• The Competency-Based Movement in Student Affairs: Implications for Curriculum and Professional Development 

  Eaton, Paul William (Journal of College Student Development, 2016)

  This paper examines the limitations and possibilities of the emerging competency-based movement in Student Affairs. Utilizing complexity theory and postmodern educational theory as guiding frameworks, examination of the ...

• Microbiome of bone marrow for postmortem interval 

  Ruble, Mary N; 0000-0002-4309-8103

  When determining time since death estimations are limited in their accuracy by a number of external factors such as the decomposition of soft tissues, presence of scavengers, and environmental influences. Therefore current ...

• What a difference a year makes: An examination of prosecutorial decision-making for persons under the age of 18 in the Harris County, Texas adult criminal justice system. Patterns and predictors. 

  Cooper, Maisha Nichole

  Prior studies have argued that the disparate treatment of racial, ethnic, gender, and age groups is present, either directly or indirectly, at every stage of processing in the United States’ juvenile and adult criminal ...

• A Validation Study of the Positive Achievement Change Tool (PACT) 

  McKenzie, Sherzine

  The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA, 2002) mandates the use of risk assessments in juvenile justice proceedings. The Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD, 2015) has approved the use of the Positive ...

• Criminal Immigrants in the U.S. Correctional System: Does U.S.nativity affect prison misconduct? 

  Taylor, Kiersten Berdette; 0000-0002-8502-9712

  Over the last decade, the United States criminal justice system experienced an increased rate of criminals designated as non-natives. Recent literature has examined how this population change affects law enforcement trends, ...

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