Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Thesis: Acculturation: Friend or Foe of the Career Aspirations and Educational Aspirations and Expectations of Hispanic Youth?, Kyhara Nathalia Aguilera
Thesis: Teacher and Child Interaction: The Effects of Familial Distress, Child Behavior, and Teacher Perceptions, Jessekah R. Ennis
Dissertation: Residential Mobility and the Underclass: Impact of Moving in the 'Hood, Michael A. Hollingsworth
Thesis: Effects of Prison Program Participation on Recidivism Outcomes, Jordan Jakobs
Thesis: Disparities in Sentencing: The Impact of Race, Gender and Mental Health, Briana Paige
Dissertation: "...Make Them Disappear With A Piece of Paper": Understanding the Lived Realities of Federally Unrecognized Indigenous Women in the Southeast, Brian A. Pitman
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Thesis: Exploring the Association Between How Social Media Affects Attitudes Toward Marijuana Legalization, Troy Adam Aubut II
Thesis: Exploring Factors That Enhance Career Advancement for African-Americans Across Various Criminal Justice Occupations: A Qualitative Examination, Antonio Jon Bryer
Thesis: More Than What Meets the Eye: An Examination of Characteristics That Impact Juvenile Justice Detention Decisions, Ashley Maria Buchanan
Thesis: Online Social Capital: Social Networking Sites' Influence on Civic and Political Engagement, Charles L. Bush
Thesis: Predictors of Medical Students’ Attitudes Towards Abortion and Their Changes Overtime, Rebecca Elizabeth Morales
Thesis: When Silence Screams: An Examination of Reporting Behaviors Among Sexual Assault Victims on HBCU Campuses, NaTasha Robinson
Dissertation: Punishment as Pedagogy: An Exploration of the Disciplinary Alternative School, Kaitlyn J. Selman
Dissertation: Policing the Drinking Community: An Assessment of the Criminal Justice Response to Drunk Driving and Alcohol Related Crashes (1985 -2014), Richard James Stringer
Thesis: School Connectedness and Academic Success, Keyondra Michelle Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Thesis: Working Together: Examining the Effects of Parental and Community Involvement in Schools on School Delinquency, Erica Nicole Bower
Dissertation: School Resource Officers and the School-to-Prison Pipeline: A Mixed Methods Application of the Behavior of Law in Schools, Caitlin Grace Lynch
Dissertation: The United States Benefit Deficit for Veterans, Leslie-Dawn Quick
Dissertation: The Devil Is in the Details: Representations of the Rural Appalachian Deviant, Stephen T. Young
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Thesis: “Just Young Dudes Having Fun”?: Social Media Reactions to the ODU Banner Incident, Ashley Marie Giraldi
Thesis: The Strength of Weak Social Ties: Social Activism and Facebook, Nichole Akai Giraldi
Dissertation: Governing the "Alien Threat": A Multilevel Analysis of Punitiveness Toward Non-Citizen Federal Drug Offenders Across Time and Place, Melanie Marie Holland
Dissertation: Bakken Bombs: A Criminological Inquiry into the Lynchburg Train Derailment, Travis W. Milburn
Thesis: United States Interventions: Power Vacuums and the Rise of Extremist Groups, Sarah Nicole Pedigo
Dissertation: Making the Case for Place: An Exploration of Urbanization Measures on a Model of Social Capital and U.K. Crime Rates, Kyshawn K. Smith
Dissertation: Killing The State: The Cultural Afterlife of Edward Byrne, Justin Turner
Dissertation: Care, Control, or Criminalization? Discourses on Homelessness and Social Responses, Lindsey L. Upton
Dissertation: What Can State Talk Tell Us About Punitiveness? A Comparison of Responses to Political Mass Shootings in The United States and Norway, Kimberlee G. Waggoner
Thesis: Education and Post-Release Employment: An Exploratory Study of Offender Perceptions, Frank R. Wood Jr.
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Dissertation: Texting While Driving: A Test of Self-Control Theory, Charles R. Gray
Dissertation: Tokin Up in the 5280: Insight Into How Denver Police Officers Make Sense of, and Define, Interpret, and React to the Legalization of Marijuana, Kara K. Hoofnagle
Dissertation: The Influence of Financial Institutions and Residential Lending on Neighborhood Crime, Anne M. Lee
Dissertation: Cultural Influences on Attitudes Toward the Criminal Justice System: A Focus on the Filipino American Community, Moises Osias Mina Jr.
Dissertation: Honor, Courage, Commitment: Understanding Sexual Assault in the United States Navy, Caitlin Veronica Muldoon
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Dissertation: Exploring Police Shootings and Officer Survivability: A Case Study, Amanda Leigh Farrell
Dissertation: Crime and Panic: Contextual Factors in Violent and Sex Offender Sentencing, Jessica Huffman
Dissertation: Patriarchal Ideology and Violence Against Women: A Theoretical Contribution Using Longitudinal, Individual-Level Analyses, Jesse Robert McKee
Dissertation: The Darfur Name Game: Use of Realpolitik by the United Nations in Decision-making and Intervention, Angela Overton
Thesis: A Cross-National Analysis of the Impact of Conscription on Crime Rates, Nicolette G. Rose
Dissertation: A Façade of Normalcy: An Exploration into the Serial Murderer's Duplicitous Lifestyle, Maryann Stone White
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Dissertation: A Further Test of Strain Theory: Does Gender Discrimination Contribute to Theft by Employees?, John A. Casten
Dissertation: To Catch a Pirate: Analyzing Processes of Policy Making on Maritime Piracy, Victoria E. Collins
Dissertation: Rez Realities: Exploring the Perceptions of Crime and Justice Among Tribal Police Officers in Indian Country, Favian Alejandro Martin
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Dissertation: Collective Efficacy and Intimate Partner \Violence: Community Context, Catherine B. Cowling
Thesis: Exploratory Study of Countries Lacking Data on Female Genital Mutilation in the Middle East and Africa, Nazia Rose Naeem
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Thesis: Perceptions of Police Abusive Behavior: Factors Influencing Citizens' Attitudes Toward the Police Use of Excessive Force, Debra P. Laville-Wilson