Ph.D. Dissertations

Here is a list of all Ph.D Dissertations defended in the Department. Abstracts are also available by clicking on the title of any of the works listed below (under construction).

See also Ph.D. dissertation proposals defended/in progress

See also Ph.D. placements

Completed Dissertations (2001-Present)

Year	Name	Dissertation Title/Abstract	Committee *(Chair)**
2011	Dena Carson	Examining the Effect of Changes in the Peer Group on Attitudes: A Longitudinal Approach	Finn Esbensen* Janet Lauritsen Lee Ann Slocum Jean McGloin
2011	Nicole White	The Economy-Crime Relationship Revisited: The Significance of Recent Macroeconomic and Social Policy Changes for Poverty and Youth Violence Trends	Janet L. Lauritsen* Kristin Carbone-Lopez Finn Esbensen Karen Heimer
2011	Brian Oliver	Recidivism: A Multi-Level Explanation	Rick Rosenfeld* Beth Huebner Andres Rengifo Joan Petersilia
2011	Kimberly Martin	A Multilevel Analysis of County and State Variation in the Severity of Sentences Imposed in Large Urban Courts	Beth Huebner* Eric Baumer* Andres Rengifo Brian Johnson
2011	Brendan Dooley	Whither Criminology?: On the State of Criminology’s Paradigm	Rick Rosenfeld* Richard Wright David Klinger Joachim Savelsberg
2010	Pernell Witherspoon	Minority Group Threat and Racial Profiling: An Analysis of Pretextual Traffic Stops and Outcomes in Missouri Municipalities	Rick Rosenfeld* G. David Curry Jody Miller Jeff Rojek
2010	Scott Jacques	A Guide to Drug Dealing	Richard Wright* Rick Rosenfeld Jody Miller Mark Cooney
2010	Michele Stacey	Bias Crime and Minority Threat	Rick Rosenfeld* Lee Ann Slocum Kristin Carbone Eric Stewart
2009	Bradley T. Brick	Race, Social Context, and School Punishment: An Examination of Disparity in School Discipline	Finn Esbensen* Janet Lauritsen Lee Ann Slocum Eric A. Stewart
2009	Mark T. Berg	Understanding the Persistence of the Victimization-Offending Relationship: Modeling Causal Mechanisms Across Place and Time	Janet Lauritsen* Rick Rosenfeld Finn Esbensen Rolf Loeber
2009	Jennifer Cobbina	From Prison to Home: Women's Pathways In and Out of Crime	Jody Miller* Beth Huebner Richard Wright Patricia O'Brien
2008	Janice R. Hill	Prosecuting child sexual abuse offenders: a case study of victim, family, offender, incident, and evidentiary characteristics	Janet Lauritsen* Beth Huebner Richard Wright Lois Pierce
2008	Karin Tusinski	The causes and consequences of bullying	Rick Rosenfeld* Eric Baumer* Callie Rennison Scott Decker
2008	Robin J. Schaum	The marriage certificate as a shield?: the role of marital status on violent victimization	Janet Lauritsen* Eric Baumer Beth Huebner Karen Heimer
2007	Robert J. Fornango	Structural changes and neighborhood homicide trends in St. Louis, Missouri, 1980--2000: A multi-level and spatial analysis	Rick Rosenfeld* Eric Baumer Beth Huebner Glenn Deane
2007	Daniel Isom II	Effects of constituent influence on pursuit policy decisions: A case study on the St. Louis Police Department policy	David Klinger* Beth Huebner Scott Decker James Gilsinan
2007	Timothy Maher	Cops on the make: officers' views on the nature and extent of police sexual misconduct and how to control it	Richard Wright* Beth Huebner Scott Decker
2007	Chris E. Melde	Peer-group composition and the perceived risk of victimization: modeling fear of crime in a school-based sample	Finn Esbensen* Beth Huebner Eric Stewart L. Thomas Winfree
2006	Adam Watkins	Isolating student, school, and community effects on school weapon carrying	Scott Decker* Eric Baumer Rick Rosenfeld Eric Stewart Pamela Wilcox
2006	Adam M. Bossler	Testing fundamental control balance theory propositions: examining the causes/correlates of control balance ratios. general deviance, and deviant acts within ranges of control balance desirability	David Klinger* Eric Baumer Beth Huebner Charles Tittle
2006	Toya Like	Separate and unequal risks for victimization? An examination of city-level conditions on victimization risks	Janet Lauritsen* Eric Baumer Bob Bursik Ruth Peterson
2005	Lynn S. Urban	The deterrent effect of curfew enforcement: Operation Nightwatch in St. Louis	Scott Decker* G. David Curry Finn Esbensen Beth Huebner Williams
2005	Jeff Rojek	Organizing to manage risk: the operations of a police tactical unit	David Klinger* Scott Decker Jody Miller Paul Roth
2005	Stephen Schnebly	Community variation in the nature of crime reporting	Eric Baumer* Janet Lauritsen David Klinger William Wells
2005	Thomas Holt	Hacks, cracks, and crime: An examination of the subculture and social organization of computer hackers	Jody Miller* Scott Decker G. David Curry Vicki Sauter
2004	Chris Mullins	Masculinities, street life, and violence: a qualitative secondary examination	Jody Miller* Richard Wright Rick Rosenfeld George McCall
2004	Dennis M. Mares	Civilization, economic change, and trends in interpersonal violence	Rick Rosenfeld* Scott Decker Richard Wright Gerda Ray
2004	Shannan Catalano	An examination of the convergence between police recording and victim reporting of serious violent crime, 1973-2002	Janet Lauritsen* Rick Rosenfeld Bob Bursik Bryan Marshall
2003	Arlen Egley	Levels of involvement: differences between gang, gang-marginal, and nongang youth	G. David Curry* Scott Decker Bob Bursik Jody Miller Robert Calsyn
2003	Noelle E. Fearn	Community context and sentencing decisions: a multilevel analysis	Eric Baumer* Bob Bursik Scott Decker George McCall
2003	Ann Dirks-Linhorst	An evaluation of a family court diversion program for delinquent youth with chronic mental health needs	G. David Curry* Janet Lauritsen Bob Bursik Lia Nower
2003	Timothy M. Bray	The effect of socioeconomic disadvantage and racial isolation on neighborhood homicide	Rick Rosenfeld* Eric Baumer Bob Bursik Carol Kohfeld
2002	Elicka Peterson	Varieties of self-help in intimate partner homicide	Rick Rosenfeld* Janet Lauritsen Richard Wright George McCall
2002	Richard K. Ruddell	The influences of social disruption, social isolation and political disaffection on adult imprisonment trends	Eric Baumer* Scott Decker Norman White Rick Rosenfeld Terry Jones
2001	M. Dyan McGuire	Issues of equal protection and due process: race and gender correlates in Missouri's application of pretrial detention to juvenile offenders	Janet Lauritsen* Kimberly Kempf Richard Wright Jody Miller
2001	Lisa L. Sample	The social construction of the sex offender	Rick Rosenfeld* Richard Wright Bruce Jacobs Paul Roth
2001	George W Burruss	The impact of defense counsel on the juvenile court workgroup	Scott Decker* G. David Curry Norman White George McCall

Dissertation proposals defended/Dissertations in progress

Year	Name	Title	Committee (* Chair)
2011	Andrea Nichols	Feminist Advocacy in Community Based Responses to Domestic Violence	Kristin Carbone* Lee Ann Slocum Richard Wright Jody Miller