Browsing by Subject "Criminology"
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Advanced crime scene mapping and technology course design
(2021)The purpose of this project is to develop an Advanced Crime Scene Mapping and Technology course that aims to strengthen crime scene documentation and mapping skills, enhance cognitive abilities, and introduce students to ... -
AMBER Alerts and their effectiveness.
(2015)Do AMBER Alert messages encourage people to become more face-vigilant? Face-vigilance was measured through a recognition task that instructed participants to search for discrepant faces in friendly, threatening, and neutral ... -
Behavioral Characteristics of Stalkers Who Kill
(2021)The purpose of this study is to identify behavioral characteristics of stalkers who ultimately kill their targets, with the goal of creating a risk factor checklist to help identify current offenders most at risk for ... -
Crime scene investigators: exploring the reasons and impact of career longevity and gender diversity in forensic science
(2023)Career longevity among crime scene investigators (CSIs) is a topic for which there has been little research. This is surprising given the increased popularity of this profession as well as forensic science in general. ... -
Development of electrospun nanofiber mesh for the enhancement of DNA recovery from spermatozoa in sexual assault evidence
(2020)One out of every six American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime as well as one out of every thirty-three American men. Following a sexual assault, a forensic examination is performed ... -
Impact of humidity on latent print processing and recovery
(2023)The goal of this study was to determine if environmental factors impact the quality of detail in latent prints on non-porous and porous surfaces. Specifically, this study focused on how humidity impacts latent print ... -
Moderators of the association between exposure to violence in community, family, and dating contexts and substance use disorder risk among North American Indigenous adolescents
(SAGE Publications, 2021-05)Exposure to violence and substance abuse are salient public health concerns among Indigenous people (i.e., American Indian and Canadian First Nations). Despite this, little research has examined the association between the ... -
Moisture-wicking properties of fabric and their effect on blood and the angle of impact
(2022)The use of angle of impact calculations within bloodstain pattern analysis is limited to researched surface types which currently include smooth, non-porous materials and cotton. The purpose of this study was to determine ... -
Oklahoma's juvenile justice : disproportionate minority placement among Oklahoma's juveniles
(2021)America has a long history of placing a disproportionate number of minorities in the criminal justice system. Disproportionate incarceration/placement rates occur in both the adult and juvenile justice systems. This study ... -
Personal Experiences with Violence, Fear of Crime, and Mental Health Outcomes for Adolescents in Chicago
(2019-08-01)Over the last several decades, an increasing amount of research has focused on fear of crime. Studies have found that fear of crime is often influenced by actual and perceived risks of victimization. Significant consequences ... -
Physiological measures of anti-social behavior within psychopathy.
(2016)The purpose of the current study was to utilize new physiological measures associated with psychopathy and criminal behavior. Research has demonstrated a link between psychopathy and criminal behavior (Douglas, Vincent, & ... -
Prevalence and correlates of physical dating violence among North American Indigenous adolescents
(SAGE Publications, 2017-04)This study examined the lifetime prevalence of physical dating violence, including victimization, perpetration, and the overlap between the two (mutual violence), among a population sample of 551 reservation/reserve residing ... -
Probation and parole re-entry education program: recidivism and prisoner re-entry for firearm violations
(2021)Recidivism refers to a person’s regression back to criminal behavior, usually after serving time for aprevious crime. Nationwide efforts are made to reduce the rate of recidivism as well as lowering the number of violent ... -
Prospective childhood risk factors for gang involvement among North American Indigenous adolescents
(SAGE Publications, 2016-10)The purpose of the study was to examine prospective childhood risk factors for gang involvement across the course of adolescence among a large 8-year longitudinal sample of 646 Indigenous (i.e., American Indian and Canadian ... -
Punishing the Wicked: Complex Religion and Punitive Sentiment in the United States
(2023-05-12)The United States is exceptional in the scope and severity of its criminal justice system relative to similarly developed nations. An important precursor to the implementation of criminal justice policy is the underlying ... -
Serial homicide cases : patterns in dormant periods.
(2016)The study of serial homicide offenders has been extensively investigated, however, there is a significant gap in the literature with respect to the dormant period. Little information is available with regard to patterns, ... -
Substance use disorders, comorbidity, and arrest among Indigenous adolescents
(SAGE Publications, 2015-12)Indigenous adolescents are overrepresented at multiple stages of the justice system, but we know very little about the role that mental health, particularly substance use disorder, plays in Indigenous pathways to arrest. ... -
The evaluation and validation of IDenta Corporation's Bullet-hole Testing Kit (BTK).
(2016)Originally developed in 1982, IDenta Corporation’s Bullet-hole Testing Kit (BTK) is currently being used around the world in the field of crime scene analysis. IDenta claims the kit can successfully be used to identify ... -
Use of forensic corpora in validation of data carving on solid-state drives.
(2016)The need for greater focus on the validation and verification of tools has become more evident in recent years. The research in this area has been minimal. Continued research regarding the validation of digital forensics ...