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Learning from Error in Violence Prevention: A School Shooting as an Organizational Accident by Goodrum, Sarah, Slepicka, Jessie, Woodward, William, Kingston, Beverly

“…This article argues that the organizational structure and culture of schools may impede the prevention of violence in America’s schools, specifically threat…”
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Twenty-First Century Trends in Girls’ Violence and the Gender Gap: Triangulated Findings from Official and Unofficial Longitudinal Sources by Steffensmeier, Darrell, Schwartz, Jennifer, Slepicka, Jessie, Zhong, Hua

“…Recent media and academic reports project rising levels of girls’ violence and a narrowing gender gap. In response, the authors investigate 21st century trends…”
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Foster Care, Permanency, and Risk of Prison Entry by Font, Sarah, Berger, Lawrence M., Slepicka, Jessie, Cancian, Maria

“…Objective: (1) Examine associations of foster care exit type (e.g., reunification with birth family, adoption, guardianship/permanent relative placement, or…”
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Perceptions of Pretrial Risk Assessment: An Examination Across Role in the Initial Pretrial Release Decision by Terranova, Victoria A., Ward, Kyle, Slepicka, Jessie, Azari, Anthony M.

“…Pretrial risk assessments are used to inform pretrial release decisions by judicial officers and criminal justice entities. Existing research indicates that…”
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Environmental Hazards and Structural Covariates of US Homicide Rates: Methodological Considerations When Investigating the "Ecology" of Violence by Slepicka, Jessie

“…Environmental hazards such as air pollutants have increasingly been investigated as macro-level correlates of violent criminal activity, including rates of…”
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Reassessing the missing link in general deterrence research: A behavioral economic approach by Slepicka, Jessie

“…Given the increasing application of behavioral economics within criminology, the present investigation seeks to reassess the ‘missing link’ in general…”
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Clearance rates, arrest rates, and racial stratification: A time series analysis, 1965–2020 by Slepicka, Jessie

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Strain, Boredom, and Self-Control: Extending General Strain Theory to Texting While Driving by Slepicka, Jessie

“…The individual and societal dangers surrounding texting while driving have recently surged into the lens of mainstream media, as well as into the focus of…”
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Has Postponed Entry into Adult Roles Modified U.S. Age-Crime Curves? Age-Arrest Patterns of Teens, Emerging Adults and Adult Age Groups, 1980–2019 by Steffensmeier, Darrell, Slepicka, Jessie, Schwartz, Jennifer, Lu, Yunmei

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Age and the Distribution of Crime in Botswana, Africa: Comparisons with the USA, Taiwan, South Korea, Namibia, and HG Invariance Norm by Steffensmeier, Darrell, Slepicka, Jessie, Sebeelo, Tebogo, Uhl, Jonathan

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Practitioner Perceptions of the Use and Utility of Pretrial Risk Assessment: Focus Group Analysis 1 by Terranova, Victoria A, Ward, Kyle, Azari, Anthony M, Slepicka, Jessie

“…Pretrial risk assessment tools are designed to shed light on the potential risk that a released defendant will fail to appear to a scheduled court date and/or…”
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