🎉 Congrats to Seth Watts who is the 2025 recipient of the Division of Policing Outstanding Student Dissertation Award! His project was titled "Fostering Collaborative Solutions in the Opioid Overdose Crisis: Law Enforcement as a Partner in Reducing Fatalities." Amer Soc of Crim Texas State University 𝙺𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝙳𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚜𝚎

April Chai Lucia Summers Dr. Elizabeth Quinby Angela Jones Laure Brimbal In July, Hillary Aguilar defended her Masters thesis entitled, “The Past Shapes the Present: How Negative Childhood Experiences Influence Unhealthy Attitudes & Behaviors Toward Women." Her committee included Drs. Vandiver, Dr. Scott Bowman, & Holleran. 🎉

April Chai Lucia Summers Dr. Elizabeth Quinby Angela Jones Laure Brimbal Dr. Scott Bowman Dr. Isaac Horn defended his dissertation entitled, “Police and Public Attitudes on Police Militarization.” Dr. Horn's committee included Drs. Roche, Bumgarner, Martaindale, & Trinkner! 🎉

New DPI Report Reveals Military Veterans are Overrepresented on Death Row and Juries Often Do Not Hear Critical Evidence of Military Service #deathpenalty #military #veteransday deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/new-dpi-r…

Exciting #NewResearch from Dr. Lidia E. Nuño & colleagues from ASU & Cal State Fullerton! New studies on gangs, immigration, & gender in crime. 👏 Congrats to Dr. Nuño & her team! doi.org/10.1007/s43576… doi.org/10.1177/073998… doi.org/10.1080/153779…

#NewResearch ‼️ by PhD student José (Joe) Eleuterio & ALERRT Center Drs. Peter Tanksley, Martaindale, Johncox, & Blair entitled, “Striking or Grappling? Comparing Public and Officers’ Perceptions of Police Use of Force,” out now on CrimRxiv! crimrxiv.com/pub/jwb8ca8z/r…

#NewResearch ‼️TXST alum Dr. Dr. Jaclyn Schildkraut 🟧 with Drs. Elsass & Stafford publish a new study on fear and perceived risk after the Boston Marathon bombing in Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism & Political Aggression. Link below! tandfonline.com/eprint/CZXJYNY…

We're so excited to join CrimRxiv to advance the mission to make evidence-based research more accessible to those it directly impacts! Thank you CrimRxiv for welcoming us. Texas State University 𝙺𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝙳𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚜𝚎

Last week Dr. Summers visited Morelos, MX to share insights on crime concentrations & place-network investigations w/ law enforcement, meet w/ local organizations on crime challenges, & speak on environmental criminology at 3 universities. Great international impact! Texas State University 𝙺𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝙳𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚜𝚎

Happy 79th birthday, Sparky the Sun Devil 🥳

‼️Out now! Dr. H. Jaymi Elsass was recently featured on an episode of The Current, discussing the creation of the TXST Cold Case Team in partnership with the Texas Office of the Attorney General. Listen wherever you get your Podcasts! Texas State University 𝙺𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝙳𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚜𝚎 youtu.be/baDE2YAuSkc?si…

BACK-TO-BACK BIG 12 CHAMPS! 🤩🏆 #ForksUp

#NewResearch ‼️ by Drs. Kim Rossmo, Martin Bouchard, and Lucia Summers entitled, "Criminal Investigative Failures: A Network Analysis" out now in Justice Quarterly. Link below! doi.org/10.1080/074188…

With guests in and out of your home, now’s the time to put safe gun storage on your holiday to-do list. Learn how to store guns safely at SafeGunStorageTexas.com. #safegunstorage #holidaychecklist #safegunstoragesaveslives

🚨New Publication🚨 Dr. Scott Bowman and I helped our friends at TxSSC examine armed personnel in Texas schools, using a mixed-methods approach to look at the communication between law enforcement agencies and school districts. TXST Criminal Justice and Criminology doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM…

Join us in welcoming Dr. Tamara D. Herold to the School of Criminal Justice & Criminology! Dr. Herold will be starting with us this Spring 2026 and brings a wealth of expertise and knowledge to the department. Welcome, Dr. Herold! cj.txst.edu/about/news/her… 𝙺𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝙳𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚜𝚎 Texas State University

#NewResearch by Matt Logan, Joshua Long, Brandon Dulisse, Ian T. Adams, & Mark Morgan entitled, "The foundational deficits of correctional rehabilitation," out now in EvidenceBase Link below! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

#NewResearch ‼️ by Logan Somers & Amanda Graham entitled, "Assessing Police Recruit Disqualifiers: Public Attitudes Toward Drug Use, Mental Illness, Education, and Criminal Offending," out now in the Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. Link below! link.springer.com/article/10.100…

#NewResearch ‼️ by Dr. Kathleen E. Padilla, Frank Benton, & Wesley Smith, PhD entitled "The Impact of Situational Crime Prevention on Property and Disorder Crimes," out now with the International Association of Professional Security Consultants. Link below! iapsc.org/ebsp/

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