Articles

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Disentangling the Relationship Between Child Maltreatment and Violent Delinquency: Using a Nationally Representative Sample (with Ilhong Yun and Hyeyoung Lim), Journal of Interpersonal Violence (2011)

This study uses the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescents (Add Health) data, a nationally representative...

 

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He Versus She: A Gender Specific Analysis of Legal and Extralegal Effects on Pretrial Release for Felony Defendants (with Lisa Growette Bostaph), Women & Criminal Justice (2009)

The current study seeks to identify significant predictors of pretrial processing for both male and...

 

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Intergenerational Transmission of Abuse of Incarcerated Fathers: A Study of the Measurement of Abuse, Journal of Family Issues (2009)

Research on the intergenerational transmission of abuse hypothesis often only examined the existence of abuse....

 

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The Effect of Blakely v. Washington on Upward Departures in a Sentencing Guideline State (with Brian Iannacchione), Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice (2008)

One of the problems facing the criminal justice system is unwarranted disparity as a result...

 

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Predicting Public Opinion about Juvenile Waivers (with I-Fang Jan and Anthony Walsh), Criminal Justice Policy Review (2008)

The accountability movement of the juvenile justice system in the late 1980s and early 1990s...

 

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An Evaluation of Operation Street Sweeper - 2006 (with Andrew Giacomazzi), Project Safe Neighborhoods - Idaho District (2007)

Operation Street Sweeper (OSS) was a multi-level, interagency collaboration with multiple purposes. According to OSS...

 

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Effects of Individual Characteristics on Plea Negotiations under Sentencing Guidelines (with Erika Davis Frenzel), Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice (2007)

Research conducted on the decision points between arrest and sentencing is scarce. The current study...

 

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Is it a Prosecutor’s World?: Determinants of Count Bargaining Decisions, Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice (2006)

Scholars agree that the American prosecutor possesses a great amount of discretion (see Albonetti, 1987;...

 

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Does Violence Beget Violent Crime? Is It Potato or Potata? Tomato or Tomata? Or, Should We Call the Whole Thing Off?, Criminal Justice Studies (2005)

Much of the research on the 'abuse breeds violent crime' hypothesis has only examined the...

 

Contributions to Books

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Plea Bargaining, Encyclopedia of American Law and Criminal Justice (2011)
 

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'United States v. Booker', 'Apprendi v. New Jersey', 'Sentencing Guidelines', and 'Prosecutorial Discretion', Encyclopedia of the United States Constitution (2009)
 

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Sentencing Reforms and the Supreme Court : The Implications of Apprendi, Blakely, and Booker, Current Legal Issues in Criminal Justice : Readings (2007)
 

Special Justice Systems, Training Manual for Idaho Victim Assistance Academy (2007)
 

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Criminal Law Reform: Lessons Learned in the Last, Encyclopedia of Criminology (2005)
 

Presentations

Criminal Justice Student Organizations: Civic Engagement for the Student, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (2011)
 

An Analytical Examination of Prior Research on Plea Bargaining Decisions, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (2009)
 

Reforming Prosecution: Questions and Debates - Moderator, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (2009)
 

Prosecution and Plea Bargaining after Blakely v. Washington - Roundtable Participant, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (2009)
 

The Impact of Blakely v. Washington on Downward Departures: A Preliminary Inquiry, Annual Meeting of the Western and Pacific Association of Criminal Justice Educators (2008)

Since the advent of sentencing reforms in the United States, scholars have made inquiry regarding...

 

The Effects of Blakely on Sentencing Departures in the State of Washington (with Brian Iannacchione), Annual Meeting of the Western and Pacific Association of Criminal Justice Educators (2007)

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of Blakely v. Washington (2004)...

 

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pretrial Release Decisions (with Lisa G. Bostaph), Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (2007)
 

Plea Bargaining Disparities in a Sentencing Guideline State: Analysis of Plea Bargaining Practices in Pennsylvania (with Erika D. Frenzel), Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (2006)
 

Disparate Treatment in Charge Bargaining: It’s a Prosecutor’s World, Annual Meeting of the Western and Pacific Association of Criminal Justice Educators (2005)

Blumstein and his associates (1983) suggested that the disproportionate number of young, black males in...

 

Blakely and Prosecutorial Discretion - Panel Chair (with Amanda Freeman), Annual Meeting of the Western and Pacific Association of Criminal Justice Educators (2005)

Sentencing guidelines were established to ensure that punishments were imposed in a fair and consistent...

 

Disparities in Charge Bargaining: Testing an Integrated Theory - Panel Chair, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (2005)
 

Developing an Integrated Theory to Explain Potential Disparities in Plea Bargaining, Annual Meeting of the Western and Pacific Association of Criminal Justice Educators (2004)

Research attempting to explain potential disparities in plea bargaining decisions has often lacked theoretical considerations....