Criminal Justice
The Role of Victim-Offender Relationships in Predicting Fear of Rape Among College Women, Criminal Justice Studies (2010)
Women's fear of rape and sexual assault, particularly of college women, has firmly been established...
The Impact of Race, Gender, and Age on the Pretrial Decisions (with Tina L. Freiburger), Criminal Justice Review (2010)
There is an abundance of studies that examine judicial discretion in the final sentencing stages;...
A Context Analysis of "Sexting" Incidents depicted in the Popular Media (with Christopher Kierkus), American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting (2010)
An Exploratory Analysis of the Prevalence of Teen Sexting (with Tina L. Friburger), American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting (2010)
Exploring How College Students Perceive the Crime of Stalking (with Carrie Block, Debra Ross, and Christine Yalda), Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting (2010)
Fear of Crime among College Students: A Test of the Shadow of Sexual Assault Hypothesis, American Journal of Criminal Justice (2009)
Women’s fear of rape and sexual assault has been both theoretically and empirically linked to...
Duke University Assault Case, Encyclopedia of Race and Crime (2009)
An Examination of the Interactions of Race and Gender on Sentencing Decisions Using a Trichotomous Dependent Variable (with Tina L. Freiburger), Crime and Delinquency (2009)
This study examined how race, gender, and age interact to affect defendants’ sentences using a...
Factors Influencing Probation Officer's Sentencing Recommendations (with Tina L. Freiburger), American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting (2009)
The Contributions of Female Independence and Gender Equality to Rape in Metropolitan Areas (with Daniel R. Lee and Shelly Clevenger), International Journal of Social Inquiry (2009)
Recent examinations have placed importance on gender equality and women’s independence as determinants of violence...