Research Interests
- Judicial and sentencing decisions
- Criminal justice disparities
- Crimes against children
- Child abuse and neglect
- Correctional experiences
- Impact of incarceration on the family
Publications
Gender Disparities in Sentencing: A Theoretical Approach - December, 2023
Performance and Satisfaction of Resident and Distance Students in Videoconference Courses, Journal of Criminal Justice Education - February 13, 2020
Collaborators: Jeffrey Roth, Co-Author; Steven Brewer, Co-Author
Potential Discrimination in the System: Race - January, 2020
Improving Responses to Juvenile Burglary Offenders, Safer Communities - October 14, 2019
Collaborator: Jeffrey Roth, Co-Author
Assessing the impact of visitation on inmate misconduct within a county jail, The Security Journal - January, 2018
Collaborators: Tina Freiburger, Co-Author; John Chapin, Co-Author; Brittany Epling, Co-Author; Tyler Madden, Co-Author
Examining the Influence of the Drug Activity Response Team (DART) on the Prosecutorial Charging Decisions for Criminal Child Neglect, Criminal Law Bulletin - 2017
Collaborator: Steven Brewer, Co-Author
Third-Force Influences: Hollywood's War Films, Parameters - October 30, 2017
Collaborators: John Chapin, Co-Author; Marissa Mendoza-Burcham, Co-Author
Classification of inmates - February 16, 2017
Courts: Courtroom Proceedings, Contemporary Criminal Justice: An Examination of the System, Its Challenges, and Its Future - August 30, 2016
Optimistic bias and inmates, Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice - December, 2015
Collaborator: John Chapin, Co-Author
Male inmate perceptions of the visitation experience: Suggestions on how prisons can promote inmate-family relationships, The Prison Journal - September, 2015
Examining predictors which may influence sentencing outcomes for individuals convicted of offenses against children: A brief report. , Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma - July, 2014
Collaborator: Erika Davis-Frenzel, Co-Author
Examining the impact of familial paternalism on sentencing decisions: Gender leniency or legitimate judicial consideration? , Perceptions of female offenders: How stereotypes and social norms affect criminal justice responses - December, 2012
Continuing the conversation—The operationalization of focal concerns perspective: Assessing sentencing decisions for criminal child neglect, Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice - April, 2012
Optimistic bias, sexual assault, and fear, The Journal of General Psychology - January 23, 2012
Collaborator: John Chapin, Co-Author
Assessing the influence of familial paternalism on child neglect sentencing decisions, American Journal of Criminal Justice - October, 2011
Collaborator: Tina Freiburger, Co-Author
Analysis of child abuse prevention programs: Sample from the USA and lessons for Turkey, Crime Prevention: Theory, Practice and Evaluation - January, 2011
Collaborator: Murat Sever, Contributor to Edited Volume
Safety planning for abused children, Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention - 2010
The impact of race on the pre-trial decision, American Journal of Criminal Justice - November, 2010
Collaborators: Tina Freiburger, Co-Author; Catherine Marcum, Co-Author
Parole, Controversies in Criminal justice: Battleground criminal justice - October, 2007
A Book Review: Net crimes & misdemeanors: Outmaneuvering webspammers,, International Journal of Cyber Crimes & Criminal Justice - January, 2007
Education
Ph D, Criminology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
MCJ, Criminal Justice, New Mexico State University
BA, Sociology, Whitman College