The article was originally published in the College of Arts and Science Desktop News. According to Dr. Erin Kearns, an assistant professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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Dr. Adam Lankford quoted in the Chicago Tribune
Dr. Adam Lankford was quoted in the Chicago Tribune as they discuss shootings by concealed carry license holders in Illinois. While the state of Illinois requires that new applicants take
Law enforcement ‘use of force’ study moves forward
Dr. Diana Dolliver has partnered with Dr. Ryan Cook on studying responses and brain activity of law enforcement officials. Together with help from the University of Alabama Police Department, they
Dr. Erin M. Kearns’s Research Asks Why Some Terrorist Attacks Receive More Media Attention that Others
Dr. Erin Kearns, Ms. Allison E. Betus, and Dr. Anthony F. Lemieux investigate disparity in media reportage of terrorist attacks in a recent article appearing the journal Justice Quarterly. The
Dr. Bronwen Lichtenstein and Dr. Stephen J. Clipper Explore Racial Disparities in Home Foreclosure
An article titled “Cumulative Disadvantage or Beating the Odds? Racial Disparities in Home Foreclosure by Neighbourhood Composition in the American Deep South” by Dr. Bronwen Lichtenstein, Dr. Joseph Weber, Dr.
Dr. Ariane Prohaska Considers Intersectional Approaches and Methodological Innovations in the Theorizing of Fat Oppression
Research by Dr. Ariane Prohaska and Dr. Jeannine A. Gailey appears in the October 2018 issue of the journal Fat Studies. The abstract appears below. The full article is available at
Dr. Bronwen Lichtenstein Considers the “Pathologies of Power” in an Alabama Tuberculosis Outbreak
An article titled “Sharecropper’s Tuberculosis: Pathologies of Power in a Fatal Outbreak” by Dr. Bronwen Lichtenstein with co-authors Ms. Towanda Pettway and Dr. Joe Weber appears in the Journal Cross-Cultural
Dr. Brittany Gilmer Explores the Intersections of Narratives, Media, and CJ Reform
An article by Dr. Brittany Gilmer and Caroline Comerford titled “Promoting pirate prisons: exploring the intersections of narratives, media, and criminal justice reform in East Africa” appears in the October
Instructor Douglas Klutz Authors CJ Career Guide
Douglas Klutz, who works as advising and internship director and as an instructor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, has written a comprehensive career guide for those interested
Dr. Ariane Prohaska and Dr. Melanie Holland Investigate Gender Effects in Sentencing
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