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The Spatial Dynamics of Sex Trafficking in Austin, Texas
(2017-04-25)This research aimed to determine whether sex trafficking-related offenses in Austin, Texas, clustered geographically and, if so, whether such patterns could be predicted by the spatial distribution of other prostitution ... -
The Impact of Conducted Energy Device Policies on Citizen Complaints against the Police
(2017-04-05)Research has shown that police department policies have increased the deployment of CEDs and decreased suspect fatalities (Ferdik et al., 2014), but it has not yet been determined whether CED policies and training have had ... -
Officer's Perceptions of Counseling Following an Officer Involved Shooting
(2018-07-19)To evaluate the effectiveness of counseling received after an officer involved shooting, officers were administered three rounds of questionnaires using The Delphi Method in order to build a consensus about which treatment ... -
Implicit and Explicit Attitudes Towards Latinos, Crime and Immigration
(2018-07-20)No abstract prepared. -
The Use of Charismatic Leadership in Crisis Management in Policing
(2018-07-06)The purpose of this project is to identify followers' perceptions of charismatic leadership effectiveness in hierarchical organizations like policing and their relation to crisis management by those leaders. The goal is ... -
Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Highways: Examining Nodal Points and Potential Strategies to Reduce Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling
(2018-07-23)National legislation requires America's federal law enforcement officers to disrupt transnational trafficking and smuggling of persons. However, ineffectiveness and episodic targeting has resulted in feeding into the ... -
Generational Differences Among Police Officers
(2018-07-20)Many studies have examined differences in personality, values, and work ethics, between people from different generations. However, one of the biggest deficits in the generational differences knowledge is that little, if ... -
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 ...
