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SCHOOL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE RECENT GRADUATES

Here you will find a list of our recent graduates and advanced degree holders.

Ph.D. IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Ph.D. in Criminal Justice Graduates and Dissertation Research

2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | --CLOSE--


2010

Nebi Cetinkaya
Perceptions of Police Corruption among Turkish Police Cadets
Chair: Dr. Mahesh Nalla

Eric Grommon
The (In)Efficacy of Reentry Based Programs: Exploring the Differential Effects of Prisoner Reentry Dimensions on Outcome Indicators
Chair: Dr. Tim Bynum

Mustafa Halicioglu
Examination of the Relationship Between Self-Directedness and Outcomes of the Online COP Training Program in the Turkish National Police Context
Chair: Dr. Ed McGarrell

Jason Ingram
The Influence of Workgroups on Occupational Attitudes of the Police: A Multilevel Examination
Chair: Dr. Bill Terrill

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2009

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

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2008

Amanda Burgess-Proctor
An Intersectional Analysis of Domestic Violence: Understanding the Help-Seeking Behavior of Marginalized Battered Women
Chair: Dr. Christina DeJong

Jinseong Cheong
Neighborhood Disorder, Dilapidated Housing, and Crime: Multilevel Analysis within a Midsized Midwestern City Context
Chair: Dr. Chris Maxwell

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
Chair: Dr. Ed McGarrell

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

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2007

Kaan Boke
Police Culture in Turkey and US: A Comparative Study of Police Culture
Chair: Dr. Mahesh Nalla

Nicholas Corsaro
The Relationship between Lifestyle, Demographic, Situational, and Structural Features with Homicide in Indianapolis
Chair: Dr. Ed McGarrell

Chang-Hun Lee
An Ecological Prediction Model of Bullying Behaviors among South Korean Middle School Students
Chair: Dr. Merry Morash

Mengie Micheux Parker
Criminogenic Variation Among Gang and Non-Gang Offenders
Chair: Dr. Charles Corley

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2006

Clarence Banks
The Effects of Early Substance Use Initiation on Measures of Social Control, Delinquency, and Future Substance Use
Chair: Dr. Tim Bynum

Cedrick Heraux
Neighborhood Context on Police Use of Force
Chair: Dr. Chris Maxwell

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

David Lilley
Assessing Jurisdiction-Level Crime Trends During the 1990s: An Analysis of the Impact of Policing Changes
Chair: Dr. Cynthia Perez McCluskey

Carol Zimmermann
Federal Incentives to Address Gun Violence: A Model of Success and Failure
Chair: Dr. Ed McGarrell

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2005

Mischelle Stone
A Situational Analysis of Bounty Hunter Conduct
Chair: Dr. Frank Horvath

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2004

John Peterson Blair
The Roles of Interrogation, Perception, and Personality in Producing False Confessions
Chair: Dr. Frank Horvath

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

Michael Gray
Variations of Police Behavior by Neighborhood
Chair: Dr. Chris Maxwell

Sameer Hinduja
An Empirical Test of the Applicability of General Criminological Theories to Internet Crime
Chair: Dr. Mahesh Nalla

Kristy Holtfreter
Responses to Occupational Fraud: A Study in the Behavior of Law
Chair: Dr. Merry Morash

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
Chair: Dr. Mahesh Nalla

Roni Mayzer
First Alcohol Use and the Development of Antisocial Behavior Problems from Preschool through Early Adolescence
Chair: Dr. Hiram Fitzgerald and Dr. Christina DeJong

Robert Meesig
An Exploratory Study Regarding the Effects of Community Policing on Index Crime Clearance Rates in Local Agencies with Investigators
Chair: Dr. Dennis Payne

Byong Ook Moon
The Influence of Organizational Socialization on Police Officers’ Acceptance of Community Policing: The Example of Korean Police
Chair: Dr. David Carter

Justin Patchin
Familial Relations and Intervention Amenability: Paving a Path to Delinquency Desistance
Chair: Dr. Tim Bynum

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

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MASTERS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

M.S. in Criminal Justice Graduates and Thesis Research

2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | --CLOSE--


2010

David Alley
Megan Beckwith
Tyler Braswell
Kimberly Cataldo
Jenna Ciccarelli
Andrew Demock
Michael Galezewski
Sheila Grindle
Jason Hildebrant
James Kejonen
Jonathan Koestel
Samuel Lopez
Matthew Morales
Kari Moreno
Michael Mudry
Daniel Nadler
Michael Rossler

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2009

Alexandra Cassar
Caleb Casselman
Richard Chase
Timothy Chevrier
Elisabeth Filemyr
Carmen Gackstetter
Rafael Garcia
Jason Harris
Angela Huss
Nadem Hussain
Byung Hyun Lee -
The Impact of Parental Supervision on Delinquent Behavior
Jennifer Janowski
Emily Lepczyk
Dale Marsden
Justin McCormack
Kisha Munn-Clark
Margaret Pick
Kubilay Sara
Michael Smydra
Kieran Spaulding
Rebecca Stone -
The Nexus of Economic Distress and Domestic Violence
Abigail Sudds
Danny Trieff
Eric Wildey
Scott Yokom
Scott Zonnebelt

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2008

Tanya Attal
Nayatt Ayub -
The Influence and Importance of Media Coverage on Project Safe Neighborhoods
Mark Bridge
Christopher Bridges
Shannon Brigman
Jonathan Bunge
Kevin Clark
Alice Cyr
Tiffany Godsey
Rebecca Grant
Kathleen Kelley -
The First Decision: Police Handling of Sexual Assault Cases
Kristina Leonardi
Kyleen Luy
Kaye Marz -
An Integrative Model of Exposure to Violence, Aggression, and Violent Offending
Alexis Norris -
An Exploratory Study on the Effect of Restorative Justice on School Success
Kristin Raymond
Richard VanGessel
Reginald Wilson

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2007

Breana Berden
Leeann Bies
Kacey Bitgood
Katie Christianson
Anne Corbin
Joseph DeLeeuw
Oscar Draughn
Susan Gade
April Gaeta
Daniel Gasson
Amy Grunz
Mustafa Halicioglu
Ned Heath
Ryan Heethuis
Robert Hutting
Hideya Isshiki -
The Effects of Cultural Elements on Saiban-in Seido (Lay Judge System)
Seung Hyun Jon
Gregory Kranich
Young In Lim
Jacqueline Lindeman
William McCabe
Raymund Narag -
Criminal Victimizations in the Philippines: A Test of Lifestyle-Exposure, Routine Activities and Social Disorganization Theories
Scott Nichols
Justin Noble
Richard Rosales
Joshua Reinsch
Jesse Sowell
Michelle Vanlaan
Brenda Walker
Yun Jong Yu

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MASTERS IN FORENSIC SCIENCE

M.S. in Forensic Science Graduates and Thesis Research

2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 |--CLOSE--


2010

Rachel Aikman
The Development Of A Nucleic Acid-Based Method For Assessing the Age of Bloodstains

Sara Jubelirer
A Genetic Assay for Estimating Scalp Hair Pigmentation from Forensic Specimens

Ruth Udey
Differentiation of Bullet Type Based on Analysis of Gunshot Residue Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

Tiffany Van De Mark
The Influence of Evaporation and Matrix Interferences on the Association and Discrimination of Ignitable Liquids using Chemometric Procedures

Jane Wankmiller
Positive Identification Using Comparisons of Lumbar Spine Radiographs: A Validation Study

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2009

Jamie Baerncopf
Association and Discrimination of Ignitable Liquids from Matrix Interferences Using Chemometric Procedures

Kamila Gomez
Recovery and Quantification of Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA from Improvised Explosive Devices Using Comparative Soaking and Swabbing Techniques

Patricia Joiner
Optimization of a Microwave-Assisted Extraction Procedure for the Extraction of Organic Impurities from Seized MDMA Tablets

Brianne Kiley
A Highly Sensitive Sex Determination Assay for Low Quality DNA

Sarah Meisinger
Comparison of Extraction Procedures for the Extraction of Organic Impurities from 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)

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2008

Andrea Clowes
A Comparison of Two Methods of Age Determination using Histomorphology: Periosteal versus Endosteal Surface Equations

Jennifer Froelich
Development of a Small-Scale Tandem Mass Spectrometry Approach for the Analysis of Protein Biomarkers from Biological Threat Agents

Rebecca Golas
Skeletal Weathering and mtDNA Isolation: A Study of Dental Remains

Amber Heard
Non-Metric Assessment of Southeast and Northeast Asian Ancestry in the Forensic Context

Shane Hoffmann
Investigative Studies into the Recovery of DNA from Improvised Explosive Device Containers

Stefanie Kremer
Genetic Identification of Assemblers of Pipe Bombs

Lisa Lagoo
The Persistence of GSR in Decomposing Tissue and Blowfly Larvae

Timothy Lange
The Effects of Soil Chemistry on Skeletal Preservation at the Voegtly Cemetery

Erin Lenz
Rhizobial T-RFLP Analysis for Differentiating Soils and Habitats

Christina Malone
A Radiographic Assessment of Pediatric Fracture Healing and Time Since Injury

Lucas Marshall
Association and Discrimination of Diesel Fuels Using Chemometric Procedures for Forensic Arson Investigations

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2007

Kristy Bachus
Evaluation of a Novel Decontamination and DNA Recovery and Detection Method for Bacillus anthracis

Nicole Burt
Testing the Demirjian Method and International Demirjian Method on an Urban American Sample

Heather Dotzauer
Organic Impurity Profiling of Illicit Ecstasy Tablets Using Solid-Phase Microextraction/GC-MS

Ken Eilert
Polymerase Resistance to PCR Inhibitors in Bone

Kelly Greenough
Forensic Analysis of Cosmetic Face Powders

Brian Higgins
Examination of Structural Polymorphism at D21S11 Locus: Implications in Human Identification Applications

Kimberly Jennings
Gene Expression and Development in Blow Flies: A method to more precisely estimate postmortem intervals

Srividhya Kidambi
Analysis of Metallic Nanoparticles in Polymer Films for Illicit Drug Analysis as Chemical Sensors

Elizabeth McGaw
Trace Metal Profiling in Document Papers Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)

Melissa Meaney
Separation and Quantitation of Nitrated Explosives using Thin-Layer Chromatography and Charge-Coupled Device Camera Imaging

Carl Newman
Microchip Separations of Alkaloids with UV-Absorbance Spectral Detection

Christina Rauzi
Genetic Analysis of Burials from the Butrint, Albania Triconch Palace and Merchant's House

Luther Schaeffer
The Persistence of Gunshot Residue on Decomposing Tissue

Gwynyth Scherperel
Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry for the Detection of Characterization of Smokeless Powder

Shannon Soltysiak
Alkaline Digestion of Head and Pubic Hairs for Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA Analysis

Agnieszka Steiner
Performance of the Reflected Ultraviolet Imaging System (RUVIS) in visualizing latent fingerprints on various non-porous and semi-porous surfaces

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2006

Chadwyck Douglass
FTIR Spectrophotometry of Office and Packaging Tapes that have been Subjected to Accelerated Aging by Incandescent and UV Light

Ann Chamberlain
Criminal Paternity DNA Testing of Microscopically-Identified Formalin-Fixed Chorionic Villi in Paraffin-Embedded Products of Conception

Carrie Jackson
A More Sensitive Sex Determination Assay

Audrey Martin
The Application of Single Particle Aerosol Mass Spectrometry for the Detection and Identification of High Explosives and Chemical Warfare Agents

Melissa Meyers
The Utility of Microbial DNA and Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis in the Forensic Examination of Soil

Corinne Michaud
A Comparison of Simple Tissue Preservation Methods that Result in Reliable DNA Analysis

Lindsey Murray
Genetic Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains from Kamenica, Albania

Michael Mutolo
Molecular Identification of Pathogens in Ancient Skeletal Remains from Butrint and Diaporit Albania

Melissa Torpey
An Investigation of Stages of Epiphyseal Union in the Cervical Vertebrae of Young Adult Skeletons

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MASTERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS (LEIA)

M.S. in Law Enforcement Intelligence and Analysis (LEIA)

2010 | 2009 |--CLOSE--


2010

Bryan Bryson
Brandon Cavanaugh
Nicholas Cromie
Caitlin Cuddohy
Richard Gallagher
Robert Hipple
Nathan Loosvelt
Sean Maday
Keri Medo
Mary Meerschaert
Christina Mezwa
Shannon Moore
Samantha Muller
Nicole Reinsch
Kevin Saupp
Amanda Sloan
Devin Taylor
Alexandra Valencia

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2009

Joseph Ahonen
Sean Brady
Michelle Fitzgerald
Regan Foerster
Nicoles Freeman
Vicky Greig

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