Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations
Submissions from 2024
Criminal Activities as Threats to Security in the Caribbean, Marika Dawkins-Cavazos
The Influence of Gun Victimization on Support for Gun Control Legislation, Deborah J. Hartley and Mario A. Davila
Submissions from 2023
Police executive leadership: An empirical and theoretical exploration of police chief performance, Ben Brown and Yudu Li
The Latina Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence in the Rio Grande Valley, Lucas Enrique Espinoza, Luis Enrique Espinoza, Rosalva Resendiz, and Georgina Villegas-Montenegro
Religion and Misconduct Among Prison Inmates in South Korea, Sohee Kim, Myunghyun Choi, Youngki Woo, and Sung Joon Jang
Aspirations of Hispanic Criminal Justice Students to Join Law Enforcement: An Empirical Investigation, Yudu Li, Lucas Espinoza, Charlotte Hu, and Fei Luo
Student Evaluations of Teaching Are Mostly Awfully Wrong, Noel Otu and Ntiense E. Otu
The Curious Tension Between Fish and Game Conservation Officers and the Fourth Amendment, Thomas White
Relative Risk of Cannabis, Alcohol, and Their Combination on Driver Behavior in Fatal Crashes in Washington State, Youngki Woo, Dale W. Willits, Mary K. Stohr, Craig Hemmens, and Staci Hoff
Submissions from 2022
The trends and patterns of crime in Ghana: The case of robbery, Joseph Appiahene-Gyamfi
Grassroots Approach of Embracing Survivors to Inform the Fight Against Human Trafficking, Christina S. Bentch and Gordon A. Crews
Criminogenic Risk Factors and Mental Illness: An Examination of the 2010 Kelly Elementary School Shooter, Brendan Liam O'Rourke, Gordon A. Crews
Where There's a Will There's a Way: Examining the Possible Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Incidents of Mass Violence in the USA, Gordon A. Crews, Garrison A. Crews, and Samantha Leigh Crews
Racial tension, public mistrust, and policing: Insights from police leaders in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV)- a research note, Marika Dawkins-Cavazos
Situating Latina Intimate Partner Violence: A Review of Literature, Lucas Espinoza
Intimate partner violence incidents reporting by female minorities in the United States, Lucas E. Espinoza, Luis Enrique Espinoza, Rosalva Resendiz, Noe Leal Jr., Jennifer L. Talleff, Zoraya Berlanga Aguilar, Rebecca Rouse, and Kathleen Ayako Anangwe
A comparative study of intimate partner violence among U.S.-born and foreign-born Hispanic women, Luis Enrique Espinoza, Lucas Enrique Espinoza, Jennifer L. Talleff, Rosalva Resendiz, Leticia Nevarez Zavala, and Kathleen Ayako Anangwe
Jails in the Time of Coronavirus, Melissa A. Kowalski, Michael Klein, Youngki Woo, Celia Ibarra, Tucker Aldridge, Maricela Santos, Sindou Sanogo, Jamaal Petersen, Mary K. Stohr, and Craig Hemmens
Confession and the Crime Control Model: an Analysis of Exonerated Death Penalty Cases in China, Hong Lu, Honglan Shuai, Yudu Li, Jianhong Liu, and Bin Liang
Police Body Cameras and Liability Insurance: The Deterrent to Police Misconduct?, Noel Otu, Ben-Edet Emmanuel, Edidiong Mendie, and Ihekwoba Declan Onwudiwe
Why Do the Police Reject Counseling? An Examination of Necessary Changes to Police Subculture. Necessary Changes to Police Subculture., Noel Otu and Ntiense E. Otu
Classic Liberal Philosophers and their Contributions to Democracy & Justice: Discourses on Freedom, Equality, Reason, Democracy & Justice: Discourses on Freedom, Equality, Reason, and Law, Rosalva Resendiz, Lucas E. Espinoza, and Luis E. Espinoza
Submissions from 2021
COVID-19 student mental health check, Dianna Blankenship and Irma S. Jones
COVID-19 student mental health check II, Dianna Blankenship and Irma S. Jones
Folie à Deux in the 21st Century: QAnon and the American Dream Delusion, Gordon A. Crews, Christina S. Bentch, and Garrison A. Crews
MEDIA FRAMING, MORAL PANIC AND COVID-19: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CHINA, SOUTH KOREA, AND THE US., Deena DeVore, Sinyong Choi, Yudu Li, and Hong Lu
The Novel Coronavirus and Enforcement of the New Separate System in Prisons, Michael Klein, Melissa A. Kowalski, Youngki Woo, Courtney Solis, Maria Mendoza, Mary K. Stohr, and Craig Hemmens
The Desirability of Law Enforcement Careers among College Students in a Hispanic Community, Yudu Li, Fei Luo, Marcus Tyler Carey, and Ben Brown
Submissions from 2020
Mi Casa No Es Tu Casa: Attitudes of Rio Grande Valley Police Regarding Immigration and Crime, Catherine E. Burton and Gordon A. Crews
Extremism in Society, Gordon A. Crews
Satellite Sensory Mind Control Technology: An Examination of The Kelly Elementary School Shooting (Carlsbad, California, October 8, 2010), Gordon A. Crews
Mother Knows Best: A Brief Examination of the 1982- 2019 US Mass Shootings Data From Mother Jones’s Investigation, Gordon A. Crews and Garrison A. Crews
Life on Death Row, Gordon A. Crews, Stephen C. Stanko, Garrison A. Crews, and Luzenski A. Cottrell
Child (Un)Awareness of Parental Incarceration as a Risk Factor: Evidence from South Korea, Youngki Woo and Melissa A. Kowalski
Children of Mixed-Ethnic Heritage and Adverse Life Outcomes: A Comparison of Two Korean Adolescent Samples, Youngki Woo, Amelie Pedneault, Dale W. Willits, Mary K. Stohr, and Myeonggi Hong
Submissions from 2019
Understanding Offender Needs Over Forms of Isolation Using a Repeated Measures Design, Michael F. Campagna, Melissa A. Kowalski, Laurie A. Drapela, Mary K. Stohr, Elizabeth Thompson Tollefsbol, Youngki Woo, Xiaohan Mei, and Zachary K. Hamilton
Understanding Offender Needs Over Forms of Isolation Using a Repeated Measures Design, Michael F. Campagna, Melissa A. Kowalski, Laurie A. Drapela, Mary K. Stohr, Elizabeth Thompson Tollefsbol, Youngki Woo, Xiaohan Mei, and Zachary K. Hamilton
“The Talk” regarding minority youth interactions with police, Myrna Cintron, Marika Dawkins-Cavazos, Camille Gibson, and Milton C. Hill
K-12 School Killers Speak: A Qualitative Analysis of Interviews, Surveys, Holiday Cards, and Conversations, Gordon A. Crews and Garrison A. Crews
Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll: What Shall We Ban Next?, Gordon A. Crews and Samantha Leigh Crews
Determinants of citizen support for community-oriented policing, Heeuk D. Lee, David Kim, Youngki Woo, and Bradford W. Reyns
Violence is as American as Cherry Pie: Mass Incarceration and Juvenile Violence, Stephen C. Stanko and Gordon A. Crews
Disciplinary Segregation’s Effects on Inmate Behavior: Institutional and Community Outcomes, Youngki Woo, Laurie A. Drapela, Michael F. Campagna, Mary K. Stohr, Zachary K. Hamilton, Xiaohan Mei, and Elizabeth Thompson Tollefsbol
Wreck on the Highway: The Intersectionality of Driver Culpability, THC, Other Intoxicants and Fatalities in Washington State, Youngki Woo, Dale W. Willits, Mary K. Stohr, Craig Hemmens, and Staci Hoff
Submissions from 2018
The Power and the Passion: Using Pop Culture to Teach Concepts of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Garrison A. Crews, Gordon A. Crews, and Catherine E. Burton
Asthma Predictors Influence on Self-management Asthma Education Status, Luis Enrique Espinoza, Lucas Enrique Espinoza, Michaela LaNay Wilson, and Tracy E. Denton
Vulnerability Versus Opportunity: Dissecting the Role of Low Self-Control and Risky Lifestyles in Violent Victimization Risk Among Korean Inmates, Bradford W. Reyns, Youngki Woo, Heeuk D. Lee, and Ok-Kyung Yoon
The Dynamics of Intra-Family Relationships During Incarceration and the Implications for Children of Incarcerated Parents, Hyojong Song, Youngki Woo, Heeuk D. Lee, and John K. Cochran
Direct and indirect effects of procedural justice on cooperation and compliance: evidence from South Korea, Youngki Woo, Edward R. Maguire, and Jacinta M. Gau
Submissions from 2017
Maritime Cyber Security: What about Digital Forensics?, Scott Blough and Gordon A. Crews
Parental Attachment and Bullying in South Korean Adolescents: Mediating Effects of Low Self-Control, Deviant Peer Associations, and Delinquency, Sujung Cho, Jung Sung Hong, Paul R. Sterzing, and Youngki Woo
School Killers Speak: A Comprehensive Examination of Gang-Related School Violence Perpetrators in K-12 American Schools, Gordon A. Crews
School Killers Speak: A Comprehensive Examination of Traditional School Violence Perpetrators in K-12 American Schools, Gordon A. Crews
The American Gun Culture: Potential Impact on K-12 School Violence, Gordon A. Crews
When It Gets Gangsta: An Examination of Gang-related K-12 School Violence Perpetrators, Gordon A. Crews
School Killers Speak: A Qualitative Content Analysis of School Violence Perpetrators Comments, Gordon A. Crews, Catherine E. Burton, and Garrison A. Crews
Gooble, Gobble, We Accept Her, We Accept Her, One Of Us, One Of Us: An Examination of the Views of Self for Incarcerated School Violence Perpetrators, Gordon A. Crews and Garrison A. Crews
The American Gun Culture: Potential Impact on K-12 School Violence, Gordon A. Crews and Garrison A. Crews
At Risk on the Border: Assessment of Student Learning at an Hispanic Serving Institution, Mario A. Davila, Steve Lovett, and Deborah J. Hartley
What Legally Prescribed Functions Tell Us: Role Differences Between Adult and Juvenile Probation Officers, Moana Hafoka, Youngki Woo, Ming-Li Hsieh, Jacqueline van Wormer, Mary K. Stohr, and Craig Hemmens
The Impact of Mass Incarceration and Social Issues of Institutionalization on School Violence in Youths, Stephen C. Stanko and Gordon A. Crews
Submissions from 2016
A comparison of attributions, self-esteem, anxiety, and parental attachment in sexually abused and non-abused Korean children, Kyung-Shick Choi, Elizabeth Englander, Youngki Woo, Jisun Choi, Ji-eun Kim, and Hyejung Kim
School Killers Speak: A Comprehensive Examination of Perpetrators, Events, and Characteristics of K-12 School Violence in America, Gordon A. Crews
Sometimes they come back: Examining the threat of Associated and Non-Associated and/or Mentally Ill School Violence Perpetrators, Gordon A. Crews
The Death Row Cookbook: An Examination of Hustling as a Coping Mechanism for Death Row Prisoners, Gordon A. Crews, Stephen C. Stanko, and Garrison A. Crews
Undocumented and unaccompanied Latino youth who are exposed to violence are more likely to turn to crime to overcome disadvantage., Marika Dawkins-Cavazos and Frank Anthony Rodriguez
Assessing the current state of juvenile probation practice: A statutory analysis, Ming-Li Hsieh, Youngki Woo, Moana Hafoka, Jacqueline van Wormer, Mary K. Stohr, and Craig Hemmens
Undocumented Latino Youth: Migration Experiences and the Challenges of Integrating into American Society, Frank Anthony Rodriguez and Marika Dawkins-Cavazos
Social support and the gendered experience of incarceration in South Korean prisons, Youngki Woo, Ruibin Lu, and Mary K. Stohr
Submissions from 2015
Understanding the Dynamics of the Victim-Perpetrator Relationship in Child Sexual Abuse: an Examination of the Child Sex Abuse Victimization Data in South Korea, Kyung-Shick Choi, Kyungseok Choo, Jisun Choi, and Youngki Woo
An Occult Primer: Investigating Goth, Satanic, & Other Alternative Belief System Related Crimes, Gordon A. Crews
Jell-O shots, Gordon A. Crews
Syrah (Shiraz), Gordon A. Crews
Zinfandel, Gordon A. Crews
All School Shooters Are Not Created Equal: Identifying New Typologies of K-12 School Violence Perpetrators, Gordon A. Crews and Garrison A. Crews
When it gets Gangsta: Using Gangsta Rap to Examine Various Conflicts in Criminal Justice Education, Gordon A. Crews, Garrison A. Crews, Paige A. Heinrich, and Sara K. Green
South Africa, Gordon A. Crews and Sara K. Green
The Argument for Moving Away From Residential Placement for Most Juvenile Offenders, Marika Dawkins-Cavazos
Probation Officer Roles: A Statutory Analysis, Ming-Li Hsieh, Moana Hafoka, Youngki Woo, Jacqueline van Wormer, and Mary K. Stohr
Submissions from 2014
Harry Potter and Zones of Shade: Using Contemporary Literature to Examine the Impacts of Social Control, Garrison A. Crews and Gordon A. Crews
Legend Tripping: Haunted Fun or Potential Juvenile Delinquency and Death, Gordon A. Crews
School violence perpetrators speak: An examination of perpetrators views on school violence incidents, Gordon A. Crews
Every breath you take: An examination of the natural phenomenon of stalking, Gordon A. Crews, Sara K. Green, and Paige A. Heinrich
Although the “get-tough” approach is popular among the American public and policymakers alike, incarceration does not reduce crime, Marika Dawkins-Cavazos
A meta-analysis of the correlates of turnover intent in criminal justice organizations: Does agency type matter?, Adam K. Matz, Youngki Woo, and Bitna Kim
Submissions from 2013
The Only Thing That Stops a Guy with a Bad Policy is a Guy with a Good Policy: An Examination of the NRA’s “National School Shield” Proposal, Gordon A. Crews, Angela D. Crews, and Catherine E. Burton
Submissions from 2012
John Marshall, Gordon A. Crews
Submissions from 2011
Living and Dying on Death Row in America, Angela D. Crews and Gordon A. Crews
Collaborating with a Killer: The Unique Perspective of Prison Life from a Man on Death Row, Gordon A. Crews and Angela D. Crews
Personal and Vicarious Experience with the Criminal Justice System as a Predictor of Punitive Sentencing Attitudes, Mario A. Davila, Deborah J. Hartley, Kevin Buckler, and Steve Wilson
Submissions from 2010
Do you know how your children are? International perspectives on child abuse, mistreatment, and neglect, Gordon A. Crews and Angela D. Crews
Black Metallers and Gangster Rappers: “Anti-Cultures” Make Strange Bedfellows, Gordon A. Crews and Angela West Crews
International Police Education for the Rule of Law: Obstacles, Facilitators, Curricula, Pedagogy, and Delivery, Gordon A. Crews and Angela West Crews
The Debate over Police Reform: Examining Minority Support for Citizen Oversight and Resistance by Police Unions, Steve Wilson and Kevin Buckler
Submissions from 2009
Public Support for Punishment and Progressive Criminal Justice Policy Preferences: The Role of Symbolic Racism and Negative Racial Stereotype, Kevin Buckler, Steve Wilson, and Patti Ross Salinas
International Police and Societal Response to Juvenile Delinquency & Violence, Angela D. Crews and Gordon A. Crews
Education and Crime, Gordon A. Crews
Youth Involvement in Alternative Subcultures, Groups, Belief Systems, and Lifestyles: Examining International Police and Societal Response, Gordon A. Crews
Interview with Commissioner of Police George Asiamah, Ghana National Police Service Interviewed by Gordon A. Crews and Angela D. Crews, Gordon A. Crews and Angela D. Crews