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Toward an Episodic Process of Corruption: An analysis of the State Integrity Risk Assessment Tool
(2017-11-30)Objective: This dissertation evaluates and critiques a widely-cited scale that seeks to measure governmental susceptibility to corruption. The Center for Public Integrity in Washington, DC, formulated a risk assessment ... -
Drinking Behaviors and Underage Drinking Evasion Tactics
(2017-12-05)This research examines the tactics used by college students to evade detection while drinking underage in various contexts near a large university in the southwestern United States. This research also looks at the drinking ... -
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Assessing the Effects of the Ignition-Interlock Device on Recidivism
(2016-03-08)In 2012, there were 10,322 traffic fatalities in the U.S. involving at least one driver with a blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher. This was approximately 31% of all traffic fatalities that year (National ... -
Revisiting the Person-Context Nexus: An Empirical Test of a Revised Trait Suppression Hypothesis
(2017-04-07)Given mixed findings concerning the interaction of neighborhood disadvantage and self-control in understanding crime and delinquency, this work develops a revised theory to explain the conditional effect of self-control ... -
An Exploratory Study of Juvenile Probation Officer Job Stress and Stress-Related Outcomes
(2016-11-28)Job stress in criminal justice occupations has been the subject of research since the mid-1970s. Employees who perceive their jobs as stressful may experience potential negative outcomes related to job stress: higher rates ... -
Future Dangerousness in Texas Death Penalty: A Content Analysis
(2016-11-15)Future dangerousness in Texas death penalty cases was analyzed through content analysis of 18 transcripts from Texas capital cases from 2005 to 2015. A jury must determine whether the defendant is a future danger. The ... -
Examining the Use of Full-Time Police in Schools: How Roles and Training May Impact Responses to Misconduct
(2016-11-10)The use of full-time police in schools has expanded considerably since their first entry in the 1950s. There is also a growing perception that the presence of police officers, coupled with arguably overly-punitive discipline ... -
A Comparison of Crisis Negotiator Mental Health Training to CIT Training Received by Police Patrol Officers
(2016-07-20)Crisis negotiation training prepares crisis negotiators to handle the mentally ill. However, the question arises whether this training better prepares negotiators than does the crisis intervention training that patrol ... -
Prosecutor Misconduct and Good Faith Error: A Reanalysis of Two Studies in California and Texas
(2016-07-22)Peer-reviewed articles and media reports reference only a few available studies to support the conclusion that prosecutors often commit misconduct but are rarely disciplined, although the validity of these studies has ... -
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Defense Attorneys' Perceptions of Prosecutorial Misconduct
(2016-07-08)According to the National Registry of Exonerations (2015), more than 1,500 individuals have been declared factually innocent or had a criminal conviction overturned in the United States since 1989, and official misconduct ... -
Examining the efficacy of computer-based visual training to improve the speed and accuracy of weapon acquisition in a dynamic use of force scenario
(2016-06-07)Law enforcement officers are frequently required to make use of force decisions. When a weapon is present, a key consideration to a successful use of force decision is how quickly an officer can recognize the presence of ... -
Juvenile Delinquency Outliers: An Analysis of High Rate Offenders and Pure Conformists
(2015-11-11)While the study of juvenile delinquency and young adult crime has a long history in a variety of disciplines, including criminology, criminal justice, sociology, and psychology, much of the research has been focused on the ... -
Use of Public Space Between School, Lake, and Park.
(2015-11-06)The public space that was selected for this field study was the surroundings of one of the oldest high schools in Austin, Texas: Austin High School. It is located at the side of a major highway, multiple bridges, and across ... -
Nativity and Hispanic Victimization: An Examination of Mediating and Moderating Effects
(2015-07-17)This dissertation contributes to an emerging literature in criminology with a thorough examination of the effects of nativity (foreign-born vs. native-born) on violent victimization among Hispanic and non-Hispanic youth. ... -
Evaluating traumatic life events: An assessment of the health and delinquent outcomes of youth exposed to trauma
(2015-06-10)Traumatic life events that occur early in life can result in a number of negative outcomes for youth, including, but not limited to effects on physical health, mental health, behavioral health, and delinquency. While there ... -
The impact of fairness, organizational trust, and perceived organizational support on police officer performance
(2015-06-18)One of the strongest predictors of employee performance among organizational factors is organizational justice, while social exchange theory has emerged as the prominent paradigm to explain the processes that link perceived ... -
Children's Advocacy Centers' Effects on the Prosecutorial Decision to Accept or Reject Cases of Child Sexual Abuse
(2015-06-11)This study investigates the role of Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) in the decision to accept or reject cases of child sexual abuse for prosecution made by prosecuting attorneys. CACs were developed, in part, to aid ... -
Combined Effect of Facility Types on the Spatial Patterns of Street Robbery: A Conjunctive Analysis
(2015-04-15)Researchers have continuously found that certain types of facilities, such as bars, bus stops, and retail stores influence the spatial patterns of crime. The bulk of studies done in this area examine the individual effect ...
