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Research note: jail staff views of inmate medical care and fear of being at risk Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Eric G. Lambert, Eugene A. Paoline III, Nancy L. Hogan
Correctional staff are sometimes in fear of being injured on the job. Concerns about issues relating to inmate medical care could be related to feeling at risk on the job for staff. The current stu...
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Students’ perceptions of school resource officer performance Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-29 William N. Cooper, Timothy E. McClure, David C. May, Kristie R. Blevins, Lee Ann Morrison
In recent years, school resource officers (SROs) and their role in the context of school safety have become a popular topic of research. In this study, we analyze data from 31,156 students from ove...
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An interdisciplinary researcher-practitioner partnership: lessons and perspectives from researchers and problem-solving court personnel Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Stacy Dewald, Laura Honegger, Mitch Crandall, Jaclyn Hilderbrand Sopcic, Scott DuBois
Collaborative partnerships between criminal justice agencies and universities offer several benefits for all involved. This article describes an interdisciplinary researcher-practitioner partnershi...
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Bringing the firepower: examining muzzle energy and caliber of ammunition in the context of mass shootings Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Cody Jorgensen, Benjamin P. Comer
Prior research focusing on mass shootings in the US has established the significant role of weapons in these events. Despite the extensive literature on the topic, minimal consideration has been gi...
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Crime continuity from mid- to late adolescence: the mediating roles of perceived peer delinquency, moral neutralization, and victimization Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Glenn D. Walters
The purpose of this study was to determine whether perceived peer delinquency, moral neutralization, and criminal victimization mediated the connection between past and future criminality. Using da...
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Exploring the gendered nature of work-family conflict on job stress, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment among correctional officers Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Weston J. Morrow, Britni L. Adams, Samuel G. Vickovic
Due to the difficult nature of correctional work, a large body of research has examined factors like job stress, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment among correctional officers. Althoug...
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Introduction Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Matthew Costello
Published in Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law and Society (Vol. 36, No. 3, 2023)
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Routine citizen Internet practices and cyber victimization: a state-wide study in Virginia Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-22 Randy R. Gainey, Jay S. Albanese, Tancy Vandecar-Burdin, James Hawdon, Thomas E. Dearden, Katalin Parti
Cybercrime has become a major societal concern, and a better understanding OF cybercrime is needed to target and prevent it more effectively, minimize its consequences, and provide support for vict...
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A qualitative exploration of dual vulnerability: cybersecurity and social isolation risks for Alzheimer’s caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-06 Tancy Vandecar-Burdin, Muge Akpinar-Elci
ABSTRACT This exploratory study investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the social isolation and potential cybersecurity risks of Alzheimer’s and other dementia caregivers. Through interviews and focus groups with caregivers, we examined the isolation and risks of Alzheimer’s caregivers relative to their caregiving responsibilities during the pandemic in Virginia. The results illustrated
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Support for vigilantism in cyberspace: exploring procedural justice, distributive justice, and legal legitimacy Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Leanna Ireland
ABSTRACT Vigilantism, harmful acts conducted in response to social deviance and criminal activities, are increasingly happening in cyberspace. These cyber acts often have detrimental effects, and efforts at prosecution attempts can be unsuccessful, difficult, or nearly impossible. An understanding of support for cyber vigilantism can help deter activity and mitigate some of the associated harms. The
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Assessing the correlates of cyberattacks against high-visibility institutions Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-03 Jin R. Lee, Thomas J. Holt
ABSTRACT While cyberattacks are a persistent problem, particularly web defacements, it is unclear what factors differentiate the likelihood of these attacks based on the type of institution that could be targeted. Military and government entities are high-visibility targets for some attackers, though it is unclear whether they are more likely to be defaced on the basis of their operational characteristics
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How victims perceive fear of cybercrime: importance of informed risk Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Claire Seungeun Lee, Ji Hye Kim
ABSTRACT The Internet and related technology development have increased cybercrime perpetration and victimization opportunities. Individuals who have experienced victimization in the past are fearful of cybercrime. Yet, despite the increase in diversified cybercrime, previous studies have used inaccurate, aggregated measures of victimization and fear. This study uses domain-specific cybercrime victimization
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Developmental trajectories of firearm carrying among Justice-involved youth: effects of socioeconomic status and gang membership Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Thomas Wojciechowski
There is limited understanding of how socioeconomic status, gang membership, and their interaction predicts the development of firearm carrying. The Pathways to Desistance data were analyzed. Group...
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Cybercrime victimization among Virginia businesses: frequency, vulnerabilities, and consequences of cybervictimization Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-03 James Hawdon, Katalin Parti, Thomas Dearden, Tancy Vandecar-Burdin, Jay Albanese, Randy Gainey
The Commonwealth of Virginia, USA, is one of the most vulnerable states to cyberattacks and breaches. Analyzing data from 428 online surveys collected from Virginia businesses from multiple vendors...
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The association of organizational justice views and turnover intent among correctional staff Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Eric G. Lambert, Monica Solinas-Saunders, Stacy H. Haynes, David C. May, Linda D. Keena, Matthew Leone, Zachary Buckner
Fairness is a core concept in U.S. society, including in the workplace. Organizational justice theory holds that workers expect to be treated in a fair and just manner and that higher levels of org...
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News media and public perceptions of police misconduct: Does racial empathy matter? Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-09 Andrew J. Baranauskas
High-profile instances of police violence, including the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, have received immense attention in the news media and brought public attention to police use of...
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Examining the predictors of the public’s trust in the police using local data Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Daniel K. Pryce, Victoria M. Time
Assessing public attitudes toward the police is a mainstay of policing research because of the importance of police-community relations for the betterment of society. To have a better understanding...
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The views of victim/survivors of sexual violence about perpetrator post-release measures Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Kelly Richards, Jodi Death, Carol Ronken
People convicted of sexual offences are increasingly subject to a range of post-prison measures designed to reduce their risk of reoffending, including civil commitment, public offender registers, ...
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Racial disparities in employment following adjudication for a serious offense Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-12 Thomas Wojciechowski
ABSTRACT Prior research has highlighted persistent racial/ethnic disparities in employment and workforce engagement. That said, this research has yet to be extended to justice-involved youth. This is problematic, given that this is a population that may already face barriers to employment and certain racial/ethnic minority groups may then face additional barriers. This study sought to address this
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An examination of the code of the street code and the dark figure of crime among an institutionalized sample Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Mark H. Heirigs, Jacob H. Erickson
ABSTRACT There have been a number of studies that have examined the relationship between Anderson’s code of the street and criminogenic behavior. However, little research has been done on the potential relationship between street code adherence and the dark figure of crime. Using a sample of 299 institutionalized individuals the authors examine the relationship between street code adherence and official
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Victim and offender race and the likelihood of weapon use: a test of racial animosity and racial threat theories Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-19 Matthew Caines, Wyatt Brown
ABSTRACT The historically complex relationship between Blacks and Whites is believed to play an important role in the way offenders select their victims in violent crimes. This study tests two theories that have been used to explain interracial crimes: racial animosity theory and racial threat theory. Using data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) from 1992 through 2016, we conduct
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Missing persons: a national survey approach assessing the predictors of case outcomes Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Terance D. Miethe, Kamali’ilani T.E. Wetherell, Wendy C. Regoeczi
ABSTRACT Using national online surveys of U.S. adults who know a missing person, the current study explores factors influencing missing person case outcomes (i.e. the person being found alive, an arrest occurring). Both demographic characteristics (e.g. the missing person’s sex, race/ethnicity, income) and search activities (e.g. case reported to the police, social media posts) were significantly related
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Cyber banishment: an old sanction for virtual spaces Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Kamil Mamak
ABSTRACT In this paper, I present the punishment called cyberbanishment. This sanction refers to the old-fashioned punishment of forbidding a person to be present in specific places, but instead of physical locations this sanction concerns digital spheres. The proposition of introducing cyberbanishment is based on a few observations. First, the current practices of punishment are problematic, and there
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The ties that bind: mediating the connection between perceived parental support/monitoring and perceived peer delinquency with two forms of antisocial cognition Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-27 Glenn D. Walters, Lindsey Runell, Jonathan Kremser
ABSTRACT Prior research has shown that social variables are linked to delinquent and criminal outcomes by facets of antisocial cognition. The current study set out to determine if a person’s perception of different social variables, in this case parental support/monitoring and peer delinquency, are likewise linked by some of these same variables, cognitive insensitivity specifically. Analyses performed
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The effects of an apology’s timing and type on parole board decision-making Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-23 M. Katie Cunius, Monica K. Miller
ABSTRACT There are various psychological factors that could impact a parole member’s decision, including whether the prisoner apologizes. This study investigates the effects of an apology’s type and timing on parole members’ release decisions. MTurk participants (N = 460) read vignettes describing a prisoner whose apology differed in its timing (at trial, parole hearing, or both) and type (full, partial)
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Police body-worn camera footage: Attitudes toward the public right to view and police communication Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-20 Thomas Mrozla, Hailey Pieper
ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to learn more about the factors that influence citizen perceptions of the public right to view BWC footage of a critical incident as well as police communication afterwards. To accomplish this, we used a 2 × 2 vignette where citizen race and object were manipulated to different conditions. Using a survey instrument sent to Amazon Mturk workers, several notable findings
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Commercial sexual trafficking of males: A pilot training with law enforcement Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-18 Maureen C. Kenny, Claire Helpingstine, Haiying Long, Nathan Earl, Fayeza Malik
ABSTRACT Law enforcement agents are often the first professionals to come into contact with victims of commercial sexual trafficking (CST). While they likely have encountered female victims of CST, they may need increased understanding of the identification of male victims. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a training program aimed to increase awareness of male victims of CST among law enforcement
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Perceptions of a police-initiated diversion program: a qualitative study Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-05 Taylor Kidd, Mark Magidson
ABSTRACT Police-initiated diversion practices allow officers to divert youth away from the justice system. This qualitative study addresses one such Southern California program to understand the subjective experiences of youth and parents through in-depth interviews. Thirty-eight respondents, 19 youth and 19 parents, were interviewed for this study. Results demonstrate how an increase in positive interactions
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The effects of different types of social support on depressive symptomatology of prison officers Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-01 Eric G. Lambert, Robert M. Worley, Vidisha Barua Worley, Nancy L. Hogan
ABSTRACT Correctional officers are a valuable and expensive resource for prisons. Working as a correctional officer is a unique experience; it involves controlling incarcerated individuals, and this results in demands that can wear on officers, increasing chances of suffering depression. Social support has been postulated to help buffer the negative effects of working in a prison and reduce depressive
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Convict criminology from here to there: a content analysis of scholarship in a growing subfield Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-11 Jeffrey Ian Ross, Heith Copes
ABSTRACT The academic field of Convict Criminology (CC) started in the mid-1990s. In general, CC argues that the insights and experiences of currently and formerly incarcerated men and women are typically ignored in scholarly research and policy making circles. Since its founding a considerable amount of scholarly activity connected to this school, movement, and network occurred. Although CC scholars
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Crime at places of worship: a geospatial analysis Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-05 Andrew S. Denney, Christopher E. Torres, Christina Oram, Melanie A. Sutton
ABSTRACT Many religions often require followers to attend services at physical places of worship (PWs). However, the combination of individuals interacting with one another and the mere presence of physical structures for worship create numerous crime opportunities. The current study examines 6,772 crimes reported to police that occurred at PWs over a two-calendar year period (2009–2010) in one large
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The administration of death notifications in murder cases: retelling the secondary victimization experiences of homicide co-victims Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-02 Mark D. Reed
ABSTRACT The death notification is regarded as one of the most defining events for families of sudden and unexpected death. Little is known how the death notification process impacts families who have lost a loved one to homicide. Using the focus group methodology, this study depicts the death notification process through the eyes of homicide co-victims and examines the patterned aspects of the notifiers’
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Taking stock of incarcerated military veterans: a review of (and guide for) research Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-27 Matthew W. Logan, Erika J. Brooke, Mark A. Morgan, Andrea R. Hazelwood
ABSTRACT The sociodemographic backgrounds of inmates are essential for understanding their prison experiences and the extent to which they cope with incarceration and recidivate upon release. The notion that military veterans might fare differently from other groups in the correctional system has existed for decades; yet scholars have only recently begun to focus on the effects that prior service has
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Maternal filicide: risk factors for a death penalty outcome Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-20 Kathryn Farr
ABSTRACT Since the death penalty was reinstated in the U. S. in 1976, 33 women have been sentenced to die for maternal filicide. In order to identify factors that elevate the risk that a given maternal filicide will result in a death sentence outcome, data were collected on the death-sentenced cases and compared to research findings on the general maternal filicide population overall. Because the focus
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‘Driving while black’ (or female) as a function of policing while white (or male) Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2022-08-30 Michael Heise
ABSTRACT Existing research on distributional concerns arising out of the police-initiated traffic stop context and its outcomes typically focuses on drivers’ race and gender. Broadening this research focus permits more granular analyses of how key police officer and driver pairings interact. Emerging research implies that if Black and non-white drivers are disadvantaged in traffic stop outcomes owing
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Testing the job demands-resources model for organizational commitment among Indian correctional officers Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2022-08-23 Eric G. Lambert, Hanif Qureshi, Mia Abboud Holbrook, James Frank, Chelsea Hines
ABSTRACT Correctional institutions are manpower-intensive organizations, and organizational commitment is important for their successful functioning. This study uses the job demands model to examine effect of workplace variables on organizational commitment. Using a sample of 163 correctional officers from a prison in Haryana State, India, we find that job demands (fear of being hurt and work and role
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How should police respond to homelessness? Results from a survey experiment in Portland, Oregon Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-15 Brett C. Burkhardt, Scott Akins
ABSTRACT Recent years have seen increases in citizen complaints and legislation about homelessness. Police are often tasked with responding to these complaints and violations. This paper asks: What do people want the police to do when they encounter visible homelessness, and how are these preferences related to characteristics of observers and of individuals who are homeless? It presents findings from
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Are coffeeshops really third places? A street segment approach to investigate the influence of coffee shops on property and violent crime Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-13 Hunter M Boehme
ABSTRACT Scholars have begun to investigate whether coffee shops offer neighborhoods a platform to develop social cohesion and prevent crime in the nearby area. However, no such study has examined this relationship at the street segment level. Thus, the current study takes a micro-level, geospatial approach to investigate whether the presence of coffee shops is associated with property and violent
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Race, excess suspicion, and larceny in Upstate NY Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-06 Sean G. Massey, Richard A. Kauffman, Mei-Hsiu Chen, Wangshu Tu
ABSTRACT Archival crime data collected by a police agency in Upstate New York from 2008 to 2015; outcome, sentencing, and incarceration data collected by the New York State’s Department of Criminal Justice Statistics; and demographic data collected by the U.S. Census were analyzed to explore how a suspect’s race and sex affect the investigation, prosecution, conviction, and sentencing in larceny cases
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Potential cyber-threats against Canada’s critical infrastructure: an investigation of online discussion forums Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-03 Noelle Warkentin, Richard Frank, Yuxuan (Cicilia) Zhang, Naomi Zakimi
ABSTRACT Critical infrastructures (CI) are connecting their systems to the internet at an increasing rate, providing the opportunity for malicious actors to attack these systems using cyber-weapons. Compromised systems then pose issues for the affected company, and may disrupt the broader population. The purpose of the current study was to analyze IP addresses collected from discussion forums, with
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Managing the offender-to-victim transition with parental support, low neighborhood disorder, positive school culture, and moral cognition: protective and promotive factors and the person proximity effect Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2022-05-31 Glenn D. Walters
ABSTRACT Victim-offender overlap is examined from the standpoint of offending leading to victimization by way of the peer selection effect, routines activities and lifestyle choice, and person proximity. The current investigation focused on the potential role of protective and promotive factors in managing the offender-to-victim transition. Participants were 1,760 juveniles from the British-based longitudinal
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Examining the effects of job burnout and work-family conflict on correctional officer turnover intent Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Samuel G. Vickovic, Weston James Morrow, Eric Lambert
ABSTRACT Voluntary correctional officer turnover can have devastating effects. Turnover intent is usually the last stage before actual voluntary turnover. Building upon past research, the current study examined the effects of work-family conflict and job burnout on the turnover intent of officers, while testing to see if these effects were moderated by job satisfaction and organizational commitment
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Let the convicts speak: a critical conversation of the ongoing language debate in convict criminology Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2022-04-18 Jennifer M. Ortiz, Alison Cox, Daniel Ryan Kavish, Grant Tietjen
ABSTRACT In 2020, some scholars publicly demanded that the newly established Division of Convict Criminology (DCC) of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) change its name. Critics asserted that the use of ‘convict’ caused further stigmatization of those of us with direct criminal justice experience. Unbeknownst to those critics, prior to the official formation of the DCC, the informal group known
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The forces that divide: understanding tension and unity among provincial correctional workers in Canada Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2022-04-06 Laura McKendy, Rosemary Ricciardelli
ABSTRACT Recognizing the importance of occupational social climates in shaping correctional work, we consider how social relations of work are understood by provincial correctional workers, including how organizational and operational factors influence such relations. Open-ended survey responses with provincial correctional workers in the provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba were thematically analyzed
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Affirmative Consent on campus: student understanding, perceptions of effectiveness, and behavioral change Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2022-03-21 Tasha Youstin
ABSTRACT Affirmative Consent (AC) policies have become a popular way for universities across the US to address the issue of sexual assault on campus. This study utilizes a sample of over 1400 university students to address student self-identified understanding of AC, perceptions of AC policy effectiveness at decreasing sexual assaults on campus, and self-reported behavior change. Results show that
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From seduction to registration: case studies of women in the sex industry Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2022-03-14 Robert Worley, Ginger Gummelt
ABSTRACT In this exploratory study, we conducted in-depth interviews with three females who were employed in the sex industry which ultimately led to their arrest, conviction, and registration as a sex offender. In all three cases, the interviewees were co-offenders who committed a sex crime at the behest of a dominant male partner whom they met through the adult entertainment industry. This study
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Crime and specific vacancy types in smaller cities and towns Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2021-11-26 Jeffrey J. Roth
ABSTRACT Prior studies indicate that vacant houses (both derelict and occupiable) are often associated with increased crime. However, the majority of the research on that relationship has been conducted in large cities and urban areas. Thus, the present study aimed to provide additional clarity about vacancy’s association with crime by examining a sample of smaller cities and towns. Additionally, while
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Residency restrictions, race, and homelessness among registered sex offenders Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-20 Emily Suiter, Tia S. Andersen
ABSTRACT In recent decades, the number of individuals on sex offender registries has increased, many of whom are subject to codified residency restrictions that forbid residing within certain geographic locations and therefore limit viable housing options. As a result, many convicted sex offenders struggle with unstable housing and homelessness. While there is a growing body of research concerning
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Examining the relationship between the unique work experiences and cultural orientations of police officers Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-19 Logan J. Somers, William Terrill
ABSTRACT The current study builds upon limited prior research that has assessed the relationship between elements of police culture and a host of unique officer work experiences (e.g. tenure, assigned shift and area, the number of shifts and areas worked, supervisory experience, specialized unit assignment). The sample consists of survey data from over 700 officers from a large police department in
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Introduction to the special edition on correctional officer wellness and resiliency Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-01 Hayden P. Smith
(2021). Introduction to the special edition on correctional officer wellness and resiliency. Criminal Justice Studies: Vol. 34, Introduction to the Special Edition on Correctional Officer Wellness and Resiliency, pp. 353-360.
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Exploring organizational risk factors for health & wellness problems in correctional officers Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2021-11-14 Logan Lavender, Natalie Todak
ABSTRACT Previous research has documented high rates of stress, PTSD, and other health and wellness problems in U.S. correctional officers (COs). In some studies, rates of mental health issues among COs surpassed those observed in combat-experienced veteran and police officer samples. Unfortunately, this crisis has not received much empirical attention. Drawing on a survey of COs working in Washington
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Stress doesn’t kill us, it’s our reaction: exploring the relationship between coping mechanisms and correctional officer PTSD Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2021-11-10 Katie Hughes Taylor, Kristin Swartz
ABSTRACT Developing research demonstrates that correctional officers (CO's) are at a higher risk for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) than the general population, less is known about the relationship between how CO's cope with stress. Most CO's will be exposed to chronic stress and trauma while working in prisons, with approximately one-third of CO's eventually suffering from PTSD. It is important
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Clarifying the role of officer coping on turnover in corrections Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2021-11-16 Jessie Harney, Amy E. Lerman
ABSTRACT Correctional officers are at high risk of exposure to workplace violence, and many report experiencing severe mental health symptoms, including post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression. Despite growing concern for these issues, however, we do not yet fully understand the coping mechanisms correctional officers employ to manage work-related stress, or how coping mechanisms affect
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Barriers to help-seeking among correction officers: examining the influence of institutional culture and structure Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2021-11-16 Candence Wills, Kayla Bates, Natasha A. Frost, Carlos. E. Monteiro
ABSTRACT Correction officers experience a challenging work environment that increases the risk of encountering violence, physical danger, and traumatic events such as inmate violence and potential assaults by inmates. The demanding work climate can lead to stress and mental health concerns. However, officers are reluctant to seek help for their own mental health concerns and avoid employer provided
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Job demands, organizational justice, and emotional exhaustion in prison officers Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2021-11-09 Andrew James Clements, Gail Kinman
ABSTRACT Prison officers experience a number of occupational and organizational stressors, and are at considerable risk of burnout. There has been limited research examining the processes by which the demands officers experience impact on their burnout risk. Drawing on the job demands-resources model, we tested distributive justice perceptions as a mediator for the relationship between workload and
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AMStrength program in Canadian federal correctional services: correctional officers’ views and interpretations Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2021-11-09 Rosemary Ricciardelli, Marcella Siqueira Cassiano, Michael Adorjan, Meghan M. Mitchell
ABSTRACT Scholars and correctional officials have begun to recognize the association of correctional work with occupational stressors that deteriorate mental health and well-being. Yet, programs and policies to support prison staff as they navigate physical, emotional, and psychological challenges are limited, with scarce empirical evidence supporting their usefulness to employees. We examine the Advanced
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A comparative perspective on officer wellness: american reflections from norwegian prisons Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2021-11-23 Veronica L. Horowitz, Emily R. Greberman, Patrick E. Nolan, Jordan M. Hyatt, Chris Uggen, Synøve N. Andersen, Steven L. Chanenson
ABSTRACT Correctional officers in the United States experience severe work-related stressors and are generally physically unwell compared to similar public employees. An innovative and new approach to improving American corrections that is starting to gain momentum stems from looking at the workplace dynamic in alternative international models, such as in Scandinavian prison systems, for models of
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Identifying predictors of drug court graduation: findings from an evaluation of the Milwaukee County Adult Drug Treatment Court Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-21 Alyssa Sheeran, Victoria A. Knoche, Tina L. Freiburger
ABSTRACT Adult drug treatment courts provide an alternative to incarceration that focuses on the treatment of substance abuse issues and other psychological dysfunctions. The literature thus far has generally indicated that drug courts are significantly more effective than other criminal justice interventions, yet rates of drug court effectiveness vary substantially across jurisdictions. The current
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Race differences in public satisfaction with and trust in the local police in the context of george floyd protests: an analysis of residents’ experiences and attitudes Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-21 Daniel K. Pryce, Randy Gainey
ABSTRACT Measuring public opinions about the police is a mainstay of police–community relations because the police need to know how well they are doing in the communities they serve. To understand public attitudes toward the police in the aftermath of George’s Floyd’s killing, we analyze data from residents across seven cities located in Southeast Virginia. We find that, compared to whites and other
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Managing courtesy stigma: women and relationships with men in prison Criminal Justice Studies Pub Date : 2021-08-17 Rashaan A. DeShay, Lynne M. Vieraitis, Heith Copes, Zachary A. Powell, Justine Medrano
ABSTRACT The stigma associated with incarceration is well documented. Less attention has been directed to the impact of this stigma on those in romantic relationships with partners who are incarcerated (i.e. courtesy stigma). Using semi-structured interviews with 12 women involved in romantic relationships with men who were incarcerated, we explore whether they experienced courtesy stigma and if so