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Child (Un)Awareness Of Parental Incarceration As A Risk Factor: Evidence From South Korea, Youngki Woo, Melissa A. Kowalski Sep 2020

Child (Un)Awareness Of Parental Incarceration As A Risk Factor: Evidence From South Korea, Youngki Woo, Melissa A. Kowalski

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

A large body of research has been devoted to the relationship between parental incarceration and adverse outcomes for children, but such studies often compare children of incarcerated parents to those whose parents have never been imprisoned. Research is lacking regarding the effects of parental incarceration on children aware of their parent’s imprisonment compared to those who are unaware of their parent’s incarceration. In the current study we use propensity score weighting with a sample of 219 incarcerated Korean parents to examine differences in developmental outcomes between children cognizant of their parent’s incarceration and those who are unaware of parental imprisonment. …


The Rider (2020-09-21), Jacqueline Peraza Sep 2020

The Rider (2020-09-21), Jacqueline Peraza

The Rider Archives

Vol.6 No.5


The Rider (2020-09-07), Jacqueline Peraza Sep 2020

The Rider (2020-09-07), Jacqueline Peraza

The Rider Archives

Vol.6 No.3


The Rider (2020-08-31), Jacqueline Peraza Aug 2020

The Rider (2020-08-31), Jacqueline Peraza

The Rider Archives

Vol.6 No.2


The Rider (2020-08-24), Jacqueline Peraza Aug 2020

The Rider (2020-08-24), Jacqueline Peraza

The Rider Archives

Vol.6 No.1


The Rider (2020-03-02), Victor G. Ramirez Mar 2020

The Rider (2020-03-02), Victor G. Ramirez

The Rider Archives

Vol.5 No.22


The Rider (2020-02-24), Victor G. Ramirez Feb 2020

The Rider (2020-02-24), Victor G. Ramirez

The Rider Archives

Vol.5 No.21


The Rider (2020-02-17), Victor G. Ramirez Feb 2020

The Rider (2020-02-17), Victor G. Ramirez

The Rider Archives

Vol.5 No.20


The Rider (2020-01-20), Victor G. Ramirez Jan 2020

The Rider (2020-01-20), Victor G. Ramirez

The Rider Archives

Vol.5 No.16


The Rider (2020-01-13), Victor G. Ramirez Jan 2020

The Rider (2020-01-13), Victor G. Ramirez

The Rider Archives

Vol.5 No.15


Mother Knows Best: A Brief Examination Of The 1982- 2019 Us Mass Shootings Data From Mother Jones’S Investigation, Gordon A. Crews, Garrison A. Crews Jan 2020

Mother Knows Best: A Brief Examination Of The 1982- 2019 Us Mass Shootings Data From Mother Jones’S Investigation, Gordon A. Crews, Garrison A. Crews

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

In the aftermath of the movie theater mass shooting in July of 2012 in Aurora, Colorado, Mother Jones magazine created one of the first open-source databases documenting mass shootings in the United States. They focused on documenting rampage shootings in public places which resulted in four or more victims killed by the attacker(s). Their initial database consisted of incidents between 1982 and 2012, then an additional 54 cases were added to this data base of incidents which occurred between 2013 and August 2019. The purpose of this chapter is to analyze the incidents gathered in this complete database from 1982 …


Mi Casa No Es Tu Casa: Attitudes Of Rio Grande Valley Police Regarding Immigration And Crime, Catherine E. Burton, Gordon A. Crews Jan 2020

Mi Casa No Es Tu Casa: Attitudes Of Rio Grande Valley Police Regarding Immigration And Crime, Catherine E. Burton, Gordon A. Crews

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Extremism In Society, Gordon A. Crews Jan 2020

Extremism In Society, Gordon A. Crews

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


“If It Hadn’T Been For Writing, I Think I Would Have Lost My Mind:” Resilient Dwelling And Rhetorical Agency In Prison Writing, Maggie Shelledy Dec 2019

“If It Hadn’T Been For Writing, I Think I Would Have Lost My Mind:” Resilient Dwelling And Rhetorical Agency In Prison Writing, Maggie Shelledy

Writing and Language Studies Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The Rider (2019-12-02), Victor G. Ramirez Dec 2019

The Rider (2019-12-02), Victor G. Ramirez

The Rider Archives

Vol.5 No.14


The Rider (2019-11-18), Victor G. Ramirez Nov 2019

The Rider (2019-11-18), Victor G. Ramirez

The Rider Archives

Vol.5 No.13


The Rider (2019-11-04), Victor G. Ramirez Nov 2019

The Rider (2019-11-04), Victor G. Ramirez

The Rider Archives

Vol.5 No.11


The Rider (2019-10-28), Victor G. Ramirez Oct 2019

The Rider (2019-10-28), Victor G. Ramirez

The Rider Archives

Vol.5 No.10


The Rider (2019-10-21), Victor G. Ramirez Oct 2019

The Rider (2019-10-21), Victor G. Ramirez

The Rider Archives

Vol.5 No.9


Physical Violence And Vulnerable Adolescents: The Roles Of School Climate And Presence Of Similar Peers, Igor Ryabov Oct 2019

Physical Violence And Vulnerable Adolescents: The Roles Of School Climate And Presence Of Similar Peers, Igor Ryabov

Sociology Faculty Publications

Using nationally representative data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (a.k.a., Add Health), this study examines the impact of school climate and share of vulnerable groups of students on self-perceived discrimination and violence involvement in high school. Violence involvement is operationalized as victimization and perpetration of physical violence. Five categories of vulnerability status are analyzed: the emotionally disabled, learning disabled, physically disabled, obese and LGB. Results suggest that relatively higher odds of violence involvement for individuals who were members of vulnerable groups as adolescents are fully explained by school climate and an extensive set of individual-level controls. While …


K-12 School Killers Speak: A Qualitative Analysis Of Interviews, Surveys, Holiday Cards, And Conversations, Gordon A. Crews, Garrison A. Crews Oct 2019

K-12 School Killers Speak: A Qualitative Analysis Of Interviews, Surveys, Holiday Cards, And Conversations, Gordon A. Crews, Garrison A. Crews

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

•The purpose of this presentation is to offer: •Qualitative content analysis of various communications •interviews, surveys, holiday cards, and conversations •36 current/former incarcerated K-12 American school violence perpetrators •their views on the causes of K-12 school violence in the United States •Extremely candid and unique information •many freely offered insights as to their own involvement in incidents •analyzed using the qualitative data analysis software package NVivo 12 •Coding categories and themes •analytical units/categories •relationship between teachers and students •personal views on such violence (placing of blame/lack of personal guilt) •causes of violence (revenge, mistreatment, hopelessness, environment), and, possible solutions •Materials …


Latent Classes Of Childhood Maltreatment, Adult Sexual Assault, And Revictimization In Men: Differences In Masculinity, Anger, And Substance Use., Ruby Charak, Lee R. Eshelman, Terri L. Messman-Moore Sep 2019

Latent Classes Of Childhood Maltreatment, Adult Sexual Assault, And Revictimization In Men: Differences In Masculinity, Anger, And Substance Use., Ruby Charak, Lee R. Eshelman, Terri L. Messman-Moore

Psychological Science Faculty Publications

Male sexual abuse has been associated with a number of maladaptive outcomes; however, there is a dearth of research on male revictimization, that is, experiences of victimization in both childhood and adulthood. The current study examined different patterns of victimization based on five types of childhood maltreatment and characteristics of adult sexual assault via latent class analysis. Further, the present study assessed differences across these latent classes in the domains of masculinity, anger, and substance use. A community sample of 294 men ranging in age from 18 to 66 years (M = 32.71; SD = 9.73) was recruited via …


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, Zachary K. Hamilton Sep 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, Zachary K. Hamilton

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

A number of studies find that solitary confinement is associated with mental impairment. Yet, confinement dosage and which individual and exogenous variables lead to mental impairment have received less attention. This study of 2 years of data on disciplinary segregation male inmates employs a repeated measures design to examine how isolation affects mental health and psychological needs. The findings indicate that the duration of disciplinary segregation and incarceration, incidence of homelessness, and other individual-level factors had deleterious effects on mental health and psychological needs. Vocational programming and a high school education were found to be protective factors for psychological needs.


The Rider (2019-09-23), Victor G. Ramirez Sep 2019

The Rider (2019-09-23), Victor G. Ramirez

The Rider Archives

Vol.5 No.5


The Rider (2019-09-16), Victor G. Ramirez Sep 2019

The Rider (2019-09-16), Victor G. Ramirez

The Rider Archives

Vol.5 No.4


The Rider (2019-08-26), Victor G. Ramirez Aug 2019

The Rider (2019-08-26), Victor G. Ramirez

The Rider Archives

Vol.5 No.1


The Prisoner As Object: Rhetorical Agency And The Literacy Of Prison Tattooing, Rebecca R. Reyes Aug 2019

The Prisoner As Object: Rhetorical Agency And The Literacy Of Prison Tattooing, Rebecca R. Reyes

Theses and Dissertations

Prison is an environment by which man is no longer a man. In an institution designed to limit the agency of incarcerated individuals, a literacy event has unfolded through the rhetorical practice of prison tattooing that allows individuals to re/gain their agency. Tattoos allow for the incarcerated, who are seen as state property, to break down the dehumanizing assemblage that has been created. The body, now an object, becomes a site for rhetorical communication where an emergent agency develops within the relationship of all intra-acting factors. I analyze and build upon ambient rhetoric, visual rhetoric, Kairos, and counternarratives to …


Teen Dating Violence In A Sample Of High School Students In The Rio Grande Valley, Gabriela Ontiveros Aug 2019

Teen Dating Violence In A Sample Of High School Students In The Rio Grande Valley, Gabriela Ontiveros

Theses and Dissertations

This study analyzes the extent of teenage dating violence (TDV) perpetration and victimization among a sample of high school students in the Rio Grande Valley and its relationship with the occurrence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and exposure to interparental violence. Two hundred and twenty participants out of 426 were eligible for analyses. Rates of male and female physical abuse perpetration and victimization were similar although females reported significantly higher perpetration and males higher victimization rates. Regression analyses indicated that females exposed to interparental violence reported higher rates of overall TDV perpetration and physical abuse perpetration.

Females with higher occurrences …


Social Anxiety And Sexual Victimization In A Latina Sample: A Moderated Mediation, Andrew E. Dials Aug 2019

Social Anxiety And Sexual Victimization In A Latina Sample: A Moderated Mediation, Andrew E. Dials

Theses and Dissertations

The current study sought to explore the relationships between social anxiety, sexual victimization, acculturation, and alcohol use. To the author’s knowledge, this is the first study to explore the relationship between social anxiety and sexual victimization in a 100% Latina sample.

It was seen that social anxiety predicted severity of sexual victimization, but not presence or absence of sexual victimization experience. It was also seen that while alcohol did not predict severity of sexual victimization experience, it did predict presence or absence of sexual victimization experience. Results, clinical implications, and future research directions are discussed.


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, Elizabeth Thompson Tollefsbol Jul 2019

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, Elizabeth Thompson Tollefsbol

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

Disciplinary segregation (DS) is practiced in a variety of correctional settings and a growing body of research explores its subsequent effects among offenders. The present study contributes to this literature by analyzing the impact of short-term DS on violent infractions and community recidivism among a sample of inmates in Washington State. We assessed the impact of DS on these outcomes from deterrence and stain theory perspectives while controlling for social support variables such as visitations and correctional programming. Mentally ill offenders were excluded, as their abilities to make rational choices may be inconsistent with deterrence theory. Results show DS does …