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Criminal Justice Dissertations

As of 2014, all newly submitted Graduate Center dissertations and theses appear in Academic Works shortly after graduation. Some works are immediately available to read and download, and some become available after an embargo period set by the author. Dissertations and theses from before 2014 are generally accessible only to the CUNY community, but some authors have chosen to make theirs open access.

Dissertations from 2015 2015

Sexual Victimization, Disclosure, and Accountability: Organizational Responses of the Boy Scouts of America to Child Sexual Abuse, Michelle Anne Cubellis

Child Abductors Who Have Killed Their Victims: A Theoretical Approach to Spatial Analysis, Tonya M. DeSa

Apple picking: The rise of electronic device thefts in Boston subways, Kendra Gentry

Pennsylvania Academic Career/Technical Training Alliance Initiative: Engaging Youth in School and Work, Marna Goodman

Women Are Like Silk and Men Are Like Gold: A Cross-Country Comparison of Institutional Responses to Honor Violence, Alana Michele Henninger

Dangerous Spaces: The Structural Context of Violence against Foreign Nationals in South Africa, Alexandra Hiropoulos

Negotiating limits: Boundary management in the Bondage/Discipline/Sadomasochism (BDSM) community, Karen Marie Holt

Law Enforcement Innovation and Diffusion: A Network Analysis of Police Accreditation, Jeremiah Paul Johnson

The Impact of Police Misconduct in Kings County on New York City's Civil Liability 2006-2010, Brian A. Maule

The Power of Place: A Comparative Analysis of Prison and Street Gangs, Jennifer M. Ortiz

Inmate-, Incident-, And Facility-Level Factors Associated With Escapes From Custody And Violent Outcomes, Bryce E. Peterson

Traumatic Brain Injuries among adolescent inmates in Rikers Island, NYC Jail: A mixed methods study, Cassandra Ramdath

Pimps of Harlem: Talk of Labor and the Sociology of Risk, Amber Horning Ruf

Collisions of the personal and the public in post-Realignment California: How women and front-line workers manage post-incarceration work, Megan Welsh

Why Do Victims Not Report?: The Influence of Police and Criminal Justice Cynicism on the Dark Figure of Crime, Seokhee Yoon

Dissertations from 2014 2014

Bureaupathology and Organizational Fraud Prevention: Case Studies of Fraud Hotlines, Chelsea Ann Binns

Ecology of Terrorism: Cross-National Comparison of Terrorist Attacks, Katharine A. Boyd

Post-treatment drug use, recidivism, analogous behaviors, and perceptions of fairness: Examining whether parolees with low self-control will benefit from the Collaborative Behavioral Management intervention, Sriram Chintakrindi

A Study of Twenty Two Caliber Long Rifle and Nine Millimeter Parabellum Bullet Ricochet from Common Substrates, Peter Diaczuk

The Process of Separation for Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: Evaluating Risk of Indirect and Physical Abuse Relating to Interpersonal Events, Brittany E. Hayes

Translator, traitor: A critical ethnography of a U.S. terrorism trial, Maya Hess

Committed to the Cause? Violent and Financial Criminal Behaviors of Domestic Far-Rightists, Ashmini G. Kerodal

Is Burglary A Violent Crime? An Empirical Investigation Of Classifying Burglary As A Violent Felony And Its Statutory Implications, Phillip Kopp

A meta-analysis of the prediction of violence among adults with mental disorders, Hing Po Lam

Counterfeiting: A Challenge to Forensic Science, the Criminal Justice System, and Its Impact on Pharmaceutical Innovation, Pauline Elizabeth Leary

The Application of Dispersion Staining and Infrared Microspectroscopy to Analyze Physical Evidence in Developing Countries, Thiti Mahacharoen

Assessing Young Males' Perspectives On The Cultural Competency Of Juvenile Justice Staff And Predicting Psychosocial Functioning, Crystal Catherine Rodriguez

Dissertations from 2013 2013

Reduction of Observable Robbery and Larceny-Theft in the Twelve Largest Cities in the United States from 1980 to 2009, Andrew J. Costello

Uv-Visible Microscope Spectrophotometric Polarization And Dichroism With Increased Discrimination Power In Forensic Analysis, Dale Kevin Purcell

UV-Visible Microscope Spectrophotometric Polarization and Dichroism with Increased Discrimination Power in Forensic Analysis, Dale Kevin Purcell

Dissertations from 2012 2012

Social Disorganization and the Public Level of Crime Control: A Spatial Analysis of Ecological Predictors of Homicide Rates in Bogota, Colombia, Gipsy Escobar

Risky Businesses: A Micro-Level Spatiotemporal Analysis of Crime, Place, & Business Establishment Type, Christopher R. Herrmann

Exploring Change in Local Criminal Justice Systems: An Examination of the Implementation of the Justice Reinvestment at the Local Level Model in Three U.S. Counties, Suzanne Rebecca Neusteter

Dissertations from 2011 2011

Call of Duty: A Question of Police Integrity, Albert O. Gamarra

Judicial Instructions and the Juror’s Ability to Disregard Inadmissible Evidence: Can Varying the Timing and Content of Judicial Instructions Influence Juror Decision-Making?, Courtney Hougham

Identity and Behavior: Exploring an Understanding of “Being” and “Doing” for Catholic Priests Accused of the Sexual Abuse of Minors in the United States, Brenda K. Vollman

Dissertations from 2010 2010

Qualitative and Quantitative X-Ray Diffraction Analysis for Forensic Examination of Duct Tapes, Rebecca E. Bucht

Dissertations from 2009 2009

The Gatekeeping Behind Meritocracy: Voices of NYC High School Students, Arlene Melody Garcia

Memorial Laws: Social and Media Construction of Personalized Legislation, 1994-2005, Faith H. Leibman

Dissertations from 2007 2007

An Empirical Test of Terrie Moffitt’s Developmental Taxonomy of Delinquency, Jessica M. Saunders

Dissertations from 2001 2001

The Police Officer as Survivor: The Psychological Impact of Exposure to Death in Contemporary Urban Policing, Vincent E. Henry

Dissertations from 1999 1999

The Structure and Procedures of Hostage/Crisis Negotiation Units in United States Police Organizations, Robert Joseph Louden

Dissertations from 1996 1996

An Examination of the Socio-Economic Determinants of Punishment Using Abductive Polynomial Networks, Farrukh Behzad Hakeem

Dissertations from 1991 1991

The Psychological Determinants of Occupational and Non-Occupational Risk-Taking Among Law Enforcement Officers, William F. McCarthy

Dissertations from 1987 1987

The Impact of Presentence Investigations on Plea Bargained Dispositions in Kings County Supreme Court, Joseph G. Enright

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