Michigan State University

Ph.D. in Criminal Justice Graduates and Dissertation Research

2009

Jeffrey Gruenewald
Ideologically-Motivated Homicide in the U.S., 1990-2007: A Comparison of Far-Right and Identity-Based Homicide

2008

Amanda Burgess-Proctor
An Intersectional Analysis of Domestic Violence: Understanding the Help-Seeking Behavior of Marginalized Battered Women

Jinseong Cheong
Neighborhood Disorder, Dilapidated Housing, and Crime: Multilevel Analysis within a Midsized Midwestern City Context

Onder Karakus
A Quantitative Analysis of the Growing Business of Organized Crime: Structural Predictors of Cross-National Distribution of Human Trafficking Markets and Trafficking in Women in Turkey

Bilal Sevinc
Participation in Terrorist Organizations: An Analysis of Left Wing DHKP/C and Religiously Motivated Turkish Hezbollah Terrorist Organizations

 

2007

Kaan Boke
Police Culture in Turkey and US: A Comparative Study of Police Culture

Nicholas Corsaro
The Relationship between Lifestyle, Demographic, Situational, and Structural Features with Homicide in Indianapolis

Chang-Hun Lee
An Ecological Prediction Model of Bullying Behaviors among South Korean Middle School Students

Mengie Micheux Parker
Criminogenic Variation Among Gang and Non-Gang Offenders

 

2006

Clarence Banks
The Effects of Early Substance Use Initiation on Measures of Social Control, Delinquency, and Future Substance Use

Cedrick Heraux
Neighborhood Context on Police Use of Force

EuiGab Hwang
A Multilevel Test of Fear of Crime: The Effect of Social Conditions, Perceived Community Policing Activities, and Perceived Risks in a Megalopolis

David Lilley
Assessing Jurisdiction-Level Crime Trends During the 1990s: An Analysis of the Impact of Policing Changes

Carol Zimmermann
Federal Incentives to Address Gun Violence: A Model of Success and Failure

 

2005

Mischelle Stone
A Situational Analysis of Bounty Hunter Conduct

 

2004

John Peterson Blair
The Roles of Interrogation, Perception, and Personality in Producing False Confessions

Ronald Craig
The Crack Versus Cocaine Sentencing Disparity: A Social Historical Analysis of Race-Based Laws Within the United States

Michael Gray
Variations of Police Behavior by Neighborhood

Sameer Hinduja
An Empirical Test of the Applicability of General Criminological Theories to Internet Crime

Kristy Holtfreter
Responses to Occupational Fraud: A Study in the Behavior of Law

Brandon Kooi
Environmental Criminology and Mapping Hot Spot Bus Stop Locations: A Social Ecological Approach for Conducting a Quasi-Experimental Design and Testing Defensible Space Concepts

Roni Mayzer
First Alcohol Use and the Development of Antisocial Behavior Problems from Preschool through Early Adolescence

Robert Meesig
An Exploratory Study Regarding the Effects of Community Policing on Index Crime Clearance Rates in Local Agencies with Investigators

Byong Ook Moon
The Influence of Organizational Socialization on Police Officers’ Acceptance of Community Policing: The Example of Korean Police

Justin Patchin
Familial Relations and Intervention Amenability: Paving a Path to Delinquency Desistance

Yan Zhang
Explaining Drug Use and Delinquency by Race and Ethnicity: A Test of Differential Association, Social Bond, and Self-Control Theory

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