Accomplishments: Department of Criminal Justice
Alexandra Nur (Criminal Justice) recently published an article that explores the potential for prison misconduct processing to instigate further misconduct rather than deter future misconduct. In the article entitled "The (Non)Deterrent Potential of Prison Sanction Structure: A Review of Deterrence and Rational Choice in the Prison Context,"…
Alexa Bejinariu (Criminal Justice) and colleague Shawn Flanigan (School of Public Affairs, San Diego State University) published the research article "Human trafficking risks in countries unaccustomed to migration: Romanian assistance providers’ experiences with conflict-affected migrants from Ukraine" in the European Journal of Criminology. The…
Alexandra Nur (Criminal Justice) and Ian Silver (RTI International) recently published an article in Academic Pediatrics examining adult general health, anxiety, and depression among individuals exposed to arrest, conviction, and confinement in juvenile and adult facilities during adolescence. Results re-affirm much work that suggests…
Alexa Bejinariu (Criminal Justice) published an article titled, “NGO–Government Relations in States With Weak Institutions: Avoiding the State While Supplementing Resource Gaps” in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. Drawing on interviews with Romanian NGOs supporting migrants in the early months following the Russian invasion of Ukraine,…
Amber Krushas (Soluri) (Criminal Justice) published a book titled, "A Review of Personal Recurrent Victimization: Examining the Literature on Recurrent, Repeat, Multiple, Poly, and Revictimization" under SpringerBriefs in Criminology. The book outlines over 550 studies that assess five different forms of recurrent victimization over the last four…
Amber Krushas (Soluri) (Criminal Justice) published an article titled, "Why Does This Keep Happening? Assessing Theoretical Correlates Among Recurrent Victims Compared to Single and Non-Victims," in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence. The article explores multiple victimological perspectives collectively to advance current theoretical…
Bo ra Jung and Seong-min Park (both Criminal Justice), along with Sinyong Choi from Kennesaw State University, recently published a peer-reviewed article, "Public Attitudes and Justifications on Illegal Streaming Sites in South Korea: A Content Analysis," in the International Journal of Information Security and Cybercrime. Through analyzing a…
Nicolas Barr (Social Work), Steven Pace (Criminal Justice), and Alexandra Slemaker (Criminal Justice) published an article, “Laten Profiles of Psychosocial Risk and Associations with Suicidality in U.S. Military Veterans.” This article appears in Traumatology. Military veterans are at increased risk for suicide compared to civilians. Suicide…
Steven Pace (Criminal Justice), a former FBI supervisory special agent and current UNLV faculty member, will be featured in a forthcoming true-crime documentary detailing one of the largest global takedowns of a transnational criminal enterprise in FBI history. Pace served as the lead FBI case agent on “Operation Money Maker,” a six-year…
Steven Pace (Criminal Justice), assistant professor-in-residence and former FBI supervisory special agent, was recently interviewed on Nevada Public Radio (KNPR) as an expert commentator concerning the health challenges faced by first responders. In the broadcast, he outlined how chronic occupational stress can degrade cardiovascular, immune, and…
Alexandra Nur and Amber Krushas (Criminal Justice) published an article titled, "Outside in: The role of visitation on within-prison and post-release behavior," in the Journal of Criminal Justice. The article explores whether patterns of visits received in prison are related to misconduct while incarcerated and parole violation once released…
Steven Pace (Criminal Justice) was a guest on the NPR radio show, "All Things Considered," hosted by Lakshmi Singh. Pace proved analysis concerning the arrest of Luigi Mangione in December 2024.