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BY: Kendall Hunt
If you will be in attendance at ACJS this February, don't miss these Kendall Hunt author presentations!
Thursday, February 15, 2018
8-9:15am
Drug Crimes: Pharmaceuticals and Criminal Justice System Response to Opioids
Hilton 1st Floor: Grand Salon 18
Heroin and Opiate Addiction: Catalysts for Change Needed within the Criminal Justice System and Community
Melchor de Guzman, Georgia Gwinnett College
Drug Crimes: The Opioid Epidemic
Hilton 2nd Floor: Chequers
Opiate Deaths and Homicides: Is there a statistical connection in Memphis?
David Hughes McElreath, University of Mississippi
Daniel Adrian Doss, University of West Alabama
9:30-10:45am
The “Talk”: Discussions with our Youth Regarding Police Citizen Encounters
Hilton 2nd Floor: Marlborough B
Robert Bing III, University of Texas Arlington
11am – 12:15pm
Here a Gangster, There a Gangster, Everywhere a Gangster
Hilton 2nd Floor: Marlborough A
Jeffrey Paul Rush, Troy University
Carter Smith, Middle Tennessee State University
12:30-1:45pm
Corrections: Innovations in Rehabilitation
Hilton 1st Floor: Grand Salon 9
Children of Incarcerated Parents Wellness Program in Mississippi
3:30-4:45pm
Policing: New Trends in Organizational Strategies
Hilton 1st Floor: Grand Salon 10
Body Worn Camera Implementation at a Midsize Upstate New York Law Enforcement Agency
James C. Brown, Utica College
Friday, February 16, 2018
Courts and Law: Issues with Pre-Trial Detention
Hilton 1st Floor: Grand Salon 6
Fitting “As Hand in Glove:” Considering the Implications of the Supreme Court’s Extension of Fourth Amendment Protection to Pretrial Detainees in Manuel v. City of Joliet
George M. Dery III, California State Fullerton
Drug Offenses and Bail
Gabriela Wasileski, University of Baltimore
Negative Police Encounters and the Possible Impact on Police Recruitment and Enrollment into Criminal Justice Degree Programs
Hilton 1st Floor: Grand Salon 12
Eric Coleman, University of North Texas at Dallas
White-Collar Crime: Corporations and Corruption
Hilton 2nd Floor: Eglinton Winton
Insider Threat Behaviors in Financial Institutions: Insights from White Collar Crime Investigators and Prosecutors
Juvenile Justice: Understanding Justice Involved Youth
The Facets of Psychopathy and Suicidal Ideation Among Incarcerated Youth
Moderator: Matt DeLisi, Iowa State University
A Needle in a Stack of Needles: NLP Approaches to Use of Force Analysis
Matthew Hickman, Seattle University
Capital Punishment: Race and Technical Issues
Race, Gender, and Death: A Historical Contextualization of Modern Era Executions
Kristie Blevins, Eastern Kentucky University
Life Outside of the Ivory Tower: Finding a Healthy Work-Life Balance
Heather Pfeifer, University of Baltimore
11am-12:15pm
Corrections: Meeting and Assessing Population Needs
An Examination of the Relationship between Mental Illness, Substance Abuse, and Criminal Behavior among a Rural County Jail Inmate Sample
11-12:15pm
Fraud and the Internet
Synthetic Identity Fraud
Gerald H. Cliff, National White Collar Crime Center
April Wall-Parker, National White Collar Crime Center
2-3:15pm
Internet Crimes: The Impact of Social Networking and Technology
Social Media, Phone Apps, and Crime
Security and Crime Prevention: Various Topics
Hilton 1st Floor: Grand Salon 21
Checks and Balances: Ensuring the Integrity in Mississippi Crimestoppers Programs
Michael Wigginton Jr., University of Southern Mississippi
Steve Mallory, University of Mississippi
Integrating Online and Face to Face Teaching
Criminal Justice Education/Technology/Online/Distance Education
Hilton 3rd Floor: Newberry
Carter F. Smith, Middle Tennessee State University
3:30-5pm
ACJS Research and Pictorial Showcase
Hilton 1st Floor: Grand Ballroom A
Juggalos: Family or Gang? A Participant Observational Study
Christopher J. Przemieniecki, West Chester University
Victimization and the Impact on Inmate Behavior
Saturday, February 17, 2018
ACJS Doctoral Summit Networking Breakfast (By Invitation Only)
Teaching Criminal Justice in the Age of Trump
Hilton 3rd Floor: Trafalgar
Francisco Alatorre, New Mexico State University
Sex Crimes and Human Trafficking
Hilton 1st Floor: Grand Salon 24
A Transcendental Phenomenological Investigation into the Victimology of Human Sex Trafficking in Maine
Steve Dyer, Thomas College
Policing: Emerging Issues in Administration and Management
Should Politicians and Police Managers Instruct their Police Officers to Stand Down during Acts of Civil Disobedience?
Juvenile Justice: Sentencing Outcomes
Hilton 3rd Floor: Norwich
Lasting Impacts of the Get Tough Era on Juvenile Sentencing
Megan Kurlychek, University at Albany
Organized Crime: Gangs, Drugs, and Terrorism
Hilton 1st Floor: Grand Salon 16
Gangs, Organized Crime and Terrorism Revisited
Policing: Emerging Issues in Police Training
Hilton 1st Floor: Grand Salon 22
The Challenges of Ensuring Standardization and Validation in Basic Law Enforcement Training In Mississippi
Carl J. Jensen, The Citadel
11am - 12:15pm
Qualitative Research Methods
Hilton 1st Floor: Grand Salon 15
Re-imagining a Social Identity: Social Service Providers’ Perceptions of Undocumented Immigrant Youth’s Sense of Belonging
Succeeding as a Community College Instructor
Hilton 3rd Floor: Durham
Christopher Utecht, College of Lake County
Teaching Pedagogy: What the University Can Do
Dual Enrollment Classes in Criminal Justice and Their Possible Effects on College and University Criminal Justice Programs
Sex Crimes: Universities, Deception, and Extortion
Campus Sexual Assault Policy in a New Era
Christina Mancini, Virginia Commonwealth University
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