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VITA

Robert Thomas Sigler, Ph.D.

 

Home Address                             Telephone         

271l Claymont Circle                           Home: 205-553-3897

Tuscaloosa, AL 35404                           Office: 205-348-778l    

                                               Fax: 205-348-7178

Home page: bama.ua.edu/~rsigler/home     e-mail: rsigler@cj.as.ua.edu

 

Educational Background

 

Two years.     Psychology major, Paducah Junior College, Paducah,

               Kentucky.  l960-l96l.  No degree

B. A.          Sociology major.  Psychology minor.  Southern

   Illinois University, Carbondale. l96l-l963, l964.

M. A.          Sociology/Criminal Justice.  Southern Illinois

               University, Carbondale. l967-l969

Ph.d.          University of Missouri--Columbia.  Sociology/

               Social Psychology.  l974.

 

PERSONAL DATA

 

     Date of Birth:       September l3, l94l

     Health:              Excellent

     Marital Status:      Married

     Wife's Name:         Beverly Sue Curry

     Adult Children:      Bryan David, Robert Mills

 

Present Position

 

Professor (tenured).   The University of Alabama--Tuscaloosa. 

Criminal Justice Program.  Chair 1992, Director of Graduate

Studies 1988-92, 1997-98, teaching, program development, and research.

 

Courses Taught

     Research Methods                   Juvenile Justice

     Practicum in Research &            Volunteerism in Criminal

            Program Evaluation              Justice

     Criminal Justice Information       Organization & Management

          Systems                           of Volunteer Programs

     Statistics                         Organizational behavior

     Criminal Justice Organization      Organization and Management

          and Management                 Criminal Investigation

     Theories of Criminal Behavior      Police Community Relations

     Introduction to Law                Introduction to the

          Enforcement                        offender

      Community Corrections              Institutional Corrections

 

 

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

 

l/74 - 7/74    Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas at

               Little Rock.  Criminal Justice Program.

 

9/7l - l2/73   Ph.D. Candidate, University of Missouri--Columbia.

               Department of Sociology.  Social Psychology--

               major area; Criminology & Juvenile Delinquency--

               applied area.  Associated with Dr. Bruce Biddle,

               Center for Research in Social Behavior.  Actively

               engaged in theoretical research.  The Social

               Psychology Program was the only remaining interdisciplinary

               social psychology program in existence.

               Theory and methods training in both sociology and

               psychology.  Department of Justice Fellowship.

 

9/69 - 5/7l    Assistant Professor, Central Missouri State

               University, Warrensburg, MO  64093.

 

9/67 - 3/68    Graduate Assistant, Center for the Study of

 

9/68 - 6/69    Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections, Southern

               Illinois University--Carbondale.  Co-editor of

               INSCAPE with additional responsibilities in final

               production of training materials produced by LEAA

               Training Office Training Program.  Involved in

               practical and applied research and program evaluation.

 

9/68 -l2/68    Internship, Marion Federal Penitentiary,

               Marion, Illinois.  The internship was devoted to a

               study of inmates.  I made a successful attempt to

               be accepted by the inmates and observed their

               behavior, attitudes, and perspectives.

 

3/68 - 9/68    Administrative Assistant, Center for the Study

               of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections, Southern

               Illinois University, Carbondale.  Assigned to the

               LEAA funded training program designed to produce

               training officers including follow-up evaluation

               of program effectiveness.

 

5/65 - 9/67    Illinois Youth Commission Division of Forestry Camps.

               Counselor - l5 months

               Teacher - l3 months

               Work Supervisor - 3 months

 

l/65 - 5/65    Branch Manager, Standard Brands, Inc.,

               Carbondale, Illinois 6290l.  Responsible for

               bookkeeping, warehouse maintenance, ordering,

               sale and delivery of supplies to bakers in

               Southern Illinois and Southeastern Missouri.

 

9/59 - l/65    Assorted student jobs, including janitorial, food

               service, bus driver, and resident fellow.

 

Collateral Skills

 

Collateral  Area in Law:  A special curriculum of l8 hours of law

               courses was developed by the Law School Faculty at

               the University of Missouri-Columbia for my

               doctorate

Familiarity with Treatment Approaches:  Transactional analysis,

               sensitivity training, and group approaches.

Mediation and Third Party Intervention.  Completed the training

   for mediation offered by the American Arbitration

   Association. 1997.

Diversity Trainer. Completed training offered by Delta Concepts. 1999.

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Books

 

The Map Abstract of Criminal Justice Information:  Alabama.  Mary

     Lee Shannon, John Zakancyz, Robert Sigler, & Neal Lineback.

     University of Alabama Press, 1980.

Management of Volunteer Programs in Criminal Justice, with Keith

     J. Leenhouts.  Yellowfire Press, l985.

Public Perceptions of Domestic Violence.  Lexington Press,  1989.

Forced Sexual Intercourse in Intimate Relationships, with Ida

Johnson (lead author).  Dartmouth, 1997.  Chosen as an

outstanding academic book of 1997 by Choice.

Constitutional Issues in Correctional Administration.  Carolina Academic Press, With Chadwick       Shook.  2001.

Is It All About Money?  The Orientation toward the Use of Assets Forfeiture by Drug

Enforcement Officers An Examination of the Application of Federal Policy.  Carolina Academic Press with Gregory M.Vecchi, 2001.

 

Chapters in Books

 

"Volunteers in Criminal Justice: How Effective?" with Judge Keith

     J. Leenhouts.  In Annual Editions: Criminal Justice 83/84.

     Guilford, CT: The Dushkin Publishing Group, 260-264, l983.

"The Criminalization of Forced Marital Intercourse" with Donna

     Haygood. In Frank E. Hagen and Marvin B. Sussman (Eds.)

Deviance and the Family“, New York: Haworth Press, l988.

"Role Conflict for Adult Probation and Parole Officers: Fact or

Myth".  In Thomas Ellsworth (Ed.) Contemporary Community

Corrections, pp. 105-117, Waveland Press, 1992.

"The Relationship Between Learning Disability and Juvenile

Delinquency" with Concetta Culliver.  In John T. Pardeck and

John W. Murphy, Social and Psychological Issues during

“Adolescence and Youth: An International Perspective.” A B

Academic Publishers, 117-128, 1991.

(concurrent publication as a journal article)

“Agency Response to Domestic Violence: Services Provided to

     Battered Women" with Ida Johnson (lead author) and Jody     

Crowley.  In  E. Viano Ed.) Intimate Violence: 

International Perspectives.  Hemisphere Publishing Co.

191-202. 1991.

"Social Change and Adaptation in the Polish Judicial System" with

Scott Springer.  In C. B. Fields & R. H. Moore (Eds.)

Comparative Criminal Justice: Traditional and Non-

“Traditional Systems of Law and Control”.  Waveland Press. 

292-306, 1996.

“Forced Sexual Intercourse:  Contemporary Views.” (with Ida Johnson and Etta

Morgan).  In Rosyln Muraskin (ed.), It’s a Crime:  Women and Justice, 2nd edition. Prentice Hall. 349-366, 2000.

      Revised and reprinted in the 3rd edition, 2003, pp 363-379.

"Sentencing into the Twenty-First Century: Sentence Enhancement

and Life-Without-Parole" with Etta Morgan-Sharp.  In Roslyn

Muraskin (Ed.) Visions for Change: Crime and Justice in the

Twenty-First Century.  Prentice Hall, 237-252, 1996.

      Reprinted in the revised edition 1998, 351-366.

      Reprinted in the revised edition 2002, 408-423.

Reprinted in the fourth Edition 2005. 510-527. 

 

Journal Articles

 

"Evaluating Community Correctional Needs."  Social Perspectives,

     111(11):4-8.  April 5, l976.

"Necessity of Bail Bond Reform" with William A. Formby.  Criminal

      Justice Review, Spring, 3(l):l-9.  l978

"From Charisma to Technical Management: The Development of a

     Social Movement." VIP Examiner, 9(4):2.  Spring l980.

     (Non-refereed service)

"Volunteers in Criminal Justice Programs: A Preliminary Report,"

     with Keith Leenhouts.  Volunteer Administration, l3:10-12.

     Spring, l980.

"Satisfaction and Perception of Needs of Managers of Criminal

     Justice Volunteer Programs," with Keith Leenhouts.

     Volunteer Administration, l3:l3-l5.  Spring, l980.

"The Role of Needs Assessment Research in the Planning and

Development of Volunteer Programs."  with John McNutt 

Volunteer Administration, l4(3):l4-l9. Fall, l98l.

"Crime and Victim Characteristics on College Campuses:  A

Research Note," with William Formby.  Victimology, 7:

2l8-223, l982.

"Volunteers in Criminal Justice: How Effective?" with Keith

      Leenhouts.  Federal Probation, 46(2):25-29.  June, l982.

"The Use of Management Information Systems in Volunteer Program

      Management," with John McNutt.  The Journal of Volunteer

      Administration, l(l):47-58, l982.

"Assessing the Competence of Security Personnel in an Industrial

      Setting," with Richard Sanderson.  Journal of Security

      Administration, 5(42):7-20, l983.

"Using Factors Which Influence the Performance of Security

      Personnel to Screen Applicants," with Dick Sanderson.

      Security Management, 27(7):9l-97.  July, l983.

"Evaluation of the Impact of the Law Enforcement Assistance

      Administration on the Criminal Justice System in a Non-

      urban County," with Ricky Singleton. Federal Probation,

      48(2):l6-2l, l984.

"Criminal Justice Evaluation Research and Theoretical Research"

      Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology 12(1):9-13, l984.

"Adult Probation and Parole Officers: Influence of Their Weapons,

      Role Perceptions, and Role Conflict," with Bridgette McGraw.

      Criminal Justice Review, 9(l):28-33, l984.

"Public Perceptions of the Need for Criminalization of Sexual

      Harassment," with Ida Johnson.  Journal of Criminal

      Justice, l4(3):229-238, l986.

"Reports of our Death are Greatly Exaggerated: A Study of

      Criminal Justice Program Survival in Alabama," with Jon

      Dudeck.  American Journal of Criminal Justice,

      IX(2):163-171,1985.

"Race, Income, and Penetration of the Justice System," with

      Melody Horn.  Criminal Justice Review, 11(1):1-7,1986.

"Social Disorganization on Bimini: Impact of the Drug Trade."

      International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal      

Justice, 11(1):133-142, 1987.

"The Criminalization of Forced Marital Intercourse," with Donna

Haygood.  Marriage and Family Review, l2(1-2): 71-86, l987.

"Role Conflict for Adult Probation and Parole Officers: Fact or

Myth" Journal of Criminal Justice, 16(2): 121-130,1988.

"Public perceptions of Petty Corruption in Law Enforcement" with

Tim Dees. Journal of Police Science and Administration,

      16(1): 14-21, 1988.

"Consequences of the Habitual Offender Act on the Costs of     

Operating Alabama's Prisons" with Concetta Culliver.

      Federal Probation, LII (2), 57-65, 1988.

"Stress in the Work Place:  Comparing Police Stress with Teacher

      Stress"  with Charles N. Wilson. Journal of Police Science

      and Administration,16(3), 151-162, 1988.  

"Judicial Influence in Changing Attitudes Toward Work Release"

      with Leslie Johnson.  International Journal of Comparative

      and Applied Criminal Justice, 13(1), 109-122, 1989.

"Unanticipated Consequences of the drug trade on Bimini" with

Beverly Curry.  C. J. The Americas, 3(1), 7-10, 1990.

"Judicial and Prosecutorial Endorsement of Innovative Techniques

      in the Trial of Domestic Abuse Cases" with Ida Johnson and

      Joan Crowley. Journal of Criminal Justice, 18, (5), 

443-454. 1990.

“Variations across Agencies in Response to Child and Spouse Abuse

Issues" with Joan Crowley (lead author) and Ida Johnson.

      Journal of Criminal Justice, 18(6), 519-532, 1991.

"The Potential for Privatizing Prison Industries" with Mark

Stough.  Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 7(1),

29-40, 1991.

"Effectiveness of the Habitual Offender Act: An Assessment of

Criminal Histories" with Concetta Culliver.  American

Journal of Criminal Justice, XV (1), 105-121, 1990.

"Police Stress and Teacher Stress at Work and at Home." with

Charles N. Wilson and Zack Allen. Journal of Criminal

Justice, 19(4), 361-370, 1992.

"Examining Prosocial Organizational Behavior Among Correctional

Officers", with Concetta Culliver and Bonnie McNeely. 

International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal

Justice, 15(2), 277-284, 1991.

"The Relationship between Learning Disability and Juvenile

Delinquency" with Concetta Culliver.  International

Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 3, 117-128, 1991.

"Affirmative Action in a Colonial Context:  Bermudianization of

the Bermuda Police" with David King.  Police Studies: The

International Review of Police Development, 14, 127-39, 1992

"Colonial Policing and Control of Movements for Independence"

with David King.  Policing and Society, 3, 13-2, 1992.

"Handling the Hostage Taker: Public Perceptions of the Use of

      Force by the Police" with Beverly Curry.  American Journal

     of Police, 11 (3), 113-126, 1992.

"Incidence of Date Rape on a College Campus" with Marie Wenstrom.

International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal

Justice, 17 (2), 229-242, 1993.

"Domestic Violence: A comparative Study of Perceptions and

Attitudes Toward Domestic Abuse Cases among Social Service

and Criminal Justice Professionals" with Ida Johnson (Lead

Author) and Joan Crowley.  Journal of Criminal Justice, 22

(3), 237-248, 1994.

"Victimization and Crime on Campus" with Nancy Koehlor.

International Review of Victimology, 2 (4), 331-343, 1993.

"Elder Abuse: Justice Problem, Social Problem, or Research

Problem--A Research Note" with Ida Johnson and Beverly

Curry. Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology, 22(1), 65-72, 1994.

"A Study of the Outcomes of Probation Officers' and Risk-

Screening Instruments Classifications" With Jimmie Williams,

Journal of Criminal Justice, 22 (6), 1-8, 1994.

"The Differential Use of Screening Techniques in the Recruitment

      of Police Officers"  with Mark Hogue and Tommie Black.

American Journal of Police, 13(2), 113-124, 1995.

"Gang Violence". Journal of Health Care for the Poor and

Underserved, 6(2), 198-202, 1995.

The Cost of Tolerance for Violence.  Journal of Health Care for

the Poor and Underserved, 6(2), 124-134, 1995.

"Community Based Alternatives to Prison: How the Public and

Court Personnel View Them" with David Lamb Federal

Probation, 59 (2), 5-9, June, 1995.

"Perceptions of Offender Motivation in Unwanted Aggressive Sexual

Advances" with Beverly Curry. International Review of

Victimology, 3,(1-14 ), 1995.

"Community Attitudes: A Study of Definitions and Punishment of

Spouse Abusers and Child Abusers", with Ida Johnson (lead

author). Journal of Criminal Justice, 23, 477-488, 1995.

"Sentencing Disparity in the Federal Courts and the Adoption of

Sentencing Guidelines" with Jimmy Williams. International

Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice,19

(1),73-82.

"Preferred labels and Penalties for Forced Sexual Intercourse", 

International Journal of the Sociology of Law, 23, 171-187.

Forced Sexual Intercourse on Campus: Crime or Offensive

Behavior" with Ida Johnson. Journal of Contemporary Criminal

Justice, 12(1), 54-68, 1995.

"Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program Effectiveness" with Greg

Talley.  American Journal of Police, 14(3-4), 111-123, 1995.

"Police Use of Deadly Force in Tennessee: A Follow-up to

Gardner", with Concetta Culliver. Contemporary Criminal

Justice, 11(3), 187-195. 

"Community Based alternatives to Prison: How the Public and

court Personnel View Them" with David Lamb.  Journal of

Offender Monitoring, 9 (2), 1-8.  Reprinted from Federal

Probation, 59(2), 5-9, June, 1995. 1996.

"Public Perceptions of Interpersonal Violence"  With Ida Johnson,

Journal of Criminal Justice, 24(5), 419-430, 1996.

"The Federal Judiciary and Corrections: Breaking the Hands off

Doctrine".  with Chadwick L. Shook.  Criminal Justice Policy

Review,7(3-4), 245-254, 1996.

"Police Community Service: An Evaluation of Program 

Effectiveness" with Linda Royster.  International Journal of

Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 21, 151-162, 1997.

"Low Levels of Stress among Correctional Officers in the Northern

Region of Ontario with Charlotte Pollak.  Journal

of Criminal Justice, 26(2), 117-128, 1998.

"Judicial Acceptance of the Battered Woman Syndrome" with Chad

Shook.  Criminal Justice Policy Review, 8(4), 365-383, 1998.

"Examining Courtship, Dating, and Forced Sexual Intercourse: 

A Preliminary Model" with Ida Johnson. Free Inquiry in

Creative Sociology. 26(1), 99-110. 1998.

"An Evaluation of the Implementation of a Specialized Treatment

of Sexual Offenders Program," with John T. Hageman. 

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative

Criminology, 42(3),198-209. 1998.

"Religiosity and Stress for Police Officers" with Ron Thweatt.

Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 12(1), 13-24, 1998.

"An Examination of Private Pre-sentence Investigations: Procedures

      and Issues," with David Fructman.  The Journal of Offender Rehabilitation,

      29(3/4), 157-170, 1999.

"Acceptance of Community Policing among Police Officers and Police

administrators" with Scott Lewis and Helen Rosenberg. Policing, An

      International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 22(4), 567-588.

"Forced Sexual Intercourse Among Intimates" with Ida Johnson

      Journal of Family Violence. 15(1), 95-108, 2000.

"Public Perceptions: The Stability of the Public's Endorsements of the

Definition and Criminalization of the Abuse of Women" with Ida

Johnson, lead author.  Journal of Criminal Justice, 28(3), 165-180, 2000.

“Use of the World Wide Web, Hyperlinks, and Managing the News by Criminal

Justice Agencies” with Steve Dykehouse.  Policing, An International

Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 23(3),318-338, 2000.

"Forced Sexual Intercourse Among Intimates" with Ida Johnson Journal of Family 

      Violence. 15(1), 95-108, 2000.

"Public Perceptions: The Stability of the Public's Endorsements of the

      Definition and Criminalization of the Abuse of Women" with Ida Johnson,

      lead author.  Journal of Criminal Justice, 28(3), 165-180, 2000.

"Economic Factors in Drug Law Enforcement Decisions: A Research Note" with

      Gregory M. Vecchi, February 2001 issue of the "International Advances in

      Economic Research", Volume 7, Number 1, 168.

"Economic Factors in Drug Law Enforcement Decisions," with Gregory M. Vecchi,

Policing: An International Journal, 24 (3), 310-329.

" Law-Enforcement Partnership in Community Corrections:  An Evaluation of Juvenile Offender

      Curfew Checks, with Marshal Alan Jones, Journal of Criminal Justice, 30, 245-256, 2002.

"Attitudes toward Violence and Reporting Violent Acts to the Police", with Ida

Johnson, Policing: An International Journal, 25(2), 274-273, 2002.

“Public Perceptions of Child Abuse” with Ida Johnson

Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology, 32, 73-84.

 

Journal Articles Accepted for Publication

 

“Gender Differences in Perception for Women’s Participation in

Unwanted Sexual Intercourse” with Etta Morgan Lead author and Ida

Johnson Journal of Criminal Justice.

“What do Police Think about Community Policing".  With Helen Rosenberg

and Scott Lewis, Policing: an International Journals 7-04. 

  

 

Journal Articles Submitted

 

The Effect of Alcohol on Victims' Participation in Unwanted sexual

Intercourse: Reduced Inhibitions, Reduced ability to resist, and

Incapacitation” with Ida Johnson (lead) Journal of Criminal

Justice

“Self and Other Dating Rationales for Men and Women” with Ida Johnson

and Etta Morgan, Personal Relationships, 8-05.

“Age of Greatest Risk for Victimization by Forced Sexual Intercourse,”

with Etta Morgan and Ida Johnson, Violence Against Women, 7-05.

 “Risk Factors in Forced Sexual Intercourse in a Dating or Intimate

Context,” with Ida Johnson and Etta Morgan, Journal of Violence

and Victims, 9-04 .

 “Retention of Subjects in a Longitudinal Study of Police Acceptance of

Community Policing:  A Research Note".  With Helen Rosenberg and

Scott Lewis, Criminal Justice Studies, 7-04.

 

 

Published Book Reviews

 

Crime and Delinquency with Keith Leenhouts, 24(4):87. 

     October, l978.  Urban Politics and the Criminal Court

     by Martin A. Levin.

Crime and Delinquency with Keith Leenhouts, 26(l):l07.

     January, l980.  Law and Society: The Crisis of Legal

     Ideals, Ideas, and Ideologies by Eugene Kamenka, Robert

     Brown, and Alice Erh-Soon Tay, eds.

Social Science Quarterly, 66(l):23l, l985.  The Scientific

     Analysis of Social Behavior by Michael Nicholson.

Journal of Crime and Justice, Spring 1989).  Sexual assault: 

     The Dilemma of Disclosure, the Question of Conviction“ by

     Rita Gunn and Candice Minch.

Journal of Crime and Justice, 12(1):129, 1989.  Sexual Assault:

     The Dilemma of Disclosure“ by Rita Gunn and Candice Minch.

Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture, 1(5), 48-51

      Dec. 1993.  Canceled Lives: Letters from the Inside, Film.

Choice.  Approximately ninety titles. 

 

Other

 

Co-editor special issue of Criminal Justice Review, 16 (2),

Autumn 1991, The Criminalization of Domestic Abuse, with

Ida Johnson.

Editor.  INSCAPE - l0/68 - 6/69.  Quarterly publication designed

      to provide source material for criminal justice employees.

      Crime Studies Center, Southern Illinois University,

      Carbondale.  (Non-refereed service)

Tables from an NEP study of furlough programs were reproduced in

      the Source Book of Criminal Justice Statistics, l978.

      LEAA, Government Printing Office, l979.

"Volunteers in Criminal Justice Settings," with Julian Greifer

      and Peter Kratowski.  In Curriculum and Course Development,

edited by H. Abadinsky.  Academy of Criminal Justice

Sciences, March l982, pp. l03-118.

 

Research in Progress

 

     1.  Stress in police officers

     2.  Public perceptions of the role of the justice system

         in the control of spouse, elder, and child abuse

     3.  Forced sexual intercourse on campus.

 

Grant-Related Technical Reports

 

Evaluation of Jefferson County Detention Needs.  University

     of Alabama, March 3l, l975.  l00 copies.

Summary:  Evaluation of Jefferson County Detention Needs.

     University of Alabama, April, l975.  l00 copies.

Furloughs for Inmates: Final Report.  University of Alabama,

     September, l976.  200 copies.
Furloughs for Inmates:  Summary.  University of Alabama,

     September, l976.  200 copies.

Furloughs for Inmates:  Single Site Evaluation Model Manual.

     University of Alabama, September, l976.  200 copies. 

 

Other Technical Reports

 

Tools for Trainers, Volume II.  Southern Illinois University-

     Carbondale, l968.

     (a) Section l, Films for Corrections

     (b) Section 6, Associations with an Interest in Corrections

     (c) Section l2, Feature Films of Interest for Corrections

Films for Correctional Staff Training, with George Kiefer.

     Crime Studies Center, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, l968.

Selected Bibliography on Correctional Design and Construction.  Crime

     Studies Center, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, l968.

Editor, Papers and Reports of the l7th Annual Correctional 

     Education Conference, Crime Studies Center, Southern

     Illinois University, Carbondale.  June, l968.

A Propositional Coding System for Role Theory, Draft IV,

     l973.  Bruce Biddle and Barbara Bank with the assistance

     of . . . Robert Sigler . . .  Unpublished.  Center for

     Research in Social Behavior, University of Missouri--Columbia.

Report Pardon Procedures Study.  Mimeo distribution, state

     governors.  University of Arkansas, l974.

 

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

Papers Read

 

"Program Evaluation, Program Planning and Research."  A paper

      presented at the Annual Conference of the Alabama-

      Mississippi Sociological Association, November 8-9, l974.

      Mobile, Alabama.

"Sentencing--Art or Science."  A paper presented with John C.

      Watkins, Jr. at the Annual Conference of the American

      Society of Criminology, October, l975.  Toronto, Canada.

"Evaluating Community Correctional Needs."  A workshop presented

at the Annual Conference of the American Society of

Criminology, October, l975.  Toronto, Canada.

"University Students as Volunteers."  A workshop conducted for

     the Alabama VIP Annual Conference, l975.

Keynote address.  North Alabama Criminal Justice Symposium.

     University of North Alabama, l975.

Guest panelist.  "Victimless Crimes."  Alabama Educational

     Television, October l5, l975.

"Educational Resources for Volunteer Programs."  A workshop

     conducted for the Alabama VIP Annual Conference, l975.

"Conceptual Links:  Restitution and Society's Need to Punish."

     A workshop presentation presented with Vergil L. Williams

     at the Annual Conference of the Academy of Criminal Justice

     Sciences, l976, San Mateo, California.
“Volunteers in Criminal Justice:  "An Historical Perspective."

     Presented at the Annual Conference for the American Society

     of Criminology, November l8, l977.  Atlanta, Georgia.

"Volunteers in Criminal Justice:  How Effective?"  Presented

     at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice

     Sciences, March, l978.  New Orleans, Louisiana.

"Evaluation Research is Real Research."  Presented at the annual

     meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, March,

     l980.  Oklahoma City.

"Volunteers in Criminal Justice:  Curriculum Alternatives."

     Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal

     Justice Sciences, March, l98l.  Philadelphia.

"Factors related to Job Performance for Industrial Security

     Personnel," with Richard P. Sanderson.  Academy of Criminal

     Justice Sciences annual meeting, March, l982.  Louisville,

     Kentucky.

"Are Management Information Systems Research?"  Academy of

     Criminal Justice Sciences annual meeting, l982.  Louisville.

"Research in Criminal Justice:  Verification of Theory, Applied

Research, or Both."  American Society of Criminology annual

meeting, November, l982.  Toronto, Canada.

"Pickups and Put-downs: A Conceptualization of Sexual Harassment." 

Presented to the Southern Anthropological

Society annual meeting with Beverly Curry, February, l983.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

"Adult Probation and Parole Officers: Influence of Their

     Weapons, Role Perspectives, and Role Conflict."  Presented

     to the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual meeting

     with Bridgette McGraw, March, l983.  San Antonio, Texas.

"The Criminalization of Forced Marital Intercourse: A

Preliminary Report on a Study of Public Perceptions of

Marital Rape."  Presented to the Academy of Criminal

Justice Sciences with Donna Haygood, March, l983.  San

Antonio, Texas.

"Sexual Harassment: A Working Woman's Problem?"  Presented

     to the Mid-South Sociological Association annual meeting

     with Ida Johnson, October, l983. Birmingham, Alabama.

"Sexual Harassment: Public Perceptions of the Need for

     Criminalization of Sexual Harassment: A Preliminary

     Report."  Presented to the American Society of Criminology

     annual meeting with Ida Johnson, November, l983.  Denver,

Colorado.

”Reports of our Deaths are Greatly Exaggerated: A Study of

Criminal Justice Academic Program Survival in Alabama."

Presented to the annual meeting of the Association of

Criminal Justice Sciences with Jon Dudeck, March, l984.

     Chicago, Illinois.

"Social Disorganization on Bimini: Impact of the Drug Trade."

     Presented to the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal

     Justice Sciences, March, l986.  Orlando, Florida.

     also presented to the American Anthropological Association

     Annual Meeting, December 1986, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

"Juvenile Delinquency and Learning Disabilities: Is there a

     Link." Presented to the Academy of Criminal Justice          

Sciences, March 1987, St. Louis with Concetta Culliver

"Stress in the Work Place: Comparing Police Stress with Teacher

Stress."  Presented to the American Society of Criminology,

     November, 1977, Montreal, Canada, with C. Norton Wilson.

"Consequences of the Habitual Offender Act on the Costs of     

Operating Alabama's Prisons."  American Society of

Criminology, Montreal, Canada, November, 1987, with

     Concetta Culliver.

"Placing Domestic Violence in context."  Presented to the Academy

      of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Francisco, April, 1988.

"The Impact of LWOP Sentences Under Habitual Offender Statutes:

      Placing   Alabama's  Experience  in   Context."   Mid-South

      Sociological Association Meeting, Mobile, Alabama, October,

      1988, with Concetta Culliver.

      Also presented at the American Society of Criminology

      Annual Meetings, Chicago, November, 1988.

"Stress in the Work Place:  Comparing Police Stress with Teacher     

Stress."  Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Washington,

DC, March 1989, with Charles N. Wilson and Zack Allen.

"The Differential Use of Screening Techniques in the Recruitment

      of Police Officers" with Mark Hogue. Academy of Criminal

      Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Washington, D. C., March,1989.

"Handling the Hostage Taker: Public Perceptions of the Use of

      Force by the Police" with Beverly Curry.  Annual

Meeting  of  the  American  Society  of  Criminology,  Reno,

Nevada, Oct. 1989.

"Victimization and Crime on campus" with Nancy Koehler".  Annual

meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Baltimore,

Maryland, October 1990.

"Using Inmate Labor to Produce Products for the Open Market:

Receptivity to Prison Industries among Prison

Administrators" with Mark Stough.  Annual meeting of the

American Society of Criminology. Baltimore, Maryland,

October 1990.

"Incidence of Date Rape on a College Campus" with Marie Wenstrom. 

Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences,

Nashville, TN, March 1991.

"Perceptions of Offender Motivation in Unwanted Aggressive

Sexual Advances" with Beverly Curry.  Presented to the

American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, November 1991.

"Community Attitudes: A Comparative Study of Definitions and

Punishment of Spouse Abusers and Child Abusers," with

Ida Johnson (lead author).  Presented to the Academy of

Criminal Justice Sciences, Pittsburgh, March 1992.

"Forced Sexual Intercourse Among Intimates: Rape or

Inappropriate Courtship" with Ida Johnson.  Presented

to the American Society of criminology, New Orleans,

November, 1992.

"Elders and Caregivers: Cross-Perceptions of Expectations, Use

of Force, and Conflict Resolutions", with Ida Johnson (lead

author) and Beverly Curry.  Presented to the American

Society of Criminology, November, 1992.

"An Evaluation of the Community Placement Supervision Program in

Tuscaloosa County, Alabama: Research in Progress", with

Etta F. Morgan-Sharp.  Presented to the Academy of Criminal

Sciences, Kansas City, March, 1993.

"Orientation toward Sexual Behavior and Characterizations of

Incidents of Forced Sexual Intercourse" with Ida M. Johnson

Presented to:  Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences,

Chicago--March 1994

"Cambio de Actitudes Hacia el Rol de las Mujeres en la Sociedad"

Conferencia de Universidad de Lima Facultad de Ciencias

Humanas, Lima, Peru, July, 1994.

"The Cost of Tolerance for Violence" Presented to: Preventing

Violence and Abusive Behavior: A Public Health Agenda, The

Seventh Annual Conference on Health Care for the Poor and

Underserved, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee

October, 1994.

"The Federal Judiciary and Corrections: Breaking the 'Hands-Off'

Doctrine" with Chadwick L. Schook.  Presented to: The

American Society of Criminology, Miami, November, 1994

"Intercourse Among Intimates: Rape or Inappropriate Courtship".

with Ida M. Johnson.  Presented to: The American Society of

Criminology, Miami, November, 1994

"Factors Influencing Victim Labeling of Forced Sexual Intercourse as Rape"

with Ida M. Johnson, Presented to: Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts March, 1995.

An Examination of Private Presentence Investigation: Procedures

and Issues" with David A. Fruchtman, Presented to: The

American Society of Criminology Chicago, IL, October 1996.

"Forced Sexual Intercourse in Intimate Relationships: Test of a

Model with Ida Johnson, Presented to The Academy of Criminal

Justice Sciences, Louisville, KY, March 1997.

"Acceptance of Community Policing among Police Officers and

Police Administrators, with Scott Lewis and Helen Rosenberg,

presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, March

1998, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Forced Sexual Intercourse Among Intimates: Test of a Model

      with Ida Johnson, presented at the Academy of Criminal

Justice Sciences, March 1998, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Use of the World Wide Web, Hyperlinks, and Managing the News by Criminal Justice

Agencies” with Steve Dykehouse, presented at the Academy of Criminal

Justice Sciences, March 1999, Orlando, Florida.

Social Disorganization and Crime: Testing the Theory,” with Courtney Waid,

presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, March 1999,

Orlando, Florida.

“Affirmative Action: A position Paper of the Human Relations Committee of the

University of Alabama,” with Titilayo Gaiusbayode,  presented to the

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Orlando, Florida, March, 1999.

"Economic Factors in Drug Law Enforcement Decisions," with Gregory M. Vecchi,

presented to Law and Economics, International Atlantic Economic

Conference, Munich, Germany, March 14-21, 2000.

LAW-ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP IN COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS:  AN EVALUATION OF JUVENILE

OFFENDER CURFEW CHECKS with Marshall Alan Jones, presented to The Academy

of Criminal Justice Sciences Washington DC April 2001

The Criminalization of Child and Spouse Abuse, prepared to support a panel

presentation at “Intervening  to Prevent Citizen and Domestic Abuse:

Assaults on the Sovereignty of the State and the Family, A

conference sponsored by The University of California's

Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation and The UC Davis

Campus's Institute of Governmental Affairs May 2001, with Ida

Johnson.

“Forced Sexual Intercourse in a Courtship Context: Testing a Preliminary Model”

      with Ida Johnson, presented to the Southern Association of Criminal

      Justice, September, 2002, Clearwater, Florida.

“The Effect of Alcohol on Victim’s Inhibitions and Responses” with Ida Johnson

      (lead author), presented to the Southern Association of Criminal Justice,

      September, 2002, Clearwater, Florida.

“Age and Use of Force in Last Reported Victimizations of Use of Force in Sexual Intimacy”

with Ida Johnson and Etta Morgan Presented to the Southern Criminal Justice Association,

Nashville Tennessee, September, 2003

“Female Victims’ Perceptions of Police Response to Domestic Abuse” With Ida

Johnson presented to the Southeastern Women’s Studies Association

Conference in Savannah, GA, March 26-27, 2004.

"Social contexts (neighborhood and family) and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) 
        among low-income pregnant women: Multilevel analysis", Qing Li lead
        author, Russell Kirby,& Sean-Shong Hwang. Public Health and Human
        Rights, 134th  Annual Meeting & Exposition, American Publich Health
        Association (November 4-8, 2006) in Boston, MA.

 

Manuscript Review

 

Criminal Justice and Behavior. 2000.

International Journal of Correctional Psychology. 1980, 1982.

LAE Journal.  1979-82.

Journal of Crime and Justice. 1988.

Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education. 1990-present

Journal of Crime and Justice. 1993.

American Journal of Police. 1993, 2000.

Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology, 1997,1998, 2000, 2003, 2004.

International Review of Victimology. 1994, 2000.

American Journal of Police. 1994

Police Quarterly, 1998.

Police Studies, 1994.

Journal of Criminal Justice, 1995, 1997,1998, 2000.

McGraw-Hill, 2003.

Prentice-Hall, manuscript review, l983, 1990, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003.

Random House, manuscript review, l983.

Roxbery Press, 1996.

Southern Illinois Press, 2004

Wadsworth, manuscript review, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002. 

 

 

DIRECTED STUDENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 

"Organization and Management of White Collar Crime Investigations."

Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual

Meeting by Kemp Ensor, March, l98l. Philadelphia.

"System Response to Domestic Violence."  Presented at the Academy

of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting by Toni Evans,

      April, 1988, San Francisco.

 

MASTERS THESES CHAIRED

 

Bowling, Debra.  An Attitudinal Study of Child Abuse in

      Tuscaloosa, Alabama.  l977

Gold, Stephen.  Role Perception of Trial Attorneys Toward Court

      Administration.  l978
Wiley, Robert Glenn, Jr.  The Effectiveness of Behavior

Modification in Community Programs for Juvenile Offenders.  1979

Parton, Debra.  Police Corruption: Its Meaning and Its Impact.

      l980

Sanderson, Richard.  A Study of the Performance of Security

     Guards in an Industrial Setting.  l98l

Hartley, Charles.  A Study of Family Court Clients: Differential

Treatment of CHINS and Delinquents.  l982

Thomas, Ernie.  Self-Concept and Delinquency.  l982

Singleton, Ricky.  Evaluation of the Impact of the Law

Enforcement Assistance Administration on the Criminal

Justice System in a Non-Urban County.  l982

McGraw, Brigitte.  Role Conflict in Adult Probation and Parole:

     Focus the Weapon.  l983

Johnson, Ida M.  Dimensions of Sexual Harassment in Various

     Social Settings.  l983

Haygood, Donna.  Definitions of Forced Marital Intercourse: A

     Matter of Law or a Matter of Custom. l983

Johnson, Leslie.  Changing Public Attitudes Toward Community

     Corrections:  Judicial Influence.  l984

Paseur, Debra.  Community Corrections Alternatives:  Evaluating

     Potential for Use in Alabama.  l985

Nichols, Jim.  The Effectiveness of Police Training Programs in

     the State of New York.  l985

Hawkins, Mike.  The Effect of Police Public Relations on the

     Residential Burglary Victim's Attitude toward Police.  l985

Garris, John.  An Application of Theory to the Differential

     Processing of Delinquent Youth in Law Enforcement.  l986

Dees, Tim.  Public Perceptions of Petty Corruption in Law

    Enforcement.  l986

Williams, Lester. Impact of the Habitual Offender Act on

     Families of Inmates in Progress.  1986.

Wilson, Charles N.  Stress:  A Research Comparison Between

      Teachers and Police Officers in the Town of Dewitt.  1986.

Jones, W. C. Factors that Influence Turnover Rate among     

Entry Level South Carolina Police Officers.  1987.

Allen, Zack.  Study on Causes of Occupational Stress Among     

Municipal Law Enforcement Officers.  1987.

Clausen, Vicki.  Domestic Violence in the Criminal Justice

      System,:  Connation and Tolerance?  1987.

Black, Tommie.  Impact of delay in Training on Performance of     

Police Officers.  1988.

Williams, Lester.  Impact of Habitual Offender Statutes on the Families of

Inmates.  1988.

Hogue, Mark.  The Differential Use of Screening Techniques in the

     Recruitment of Police Officers. 1989.

Koehler, Nancy.  Patterns of Victimization on Campus. 1990.

Stough, Mark.  Industrial Prisons: The Rebirth of American

Corrections.  1990.

King, David.  Colonial Policing and the Bermudization of the

Bermuda Police. 1991.

Adams, Linda Royster.  Police Community Service: An Evaluation

of Program Effectiveness.  1991.  

Talley, Greg  Evaluation of Project D. A. R. E.  1992.
Lamb, David.  Perceptions of Alternative Corrections: Assessing

Attitudes Toward the Use of Alternative Sentencing.  1992

Gray, Michael Kevin.  Serious Juvenile Offenders in the

Department of Youth Services. 1994

Harris, Paul.  The Impact of We or Dry Status On Crime Rates in

Alabama. 1995.

Shook, Chadwick, L. The Battered Woman Defense in Murder Cases. 1995.

Neismith, Gordon. Implied Consent and the Contextual No. 1996.

Hageman, John.  An Evaluation of the specialized Treatment of the

      Sexual Offender Program. 1996.

Crowley, Thomas J. Comparison of Crime Guns in 1996 with Crime

Guns in the Early 1970s. 1998

Lewis, Scott.  Acceptance of Community Policing among Police

Officers and Police Administrators. 1998.

Dykehouse, Steve.  United States Criminal Justice Agencies' HTML

Multimedia Sites and their Hyperlinks.  1998.

King, John.  Evidentiary Issues Surrounding the Use of Accelerant

Detecting Canines, 1999