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Applegate, Brandon (1997) Specifying Public Support for Rehabilitation: A Factorial Survey Approach

Barton, Shannon (2000) Love me, hate me, beat me: The impact of child maltreatment on delinquency

Beck, Victoria Simpson (2002) Assessing The Effect Of Sex Offender Notification On Emotional, Cognitive, And Behavioral Reactions

Blevins, Kristie (2004) The Correctional Orientation Of “Child Savers”: The Level, Sources, And Impact Of Support For Rehabilitation Among Juvenile Correctional Workers

Bostaph, Lisa (2004) Race and Repeats: Does the Repetitive Nature of Police Motor Vehicle Stops Impact Racially-Biased Policing?

Brown, Kelly (1999) Intensive supervision probation: The effects of supervision philosophy on intensive probationer recidivism

Brown, Robert (2003) Exploring The Use Of Formal Authority In Police-Citizen Encounters

Buckler, Kevin (2004) An Examiniation of Print Media Organizational Processesin the Reporting of Homicide in the Houston Chronicle

Burek, Melissa Winston (2002) A Tale of two Crime-Types: A Examination of the Welfare-Crime Relationship

Coon, Julie Kiernan (2004) The Adoption of Crime Prevention Technologies in Public Schools

De Guzman, Melchor (2001) Integrity, Legitimacy, Efficiency, and Impact: Do All These Matter in the Civilian Review of the Police

Famega, Christine (2003) Discretion or Direction? An Analysis of Patrol Officer Downtime

Gordon, Jill (1996) An evaluation of Paint Creek Youth Center

Gunnison, Elaine (2001) Understanding female desistance from crime: Exploring theoretical and empirical relationships

Haas, Stephen (1999) High school aggression: A social learning analysis

Hanley, Dena (2002) Risk Differentiation and Intensive Supervision: A Meaningful Union?

Hartman, Jennifer (1998) Beyond the Gatekeepers: Court Professionals' Responses to Municipal Domestic Violence Cases in an Urban Area

Henderson, Martha (2000) The Meaning of Punishment: What Do Inmates Expect From Prison?

Holmes, Stephen (1997) Defining the occupational definition of police excessive force

Holsinger, Alexander (1999) Opening the 'Black Box': Assessing the Relationship Between Program Integrity and Recidivism

Holsinger, Kristi (1999) Addressing the Distinct Experience of the Adolescent Female: Explaining Delinquency and Examining the Juvenile Justice System

Hubbard, Dana (2002) Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment: An Analysis of Gender and Other Responsivity Characteristics and Their Effects on Success in Offender Rehabilitation

Hughes, Thomas (2000) Community Policing and Federal Civil Liability Under 42 USC §1983

Hurst, Yolander (1997) How kids view cops: The nature of juveniles' attitudes toward the police

Johnson-Listwan, Shelley (2001) Personality and Criminal Behavior: Reconsidering the Individual

Kadleck, Colleen (2001) Police Unions: A Empirical Examination

King, William (1998) Innovativeness in American municipal police organizations

Lowenkamp, Christopher (2004) Correctional Program Integrity and Treatment Effectiveness: A Multi-site, Program-level Analysis

Maahs, Jeff (2001) Maternal risk factors, early life events, and deviant outcomes: Assessing antisocial pathways from birth through adolescence

Novak, Kenneth (1999) Assessing Police-Citizen Encounters: Do Community and Beat Officers Differ?

Pealer, Jennifer (2004) A Community of Peers - Promoting Behavior Change: The Effectiveness of a Therapeutic Community for Juvenile Male Offenders in Reducing Recidivism

Pratt, Travis C. (2001) ASSESSING THE RELATIVE EFFECTS OF MACRO-LEVEL PREDICTORS OF CRIME: A META-ANALYSIS

Presser, Lois (2002) STORIES OF VIOLENT MEN: DISCURSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF OFFENDER IDENTITIES

Ratansi, Shamir (2004) Specialized Response Programs: Police Handling of Encounters Involving Persons with Mental Disorders

Sanders, Beth (1997) Variety in policing: Job activities of municipal police officers in Ohio

Santana, Shannon (2005) Determining the Influence of Self-Protective Behaviors on Violent Victimization Completion: Results from the National Crime Victimization Survey

Shaffer, Deborah Koetzle(2006) Reconsidering Drug Court Effectiveness: A Meta-analytic Review

Sperber, Kimberly (2003) Potential Applications of an Existing Offender Typology to Child Molesting Behaviors

Spiropoulos, Georgia (2007) The Neglect Of Racial Responsivity: An Examination Of Why Race Matters In Correctional Treatment

Stichman, Amy (2002) The Sources And Impact Of Inmate Perceptions Of Correctional Officer's Bases Of Power

Storman, Christopher R. (1999) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE POLICE: THE LIMA PSA PROJECT

Sundt, Jody (1997) Bringing Light to Dark Places: An Occupational Study of Prison Chaplains

Turner, Michael (2000) Good Kids in Bad Circumstances: A Longitudinal Analysis of Resilient Youth

Watkins, R. Cory (1998) Explaining the Distribution of Random Gunfire: A Block-Level Analysis of the Relationship Between Physical and Social Incivilities and Random Gunfire