Research from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Criminal Justice Faculty.
Submissions from 2024
"They are Usually Borderline Homeless": Exploring the Nexus of Homelessness, Housing Instability, Successful Reentry, and Long-term Reintegration, Emily Troshynski and Carolyn Willis
Submissions from 2022
Working for God: Religion and Occupational Crime and Deviance, Scott A. Desmond, Melissa Rorie, and Tracy Sohoni
Submissions from 2021
A Content Analysis of Civil Protection Order Statutes: What Makes Some State Statutes More Comprehensive Than Others?, Alexa Bejinariu, Emily I. Troshynski, and Terance Miethe
“They Aim for Me” versus “Under the Radar:” Understanding Women’s Experiences in the Oregon Criminal Legal System through an Intersectional Lens, Breanna Boppre and Cassandra Boyer
Hot Spots Policing in Las Vegas: Results From a Blocked Randomized Controlled Trial in Chronic Violent Crime Locations, Nicholas Corsaro, Robin S. Engel, Tamara D. Herold, Murat Yildirim, and Ryan T. Motz
COVID-19 Frauds: An Exploratory Study of Victimization During a Global Crisis, Jay P. Kennedy, Melissa Rorie, and Michael L. Benson
Testing Death Penalty Opinions With General Questions and A Specific Case Scenario: Potential Lessons From China, Bin Liang, Hong Lu, and Jianhong Liu
Public Perceptions of Dangerous Places: Sources of Variability in Evaluating Criminogenic Environments, Terance D. Miethe and Olesya Venger
Pathways from Relative Deprivation to Individual Violence: The Effect of Subjective Perception and Emotional Resentment in South Korea, Seong Park, Young Oh Hong, Logan P. Kennedy, and Stacey L. Clouse
The Effects of Emotional Literacy Programs on Inmates’ Empathy, Mindfulness, and Self-Regulation: A Random-Effect Meta-Analysis, Carolyn Petrosino, Kyung Shick Choi, Sinyong Choi, Sinchul Back, and Seong Min Park
Public Knowledge and Perceptions About Unsubmitted and Untested Sexual Assault Kits, Gillian M. Pinchevsky and William H. Sousa
Walking the Tightrope: Navigating Faculty Status as a Mandatory Reporter in the #MeToo Era, Tara N. Richards, Kathryn A. Branch, Gillian M. Pinchevsky, and Brittany D. Hayes
Book Review: Big dirty money: The shocking injustice and unseen cost of white-collar crime, Melissa L. Rorie
Exploring the Rhetoric: How State Gender Diversity Laws Address Rights for Gender-Diverse Students, Emily I. Troshynski and Alexa Bejinariu
The Crisis of Social Institutions and Police Homicides: The Adverse Effects of Low Institutional Control, Kamali’ilani T.E. Wetherell and Terance D. Miethe
Neighborhoods and Intimate Partner Violence: A Decade in Review, Emily M. Wright, Gillian M. Pinchevsky, and Min Xie
The Political Economy of Corporate Bribery: SNC-Lavalin Group as a Case Study, Matthew G. Yeager, Randall G. Shelden, and Alyssa Holden
Submissions from 2020
“They Said They Were Going to Help Us Get Through This …”: Documenting Interactions Between Police and Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth, Alexa Bejinariu, M. Alexis Kennedy, and Andrea N. Cimino
“They Threatened to Call Immigration”: Challenges Faced by Civil Protection Order Applicants and Respondents, Alexa Bejinariu and Emily I. Troshynski
Does De‐Escalation Training Work? A Systematic Review and Call For Evidence in Police Use‐Of‐Force Reform, Robin S. Engel, Hannah D. McManus, and Tamara D. Herold
Leveraging Data to Reduce Gun Violence: The Cincinnati Experience, Matthew G. Hammer and Tamara D. Herold
Contemporary Issues in Crime, Criminal Justice and Criminology in Greater China: Editors’ Introduction, Bill Hebenton, Jonathan Lee, Hong Lu, and Liqun Cao
Crime Place Networks in Las Vegas: A New Violence Reduction Strategy, Tamara D. Herold
Place Network Investigations in Las Vegas, Nevada: Program Review and Process Evaluation, Tamara D. Herold, Robin S. Engel, Nicholas Corsaro, and Stacey L. Clouse
“They Said They Were Going to Help Us Get Through This ...”: Documenting Interactions Between Police and Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth, Alexis Margaret Kennedy, Alexa Bejinariu, and Andrea N. Cimino