Student Presentations
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, 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
"Capital Punishment in the Lone Star State: A County-Level Analysis of Contextual Effects on Sentencing"
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"
European Society of Criminology (ESC)
Ljubljana (Slovenia), September 9-12, 2009
Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA/BJS)
St. Louis, MO, October 22-23, 2009
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)
San Diego, CA, February 23-27, 2010 (deadline abstract submission: Sept 15, 2009)
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?"
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"
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"