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  1. Criminology & Criminal Justice
  2. Faculty in the Media

In the Media

  • New Article Testing Plausible Mechanisms for the Contagion of Street Gang Violence by Dr. Matthew Valasik Published in Network Science
  • Dr. Dewey, Dr. VandeBerg, CCJ Masters Alum Oroz, and Dr. Lockwood-Roberts Publish Study on Prison Staff Responses to Media Representations of Their Work
  • Graduate Student Tori Stuecklen Inspects the State of the Juvenile Justice System In Relation to Social Control for Class Research

Faculty Spotlight

Dr. Adam Lankford recently published a study on the 2016 Dallas and Baton Rouge cop killers, who committed two of the worst targeted attacks on American police officers in recent history — within eleven days of each other.

Category: Faculty in the Media

Dr. Ariane Prohaska and Dr. Melanie Holland Investigate Gender Effects in Sentencing

  • July 3rd, 2018

Ariane Prohaska, an associate professor at The University of Alabama, and Dr. Melanie Holland, an assistant professor at Pennsylvania State University, Altoona, have co-authored an article titled “Gender Effects Across

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Categories: Faculty in the Media, Research

“If Torture Is Wrong, What About 24?” Dr. Erin Kearns explores the Hollywood Effect

  • January 8th, 2018

Recent research by Erin Kearns and co-author Joseph K. Young explored the effects of media depictions of torture as a counterterrorism on public opinion and policy. Their work appears in

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Categories: Faculty in the Media, Research

Dr. Erin Kearns Explores Officer Opinions of Community Policing

  • October 26th, 2017

Despite community policing’s potential to improve relationships between police and citizens, not all officers equally support these measures. Recent research by Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice professor Erin Kearns

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Categories: Faculty in the Media, Research

Dr. Adam Lankford Argues Against Media Naming Mass Killers

  • October 9th, 2017

In a recent issue of the journal American Behavioral Scientist, Dr. Adam Lankford and co-author Dr. Eric Madfis explain that a significant body of research indicates that many mass shooters are

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Dr. Prohaska Discusses Her Roles as a Tornado Survivor, Researcher in Recent Chapter

  • October 9th, 2017

A recent edited volume, Negotiating the Emotional Challenges of Conducting Deeply Personal Research in Health, explores how the emotional impact of trauma influences practice and outcome success in health-related fields. This

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Dr. Adam Lankford Draws on New Research to Re-Examine the Mental Health of 9-11 Hijackers

  • September 1st, 2017

Adam Lankford’s research into the mental health problems of the 9-11 terrorists appears in a recent issue of the journal Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. In the more than fifteen

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Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0320

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