Below are theses and dissertations completed by graduates of the University of Nevada Las Vegas Criminal Justice Department.
For the entire collection of UNLV theses and dissertations, visit UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Finish This Over Drinks? A Study of Sexual Harassment Perceptions, Hannah E. Barti
The Impact of Childhood Experiences on Involvement and Confidence in Social Institutions, Jordan Sydney Donohue
The Impact of Attachment and Optimism on Delinquency, Kaylee Dawn Faria
Coercive Sexuality: The Effect of Early Victimization on One’s Views and Attitudes Toward Sex, Kevin Elias Hoover
Supervision in the Digital Age: Online Sexual Solicitation of Children and Youth, Kaitlyn Taylor Swanberg
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Commercial Sexual Exploitation: A Survey of the Knowledge, Concerns, and Training of Transit Personnel in Las Vegas, Nevada, Elena A. Bejinariu
Built Environment, Land Use, and Crime: A Las Vegas Study, Stacey Lynn Clouse
Crime Attractors in Sin City? A Pre/Post Test of Crime Patterns and Police Enforcement Around Recreational Marijuana Facilities, Joshua Donnelly
Repeating Patterns: Does Emotional Child Abuse Lead to Intimate Partner Abuse?, Kathryn R. Henry
Measuring Perceptions of Safety among Staff and Women Clients in a Prison Substance Abuse Program, Jaclyn Parker Keen
Researcher-Participant Privilege: Confidentiality and Qualitative Criminology, Eric Michael
To Report or Not to Report: Student Reporting Behaviors of Violent Crimes in Schools, Heather Monaghan
Trauma on Top of Trauma: How Child Welfare Failures Affect Trafficked Children, Christie J.w. Ra
What You See You Perceive: Public Opinions of Potential Negative Consequences and Support for Officer Body-Worn Cameras, Jordyn Marian Sanders
What Happens in Vegas: The Influence of Las Vegas on High-Risk Attitudes and Behaviors, Marissa Tiemann
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Exploring the Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Among Gendered Racial/Ethnic Groups of Justice-Involved Youth, Linsey A. Belisle
Treatment and Perceptions of LGBTQIA+ Persons, Emily Bolshazy
From Ex-Offenders to Hopefuls: Exploring Changing Narratives and Personal Stories of Desistance, Darby Buckley
Examining Predictors of Student Perceptions of University Responses to Sexual Misconduct, Megan Giovannini
Disrupting Gender Normativity Through A Social Learning Framework, Ashley Shank
Predictors of Violent and Non-Violent Institutional Infractions of Death Row Prisoners, Tereza Trejbalová
Bystanders’ Willingness to Report Crimes and Cooperate with Legal Authorities: The Role of Individual and Contextual Differences, Matthew P. West
Official Misconduct and Error Correction Mechanisms in Exonerated Death Penalty Cases, Kamali'ilani Theresa Elizabeth Wetherell
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Examining Crime Reporting Behaviors in the Presence of Body-Worn Cameras, Tanya Dudinskaya
Implicit Attitudes, Explicit Attitudes, and Priming: A Preliminary Analysis of Factors Affecting Use of Force Decisions, Christopher Allen Forepaugh
Hispanics and the War on Drugs: An Explanation for the Rise in Hispánica Imprisonment, Bryan James Haakma
(Non-Consensual) Sex, Drugs & Rock N’ Roll: Sexual Harassment and Violence at Live Music Events, Miliaikeala Sj. Heen
Public Perceptions of Police Militarization: A Nuanced Understanding of Public Support for Police Practices, Leobardo Lopez-Cristobal
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Schools and Crime: An Empirical Analysis of School Safety Measures, Heather Gilmore
Policing Protests: An Exploratory Analysis of Crowd Management Policies, Logan P. Kennedy
Police Use of Force and Officer Injury: A Closer Examination of the Impact of Taser Deployment and Contextual Factors, Jason Kuzik
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Intersections Between Gender, Race, and Justice-Involvement: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Women's Experiences in the Oregon Criminal Justice System, Breanna Lynne Boppre
Police Interventions, Public Perceptions, and The RDFC Interaction Model, Stacey L. Clouse
Hotspot Homes: An Analysis of the Situational/Contextual Factors, Windows of Opportunity, and Attempted Burglaries on Repeatedly Burglarized Residential Homes, Joshua W. Donnelly
Boys to Men: Masculinity, Victimization, and Offending, Shon Michael Reed
The Importance of Cultural Competence: The Defining Characteristic Separating Veteran Treatment Courts from Other Specialized Dockets, Kyle Nathan Rodgers
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Examining the Extent and Impact of Surveillance on Animal Rights Activists, Cassandra Boyer
Societal Opinon of Government and Private Agencies’ Surveillance Capabilities Post 9-11, Stephanie E. Kaplan
Cooling Down Crime Hot Spots: Impact of Saturation Patrol on Crime Hot Spots in Las Vegas, Nevada, Rachel Ware Stephensen
International Responses to Human Trafficking: A Comparative Secondary Data Analysis of National Characteristics, Olivia Germaine Tuttle
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Judicial Differences in Protective Orders Issuance Rates: An Examination of Courtroom Actors, Case Aspects, and Individual Characteristics, Elena Alexandra Bejinariu
#TheRightToRemainSilent: Police Department Adoption and Deployment of Social Media, 2010-~2015, Paul Geary
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Corruption and Criminal Sentencing Dispositions in China, Qingting Hu
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
A Spatial Analysis Test of Decennial Crime Patterns in the United States, Kristina R. Donathan
Putting the Microscope on Crime Labs: The Effects of Evidence Complexity and Laboratory Type on Jurors' Perceptions of Forensic Evidence, Miliaikeala S.j. Heen
Prison, Perceptions, and Policy: Authoritarianism and Attitudes toward Sexual Assault Victims in U.S. Correctional Facilities, Amy Michelle Magnus
Physical Child Abuse and Cultural Differences in Reporting, Emily Frances Reed
Attitudes and Perceptions Toward Sex Tourism in Las Vegas, Carolyn Willis
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Team Policing Revisited: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation in Las Vegas, Nevada, Natalie Nicole Martinez
Perceptions of Police Responses to Domestic Violence, Kelly Rae Stout
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Sexual Harassment in Las Vegas, Jonathan Michael Birds
Troubled Youth: Girls in Gangs, Mark Manny Valentin
Defining Neighborhood: Social Disorganization Theory, Official Data, and Community Perceptions, Jeremy Waller
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Child advocacy centers and child sexual abuse in Nevada, Chrystal Ruggieri
Reintegrative shaming and juvenile delinquency in Japan, Mari Sakiyama
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Factors influencing attitudes towards prostitution, Brian Robert Brehman
Attitudes towards Megan's Law and juvenile sex offenders, Debra Lee Cochrane
Sex, drug courts, and recidivism, Doria Nour Dandan
An Examination of the relationship between the hypersexual environment of Las Vegas and forcible rape, Lisa Ann Dooley
Blameworthiness and dangerousness: An analysis of violent female capital offenders in the United States and China, Courtney Brooke LaHaie
Adjustment to correctional confinement: Investigating the correlates of violence and disorder in a jail environment, Fred W. Meyer III
Assessing the impact of police order maintenance units on crime: An application of the Broken Windows Hypothesis, Steven Andrew Pace
The Criminalization of homelessness, Sarah McKenzie Prather
Characteristics of adolescent females sexually exploited through prostitution, Alanna Robinson
Displacement or diffusion: A secondary analysis of the Las Vegas Safe Village Initiative, Daniel Duane Swanson
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
An Evaluation of group differences in mentoring programs' perceived outcomes, Jennifer Sue Anderson
An Assessment of proposed sex offender mobility and residency restrictions in Nevada, Samantha Dawn Beecher
Illegal immigration and worldview defense: Distaste for human migration in the context of TMT, John Matthew Bergen
A Validation study of Risk Management Systems, Bridget Kelly
Examining the impact of drug court participation for moderate and high risk offenders, Kara Kobus
Structural Attributes Associated with the Prevalence of Hate Groups: A State-Level Analysis, Paula Jean Kutneski
Mental illness, co-occurring factors and aggression as examined in an American prison, Stephanie Leigh Sullivan
Targeting youth—Hit or miss? Juvenile certification in Clark County, Nevada examined, Brittnie Turquoise Watkins
Decentralizing police detectives: Increasing efficiency of property crime investigations, Jon M. Zeh