Were California’s Decarceration Efforts Smart? A Quasi-Experimental Examination of Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities

Were California’s Decarceration Efforts Smart? A Quasi-Experimental Examination of Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities Criminal Justice and Behavior, Ahead of Print. Over the last decade, California has undertaken one of…
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Are the Effects of Legitimacy and Its Components Invariant? Operationalization and the Generality of Sunshine and Tyler’s Empowerment Hypothesis

Are the Effects of Legitimacy and Its Components Invariant? Operationalization and the Generality of Sunshine and Tyler’s Empowerment Hypothesis Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Ahead of Print. Objectives:To…
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The Adolescent Peer Relations Instrument- Bully/Target: Measurement Invariance Across Gender, Age, and Clinical Status

The Adolescent Peer Relations Instrument- Bully/Target: Measurement Invariance Across Gender, Age, and Clinical Status Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Ahead of Print. Adolescent Peer Relations Instrument–Bully/Target (APRI-BT) is a multidimensional scale…
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The National Death Index as a Source of Homicide Data: A Methodological Exposition of Promises and Pitfalls for Criminologists

The National Death Index as a Source of Homicide Data: A Methodological Exposition of Promises and Pitfalls for Criminologists Homicide Studies, Ahead of Print. Criminologists largely rely on national deidentified…
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Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer Speaks at the Los Angeles Health Care Fraud Prevention Summit

Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer Speaks at the Los Angeles Health Care Fraud Prevention Summit "These summits offer our agencies the opportunity to share our…
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Mississippi Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Production, Distribution, Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography

Mississippi Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Production, Distribution, Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography Robert Morris of Crystal Springs, Miss., was sentenced today to 35 years in…
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It Happens in #ChurchToo: Twitter Discourse Regarding Sexual Victimization Within Religious Communities

It Happens in #ChurchToo: Twitter Discourse Regarding Sexual Victimization Within Religious Communities Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Ahead of Print. This study sought to characterize online disclosure of, and reactions to,…
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