Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Sociocultural Factors, Definitions, and Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence Among Latina and Hispanic Women, Vanessa Centelles
Gone Smishing: An integration of decision-making and protection motivation in the context of identity theft victimization, Taylor S. Fisher
Maturing Out of Crime: A Test of The Integrated Maturation Theory of Desistance, Kelly E. Kortright
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Efficacy of Online Social Movements for Sparking Change: The Case of the Missing Murdered and Indigenous Women Movement (#MMIW), Kacy A. Bleeker
An Examination of Racial Disparities in Arrest Across Florida Counties, 1998-2018: A Test of the Racial Threat and Political Representation Hypotheses, Xavier D. Burch
The Invisible Victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation: Boys and Their Barriers to Access to Services, Amanda L. Connella
Damned & Damned: Examining Vexatious Litigation and the Vexatious Litigant Statute in Florida Courts, Sarah L. Harper
The Contributions of Mental Health Issues, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Adverse Childhood Experiences to Recidivism Among Rural Jail Incarcerees, Lauren N. Miley
Employing Individuals with a Criminal Record: How Prior Experience and Belief in Redeemability Impact Hiring Decisions, Kiera O'Connor
Assessing the Relationship Between True Crime Documentary and Podcast Consumption, Fear of Crime, and Protective Behaviors, Lauren A. Tremblay
Police Officers’ Perceptions of Gunshot Detection Technology, Courtney L. Weber
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
A Macro Social Examination of the Relationship Between Disabilities and Crime Using Neighborhood and County Level Data, Natasha A. Baloch
Integrating Psychopathy into Prominent Developmental/Life-Course Theories, Eva M. Fontaine
Racial Differences in Perceptions of Sanction Severity, Sarah L. Franklin
Juvenile Homicide Offenders: A Life-Course Perspective, Norair Khachatryan
Testing the Protest Paradigm and Racial Threat: Analyzing Articles of BLM Protests in 2014 and 2020, Rebecca Angela Ruiz
Exploring the Effectiveness of a Life-Skills Program in a Florida Prison Through a Social Bond and General Strain Theory Perspective, Danielle M. Thomas
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Clean Water for All: Examining Safe Drinking Water Act Violations of Water Systems and Community Characteristics, Junghwan Bae
Morality and Offender Decision-Making: Testing the Empirical Relationship and Examining Methodological Implications, Jacquelyn Burckley
The Ring of Gyges 2.0: How Anonymity Providing Behaviors Affect Willingness to Participate in Online Deviance, Cassandra E. Dodge
A Macro Analysis of Illegal Hunting and Fishing Across Texas Counties: Using an Economic Structural Approach, Leo J. Genco Jr.
Racial Threat Theory: A Test of the Economic Threat Hypothesis, Carl L. Reeds
Online Perceptions of Panamanian Prisons and Incarcerated persons: An analysis of YouTube user comments, Mahaleth J. Sotelo
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Toxic Colonialism and Green Victimization of Native Americans: An Examination of the Genocidal Impacts of Uranium Mining, Averi R. Fegadel
Cross-National Incarceration Rates as Behavior of Law, Christopher J. Marier
The Effects of Perceived Motivations and Mental Distress on the Likelihood of Reporting and Engaging in Self-Protective Measures Among Victims of Stalking, Daniela Oramas Mora
Mental Health and In-Prison Experiences: Examining Socioeconomic and Sex Differences in the Effect of Mental Illness on Institutional Misconduct and Disciplinary Segregation, Rachel E. Severson
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Dating Application Facilitated Victimization: An Examination of Lifestyle-Routine Activities, Self-Control, and Self-Efficacy, Vanessa Centelles
Social Constructionism and Cultivation Theory in Development of the Juvenile “Super-Predator”, Elizabeth R. Jackson-Cruz
Bystander Intervention, Victimization, and Routine Activities Theory: An Examination of Feminist Routine Activities Theory in Cyber Space, Jennifer A. Leili
Sexual Assault and Robbery Disclosure: An Examination of Black’s Theory of the Behavior of Law, Caitlyn N. Muniz
Mass Shootings and Gun Sales: A Study on the Influence of Red and Blue Power, Maria Jose Rozo Osuna
A Multi-dimensional Macrolevel Study of Drug Enforcement Strategies, Heroin Prices, and Heroin Consumption Rates, Alexander G. Toth
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
The Impact of a Religious/Spiritual Turning Point on Desistance: A Lifecourse Assessment of Racial/Ethnic Differences, Rhissa Briones Robinson
Identifying the Personal and Perceived Organizational Characteristics Associated with Job Satisfaction Among Juvenile Probation Staff, Julie M. Krupa
The Role of Organizational Justice in Predicting Attitudes Toward Body-Worn Cameras in Police Officers, Nathaniel L. Lawshe
The Role of Race/Ethnicity and Risk Assessment on Juvenile Case Outcomes, Tayler N. Shreve
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Intimate Partner Violence and the Capacity and Desire for Self-Control, Krista Taralynne Brewer
School Shootings in the United States from 1997 to 2012: A Content Analysis of Media Coverage, Victoria N. Iannuzzi
Chronic Runaway Youth: A Gender-Based Analysis, Michelle N. Jeanis
A Test of Wikström’s Situational Action Theory Using Self-Report Data on Intimate Partner Violence, Lauren Nicole Miley
An Exploratory Study of Macro-Social Correlates of Online Property Crime, Hyojong Song
Female Incarceration and Prison Social Order: An Examination of Gender Differences in Prison Misconduct and In-Prison Punishments, Elisa L. Toman
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Their Role as Mitigators for Youthful and Non-Youthful Offenders in Capital Sentencing Cases, Jessica R. Trapassi
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
The Guilty But Mentally Ill Verdict: Assessing the Impact of Informing Jurors of Verdict Consequences, Erin Elizabeth Cotrone
The Relationship between Psychopathic Personality Traits and Lying, Jason A. Dobrow
Delving into the Heart of Victimization Risk: Examining the Interactive Relationship between Demographic Factors and Context, Amy Sheena Eggers
A Power Conflict Approach to Animal Cruelty: Examining How Economic Power Influences the Creation of Animal Cruelty Laws, Leonard J. Genco
The Role of Gender in Self-Control and Intimate Partner Violence, Laura Marie Gulledge
The Restrictive Deterrent Effect of Warning Banners in a Compromised Computer System, Christian Jordan-Michael Howell
Tactics of Sexual Control and Negative Health Outcomes, Anna Elizabeth Kleppe
The Applicability of Criminology to Terrorism Studies: An Exploratory Study of ISIS Supporters in the United States, Amanda Marie Sharp Parker
The Path to Violent Behavior: The Harmful Aftermath of Childhood Trauma, Nicholas Michael Perez
The Effects of Racial Bias on Perceptions of Intimate Partner Violence Scenarios, Batya Yisraela Rubenstein
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Reel or Reality? The Portrayal of Prostitution in Major Motion Pictures, Raleigh Blasdell
Psychopathy and Perception of Vulnerability, Barbara Joyce Dinkins
Effect of Empathy on Death Penalty Support in Relation to the Racial Divide and Gender Gap, Brian Godcharles
Exploring the Interactive Effects of Social Learning Theory and Psychopathy on Serious Juvenile Delinquency, Brandy Barenna Henderson
Tampa Electric Company's Big Bend Utility Plant in Hillsborough County, Florida: A Case Study, Lynne M. Hodalski-Champagne
Thirty Year Follow-Up of Juvenile Homicide Offenders, Norair Khachatryan
Organized Crime in Insurance Fraud: An Empirical Analysis of Staged Automobile Accident Rings, Chris Longino
The Role of Social Support in the Disclosure and Recovery Process of Rape Victims, Jessica Nicole Mitchell
Evaluating the Social Control of Banking Crimes: An Examination of Anti-Money Laundering Deficiencies and Industry Success, Erin M. Mulligan
Elite Deviance, Organized Crime, and Homicide: A Cross-National Quantitative Analysis, Carol L.s. Trent
An Evaluation of the Utah First District Mental Health Court: Gauging the Efficacy of Diverting Offenders Suffering With Serious Mental Illness, Stephen Guy VanGeem
Rape, Race, and Capital Punishment in North Carolina: A Qualitative Approach to Examining an Enduring Cultural Legacy, Douglas Wholl
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
The Tattoo: A Mark of Subversion, Deviance, or Mainstream Self-Expression?, Jocelyn Camacho
Juvenile and Adult Involvement in Double Parricide and Familicide in the U.S.: An Empirical Analysis of 20 Years of Data, Averi Rebekah Fegadel
Predicting Successful Drug Court Graduation: Exploring Demographic and Psychosocial Factors among Medication-Assisted Drug Court Treatment Clients, Autumn Michelle Frei
Experimentally Evaluating Statistical Patterns of Offending Typology For Burglary: A Replication Study, Lance Edwin Gilmore
Predicting Fear of Crime using a Multilevel and Multi-Model Approach: A Study in Hillsborough County, Jonathan Maskaly
Public Knowledge and Sentiments about Elite Deviance, Cedric Michel
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Assessing the Relationship Between Hotspots of Lead and Hotspots of Crime, Kimberly L. Barrett
A Life-Course Approach to Sexual Offending: Examining the Continuity of Juvenile Sexual Offending into Adulthood and Subsequent Patterns of Recidivism, Maude Beaudry-Cyr
Examining the link between self-control and misconduct in a multi-agency sample of police supervisors: A test of two theories, Christopher Matthew Donner
Rurality and Intimate Partner Homicide: Exploring the Relationship between Place, Social Structure, and Femicide in North Carolina, Amelia Kirkland
Self-Control, Attitudinal Beliefs, and White-Collar Crime Intentions, Melissa Anne Lugo
Zero Tolerance for Marginal Populations: Examining Neoliberal Social Controls in American Schools, Brian Gregory Sellers
State-Corporate Crime in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Veronica Jane Winters
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
The Walls Are Closing In: Comparing Property Crime Victimization Risk In Gated And Non-Gated Communities, Nicholas Branic
What Propels Sexual Homicide Offenders? Testing an Integrated Theory of Social Learning and Routine Activities Theories, Heng Choon Chan
A Deadly Way of Doing Business: A Case Study of Corporate Crime in the Coal Mining Industry, Charles Nickolas Stickeler
Deconstructing the "Power and Control Motive": Developing and Assessing the Measurability of Internal Power, Shelly Marie Wagers
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Assessing racial differences in offending trajectories: A life-course view of the race-crime relationship, Michael S. Caudy
Mental Health Courts Effectiveness in Reducing Recidivism and Improving Clinical Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis, Brittany Cross
General Strain Theory and Juvenile Delinquency: A Cross-Cultural Study, Wen-Hsu Lin
General Strain Theory, Race, and Delinquency, Jennifer Peck
Developmental Trajectories of Self-Control: Assessing the Stability Hypothesis, James Vance Ray
Explaining the "Female Victim Effect" in Capital Sentencing Decisions: A Case for Sex-Specific Models of Capital Sentencing Research, Tara N. Richards
A Multilevel Model of Police Corruption: Anomie, Decoupling, and Moral Disengagement, Ruth Zschoche
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
The Emotional Guardianship of Foreign-Born and Native-Born Hispanic Youth and Its Effect on Violent Victimization, Amy Sheena Eggers
The Influence of Narcissism and Self-Control on Reactive Aggression, Melissa L. Harrison
Is There an "Innocent Female Victim" Effect in Capital Punishment Sentencing?, Amelia Lane Kirkland
