• NDSU's Back on TRAC Program: Policy Recommendations 

  Gonzales, Carmen Caitlin (North Dakota State University, 2010)

  Alcohol and other drug use by college students has been considered by college administrators to be problematic for many years, but strategies in place were not effective or were being under-utilized. Data taken from both ...

• Voter Disenfranchisement 

  Peterson, Timothy Walter (North Dakota State University, 2010)

  This paper examines the policy of voter disenfranchisement and how it disproportionately affects minorities. Voter disenfranchisement is the denial of voting rights to the criminally convicted. The research indicates ...

• An Examination of the Relationship Between Individual Risk Factors and Drug Court Success: An Application of the Risk, Needs, Responsivity Model 

  Richardson, Katie Ann (North Dakota State University, 2010)

  Research has documented that drug courts can and do work; however, recent attention has focused on how individual characteristics may be related to program success and post program recidivism. It was the purpose of this ...

• An Exploratory Study of the Perceptions of Effectiveness for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Training for Law Enforcement 

  Harmon, Natalie (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  This study is designed to explore a possible solution to a variety of the current issues in the law enforcement field. The purpose of this study is to assess the views through purposive sampling of ten key informants in ...

• An Outcome Evaluation of Centre Incorporated’s Responsive Risk Reduction for Women Program 

  Ursino, John (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  Research on gender-responsive correctional programming has yielded mixed results. Contemporary literature proposes practices aimed at increasing the efficacy of gender-responsive programming. Prior research has highlighted ...

• Exploratory Analysis of Mass Shooting Offenders in U.S. Journalism 

  Davis, Dominic (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  Mass shootings are commonplace in media. The media reports as to why the events happened, often within days or hours. These reasons attributed often lead to political debates on how to deter future mass casualty events. ...

• Pretrial Services: Exploring What Works and Policy Implications 

  Waller, Vanessa (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  As the view on mass incarceration around the United States is further explored, there has been a need for alternatives to jail. Specifically, pretrial services programs are an opportunity for recently charged defendants ...

• Differences in DUI Punishments and Recidivism Between Transfers Among Municipal and District Court 

  Menke, Alexander (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  The relationship between court transfers and punishment differences, as well as changes in recidivism, have been seldomly researched. This paper adds to the body of research by comparing punishments from DUI cases heard ...

• Integrating the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) and the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Approaches for an Enhanced Police Performance Measurement System 

  Lee, Myungwoo (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  An effective performance measurement system is an integral part of modern police management. Police agencies have measured their performance against a very restricted set of crime-focused indicators, such as crime rates, ...

• Correctional Case Planning: An Examination Into the Impacts of Case Plans on Offender Recidivism 

  Borseth, Jenna Lynn (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  Case planning has become common practice within many correctional intervention programs. While the practice of case planning is not a new idea, it remains a largely neglected field within the study of offender rehabilitation. ...

• A Revalidation of the Level of Service Inventory–Revised (LSI-R) 

  Towers, Crystal Murani (North Dakota State University, 2020)

  In the United States, the large number of incarcerated individuals presents heavy social and economic burdens. To lessen these strains, many criminal justice agencies utilize risk assessment to determine which individuals ...

• Unsettling Settlements: Examining Police Misconduct Lawsuits in the City of Chicago 

  Robinson, Chloe Nichele (North Dakota State University, 2020)

  There is limited empirical research related to lawsuits involving the police due in part to limited accessibility to relevant data sources. This study aims to examine the relationship between citizen, situational, and ...

• Use of Force Policy Adequacy in Rural and Urban Agencies 

  Seyfried, Benjamin David (North Dakota State University, 2021)

  Police use of force has become one of the most widely covered topics in the media today. Especially in the past year, police use of force incidents have been heavily scrutinized and reviewed, and it was one of the most ...

• Characteristics of Child Pornographers Under Federal Supervision in the State of North Dakota 

  Doerr, Mandy Lee (North Dakota State University, 2020)

  Currently, it is estimated that there are over 45 million child pornographic images and videos on the internet. The purpose of the current study is to record the characteristics of those convicted of accessing, distributing, ...

• The Effects of the DUI 24/7 Program in Cass County, North Dakota 

  Berge, Christine Marie (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  This study presents the results of an evaluation of the 24/7 Sobriety Program in Cass County, North Dakota, looking specifically at participants’ likelihood of receiving a conviction of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) ...

• Formal and Informal Labeling Effects on Later Self-Reported Non-Violent and Violent Delinquency 

  Mitchell, Meghan Marie (North Dakota State University, 2011)

  This research examines the impact of formal and informal labeling on self-reported violent and non-violent delinquency. This longitudinal research design utilizes cohort 15 from the Project on Human Development in Chicago ...

• Chasing the Dragon: The Social Construction of the U.S. Opioid Epidemic 

  Vondal, Jennafer (North Dakota State University, 2019)

  Utilizing a social construction perspective, this study uses a mixed method approach to examine the opioid epidemic. The study begins by identifying the numerous claims-making groups along with conducting a content analysis ...

• Juvenile Perceptions of the Police and Police Services 

  Sanden, Michael Brian (North Dakota State University, 2011)

  This study examined the impact of four categories of variables (demographics, neighborhood context variables, contact with the police, and vicarious influence variables) on juvenile perceptions of the police and police ...

• Substance Use Among Adolescents: A Comparison Between Native Born and New American Students 

  Borseth, Jenna Lynn (North Dakota State University, 2017)

  Currently, there is a lack of research within the social bond and social capital theory literature on the effects that immigration status has on substance use behaviors. The purpose of the current study is to fill this ...

• Over a Decade Later: A Quasi-Experimental Study of North Dakota’s Juvenile Drug Courts 

  Belisle, Linsey Ann (North Dakota State University, 2017)

  Little is known about the long-term impact of juvenile drug court on recidivism. This study compares the adult recidivism rates among prior juvenile drug court participants against a comparison group of probated, but not ...

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