023
Disparities in extreme contexts: The impact of gender and mental health status on the criminal justice outcomes of extremists, Andrea Corradi
Submissions from 2022
A Hostile Reputation: A Social Network Approach to Interstate Hostility, Andrea Corradi, Cassie McMillan, and Nick Dietrich
Back in My Day: Generational Impacts on Beliefs about School Shootings, Amanda Graham, Cheryl Lero Jonson, and Heejin Lee
Book Review of Racial Resentment in the Political Mind By Darren W. Davis and David C. Wilson, Amanda K. Graham
Explaining White Supremacy and Domestic Terrorism, Amanda K. Graham
Bryan County Sheriff's Office Community Survey, Amanda K. Graham, L. Somers, K. Thompson, and C. Posick
The Wrapping Paper Problem: Expediting the Peer Review Process Without Sacrificing Rigor, Cheryl L. Jonson and Amanda Graham
The American Racial Divide in Fear of the Police, Justin T. Pickett, Amanda Graham, and Francis T. Cullen
Going Above and Beyond: Assessing the Characteristics of Officers Who Complete Additional in-Service Training, Logan J. Somers and Jacob T. Foster
Bail Denied or Bail Too High? Disentangling Cumulative Disadvantage by Pretrial Detention Type, Stacie St. Louis
Consequences of Victimization on Perceived Friend Support During Adolescence, Jillian J. Turanovic, Sonja E. Siennick, and Kristin M. Lloyd
Submissions from 2021
Examining the Effect of Perceived Responsibility On Online Bystander Intervention, Target Hardening, and Inaction, Leah C. Butler, Amanda K. Graham, Bonnie S. Fisher, Billy Henson, and Bradford W. Reyns
Racial Attitudes and Criminal Justice Policy, Francis T. Cullen, Leah C. Butler, and Amanda K. Graham
Catholics and Capital Punishment: Do Pope Francis’s Teachings Matter in Policy Preferences, Francis T. Cullen, Amanda K. Graham, Kellie R. Hannan, Alexander L. Burton, Leah C. Butler, and Velmer S. Burton Jr.
The Denier in Chief: Faith in Trump and Techniques of Neutralization in a Pandemic, Francis T. Cullen, Amanda K. Graham, Cheryl L. Jonson, Justin T. Pickett, Melissa M. Sloan, and Murat Haner
Development and Validation of an Intimate Partner Cyber Abuse Measure in an Adult-based Sample, Erica R. Fissel, Amanda K. Graham, Leah C. Butler, and Bonnie S. Fisher
A New Generation of Survey Research in Criminology: Online Opt-In Surveys., Amanda K. Graham
Police Use of Force, Particularly Police Brutality and Lethal Force, Amanda K. Graham
Beyond a Crime Gene: Genetic Literacy and Correctional Orientation, Amanda K. Graham, J. C. Barnes, Hexuan Liu, and Francis T. Cullen
Who Wears the MAGA Hat? Racial Beliefs and Faith in Trump, Amanda K. Graham, Francis T. Cullen, Leah C. Butler, Alexander L. Burton, and Velmer S. Burton Jr.
Procedural Justice: In Theory and Practice, Amanda Graham, Travis C. Pratt, and Kyle McLean
Racial Sympathy and Support for Capital Punishment: A Case Study in Concept Transfer, Kellie R. Hannan, Francis T. Cullen, Leah C. Butler, Amanda K. Graham, Alexander L. Burton, and Velmer S. Burton Jr.
Pandemic Emotions: The Extent, Correlates and Mental Health Consequences of Personal and Altruistic Fear of COVID-19, Melissa M. Sloan, Murat Haner, Amanda K. Graham, Francis T. Cullen, Justine T. Pickett, and Cheryl L. Jonson
The Opt-In Internet Survey, Angela J. Thielo, Amanda K. Graham, and Francis T. Cullen
Submissions from 2020
Belief in Redeemability and Punitive Public Opinion: “Once a Criminal, Always a Criminal” Revisited, Alexander L. Burton, Francis T. Cullen, Velmer S. Burton Jr., Amanda Graham, Leah C. Butler, and Angela J. Thielo
Book Review of Fight the Power: African Americans and the Long History of Police Brutality in New York City , Amanda Graham
Race and Worrying About Police Brutality: The Hidden Injuries of Minority Status in America, Amanda Graham, Murat Haner, Melissa M. Sloan, Francis T. Cullen, and Teresa C. Kulig
Faith in Trump, Moral Foundations, and Social Distancing Defiance during the Coronavirus Pandemic, Amanda K. Graham, Francis T. Cullen, Justin T. Pickett, Cheryl Lero Jonson, Murat Haner, and Melissa M. Sloan
Advantages of Matched Over Unmatched Opt-in Samples for Studying Criminal Justice Attitudes: A Research Note, Amanda Graham, Justin T. Pickett, and Francis T. Cullen
Making America Safe Again: Public Support for Policies to Reduce Terrorism, Murat Haner, Melissa M. Sloan, Francis T. Cullen, Amanda Graham, Cheryl Lero Jonson, Teresa C. Kulig, and Ömer Aydın
“Bad hombres” at the Southern US border? White nationalism and the perceived dangerousness of immigrants, Teresa C. Kulig, Amanda Graham, Francis T. Cullen, Alex R. Piquero, and Murat Haner
Child Victim Services in the Time of COVID-19: New Challenges and Innovative Solutions, Chad Posick, April Schueths, P. Cary Christian, Jonathan A. Grubb, and Suzanne E. Christian
Using Behavioral Strategies to Cope with the Threat of Terrorism: A National Level Study, Melissa M. Sloan, Murat Haner, Francis T. Cullen, Amanda Graham, Ömer Aydın, Teresa C. Kulig, and Cheryl Lero Jonson
Submissions from 2019
‘The Other Side of the Fence:’ A Learning- and Control-Based Investigation of the Impact of Deviance on Friendship Quality, John H. Boman IV, Laura E. Agnich, Bryan Lee Miller, John Stogner, and Thomas Mowen
Policing Fraud in England and Wales: Examining Constables’ and Sergeants’ Online Fraud Preparedness, Adam Bossler, Thomas Holt, and Cassandra Cross
The Measurement of Legitimacy: A Rush to Judgement?, Liquin Cao and Amanda Graham
Foreword, Francis T. Cullen and Amanda Graham
Why Longitudinal Research Is Hurting Criminology, Francis T. Cullen, Travis C. Pratt, and Amanda Graham
Beefing Up Criminology: Longitudinal Research Is Not The Only Answer, Francis T. Cullen, Travis C. Pratt, and Amanda K. Graham
Book Review of Cross-Sectional Research Designs in Criminology, Amanda K. Graham
Willingness to report crime to the police: Traditional crime, cybercrime, and procedural justice, Amanda Graham, Teresa C. Kulig, and Francis T. Cullen
Invasion of the Drones: A New Frontier for Victimization, Amanda Graham, Haylee Kutzli, Teresa C. Kulig, and Francis T. Cullen
Videos Don’t Lie: African Americans’ Support for Body-Worn Cameras, Amanda Graham, Hannah D. McManus, Francis T. Cullen, Velmer S. Burton Jr., and Cheryl Lero Jonson
Contemporary Classics: Sources of High Citations Following Publication, Amanda Graham, Travis C. Pratt, Heejin Lee, and Francis T. Cullen
Examining Perceptions of Online Harassment Among Constables in England and Wales, Thomas Holt, Jin R. Lee, Roberta Liggett, Karen M. Holt, and Adam Bossler
New Evidence of the Nexus Between Neighborhood Violence, Perceptions of Danger, and Child Health, Dylan B. Jackson, Chad Posick, and Michael G. Vaughn
Examining English and Welsh Detectives’ Views of Online Crime, Jin R. Lee, Thomas Holt, George Burruss, and Adam Bossler
Friend Not Foe? Reconsidering Race, the Police, and Community Relations, Hannah D. McManus, Amanda Graham, Francis T. Cullen, Velmer S. Burton Jr., and Cheryl L. Jonson
Friend Not Foe? Race and Knowing the Police, Hannah D. McManus, Amanda K. Graham, Francis T. Cullen, Velmer S. Burton Jr., and Cheryl Lero Jonson
Strain and Prescription Drug Misuse in the United States Military, Thomas Mowen, Taylor Tolles, and Ryan D. Schroeder
The Use of Help Seeking and Coping Strategies Among Bosnian Women in Domestic Violence Shelters, Lisa R. Muftic, Susan Hoppe, and Jonathan A. Grubb
America First? Trump, Crime, and Justice Internationally, Ronen Ziv, Amanda Graham, and Liquin Cao
Submissions from 2018
Policing Cybercrime, Adam Bossler
Criminology’s Contribution to the Study of Digital Piracy, Adam Bossler and Tyler Edwards
Revisiting the Suppression Relationship Between Social Learning and Self-Control on Software Piracy, George Burruss, Thomas Holt, and Adam Bossler
Enhancing Data-driven Law Enforcement Efforts: Exploring How Risk Terrain Modeling and Conjunctive Analysis Fit in a Crime and Traffic Safety Framework, Grant Drawve, Jonathan A. Grubb, Hannah Steinman, and Michelle Belongie
How Cross-national Research on Domestic Violence Shelters Can Help Reduce Barriers to Service, Jonathan A. Grubb
Repurposing Agnew’s (2005) Integrated Theory of Crime and Delinquency to Predict Victimization, Jonathan A. Grubb and Chad Posick
An Examination of English and Welsh Constables’ Perceptions of the Seriousness and Frequency of Online Incidents, Thomas Holt, George Burruss, and Adam Bossler
Analyzing Predictors of Drinking and Driving Among Gender Cohorts Within a College Sample, Justin Hoyle, Bryan Lee Miller, John Stogner, Chad Posick, and Brenda Blackwell
The Role of Adolescent Victimization in Energy Drink Consumption: Monitoring the Future, 2010-2016., Dylan Jackson, Wanda E. Leal, Chad Posick, Michael G. Vaughn, and Myrah Olivan
Chapter 4: Electives that will Help, Kevin Jennings
Chapter 7: Stereotypes and Misperceptions in Criminal Justice Employment, Kevin Jennings
On the Need for a Biopsychosocial Victimology: A Foundational Model for Focusing Violence Prevention on Women and Children, Chad Posick, Emily N. Lasko, and Richard E. Tremblay
A Near-repeat Examination of Economic Crimes, Zachary A. Powell, Jonathan A. Grubb, and Matt R. Nobles
Opportunity and Self-Control: Do they Predict Multiple Forms of Online Victimization?, Bradford W. Reyns, Bonnie S. Fisher, Adam Bossler, and Thomas Holt
The Impact of Victim Attractiveness on Victim Blameworthiness and Defendant Guilt Determinations in Cases of Domestic and Sexual Assault, Jennifer Wareham, Bonnie Berry, Brenda Blackwell, and Denise Paquette
Submissions from 2017
Does Breaking Gender Stereotypes Contribute to Victimization at School?, Laura E. Agnich, Lindsay L. Kahle, Anthony A. Peguero, Jennifer L. Murphy, Olivia Foroughi, and Jennifer N. Nester
Routine Activity Theory, Joseph D. Bacot and Chad Posick
Progress and Backlash in the Wake of Obergefell: Reaching Conservative Southern Teachers through the Power of Literature, Scott A. Beck, Dina C. Walker-DeVose, Laura E. Agnich, Caren Town, and Trina Smith
Chapter 3: Cybercrime Research at the Crossroads: Where the Field Currently Stands and Innovative Strategies to Move Forward, Adam Bossler
Need for Debate on the Implications of Honeypot Data for Restrictive Deterrence Policies in Cyberspace, Adam Bossler
An Evaluation of a Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Program in the Rural South, Shanna N. Felix, Laura E. Agnich, and April M. Schueths
Examining the Link Between the Human Microbiome and Antisocial Behavior: Why Criminologist Should Care About Biochemistry, Too, Worlanyo E. Gato, Chad Posick, Ashley Williams, and Christopher Mays
Punishment, Crime and Ethics, Laurie A. Gould, Jack Lightfoot, and Kayla Hulon
A Comparative Analysis of Domestic Violence Shelter Staff Perceptions Regarding Barriers to Services in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the United States, Jonathan A. Grubb and Lisa R. Muftic
Psychological Prison Programs, Emily N. Lasko and Chad Posick
No Statute of Limitations: Will 2017 Bring Closure to the Murder of John Kennedy?, Dennis D. Murphy
Reappraising the Impact of Offending on Victimization: A Propensity Score Matching Approach, Chad Posick
Restorative Justice, Chad Posick
Putting HEART Into Policing: A 21st Century Model for Effective and Fair Policing, Chad Posick and Heather Hatfield
Biological Criminology, Chad Posick and M. McBride
Editorial Introduction to the Special Issue: Crime and Justice in Suburban and Rural Context, Chad Posick and Michael Rocque
From Urban to Suburban Criminology: Understanding Crime in America’s “Safe” Cities, Michael Rocque and Chad Posick
Paradigm Shift or Normal Science? The Future of (Biosocial) Criminology, Michael Rocque and Chad Posick
The Police-Community Interaction Survey: Measuring Police Performance in New Ways, Dennis P. Rosenbaum, Jon Maskaly, Daniel S. Lawrence, Justin H. Escamilla, Georgina Enciso, Thomas E. Christoff, and Chad Posick
A Tale of Two Universities: A Red State-Blue State Comparison of College Students’ Attitudes of Concealed Carry on Campus Policies, Jaclyn Schildkraut, Kevin Jennings, Collin M. Carr, and Victoria Terranova
Does the Strength of the Victim-Offender Overlap Depend on the Relationship Between the Victim and Perpetrator?, Gregory M. Zimmerman, Chelsea Farrell, and Chad Posick
Submissions from 2016
The Effects of Adoption Openness and Type on the Mental Health, Delinquency, and Family Relationships of Adopted Youth, Laura E. Agnich, April M. Schueths, Tiffany D. James, and Jeff J. Klibert
On the Need for Policing Cybercrime Research, Adam Bossler and Thomas Holt
Placing the Criminalization of School Discipline in Economic Context, John J. Brent
Felon Disenfranchisement: The Voting Rights Act Fifty Years Later, Maxine L. Bryant and Becky da Cruz
Psychological Victimization among College Students, Shanna N. Felix, Christina Policastro, Laura E. Agnich, and Laurie Gould
Exploring the Relationship Between Gender Violence and State Failure: A Cross-National Comparison, Laurie A. Gould and Laura E. Agnich
Assessing the Macro-level Correlates of Malware Infections Using a Routine Activities Framework, Thomas Holt, George Burruss, and Adam Bossler
Chapter 30: Technology and violence. In Cuevas, Carlos and Rennison, Thomas J. Holt and Adam Bossler
Identifying Predictors of Unwanted Online Sexual Conversations among Youth Using a Low Self-Control and Routine Activity Framework, Thomas J. Holt, Adam Bossler, Rebecca Malinski, and David C. May
Power-Control Theory, Kayla Kane and Brenda Blackwell
Social Class and Crime, Bryan Lee Miller
Unpaid Debt to Society: Exploring How Ex-Felons View Restrictions on Voting Rights after the Completion of Their Sentence, Bryan Lee Miller and Laura E. Agnich