Student Presentations
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES 2011
Western Society of Criminology
Vancouver (Canada), February 3-5, 2011
Dena Carson and Finn-Aage Esbensen
"Differentiating Delinquent Groups from
Gangs: Moving Beyond Offending"
Breanne Pleggenkuhle
"Legal Financial Obligations: Consequences and
Reactions"
Stephanie Wiley
"The Crucial Link Between Counselor Attitudes
and Self-efficacy in Drug-using Offenders: What
Can It Tell Us About Relapse Prevention?"
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES 2010
American Society of Criminology (ASC)
San Francisco, CA, November 17-20, 2010
Ethan Amidon, Andres F. Rengifo, and Don Stemen
“Correctional Bureaucracies and Prison Reform: Documenting Strategies of Adaptation, Resistance, and Support”
Jennifer Owens, Kristin Carbone-Lopez, and Jody Miller
“And that was the Beginning: Women's Narratives of Pathways into Methamphetamine Use”
Dena Carson
“Changes in Youth Offending: An Examination of the Interdependence of Self-Control and Social Bonds”
Mark E. Debarr
“Probation and Meditation: Analysis of the Written Accounts of Graduates of The Enlightened Sentencing Project”
Michael Deckard
“Triggers in the Yard: How the Prison Drug Market Affects Inmates in Substance Abuse Recovery”
Daniel Duplantier
“Adult Mentoring as a Secondary Desistance Process”
Amanda Gendon, and LaMarcus Bolton
“Target Suitability and Capable Guardianship in Cyberspace: An Examination of Online Victimization Using Routine Activities Theory”
Kim Kras
“The Role of Probation Officers in Drug Treatment: How do Probationers and Parolees View Them?”
Hyon Namgung, Terrance J. Taylor, and Finn-Aage Esbensen
“Exploring the Role of Different Policing Models of School-Based Prevention Efforts on Changes in Youths’ Attitudes towards the Police”
Andrea Nichols
“Acker’s Theory of Gendered Organizations and Challenges for Feminist Domestic Violence Victim Advocacy”
Brian E. Oliver
“Exploring Changes in Recidivism over Time and Across Place”
Breanne R. Pleggenkuhle, and Beth Huebner
“Considering Place: Comparing Urban and Rural Experiences of Returning Offenders”
Meghan L. Rogers
“The Effect of Economic Conditions and Gender on Changes in Rape Over Time”
Allen Shamow, and Mark T. Berg
“An Empirical Evaluation of Demographic Variation in Contemporary Homicide Trends: 1976-2005”
J. Michael Vecchio, Dana Peterson, and Finn-Aage Esbensen
“The Apostasy of the Gang: Motivations for Youth Gang Desistance”
Stephanie Wiley, and Finn-Aage Esbensen
“Predicting Substance Use in Juveniles: A Test of an Integrated Model”
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)
San Diego, CA, February 23-27, 2010
Andrea Nichols
“Police Abuses against Transgender Sex Workers in Sri Lanka”
Amanda Gendon
“The Impact of Offending and Incarceration on Family Dynamics”
Western Society of Criminology
Honolulu, HI, February 4-6, 2010
Dena Carson
"The Moderating Effects of Race on the
Relationship between Delinquent Attitudes and
Delinquency"
Beth Huebner and Breanne Pleggenkuhle
"Coming Home to the Country: The Unique
Experiences of Rural Inmates"
Breanne Pleggenkuhle
"Correctional Programming: Evaluating
Effectiveness and Gender Differences"
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES 2009
American Society of Criminology (ASC)
Philadelphia, PA, November 4-7, 2009
Ekaterina Archakova
"What Happened to Rape in the United States over the Past 35 Years?"
Dena C. Carson
"The Influence of Peer Group Composition on Delinquent Beliefs"
Michael G. Cherbonneau, and Richard Wright.
"Stolo’s, Streetlife, and Offender Motivation: The Foreground Dynamics of Car Theft
Brendan Dooley
"Taking Stock of and Extending Criminological Theory"
J. Michael Vecchio, Finn-Aage Esbensen, and T.J. Taylor.
"Self-Control, Delinquent Lifestyles, and Subsequent Victimization"
Amanda Gendon, and Andres F. Rengifo.
"Revisiting Fear of Crime: Impacts of Neighborhood Incivilities, Perceived Risk and Routine Activities"
Theron Keith Jackson
"Prescription Drug Abuse: Congruence Between Self-Reports and Urine Tests"
Krystle M. Leugoud
"Negative Credential:' The Nature of Challenges Women Face in Finding Employment after a Criminal Conviction"
Brian E. Oliver
"Assessing Changes over Time in Recidivism"
Brian E. Oliver, Bernadette Olson, Daniel OConnell, Matthew J. Sheridan, H. Bennett Wilcox III, Grant Edward Tietjen, James M. Binnall, John F. Frana, and Richard Hendrickson.
"The Rocky Road from Crime to Academia." (Roundtable)
Jennifer Owens, and Lee Ann Slocum
"Linked Lives and Antisocial Behavior: Examining Cumulative Continuity across Three Generations"
Beth M. Huebner, and Breanne Pleggenkuhle
"Coming Home and Moving Away: Intra-individual Patterns of Residence, Cohabitation, and Recidivism"
Tiffany Polk
"Does Racial Threat Apply to Hispanic Subpopulations?" (Poster)
Andres F. Rengifo, Lee Ann Slocum, and Michele Stacey.
"Disorder and Crime: Does the Level of Aggregation Matter?"
Allen Shamow, Richard Rosenfeld, and Eric Stewart.
"Do community gardens reduce violent crime?"
Mark T. Berg and Michele Stacey
"Examining the Distribution of Robbery: A Look at Patterns With and Between Races"
Michele Stacey
"Social Sources of Bias Crimes: The Case of Race and Ethnicity Bias"
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)
Boston, MA, March 10-14, 2009
Brian E. Oliver
"The Benefits of Using a Public Health Approach to Prevent Rape, Sexual Assault, and Sexual Abuse"
Andrea Nichols
"Bureaucratization of Domestic Violence Shelters: Using Critical Feminist Theory to Guide Policy Changes"
Michele Stacey, and Kristin Carbone-Lopez
"Ethnic Biased Crime: The Relationship between Immigration and Hate Crime Against Hispanics in Destination Cities"
Cory P. Haberman (Bowling Green State University), and J. Michael Vecchio
"Targets of Opportunity: New Consumer Technology & the Spatial Distribution of Campus Larceny Victimization"
Western Society of Criminology
San Diego, CA, February 5-7, 2010
Finn-Aage Esbensen and Dena C. Carson
"Consequences of Being Bullied: Results from A
Longitudinal Assessment of Bullying Victimization in a
Multi-site Sample of American Students"
Kristin Carbone-Lopez, Finn-Aage Esbensen,
and Bradley T. Brick
"Racial and Ethnic Differences in Girls’ Experiences of
Relational Aggression and Sexual Harassment"
Lee Ann Slocum, Bradley Brick, Terrance J.
Taylor, and Finn-Aage Esbensen
"Factors Influencing Youth’s Willingness to Report
Crimes: Differences by Race and Ethnicity"
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES 2008
American Society of Criminology (ASC)
St. Louis, MO, November 12-15, 2008
Dena C. Carson, Adam Baggett , T.J. Taylor, and Dana Peterson
“Alternative Measures of Program Implementation”
Krystle Leugoud, Bradley T. Brick, and Finn-Aage Esbensen
“The Use of Observations to Assess Program Fidelity”
Mark T. Berg, and Ralf Loeber (University of Pittsburgh)
“The Relationship Between Victimization and Offending: Modeling Causal Mechanisms Across Place and Time”
Finn-Aage Esbensen, T.J. Taylor, Dana Peterson, Chris Melde, Bradley T. Brick, and Dena C. Carson
“Dueling Banjos: Does Gang Member Definition Matter?”
Ethan Amidon, Brendan Dooley, Amanda Gendon, and Andres F. Rengifo
“The Theory and Practice of Re-entry: Ground-level Impacts of the Reorganization of the Departments of Corrections of Kansas and Michigan”
Kimberly Martin
“The Context of Punishment: How Culture, Politics and the Law Shape Felony Sentencing”
Bradley T. Brick
“Race, Social Context, and Social Control: An Examination of Racial Disparity in School Punishment”
Michael Cherbonneau
“Street Offenders and Police Pursuits in Urban Areas”
Jennifer Cobbina
“From Prison to Home: Women's Pathway In and Out of Crime”
Brendan Dooley
“Criminology and Kuhn: The State of Paradigm in the Field”
Scott Jacques, and Richard Wright
“The Victimization-Termination link”
Breanne R. Pleggenkuhle
“The Effects of Change in Substance Abuse on Victimization Risk for Women”
Brandonn Rosenfeld
“Revisiting the Relationship Between Mental Illness and Victimization”
Michele Stacey
“Distinctive Characteristics of Sexual Orientation Bias Crimes”
Elizabeth Elliott, and Kaitlin Rayne
"Victimization Rates and Drug use among High School and College Students"
Beth Huebner, and Mark T. Berg
"Desistance and Persistence: Two Sides of the Same Coin?"
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)
Cincinnati, OH, March 11-15, 2008
Kimberly Martin, Beth Huebner, Daniel Duplantier, and Scott Decker (Arizona State University)
“Exploring the Spatial Concentration of Gun Violence across St. Louis Neighborhoods: The Role of Deprivation and Isolation”
Michele Stacey
“Likelihood of Arrest in Hate Crime Incidents A Multilevel Analysis”
Daniel Duplantier
"Routine Activities Approach to Prison Victimization"
European Society of Criminology (ESC)
Edinburgh (Scotland), September 2-5, 2008
Finn-Aage Esbensen, Bradley T. Brick, and Chris Melde (Michigan State University)
“An Empirical Assessment of the Eurogang Funneling Approach to Establish Gang Membership”
Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA/BJS)
Portland, OR, October 16-17, 2008
Brian E. Oliver
"Individual and State-Level Effects on Recidivism: An Analysis of the BJS Prisoners Released in 1994 Database"