Code(s) of the streets: a structural equation model predicting conflict response and crime
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Code(s) of the streets: a structural equation model predicting conflict response and crime
Andy Hochstetler Jacob Erickson Kyle Burgason Joe Hollis a Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Iowa State University Farmhouse laneames, IA, USAb Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USAc Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USAd Doctoral Candidate, Sociology and Criminal Justice, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USAAndy Hochstetler is Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Iowa State University. Much of his work examines offender decision-making and outcomes by incorporating offenders’ self-appraisals, estimated prospects for conventional success, and environmental contexts into understanding and predicting recidivism and crime continuation. He also has written on aspects of drug use and misuse and reentry from correctional sentences.Jacob Erickson is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Dr. Erickson’s work considers identity and decision-making processes of those involved in deviant and criminal behavior and pays special attention to drug involvement and violent crime. He uses both quantitative and qualitative methods in his scholarship.Kyle Burgason is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Director of Graduate Education in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Iowa State University. His research interests include: policing, ethics in criminal justice, race and crime, criminological theory, structural and cultural context of violent crime and victimization, capital punishment, and optimal foraging theory’s applications to crime.Joe Hollis is a Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Iowa State University. He is currently completing a PhD in Rural Sociology. His research interests include institutional trust, community engagement, social capital theory, and socio-economic inequality in rural areas.