Publications by the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice faculty members are collected here.

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Submissions from 2014

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The Study of Torture: Why It Persists, Why Perceptions of It are Malleable, and Why It is Difficult to Eradicate, Erin M. Kearns

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Lying About Terrorism, Erin M. Kearns, Brendan Conlon, and Joseph K. Young

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The Moderating Effects of Peer and Parental Support on the Relationship Between Vicarious Victimization and Substance Use, Riane N. Miller, Abigail A. Fagan, and Emily M. Wright

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Spare the Rod, Endanger the Child? Strain, Race/Ethnicity, and Serious Delinquency, Ryan E. Spohn

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Evidence Based Practice in Juvenile Justice: Nebraska White Paper, Richard L. Wiener, Anne M. Hobbs, and Ryan E. Spohn

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Te efect of experiencing child physical abuse on violence in adolescence is weakest in the most disadvantaged neighbourhoods, Emily M. Wright

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Penny for Your Thoughts? The Protective Effect of Youths’ Attitudes Against Drug Use in High-Risk Communities, Emily M. Wright, Abigail A. Fagan, and Gillian M. Pichevsky

Submissions from 2013

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Impediments of Labor Contracts on Prison Administrators’ Response to Staff–Inmate Sexual Misconduct, Gaylene Armstrong, Dennis Longmire, Doug J. Dretke, and Kevin Steinmetz

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Testing the Influence of Community Characteristics on School Misconduct, Todd A. Armstrong, Gaylene Armstrong, and Charles M. Katz

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Transformational Leadership Skills and Correlates of Prison Warden Job Stress, Cassandra A. Atkin-Plunk and Gaylene Armstrong

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What Lies Ahead: An Exploration of Future Orientation, Self-Control, and Delinquency, Samantha S. Clinkinbeard

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Assessing Youth Early in the Juvenile Justice System, Anne M. Hobbs, Timbre Wulf-Ludden, and Jenna Strawhun

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Victimization Experiences and Adolescent Substance Use: Does the Type and Degree of Victimization Matter?, Gillian M. Pichevsky, Abigail A. Fagan, and Emily M. Wright

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Gender Differences in the Effects of Exposure to Violence on Adolescent Substance Use, Gillian M. Pichevsky, Emily M. Wright, and Abigail A. Fagan

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College Students and Binge Drinking: Exploring the Relationship between Control and Intention on Behavior, Trisha Rhodes and Samantha S. Clinkinbeard

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Nebraska Sex Offender Registry Study, Ryan E. Spohn

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Intimate Partner Violence and the Victim-Offender Overlap, Marie Skubak Tillyer and Emily M. Wright

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‘Buffers’ against crime? Exploring the roles and limitations of positive relationships among women in prison, Emily M. Wright, Dana D. DeHart, Barbara A. Koons-Witt, and Courtney A. Crittenden

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The Cycle of Violence in Context: Exploring the Moderating Roles of Neighborhood Disadvantage and Cultural Norms, Emily M. Wright and Abigail A. Fagan

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The effects of exposure to violence and victimization across life domains on adolescent substance us, Emily M. Wright, Abigail A. Fagan, and Gillian M. Pinchevsky

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The Role of Vicarious and Anticipated Strain on the Overlap of Violent Perpetration and Victimization: A Test of General Strain Theory, Egbert Zavala and Ryan E. Spohn

Submissions from 2012

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Motivational Interviewing, Gaylene Armstrong

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Predicting Patriarchy: Using Individual and Contextual Factors to Examine Patriarchal Endorsement in Communities, Courtney A. Crittenden and Emily M. Wright

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Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Relationship Between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Adolescent Substance Use, Abigail A. Fagan, Emily M. Wright, and Gillian M. Pinchevsky

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The Human Experiment in Treatment: A Means to the End of Offender Recidivism, Doris Layton MacKenzie and Gaylene S. Armstrong

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The Impact of Neighborhoods on Intimate Partner Violence and Victimization, Gillian M. Pichevsky and Emily M. Wright

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Delinquent Friends and Reactions to Strain: An Examination of Direct and Indirect Pathways, Ryan E. Spohn

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The Relationship Between Social Support and Intimate Partner Violence in Neighborhood Context, Emily M. Wright

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Gender-Responsive Lessons Learned and Policy Implications for Women in Prison: A Review, Emily M. Wright, Patricia Van Voorhis, Emily J. Salisbury, and Ashley Bauman

Submissions from 2011

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Factors to Consider for Optimal Span of Control in Community Supervision Evidence-Based Practice Environments, Gaylene Armstrong

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Can financial incentives reduce juvenile confinement levels? An evaluation of the Redeploy Illinois program, Gaylene Armstrong, Todd A. Armstrong, Vince J. Webb, and Cassandra A. Atkin-Plunk

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Examining GPS monitoring alerts triggered by sex offenders: The divergence of legislative goals and practical application in community corrections, Gaylene Armstrong and Beth C. Freeman

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Juvenile Penalties for “Lawyering Up”: The Role of Counsel and Extralegal Case Characteristics, Gaylene Armstrong and Bitna Kim

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Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act, Cassandra A. Atkin-Plunk and Gaylene Armstrong

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Does the Concentration of Parolees in a Community Impact Employer Attitudes Toward the Hiring of Ex-Offenders?, Cassandra A. Atkin-Plunk and Gaylene Armstrong

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Perceived Support, Belonging, and Possible Selves Strategies Among Incarcerated Juvenile Offenders, Samantha S. Clinkinbeard and Colleen I. Murray

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Expectations, Fears, and Strategies: Juvenile Offender Thoughts on a Future Outside of Incarceration, Samantha S. Clinkinbeard and Trusty Zohra

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The Effects of Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence on Children’s Development, Courtney A. Crittenden, Emily M. Wright, and Abigail A. Fagan

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Gender differences in the effects of exposure to intimate partner violence on adolescent violence and drug use, Abigail A. Fagan and Emily M. Wright

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The Effects of Neighborhood Context on Youth Violence and Delinquency: Does Gender Matter?, Abigail A. Fagan and Emily M. Wright

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Family Structure as a Social Context for Family Conflict: Unjust Strain and Serious Delinquency, Ryan E. Spohn and Don L. Kurtz

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Examining the Effects of Residential Situations and Residential Mobility on Offender Recidivism, Benjamin M. Steiner, Matthew D. Makarios, and Lawrence F. Travis III

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Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence: Does the Gender of the Perpetrator Matter for Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes?, Emily M. Wright and Abigail A. Fagan

Submissions from 2010

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Predictors Of Completion In A Batterer Treatment Program: The Effects of Referral Source Supervision, Sara J. Barber and Emily M. Wright

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Attitudes about Addiction: A National Study of Addiction Educators, Angela D. Broadus, Joyce A. Hartje, Nancy A. Roget, Kristy L. Cahoon, and Samantha S. Clinkinbeard

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Sleep and Delinquency: Does the Amount of Sleep Matter?, Samantha S. Clinkinbeard, Peter Simi, Mary K. Evans, and Amy L. Anderson

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Ohio Regional Forum Report Findings from the Survey and Small Small-Group Participation, Ryan E. Spohn

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Women’s Risk Factors and Their Contributions to Existing Risk/Needs Assessment: The Current Status of a Gender-Responsive Supplement, Patricia Van Voorhis, Emily M. Wright, Emily J. Salisbury, and Ashley Bauman

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Clarifying the Effects of Neighborhood Context on Violence “Behind Closed Doors”, Emily M. Wright and Michael L. Benson

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Immigration and Intimate Partner Violence: Exploring the Immigrant Paradox, Emily M. Wright and Michael L. Benson

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Relational Aggression, Intimate Partner Violence, and Gender: An Exploratory Analysis, Emily M. Wright and Michael L. Benson

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Emotional Abuse and Controlling Behaviors in Heterosexual Relationships: The Role of Employment and Alcohol Use for Women and Their Partners, Egbert Zavala and Ryan E. Spohn

Submissions from 2009

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A Multivariate Analysis of the Sociodemographic Predictors of Methamphetamine Production and Use, Todd A. Armstrong and Gaylene Armstrong

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The psychology of AMBER Alert: Unresolved issues and implications, Monica K. Miller, Timothy Griffin, Samantha S. Clinkinbeard, and Rebecca M. Thomas

Submissions from 2008

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BookReview: Price, B. E. (2006). Merchandizing Prisoners: Who Really Pays for Prison Privatization? Westport, CT: Praeger. 187 pp, Gaylene Armstrong

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The Organizational, Community and Programmatic Characteristics that Predict the Effective Implementation of After-School Programs, Todd A. Armstrong and Gaylene Armstrong

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An Assessment of Scales Measuring Constructs in Tests of Criminological Theory Based on National Youth Survey Data, Todd A. Armstrong, Daniel R. Lee, and Gaylene Armstrong

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Is There Such a Thing as “Defended Community Homicide”?: The Necessity of Methods Triangulation, Elizabeth Griffiths, Robert D. Baller, Ryan E. Spohn, and Rosemary Gartner

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Investigating Racial Disparity at the Detention Decision: The Role of Respectability, Don L. Kurtz, Travis Linnemann, and Ryan E. Spohn

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An Assessment of Cross-National Variation in Rates of Incarceration, Ryan E. Spohn and Travis Linnemann

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The Measurement of Psychopathy: Dimensional and Taxometric Approaches, Emily M. Wright

Submissions from 2007

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The Effect of Local Life Circumstances on Victimization of Drug‐Involved Women, Gaylene Armstrong and Marie L. Griffin

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Effects of Individual and Contextual Characteristics on Preadjudication Detention of Juvenile Delinquents, Gaylene Armstrong and Nancy Rodriguez

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Risk and Protective Factors Predictive of Sense of Coherence during Adolescence, Shawn C. Marsh, Samantha S. Clinkinbeard, Rebecca M. Thomas, and William P. Evans

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Review of Juvenile Delinquency: Causes and Control (2nd edition) by Robert Agnew, Ryan E. Spohn

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Predicting the Prison Misconducts of Women Offenders: The Importance of Gender-Responsive Needs, Emily M. Wright, Emily J. Salisbury, and Patricia Van Voorhis

Submissions from 2006

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Recent Efforts to Make Nebraska Juries More Representative of Their Communities, Carly Duvall and Elizabeth Neeley

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The effect of local life circumstances on female probationers' offending, Marie L. Griffin and Gaylene Armstrong

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Improving the AMBER Alert System: Psychology Research & Policy Recommendation, Monica K. Miller and Samantha S. Clinkinbeard

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Review of Fathers under Fire: The Revolution in Child Support Enforcement, by Irwin Garfinkel, Sara S. McLanahan, Daniel R. Meyer, and Judith A. Seltzer, Ryan E. Spohn

Review of The Cultural Lives of Capital Punishment: Comparative Perspectives edited by Austin Sarat and Christian Boulanger, Ryan E. Spohn

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Assessing the Relative Effects of State Direct File Waiver Laws on Violent Juvenile Crime: Deterrence or Irrelevance, Benjamin Steiner and Emily M. Wright

Submissions from 2005

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Evaluating the Competing Assumptions of Gottfredson and Hirschi’s (1990) A General Theory of Crime and Psychological Explanations of Agression, Todd A. Armstrong

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Pulpits and Platforms: The Role of the Church in Determining Protest among Black Americans, Scott T. Fitzgerald and Ryan E. Spohn

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Correctional Officers’ Perceptions of Equitable Treatment in the Masculinized Prison Environment, Marie L. Griffin, Gaylene Armstrong, and John R. Hepburn

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Delinquency and Gun Violence: The Intervening Role of Values toward Guns, Ryan E. Spohn

Submissions from 2004

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Does the job matter? Comparing correlates of stress among treatment and correctional staff in prisons, Gaylene Armstrong and Marie L. Griffin

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WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Boot Camps in the Future, Doris Layton MacKenzie and Gaylene Armstrong

Submissions from 2003

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Book Review: Boot camps: An intermediate sanction, Gaylene Armstrong

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Private Versus Public Juvenile Correctional Facilities: Do Differences in Environmental Quality Exist?, Gaylene Armstrong and Doris Layton MacKenzie

Submissions from 2002

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Boot Camps, Gaylene Armstrong and Doris Layton MacKenzie

Submissions from 2001

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Book Review: Forms of Constraint: A History of Prison Architecture, Gaylene Armstrong

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The Impact of Boot Camps and Traditional Institutions on Juvenile Residents: Perceptions, Adjustment, and Change, Doris Layton MacKenzie, David B. Wilson, Gaylene Armstrong, and Angela Gover

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The influences of personal background on perceptions of juvenile correctional environments, Ojmarrh Mitchell, Doris Layton MacKenzie, Angela Gover, and Gaylene Armstrong

Submissions from 2000

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Perceived conditions of confinement: A national evaluation of juvenile boot camps and traditional facilities., Gaylene Armstrong, Doris Layton MacKenzie, Angela Gover, and Ojmarrh Mitchell

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Boot camps and traditional correctional facilities for juveniles A comparison of the participants, daily activities, and environments, Angela Gover, Doris Layton MacKenzie, and Gaylene Armstrong

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Importation and Deprivation Explanations of Juveniles’ Adjustment to Correctional Facilities, Angela Gover, Doris Layton MacKenzie, and Gaylene Armstrong

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The impact of individual, organizational, and environmental attributes on voluntary turnover among juvenile correctional staff members, Ojmarrh Mitchell, Doris Layton MacKenzie, Gaylene Armstrong, and Angela Gover

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Gender Differences in the Effect of Child Maltreatment on Criminal Activity over the Life Course, Ryan E. Spohn

Submissions from 1999

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The Environment and Working Conditions in Juvenile Boot Camps and Traditional Facilities, Ojmarrh Mitchell, Doris Layton MacKenzie, Angela Gover, and Gaylene Armstrong

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Adolescent substance use and adult health status, Ryan E. Spohn and Howard B. Kaplan

Submissions from 1998

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Performance-based standards for juvenile corrections, Doris Layton MacKenzie, Gaylene Armstrong, and Angela R. Grover