A collection of published articles from members of the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Kennesaw State University.
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Submissions from 2023
Radicalized Environmental Extremism and Situational Decision Making, Timothy C. Barnum and Michael K. Logan
Examining the Use of Offshore Online Gambling Sites in the United States via Routine Activities Theory: A SEM Analysis, Sinyong Choi
Critical Socioanalysis and the Critique of Religion, or, Why I Read Theory: Gloria Anzaldúa, Jacques Lacan, and Memories of Latin America, Joel M. Crombez
Segmented Information, Segregated Outcomes: Housing Affordability and Neighborhood Representation on a Voucher-Focused Online Housing Platform and Three Mainstream Alternatives, Chris Hess, Rebecca J. Walter, Ian Kennedy, Arthur Acolin, Alex Ramiller, and Kyle Crowder
Climate change, counter-terrorism and capitalist development in Somalia, Jason C. Mueller
Subjective destitution, love, and rebellion in pandemic times: Theorizing with Hot Skull, Jason C. Mueller
Universality, Black Lives Matter, and the George Floyd Uprising, Jason C. Mueller
Exploring police legitimacy and other factors in predicting cooperation with police in the Atlanta Korean American community, Jiseun Sohn, Insun Park, Gang Lee, and Sinyong Choi
Policing The Drinking Community: An Exploration of Community Alcohol Norms and Driving Under the Influence Enforcement (1985-2014), Richard J. Stringer
Submissions from 2022
Incidence rates of emotional, sexual, and physical abuse in active-duty military service members, 1997–2015, T. L. Collette, S. A. von Esenwein, K. E. Moore, and E. Sterling
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE), Adolescent Misconduct, and Violent Extremism: A Comparison of Former Left-Wing and Right-Wing Extremists, Michael K. Logan, Steven Windisch, and Pete Simi
The Effectiveness of Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies in Localized Contexts, Brandon D. Lundy, Tyler L. Collette, and J. Taylor Downs
Examining the Extent and Predictors of the Negative Impacts of a Campus Carry Law Among Faculty and Students, Heidi L. Scherer, Jennifer McMahon-Howard, and James T. McCafferty
Drunk driving and deterrence: exploring the reconceptualized deterrence hypothesis and self-reported drunk driving, Richard J. Stringer
Trajectories of Offending: Comparing US Born and Non-US Born Respondents in the Add Health, Stephen J. Watts and Sara Z. Evans
Submissions from 2021
Motivations for Social Interaction: The Case of Pokémon Go After the Fad Ended, Jocelyn Evans, Sara Z. Evans, Daniel B. Shank, and Quinton P. Fallon
Barriers to the Adoption of Technological Innovations in Corrections: A Review and Case Study, Tanja C. Link and Beverly Reece
Constraints to malevolent innovation in terrorist attacks, Michael K. Logan, Adam Damadzic, Kelsey Medeiros, Gina S. Ligon, and Douglas C. Derrick
Come one, come all: Individual-level diversity among anti-fascists, Michael K. Logan and Gina S. Ligon
Sea turtle conservation: Volunteers’ experience of symbolic threat, Gail L. Markle
Examining the Effects of Passing a Campus Carry Law: Comparing Campus Safety Before and After Georgia’s New Campus Carry Law, Jennifer McMahon-Howard, Heidi L. Scherer, and James T. McCafferty
Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty: Contextual and Situational Factors Relating to Body Armor, Rebecca D. Petersen and Aimee Ouellet
Police officers’ knowledge of Gant, James A. Purdon, Henry F. Fradella, Christopher D. Totten, and Gang Lee
Hesitant to pull the trigger: how the perceived impact of guns on campus influences support or opposition to campus carry laws, Heidi L. Scherer, Jennifer McMahon-Howard, and James T. McCafferty
Hesitant to pull the trigger: how the perceived impact of guns on campus influences support or opposition to campus carry laws, Heidi L. Scherer, Jennifer McMahon-Howard, and James T. McCafferty
Poly-Victimization Among Female College Students: Are the Risk Factors the Same as Those Who Experience One Type of Victimization?, Jamie A. Snyder, Heidi L. Scherer, and Bonnie S. Fisher
Deterring the Drunk Driver: An Examination of Conditional Deterrence and Self-Reported Drunk Driving, Richard J. Stringer
Deterring the Drunk Driver: An Examination of Conditional Deterrence and Self-Reported Drunk Driving, Richard J. Stringer
From “Just Say No” to “I Didn’t Inhale” to We Have “Bigger Fish to Fry”: The President, The Media, and Attitudes Toward Marijuana Legalization, Richard J. Stringer and Scott R. Maggard
From “Just Say No” to “I Didn’t Inhale” to We Have “Bigger Fish to Fry”: The President, The Media, and Attitudes Toward Marijuana Legalization, Richard J. Stringer and Scott R. Maggard
Predictive validity and measurement invariance in juvenile risk assessment: Implications for racial and ethnic disparities in juvenile justice, Christopher J. Sullivan, James McCafferty, Jamie Newsome, and Amber Mandalari
Predictive validity and measurement invariance in juvenile risk assessment: Implications for racial and ethnic disparities in juvenile justice, Christopher J. Sullivan, James McCafferty, Jamie Newsome, and Amber Mandalari
Police perceptions, knowledge, and performance: Traffic stops and the use of K-9 units, Christopher D. Totten, Gang Lee, and Daniel Ozment
The effect of sexual victimization on attachment in emerging adulthood: An analysis of an African-American sample, Stephen Watts, Sara Z. Evans, Leslie G. Simons, and Ronald L. Simons
The effect of sexual victimization on attachment in emerging adulthood: An analysis of an African-American sample, Stephen Watts, Sara Z. Evans, Leslie G. Simons, and Ronald L. Simons
Submissions from 2020
Fairness, Social Support, and School Violence: Racial Differences in the Likelihood of Fighting at School, Katie James, Stephen J. Watts, and Sara Z. Evans
Submissions from 2019
Visitors’ Experiences and Reactions to a Dark Heritage Site: The Case of the Cape Coast Castle (2010–2015), Sam Abaidoo and Dorothy Takyiakwaa
“Create in Me a Clean Heart”: The Role of Spirituality in Desistance From Substance Use, Beverly Reece Crank and Brent Teasdale
Mothering Behind Bars: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Prison Nursery Programs on Recidivism Reduction, Kimberly D. Dodson, LeAnn N. Cabage, and Shaina M. McMillan
Fast-Tracking Justice: An Examination of the Role of Gender in the Application of Federal Early Disposition Decisions and Other Departure Outcomes for Immigration Offenses, Melanie M. Holland
Submissions from 2018
Just-in-Time Workforce: Temporary Workers as a Structural Aspect of Lean Production, Darina Lepadatu
Concealed Guns on College Campuses: Examining Support for Campus Carry Among Faculty, Staff, and Students, Jennifer McMahon-Howard, Heidi Scherer, and James T. McCafferty
Policing The Drunk Driving Problem: A Longitudinal Examination of DUI Enforcement and Alcohol Related Crashes in the U.S. (1985–2015), Richard J. Stringer
Submissions from 2016
Differential Vulnerability: Disentangling the Effects of State Dependence and Population Heterogeneity on Repeat Victimization, Jody Clay-Warner, Jackson M. Bunch, and Jennifer McMahon-Howard
Misalignment of Career and Educational Aspirations in Middle School: Differences across Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status, Brea L. Perry, Elizabeth Martinez, Edward Morris, and Tanja C. Link
From Athletes to Astrophysicists: Gender Differences in Patterns and Predictors of Career Aspirations in Pre-Adolescence, Brea L. Perry, Edward W. Morris, Tanja C. Link, and Carl Leukefeld
Intimate Partner Victimization Among College Students With and Without Disabilities: Prevalence of and Relationship to Emotional Well-Being, Heidi L. Scherer, Jamie A. Snyder, and Bonnie S. Fisher
Gender Differences in Associations Between Cancer-related Problems and Relationship Dissolution Among Cancer Survivors, Cristina Stephens, J. Lee Westmaas, Jihye Kim, and Rachel Cannady
Submissions from 2015
Diversifying the STEM Pipeline, Christina Boelter, Tanja C. Link, Brea L. Perry, and Carl Leukefeld
Factors Influencing Persistence Among Nontraditional University Students, Gail Markle
The Relationships Between Police Performance and Public Confidence: A Case Study in Thailand, Prapon Sahapattana and Sutham Cobkit
Perception vs. Reality: The Relationship Between Organized Crime and Human Trafficking in Metropolitan Atlanta, Tara M. Tripp and Jennifer McMahon-Howard
Submissions from 2014
Reading Du Bois on East Africa: Epistemological Implications of Apartheid Constructions of Knowledge, Jesse Benjamin
Indigeneity and Modernity: From Conceptual Category to Strategic Juridical Identity in the Context of Conflict, Jesse Benjamin and Brandon D. Lundy
Social Science and Morality: An Empirical Analysis, Melvyn Fein
The 'Professionalized' Solution to the 'College Bubble'., Melvyn Fein
Social Science and Morality: An Empirical Analysis, Melvyn L. Fein
Dual, Yet Dueling Illnesses: Multiple Chronic Illness Experience at Midlife, Gail L. Markle, Brandon K. Attell, and Linda A. Treiber
The Black Box of Diversity in Sport Teams: Converging Factors and Theoretical Explorations, Claudia Stura and Darina Lepadatu
Submissions from 2013
Katama Mkangi's Subaltern Sociology: Legacies of Race and Colonialism at the Coast of East Africa, Jesse Benjamin
Introduction to the Special Issue: Fat Masculinities, Daniel Farr
Pro-Environmental Behavior: Does It Matter How It’s Measured? Development and Validation of the Pro-Environmental Behavior Scale (PEBS), Gail L. Markle
An Evaluation of a Child Welfare Training Program on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC), Jennifer McMahon-Howard and Birthe Reimers
McJobs and Pieces of Flair: Linking McDonaldization to Alienating Work, Linda Ann Treiber
Submissions from 2012
Baby Boomer Drug Users: Career Phases, Identity, Self-Concept, and Social Control, Miriam W. Boeri, Claire E. Sterk, and Kirk W. Elifson
A Contextual Comparison of Risk Behaviors among Older Adult Drug Users and Harm Reduction in Suburban Versus Inner-city Social Environments, Miriam W. Boeri and Benjamin D. Tyndall
Post Liberalism: The Death of a Dream, Melvyn L. Fein
Human Hierarchies: A General Theory, Melvyn L. Fein
When Nurses Become the "Second" Victim, Jackie H. Jones and Linda A. Treiber
An Exploration of the Relationship Between the Use of Methamphetamine and Prescription Drugs, Aukje K. Lamonica and Miriam W. Boeri
Blinded to Science: Gender Differences in the Effects of Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status on Academic and Science Attitudes among Sixth Graders, Brea L. Perry, Tanja Link, Christina Boelter, and Carl Leukefeld
Social Organization and Social Ties: Their Effects on Sexual Harassment Victimization in the Workplace, Jamie A. Snyder, Heidi L. Scherer, and Bonnie S. Fisher
The Role of ‘Workplace Family’ Support on Worker Health, Exhaustion and Pain, Linda A. Treiber and Shannon N. Davis
Medication Errors, routines, and Differences Between Perioperative and Non-perioperative Nurses, Linda A. Treiber and Jackie H. Jones
Submissions from 2011
Orwell's Green Patrol and the Relentless Racialized Illogic of Ethnic Cleansing in the Name of Environmentalism, Jesse Benjamin
Social Recovery, Social Capital, and Drug Courts, Miriam W. Boeri, Aukje K. Lamonica, and Liam Harbry
Suburban Poverty: Barriers to Services and Injury Prevention among Marginalized Women who Use Methamphetamine, Miriam W. Boeri, Benjamin Tyndall, and Denise R. Woodall
Drug Use Trajectory Patterns among Older Drug Users, Miriam W. Boeri, Thor Whalen, Benjamin Tyndall, and Ellen Ballard
Addiction and Sociality: Perspectives from Methamphetamine Users in Suburban USA, Paul Boshears, Miriam W. Boeri, and Liam Harbry
Addiction Discourse and Sociality: Perspectives from Methamphetamine Users in Suburban USA, Paul Boshears, Miriam W. Boeri, and Liam Harbry
On Loss and Losing: Beyond the Medical Model of Personal Distress, Melvyn L. Fein
Diversity at Kaizen Motors: Gender, Race, Age and Insecurity in a Japanese Auto Transplant, Darina Lepadatu and Thomas Janoski
Constructions of Citizenship among Multinational Corporations, Gail L. Markle
Does the Controversy Matter? Comparing the Causal Determinants of the Adoption of Controversial and Noncontroversial Rape Law Reforms, Jennifer McMahon-Howard
A Study to Reduce Medication Errors Using Watson's Caring Theory, Tommie P. Nelms, Jackie Jones, and Linda A. Treiber
Head-of-State and Foreign Official Immunity in the United States after Samantar: A Suggested Approach, Christopher Totten
Submissions from 2010
Creativity and Cults from Sociological and Communication Perspectives: The Processes Involved in the Birth of a Secret Creative Self, Miriam W. Boeri and Karen Pressley
Turkish Secular Muslim Identity on Display in Europe, Hakki Gurkas
Concierge Medicine, Jackie H. Jones and Linda A. Treiber
Concierge Medicine: The Perfect Storm? Implications for Nurse Practitioners, Jackie H. Jones and Linda A. Treiber
When the 5 Rights Go Wrong: Medication Errors from the Nursing Perspective, Jackie H. Jones and Linda A. Treiber
Environmental Justice and Health: An Analysis of Persons of Color Injured at the Work Place, Jennifer Schoenfish-Keita and Glenn S. Johnson
Race, Gender, and Status: A Content Analysis of Print Advertisements in Four Popular Magazines, Melvin E. Thomas and Linda A. Treiber
Somali Piracy: Jurisdictional Issues, Enforcement Problems and Potential Solutions, Christopher Totten and Matthew Bernal
Devastatingly Human: An Analysis of Registered Nurses’ Medication Error Accounts, Linda A. Treiber and Jackie H. Jones
Submissions from 2009
Restoring the Culture of Peace in Islamic East and Northeast Africa, Jesse Benjamin
Intergenerational Memories of Life in a Cult: A Life Course Analysis, Miriam W. Boeri and Natascia R. Boeri
Cold Cook Methods: An Ethnographic Exploration on the Myths of Methamphetamine Production and Policy Implications, Miriam W. Boeri, David Gibson, and Liam Harbry
A Qualitative Exploration of Trajectories Among Suburban Users of Methamphetamine, Miriam W. Boeri, Liam Harbry, and David Gibson
Rape Reporting: "Classic Rape" and the Behavior of Law, Jody Clay-Warner and Jennifer McMahon-Howard