A5057847260- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
- Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
- Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies
- Marriage and Sexual Relationships
- Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
Kennesaw State University
2016-2023
Appalachian State University
2015
Georgia State University
2010-2014
Although the impact of religion on behavior is robust and well-examined in many areas, role spirituality plays changes drug use over time has received relatively little attention. Using a life-course theoretical framework, this relationship examined through growth curve modeling techniques. Specifically, multilevel analyses are estimated testing within-person relationships between substance desistance spirituality. The Pathways to Desistance longitudinal data analyzed leading criminological...
Although the effects of official labeling on delinquency have been explored extensively in past research, way which offenders apply labels to themselves, and impact such has desistance, received relatively little attention among researchers. Further, most research relationship between self-labeling desistance is qualitative nature. some quantitative researchers this area, limitations these studies still exist. To extend a examination conducted based data from survey incarcerated felons. This...
Although a prison sentence is often considered to be among the worst punishments that state can provide, previous research indicates offenders do not necessarily share this view. Some inmates, for example, adjust life with relative ease, view their time in as severe punishment, and may even prefer alternative sanctions such boot camp or probation. To help explain views, we point utility of "criminal lifestyle" perspective. We argue who are committed values criminal subculture tend unique...
The incarceration experiences of white-collar offenders have received relatively little attention among criminological researchers, and the research that has been conducted focused on offenders' in prisons rather than jails. purpose this study was to fill gap by examining approximately 6500 inmates incarcerated local jails, comparing those classified as violent other non-violent offenders. differences between offender types based demographics, psychological adjustment (i.e., mental health...
THE ROLE OF SUBJECTIVE AND SOCIAL FACTORS IN DESISTANCE PROCESS: A WITHIN-INDIVIDUAL EXAMINATION By BEVERLY REECE CRANK JULY 24, 2014 Committee Chair: Dr. Timothy Brezina Major Department: Criminal Justice and Criminology Many scholars examining desistance from crime have emphasized the importance of social factors in triggering process. Most notably, work Sampson Laub (1993) focuses on role bonds (e.g., marriage employment), which serve as turning points offenders’ lives, while other...