76 University Drive
Hazleton, PA 18202-8025
Research Interests
diversity and crime diversity and deviance
Publications
The General Moral Injury Scale (GMIS): Scale Development and Association with PTSD Symptoms and Drug Abuse Behavior, Traumatology - November, 2024
Collaborators: Larry Schew; Alicia Fleischut; Helen Hendy
Social and Psychological Factors of Cannabis Use in Later Life by Generation Jones: Still Dazed and Confused - November 11, 2024
Gender Differences in Facebook addiction as a Coping Response to Social Stressors and Poor Self-Confidence , International Journal of Criminology and Sociology - March 29, 2024
Collaborator: Helen Hendy
CONSPIRACY IDEATION AS COPING: LIFE STRESSORS, POWERLESSNESS, AND EXTREME BELIEFS - November 15, 2022
Collaborator: Helen Hendy
Minorities and Deviance: Coping Strategies of the Power Poor - November 15, 2018
Opioid Abuse as Maladaptive Coping to Life Stressors in U.S. Adults, Journal of Drug Issues - July 5, 2018
Collaborators: Helen Hendy, Co-Author; Salih Can, Co-Author
Perceived Powerlessness as a Mediator Between Life Stressors and Deviant Behaviors, Deviant Behavior - April, 2018
Collaborator: Helen Hendy, Co-Author
Workplace Deviance as a Possible "Maladaptive Coping" Behavior Displayed in Association with Workplace Stressors, Deviant Behavior - March 20, 2018
Collaborators: Helen Hendy, Co-Author; Salih Can, Co-Author
Secondary Data Analysis: The Good, The Bad, and The Problematic, Secondary Data Analysis: The Good, The Bad, and The Problematic - January 12, 2018
Do Painkillers Serve as "Hillbilly Heroin" for Rural Adults With High Levels of Psychosocial Stress?, The Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse - July 5, 2017
Collaborator: Helen Hendy, Co-Author
Is Fifty Really the New Thirty? The Stigma of Age as a Form of Strain and its Role in Drug and Alcohol Abuse and Dependence by Women, Deviant Behavior - April 22, 2016
Collaborator: Alan Brown, Secondary Author
Hate Groups - March 21, 2016
Skinheads - March 21, 2016
Predictors of the Successful Completion of a Biology College Course with a Laboratory Component, Education Practice and Innovation - December, 2014
Collaborators: Hartmut Heep, Co-Author; Toghara Azizi-Babane, Secondary Author
Still Dazed and Confused: Midlife Marijuana Use by the Baby Boom Generation, Deviant Behavior - June 25, 2014
Collaborator: Lauren Joseph, Secondary Author
Crime and Race: A Cross-Disciplinary Analysis of Hispanic Males and Criminality , Sociology Study - May, 2014
Collaborator: Hartmut Heep, Primary Author
Cultural Transmission Theories of Crime - April 7, 2014
Nudism - February 14, 2014
Pornography - February 14, 2014
Conflict Theories of Crime - January 28, 2014
Subcultural Theories of Criminology - January 28, 2014
Who's the Man? Fragile Masculinities, Consumer Masculinities, and the Profiles of Sex Work Clients, Men and Masculinities - September 19, 2012
Collaborator: Lauren Joseph, Primary Author
Policing Diverse Communities: Do Gender and Minority Status Make a Difference?, Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice - September 1, 2010
Collaborator: Camilla Kari, Secondary Author
European Americans and Crime - April 14, 2009
Native Americans and Substance Abuse - April 14, 2009
Law Enforcement Responses to Ethnic Street Gangs - September 19, 2007
Cohort Comparisons: Social Learning Explanations for Alcohol Use Among Adolescents and Older Adults, Addictive Behaviors - December, 2006
Collaborator: Goodfellow Marianne, Secondary Author
Handbook of Juvenile Justice: Theory and Practice - 2006
Collaborator: Barbara Sims, Co-Editor
The Disabled Juvenile Offender, Handbook of Juvenile Justice: Theory and Practice - 2006
Collaborator: Array Array
Gangs, Encyclopedia of American Folklife - 2006
Skinheads, Encyclopedia of American Folk Life - 2006
Collaborator: Simon Bronner
John Court: Comparison of Characteristics, Sexual Behavior, and Sexual Attitudes of Clients of Prostitutes, Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice - 2006
Collaborator: Alan Brown-Hart, Secondary Author
Marijuana Use as a Coping Response to Psychological Strain: Racial, Ethnic and Gender Differences Among Young Adults, Deviant Behavior - July, 2006
Target Hardening the College Campus Through Stakeholder Input: Merging Community and the Security Survey, Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal - April, 2006
Collaborator: Donald C Hummer, Primary Author
The Criminalization of Aliens: Regulating Foreigners, Critical Criminology - March, 2006
Collaborator: Michael Perez, Co-Author
White Delinquency, Race and Juvenile Justice - 2005
Should There be Separate Justice Systems for Special Needs Populations?, Criminal Justice Policy Review - 2003
Teaching Race and Crime: Perspectives from the Classroom , Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice - March, 2003
Collaborator: Shaun Gabbidon, Primary Author
The Effects of Substance Use in Pregnancy on Infant Mortality, Sociological Focus - 2001
Collaborator: Augustine Kposowa, Primary Author
Linking Racism to Birth-Weight Disparities in the United States, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility - 1998
Collaborator: Augustine Kposowa, Primary Author
Education
Ph D, Sociology, University of California
MA, Sociology, University of California
BA, Ethnic Studies
AA, Liberal Arts, Fullerton Community College
Papers and Presentations
April 13, 2021
Presentations
Non-Medicinal Pain-Killer Use by the AARP Generation
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
Virtual
December 12, 2020
Presentations
Jonesing for a Facebook Fix: Men, Women, and the Link Between Social Stress and Facebook Addiction
2 nd International Conference on Social Sciences and Arts 2020
Bangkok Thailand (Virtual)
Individuals with intense social stressors and poor self-confidence may use Facebook to the extent that it interferes with other areas of their lives, becoming a behavioral addiction. This study looks at gendered differences in the relationship between social stress and Facebook Addiction. We hypothesize that Facebook addiction is a deviant coping strategy in that it does not act directly upon the source of the stress, but serves as a distraction from and/or avoidance mechanism that can become problematic and manifest as lowered self-esteem. Past research shows gender differences in each of these variables; thus, we hypothesize that women would be more likely to show the proposed cognitive sequence leading to Facebook overuse. Participants were 243 women and 209 men from a paid online Survey Monkey sample who reported demographics, social stress, self and excessive Facebook use with the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale. Contrary to hypotheses, men indicate higher likelihood of Facebook addiction, and significantly lower levels of self-esteem. One interpretation would be that when conflicts occur in intimate personal relationships (family, romance), women may have a wider network of real-life relationships in which they share their emotional concerns, whereas men are more likely to rely on online social media to vent concerns about intimate relationships.
June 6, 2019
Papers and Oral Presentations
Does Minority Group Status Increase the Effect of Victimization on Personal Relationships?
Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences
Williamsport, PA
November 15, 2018
Posters
Non-Medicinal Pain Killer Use by the AARP Generation
American Society of Criminology
Atlanta, GA
June 6, 2018
Papers and Oral Presentations
Should Special Needs Populations Be Diverted Out of the American Criminal Justice System? A Comparison of Public Opinion Towards the Creation of Alternative Justice Systems for Special Needs Offenders 2001 and 2014
Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences
Bristol, RI
February 17, 2018
Papers and Oral Presentations
Which Demographics are Associated with Perceived Police Fairness? and How?
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
New Orleans, LA USA
March 23, 2016
Papers and Oral Presentations
The Concept of Crime and Delinquency in "South Park"
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
Seattle, Washington
April 2, 2015
Papers and Oral Presentations
Crime and Race: a Cross-Ddisciplinary Analysis of Hispanic Males and Criminality
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
New Orleans, LA USA
April 17, 2014
Papers and Oral Presentations
The Revisionist Peter Pan of Once Upon a Time: Fueling our Fear of the Other
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
Chicago, IL
The adolescent male gang is not a new phenomenon; the street gang has been fixture of American...
March 30, 2013
Papers and Oral Presentations
The Wesen of Grimm: the Criminology of the Other to the Criminology of the Self
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
Washington, DC
June 10, 2010
Papers and Oral Presentations
Police Professionalization in Diverse Communities
Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences
Bristol, RI
Combining a subset of data from the 2000 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) Sample Survey of Law Enforcement Agencies and Census data from 2000, this study explores the relationship between community diversity and professionalization of the municipal police agencies serving them. It is hypothesized that more diverse communities are more likely to be served by highly professionalized police departments. Professionalization is determined by a number of factors, including, but not limited to, minimum educational requirements, physical, psychological and skill testing, background checks and second language ability.
June 4, 2009
Papers and Oral Presentations
Policing Diverse Communities: Do Gender and Minority Group Status Make a Difference?
Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences
Using data from the Impact of Community Policing Training and Program Implementation on Police Personnel in Arizona, 1995-1998 (N= 1449) this study looks at gender and ethnicity differences in orientations towards non-traditional policing styles and self-assessment of ability to police diverse communities. We hypothesized that minority and female officers would be more open to non-traditional (Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving Policing) policing styles and rate themselves as better able to police diverse communities. Preliminary data suggest that minority males are most likely to adapt to community policing and best able to interact with diverse cultural groups. However, white female officers appear best able to assess the policing needs of diverse communities. Programming and training implications will also be addressed.
May, 2009
Papers and Oral Presentations
Perspectives of Faculty Who Were Adult Learners
The Changing Face of Our Campuses - Hendricks Best Practicesfor Adult Learners Conference
Penn Stater Conference Center, State College PA
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June 9, 2005
Papers and Oral Presentations
College Students Perceptions of Gangs and Gang Behavior
Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences
Bristol, RI
November 20, 2003
Papers and Oral Presentations
Symbolic Meanings of Purchased Sex: Exploring Differences Across Racial, Educational and Socioeconomic Boundaries
American Society of Criminology
Denver, CO
November 21, 2002
Papers and Oral Presentations
John Court: Comparison of Characteristics, Sexual Behavior and Sexual Attitudes of Clients of Prostitutes
American Society of Criminology
Chicago, IL
March 9, 2002
Papers and Oral Presentations
Hitting a Nerve: Teaching a Critical Perspective of Ethics, Discrimination and Crime to Students Employed in Law Enforcement
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
Anaheim, CA
August 20, 2001
Papers and Oral Presentations
Trends in Crime and Deviance in Southern California
American Sociological Association
Anaheim, California