• A Linguistic Analysis of Mass Shooter Journals, Diaries, Correspondence, and Manifestos 

  Duong, Hillary (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  Mass shootings often result in panic and calls for increased public safety. Past research has focused on the motives and ambitions of the shooters in hopes of determining their rationale for prevention, while other studies ...
• Prison dog training programs linked to positive prison social climate 

  McNeil, Erin Terese (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  While dog training programs have spread into prisons across the United States and have received substantial attention in both media and qualitative research, few studies have looked to quantify their effects on the prison ...
• Prison sex: is TV getting it right or not? 

  Storey, Epiphany (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  Although prison victimization – specifically sexual victimization – is a taboo subject, it is receiving more national attention than in the past. Despite the increased attention there is still limited research examining ...
• Gender differences in prison program involvement and inmate misconduct 

  Rude, Amanda Taylor (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  The majority of current literature surrounding prison program involvement and inmate behavior focuses on recidivism, this study adds to the current literature by exploring the impact that involvement in different types of ...
• When to call the police?: how crime type and contextual factors impact crime reporting 

  Sharo, Carol Ann (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  Crime reporting is vital for community safety, yet many crimes are not reported to police. What factors impact a citizen’s decision whether or not to report crime? Extant literature has focused on between-person likelihood ...
• Double stigma: how jurors perceive mentally ill defendants 

  Kortright, Kelly Elizabeth (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  The media has had a long history of portraying mentally ill individuals as a danger to the community and others, feeding the public imagery, which may contribute to the perceived criminalization of mental illness. While ...
• Recreation and delinquency: an examination of the relationship between organized and unorganized recreational activity and types of delinquency 

  Mondeh, Tamba (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  Recreational activity, whether organized or unorganized, has an interesting relationship with delinquency. Generally, research shows that delinquent youth were less likely to participate in organized recreational activity ...
• Students' attitudes toward marijuana legalization and law enforcement 

  Fisher, Taylor Shae (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  The legalization of recreational marijuana is a policy change that eight states have recently enacted, providing a tax revenue that greatly benefits the states in which marijuana is legalized. While the state of Alabama ...
• Analyzing the attitudes of law students towards sex offenders 

  Trull, Valerie Elisabeth (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  A significant amount of research has aimed to determine attitudes towards sex offenders and treatment for sex offenders, especially for those involved in the criminal justice system. Researchers have utilized the Community ...
• Sources of strain experienced by homegrown jihadist terrorists 

  Sikes, Michael (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  The United States is not immune to the threat of homegrown jihadist terrorism. The issue demands more attention with each successful attack. Identifying individuals before they radicalize and commit acts of violence is a ...
• Reporting behaviors of women inmates 

  Surrell, April Marie (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  Sexual assault within the correctional system has been a constant issue in America since its creation. While special protections are supposed to be provided for vulnerable populations such as inmates, research shows that ...
• The role of procedural justice in international tribunals: a study of six international tribunals and their prosecution of perpetrators of genocide 

  Poston, Alexis Anne (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  Genocide studies have recently become an academic phenomenon. However, it is a field that is lacking a criminological perspective. In retrospect, one finds that the field of criminology has also largely neglected to study ...
• Does appearance matter?: the effect of skin tones on trustworthy and innocent appearances 

  Birdsong, Conner Key (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  Decades of research show that among first time offenders Blacks receive a harsher punishment in general than Whites, even after controlling for legally relevant and non-relevant factors. Sentencing disparities between ...
• Guilty or not guilty - trust, affect, & cognition in mock juror decision making 

  Young, Akeisha (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  Legitimacy, more specifically, trust in legal authorities and procedural fairness, has garnered a great deal of significance in the legal system and society. The current study assessed the construct dimensionality of trust ...
• An analysis of human trafficking in Alabama 

  McKenzie, Daniel H. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  While awareness of human trafficking has increased in recent years, research suggests that more education is needed for first responders (e.g., law enforcement, fire and rescue, health care professionals, etc.) in order ...
• The linguistics of terror: a content analysis of suicide notes and martyr manifestos 

  Smith, Chelsea H. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  Despite growing interest in the motivations and psychological profiles of suicide attackers, few empirical studies have examined their personal writings and recordings. The present study seeks to uncover linguistic trends ...
• Exploiting the digital frontier: hacker typology and motivation 

  McBrayer, John Charles (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

  The current study combined the hacker taxonomies presented by Loper (2000), Parker (1998), Rege-Patwardhan (2009), and Rogers (1999; 2006; personal communication) and proposed a simplified taxonomy which included: script ...
• Law enforcement on social network sites: a course assessment 

  Martin, Rita Allyse (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

  The current study was a pilot study intended to add to the growing literature on the use of social network sites (SNS) in investigations by law enforcement (LE) personnel. The study focused exclusively on graduates of the ...
• Victim-defense attorney interactions in court: the defense attorney perspective 

  Alexander, Lauren Nicole (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

  Despite substantial research focusing on victims of crime and their interactions with various criminal justice professionals, few studies have explored the relationship between victims and defense attorneys. Understanding ...
• Rape myth acceptance in the Deep South 

  Rocker, Dixie (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

  The current study explores the relationship between rape myth acceptance and masculinity in the Deep South. Rape myth acceptance has been studied in great detail, with many researchers asserting that the greatest predictor ...

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