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Selected Recent Publications

Updegrove, A., Boisvert, D., Cooper, M., & Gabbidon, S.L. (in press) Criminological explanations, race, and biological attributions of crime as predictors of Philadelphia area residents' support for criminal justice policies. Crime & Delinquency

Barberi, D., Ahlin, E.A., Hummer, D., & Gabbidon, S.L. (in press). Are Non-U.S. Citizens Color-Blind? The Racialization of Violent Crimes. Race and Justice: An International Journal. (published Online First: DOI: doi.org/10.1177/2153368718808342).

Gabbidon, S.L., & Higgins, G.E. (2020). Correlates of the decision to report incidents of “Consumer Racial Profiling”: A preliminary study. Victims & Offenders 15(4): 418-429.

Greene, H.T., Gabbidon, S.L., & Wilson, S. (2018). Included? The status of African American scholars in the discipline of criminology and criminal justice since 2004. Journal of Criminal Justice Education 29(1): 96-115.
 

Ahlin, E.M. (2019). Broadening the Productivity Lens in Criminology and Criminal Justice: An Exploratory Study of the Research Contributions of Master's Degree Program Faculty, 2014-2018. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 31(1), 100-123.

Ahlin, E.M. (2020). Forced Sexual Victimization Among Youth in Custody: Do Risk Factors Vary by Gender and Perpetrator? The Prison Journal, 100(2), 151-172.

Ahlin, E.M. (2019). Moving Beyond Prison Rape: Assessing Sexual Victimization Among Youth in Custody. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 47, 160-168.

Ahlin, E.M. (2018). Risk factors of sexual assault and victimization among youth in custody. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. doi: 10.1177/0886260518757226

Ahlin, E.M., & Hummer, D. (2019). Sexual Victimization of Juveniles Incarcerated in Jails and Prisons: An Exploratory Study of Prevalence and Risk Factors. Victims & Offendors, 14(7), 793-810.

Ahlin, E.M., & Douds, A.S. (2018). Many shades of green: Assessing awareness of differences in therapeutic needs among sub-populations of military veterans. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 62(10), 3168-3184.

Ahlin, E.M., Hummer, D.C., & Barberi, D. (2018). Inmate code and prison culture. In H. Griffin & V. Woodward (Eds.), Handbook of Corrections in the United States (pp. 346-356). New York: Routledge.

Ahlin, E.M., & Lobo Antunes, M.J. (2018). Escape from violence and changes in neighborhood informal social control: Understanding causes and consequences of residential mobility. In R. Allen Hays (Ed.), Neighborhood Change and Neighborhood Action: The Struggle to Create Neighborhoods that Serve Human Needs (pp. 185-209). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Akdoğan, A., Morçöl, G., Orhan, G., & Yıldız, M. (2018). The past, present, and future of policy analysis in Turkey. In C. Bakır & G. Ertan (eds.), Policy Analysis in Turkey (pp. 19-34), Bristol, UK: Policy Press.

Alexander, G.C., Schiman, C., & Kaestner, R. (2018). Association between prescription drug insurance and health care utilization among Medicare beneficiaries. Medical Care Research and Review, 75(2), 153–174. doi: 10.1177/1077558716681920

Azevedo, L. (2018). Book Review: Race talk and the conspiracy of silence: Understanding and facilitating difficult dialogues on race, by Sue, D.W. Public Integrity, 20(4), 419-422. Award: American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). Best Book Review 2018 – Lauren Azevedo

Barberi, D., Ahlin, E.M., Hummer, D.C., & Gabbidon, S.L. (2018). Are non-U.S. citizens color-blind? The racialization of violent crimes. Race & Justice: An International Journal. doi: 10.1177/2153368718808342

Barberi, D., Gibbs, J., & Schally, J. (2019). K9s Killed in the Line of Duty. Contemporary Justice Review: Issues in Criminal, Social, and Restorative Justice, 22(1), 86-100. doi: 10.1080/10282580.2019.1576128

Colon, K.M., Kavanaugh, P.R., Hummer, D., & Ahlin, E.M. (2018). The impact of race and extra-legal factors in charging defendants with serious sexual assault. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 16(2), 99-116.

Douds, A S., & Ahlin, E.M. (2019). The Veterans Treatment Court Movement: Striving to Serve Those Who Served. New York: Routledge.

Gibbs, J.C. (2019). Diversifying the Police Applicant Pool: Motivations of Women and Minority Candidates Seeking Police Employment. Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law, and Society, 32(3), 207-221. doi: 10.1080/1478601X.2019.1579717

Gibbs, J. C. (2018). Terrorist attacks targeting police, 1998-2010: Exploring heavily hit countries. International Criminal Justice Review. doi: 10.1177/1057567718765278

Gibbs, J.C. (In Press). Terrorist attacks targeting the police: The connection to foreign military presence. Police Practice and Research: An International Journal, 19(3), 222-240. [published online first, March 25, 2018]

Gibbs, J.C., Lee, J., & Bachnak, B. (In press). Low police-public social distance as the key to recruiting. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. doi: 10.1093/police/pay020 [published online first, March 26, 2018].

Gibbs, J.C., Lee, J., Moloney, J. & Olson, S. (2018). Exploring the neighbourhood context of serious assaults on police. Policing and Society: An International Journal of Research and Policy, 28(8), 898-914.

Gibbs, J.C, Priesman, E., Ruiz, J. & Mills, A. (2018). Police officers killed on duty: Comparing the influence of social investment on line of duty deaths of men and women officers in the United States. International Journal of Police Science & Management, 20(4), 284-295.

Hannah, A.L. & Mallinson, D.J. (2018). Defiant innovation: The adoption of medical marijuana laws in the American states. Policy Studies Journal, 46(2), 402-423.

Kavanaugh, P.R., & Biggers, Z. (2018). Competing constructions of bath salts use and risk of harm in two mediated contexts. Crime, Media, Culture. doi: 10.1177/1741659018763863

Kim, S. & Morçöl, G. (2018). Network text analysis and social network analysis in investigating policymaking processes: Applications of AutoMap and ORA. In E. Mitleton-Kelly, C. Day, & A. Paraskevas (Eds.), Handbook on Complexity Science Research Methods (pp. 199-225). Cheltenham Glos, UK: Edward Elgar.

Liu, S., Xiong, M., & Liang, B. (2018). The death penalty for foreign drug offenders in China: Legal protection and equal treatment. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, Online. doi: 10.1007/s10610-018-9377-2

Liu, S., & Liu, J. (2018). Police legitimacy and compliance with the law among Chinese youth. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 62(11), 3536-3561. doi: 10.1177/0306624X17740559

Lobo Antunes, M.J. & Ahlin, E.M. (2018). Minority and immigrant youth exposure to community violence: The differential effects of family management and peers. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. doi: 10.1177/0886260518755491

Mallinson, D.J. (2019). "Who are Your Neighbors? The Role of Idology and Decline of Geographic Proximity in the Diffusion of Policy Innovations." Policy Studies Journal.

Mallinson, D.J. & Burns, P. (2018). Increasing career confidence through a course in public service careers. Journal of Political Science Education. doi: 10.1080/15512169.2018.1443820

Mallinson, D.J. & Hatemi, P.K. (2018). The effects of information and social conformity on opinion change. PLoS One, 13(5), 1-22.

McMullen, S.M. & Gibbs, J.C. (2019). Tattoos in Policing: A Survey of State Police Policies. Policing: An International Journal, 42(3), 408-420.  doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-05-2018-0067

Morçöl, G. (2018). From public policy analysis to complex governance networks studies. In R.J. Lewis (Ed.), Policymaking in a Globalized World (Rev. Ed.) (pp. 150-167). New York: Routledge.

Morçöl, G., & Karagöz, T. (2018). Accountability of business improvement districts in urban governance networks: An investigation of state enabling laws. Urban Affairs Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078087418793532.

Morçöl, G., Köseoğlu, Ö., Sobacı, Z., & Köktaş, Ö.F. (2018). Think tanks and policy analysis in Turkey. In C. Bakır & G. Ertan (Eds.), Policy Analysis in Turkey (pp. 235-254). Bristol. UK: Policy Press.

Presser, L., Schally, J., & Vossler, C. (2018). Life as a reflexive project: The logics of ethical veganism and meat-eating. Society and Animals. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-12341583

Priesman, E., Newman, R., & Ford, J. (2018). Bullying victimization, binge drinking, and marijuana use among adolescents: results from the 2013 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 50(2), 133-142.

Priesman, E. & Wright, L. (2018). Actions speak louder than words: Examining the relationship between violent behaviors and bullying victimization among adolescents. Violence and Gender, 5(4), 284-295. https://doi.org/10.1089/vio.2017.0059

Prysmakova, P., Tantardini, M., & Potkański, T. (2019). The role of financial performance in motivating Polish municipal employees, Review of Public Personnel Administration, 39(1), 75–105.

Ran, B. & Qi, H.T. (2019). The Entangled twins – Power and trust in collaborative governance. Administration & Society. Vol. 51(4), pp:607-636. doi: 10.1177/0095399718801000

Schiman, C., Liu, L., Shih, Y.-C. T., Zhao, L., Daviglus, M. L., Liu, K., Fries, F., Garside, D.B., Vu, T.-H.T., Stamler, J., Lloyd-Jones, D.M., & Allen, N. B. (2019). Cardiovascular health in young and middle adulthood and medical care utilization and costs at older age – The Chicago Heart Association Detection Project Industry (CHA). Preventive Medicine, 119, 87-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.12.024

Siedschlag, A. (2018). Chapter 4: Understanding threat assessments: A risk management approach to all-hazards assessments. In R.J. Kilroy (Ed.) Threats to Homeland Security: An All-Hazards Perspective (New Ed.) (pp. 109-150). New York: Wiley.

Siedschlag, A., & Jerković, A. (Eds.) (2018). Homeland Security Cultures: Enhancing Values while Fostering Resilience. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Stalebrink, O.J. (2018), Governmental accounting and the management, discussion and analysis section: An exploratory study of understandability. Public Administration Quarterly, 43(1), 120-141.

Strohacker, E., Wright, L.E., & Watts, S.J. (2019). Gender, Bullying Victimization, Depressive Symptoms, and Suicidality. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.

Tantardini, M. (2018). Routine and nonroutine performance information: An assessment about substitution and complementarity, Public Management Review, 1-20. DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2018.1523452

Vu, T.-H.T., Zhao, L., Liu, L., Schiman, C., Lloyd-Jones, D.M., Daviglus, M.L., Liu, K., Garside, D.B., Stamler, J., Fries, J.M., Shih, Y.-C.T. Allen, N.B. (2018). Favorable cardiovascular health at young and middle ages and dementia in older age—The CHA study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 8(1). doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.009730

Wang, J., & Ran, B. (2019) Balancing Paradoxical Missions: How Does Microfinance Rebuild a Sustainable Path in Poverty Alleviation? Sage Open. Vol. 9(2), First Published: June 16, 2019.

Wang, J., & Ran, B. (2018). Sustainable collaborative governance in supply chain. Sustainability, 10(1). doi: 10.3390/su10010171

Wu, Y., Sun, I., Li, F., & liu, S. (2019). Group Position, Consciousness, and Perception of Police Fairness Among Urban Residents in China. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, 42(4), 640-653. doi: 10.1108/PIJPSM-09-2018-0135

Xiong, M., Liu, S., & Liang, B. (2018). Criminal defense and judicial sentencing in China’s death penalty cases. Psychology, Crime and Law, 24(4), 414-432.

Yingling, Dylan L. and Mallinson, D.J. (2020) "Explaining Variation in Evidence-Based Policymaking in the American States." Evidence & Policy.

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