Sherouk Ahmed
Graduate student
- sherahme@indiana.edu
Research Interests
law and society; comparative criminology/CJ; victimology; restorative justice; Islamic criminology; policing; race; philosophy of punishment
Kayla Allison, M.A.
Graduate student
- knalliso@indiana.edu
Research Interests: the intersection of gender, race, class, and crime, bias crime, and communities and crime.
Chad Brown
Graduate student
- cb38@indiana.edu
Research Interests
corrections policy; re-entry and recidivism; substance abuse; behavioral and mental health of repeat offenders; homelessness and the justice system
M. Augusta Cherri
Graduate student
- macherri@indiana.edu
Research Interests
legal procedure; criminal law in the Middle East; relationship between Muslims and western criminal justice systems
Jonathan E. Coats, M.S.
Graduate student
- jecoats@indiana.edu
Research Interests
social policy implementation; Child Protective Services policy; discretion in front-line workers; crime prevention through environmental design; community policing; governmental interaction with lower SES persons
Joseph G. DeLeeuw, M.S.
Graduate student
- jdeleeuw@indiana.edu
Research Interests
domestic terrorism; rural crime; social network analysis
Caitlin Ducate
Graduate student
- csducate@indiana.edu
Joshua Ellsworth
Graduate student
- jtellswo@indiana.edu
Research Interests
violent crime; criminal investigative policy and practices; history of violent crime and policing; comparative historical research; qualitative research methods
Mia Gilliam
Graduate student
- miagilli@indiana.edu
John Gonsler
Graduate student
- jgonsler@indiana.edu
Research Interests
serial killers; terrorism; sex offenders; victimology; violence; deception
Ashley Hemsath
Graduate student
- ahemsath@indiana.edu
Research Interests
victimology; violent crime; vigilantism; feminist theory
Brittany J. Hood, M.S.
Graduate student
- bjhood@indiana.edu
Research Interests
mental health in the criminal justice system; recidivism in specialty courts; psychology of criminal behavior; diversion programs; program evaluation; qualitative methods
Katherine Inez Barrus
Graduate student
- kbarrus@indiana.edu
Research Interests
forensic linguistics; linguistic profiling; voice and dialect disguise; linguistic evidence in court; religion's role in abating or provoking crime
Sun Ho (Steve) Kim
Graduate student
- kimsunh@indiana.edu
Research Interests
criminal profiling; psychology of criminal behavior; corruption in public administrators; police misconduct
Michael Match
Graduate student
- micmatch@indiana.edu
Research Interests
sentencing; corrections; comparative criminal justice; capital punishment
Jessica Meckes
Graduate student
- jmeckes@indiana.edu
Research Interests
social network analysis and violence trends; theories of crime; corrections; visual/media representations of crime; torture
Mike Mitchell
Graduate Student
- mitchmia@iu.edu
Research Interests
police community relations, biosocial behavior in juveniles, post conviction / community re-entry of offenders, police culture within departments
Megan Novak
Graduate student
- megnovak@indiana.edu
Jessica Peterson
Graduate student
- petejess@indiana.edu
Research Interests
policing and police organization; public perception of police; social psychology of criminal behavior
Laura L. Roush, M.S.
Graduate student
- llroush@indiana.edu
Research Interests
domestic violence; drug abuse; juvenile justice; gangs; sexual offenders; crime in the media; police corruption
D. Jackson Sargent, M.P. A.
Graduate student
- dsargen@indiana.edu
Research Interests
homeland security; terrorism; comparative criminal justice systems; public policy
Eric Sevell, M.A.
Graduate student
- esevell@indiana.edu
Research Interests
cultural criminology; deviant behavior and social control; urban sociology; social psychology; qualitative methods
Summer Shuford
Graduate student
- sshufor@indiana.edu
Research Interests
restorative justice; prison programming; re-entry; juvenile offenders; gender and crime; policing; military crime
Holly J. Sims
Graduate student
- hojosims@indiana.edu
Research Interests
deconstruction of the criminal self; how conceptions of race and gender impact the distinction between criminals and non-criminals
Jessica R. Swanson, M.S.
Graduate student
- jesrswan@indiana.edu
Research Interests
juvenile delinquency; police image and public perception; social media and juvenile behavior; communities and policing; child abuse and violence; immigration and public policy
Leo Yang
Graduate student
- leoyang@indiana.edu
Research Interests
psychology of criminal behavior; lie detection; cyber crime
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