Articles
Ethnic Differences in Cigarette Smoking Behavior, Survey Research (2011)
The goal of this study is to identify and compare predictors of smoking initiation, persistence...
The Multidimensional Structure of Gottfredson and Hirschi's Concept of Self-Control, Survey Research (2010)
The purpose of this study is to determine the unidimensionality of Grasmick’s operationalization of Gottfredson...
Gender Differences in Criminal Sentencing (with S. Fernando Rodriguez and Theodore R. Curry), SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY (2006)
Objective. Many studies find that females benefit from their gender in sentencing decisions. Few researchers,...
Social Learning and Structural Factors in Adolescent Substance Use (with Ronald L. Akers and Marian J. Borg), Western Criminology Review (2004)
Akers' (1998) Social Structure and Social Learning (SSSL) model of crime and deviance posits that...
Does Victim Gender Increase Sentence Severity? Further Explorations of Gender Dynamics and Sentencing Outcomes (with Theodore R. Curry and S. Fernando Rodriguez), Crime & Delinquency (2004)
Theoretical and empirical research pertaining to the influence of gender on sentencing outcomes has focused...
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