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In the Media

  • Dr. Ghazi-Tehrani recognized by American Society of Criminology
  • Celebrities who cheat are more likely to commit sexual crimes, study finds
  • New Article Testing Plausible Mechanisms for the Contagion of Street Gang Violence by Dr. Matthew Valasik Published in Network Science

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: 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. Diana Dolliver Analyzes Hybrid Approaches to Digital Forensic Investigations

  • October 25th, 2017

An upcoming issue of the journal Digital Investigation: The International Journal of Digital Forensics & Incident Response will feature an article titled “Hybrid Approaches to Digital Forensic Investigations: A Comparative Analysis in

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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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Categories: Faculty in the Media, Research

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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Categories: Faculty in the Media, Research

Dr. Jane Daquin Examines the Impacts of Mental Health Treatment, Mental Disorders on Victimization Among Prisoners

  • September 1st, 2017

In an article appearing in the latest issue of the journal Criminal Behavior and Mental Health, Jane Daquin and co-author Leah E. Daigle examine the relationship between specific mental disorders,

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Dr. Adam Lankford Explores the Role of Social Contagion in Mass Killings

  • September 1st, 2017

Along with his co-author Sara Tomek, Adam Lankford examined the wide-spread belief that mass killings are socially contagious for up to two weeks in a recent article in the journal

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Categories: Research

Dr. Stephen Clipper Explores the Link Between Bond Forfeiture and Pretrial Release Mechanism in Dallas Co., TX

  • August 22nd, 2017

Stephen Clipper, along with Robert G. Morris and Amanda Russell-Kaplan, evaluated the efficacy of four pretrial jail release mechanisms, attorney bonds, cash bonds, commercial bail bonds, and release via pretrial

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Categories: Research

Dr. Bronwen Lichtenstein’s Research on HIV Risk Appears in Culture, Health & Sexuality

  • July 20th, 2017

Dr. Lichtenstein’s article, titled “Ricky and Lucy: gender stereotyping among young Black men who have sex with men in the US Deep South and the implications for HIV risk in

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