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Michigan State University

1. Espie, Heather Lynn. A profile of elderly sex offenders incarcerated in Michigan prisons in 1993.

Degree: MS, School of Criminal Justice, 1998, Michigan State University

URL: http://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd:27139

Subjects/Keywords: Sex offenders – Michigan; Older offenders – Michigan

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APA (6^th Edition):

Espie, H. L. (1998). A profile of elderly sex offenders incarcerated in Michigan prisons in 1993. (Masters Thesis). Michigan State University. Retrieved from http://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd:27139

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Espie, Heather Lynn. “A profile of elderly sex offenders incarcerated in Michigan prisons in 1993.” 1998. Masters Thesis, Michigan State University. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd:27139.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Espie, Heather Lynn. “A profile of elderly sex offenders incarcerated in Michigan prisons in 1993.” 1998. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Espie HL. A profile of elderly sex offenders incarcerated in Michigan prisons in 1993. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Michigan State University; 1998. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd:27139.

Council of Science Editors:

Espie HL. A profile of elderly sex offenders incarcerated in Michigan prisons in 1993. [Masters Thesis]. Michigan State University; 1998. Available from: http://etd.lib.msu.edu/islandora/object/etd:27139

University of South Florida

2. Stanback, Brianne. Tarnished Golden Years: Older Offenders with Mental Health Problems and Late Life First Time Offenders.

Degree: 2011, University of South Florida

URL: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3364

► Older offenders (offenders 50 years and older) are a distinct groups within the U.S. correctional system. Studies 1 and 2 were intended to investigate mental… (more)

▼ Older offenders (offenders 50 years and older) are a distinct groups within the U.S. correctional system. Studies 1 and 2 were intended to investigate mental health and stressors among jailed older offenders. Study 1 examined the prevalence rates of mental health disorders and explored the relationship between mental health disorders and stressors. Participants 50 years and older (N=330) from the 2002 wave of the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails (SILJ) were studied via descriptive analysis, factor analysis, and a logistic regression to determine which variables were related to the probability of having a mental health problem. 65.8% of participants had at least one mental health disorder, with high rates of substance abuse reported. Individuals who were between 50-59 years of age (compared with those over 60) and individuals who were unmarried had a significantly increased likelihood of being in the group with mental health problems. Caucasians and participants with fewer instances of childhood abuse were significantly less likely to be in the group with mental health problems. Study 2 compared stressors over the life course between late life first time offenders (offenders whose first arrest occurred at age 50 or older; hereafter LLFTO) and habitual older offenders, who had one or more arrests. This study descriptively and comparatively analyzed individuals who were age 50 or older at arrest and reported their age of first arrest from the 1996 and 2002 waves of SILJ, with a final sample of 62 LLFTOs and 357 older offenders with previous arrests. LLFTOs were significantly older, more likely to be married, and more likely to be female. Over the life course, LLFTOs were more likely to have lived with their father or other relative as children, were less likely to have used alcohol or had friends with a history of delinquency as adolescents, and were less likely to have been homeless as adults. This dissertation research shows that older offenders have a variety of needs during their incarceration that may persist upon release. Addressing mental health disorders, and stressors across the life span, is needed to promote successful aging.

Subjects/Keywords: jailed older offenders; vulnerable populations; African Studies; American Studies; Arts and Humanities; Psychiatric and Mental Health

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Stanback, B. (2011). Tarnished Golden Years: Older Offenders with Mental Health Problems and Late Life First Time Offenders. (Thesis). University of South Florida. Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3364

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Stanback, Brianne. “Tarnished Golden Years: Older Offenders with Mental Health Problems and Late Life First Time Offenders.” 2011. Thesis, University of South Florida. Accessed December 06, 2019. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3364.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Stanback, Brianne. “Tarnished Golden Years: Older Offenders with Mental Health Problems and Late Life First Time Offenders.” 2011. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Stanback B. Tarnished Golden Years: Older Offenders with Mental Health Problems and Late Life First Time Offenders. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of South Florida; 2011. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3364.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Stanback B. Tarnished Golden Years: Older Offenders with Mental Health Problems and Late Life First Time Offenders. [Thesis]. University of South Florida; 2011. Available from: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3364

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Florida

3. Gomez Smith, Zenta ( Dissertant ). An Examination of adult onset offending.

Degree: M.A, Criminology and Law, 2004, University of Florida

URL: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0004680

► Criminal onset has been a highly researched area in life-course criminology; however, the majority of research has focused on juvenile offenders. As a consequence, adult… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Adult offenders; Criminal justice; Criminal offenses; Criminals; Criminology; Delinquency; Juveniles; Older adults; Pregnancy; Statistical models

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APA (6^th Edition):

Gomez Smith, Z. (. D. ). (2004). An Examination of adult onset offending. (Masters Thesis). University of Florida. Retrieved from http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0004680

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Gomez Smith, Zenta ( Dissertant ). “An Examination of adult onset offending.” 2004. Masters Thesis, University of Florida. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0004680.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Gomez Smith, Zenta ( Dissertant ). “An Examination of adult onset offending.” 2004. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Gomez Smith Z(D). An Examination of adult onset offending. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Florida; 2004. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0004680.

Council of Science Editors:

Gomez Smith Z(D). An Examination of adult onset offending. [Masters Thesis]. University of Florida; 2004. Available from: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0004680

University of New Mexico

4. Medina, Una E. MADD MESSAGE EFFECTS: A TWELVE-YEAR RANDOMIZED TRIAL.

Degree: Department of Communication and Journalism, 2010, University of New Mexico

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1928/12395

► One out of three Americans undergoes drunk-driving crashes; 23% result in death. To deter DWIs (Driving While under Influence), MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers) created… (more)

▼ One out of three Americans undergoes drunk-driving crashes; 23% result in death. To deter DWIs (Driving While under Influence), MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers) created VIPs (Victim Impact Panels) where victims impact offenders with gory stories, photos, and threats of punishments and loss of freedom, hoping this message will deter DWIs. It is remarkable that although the VIP message is considered a primary DWI intervention, yet no studies have investigated VIP message effects. VIP message effects, their persistence and decay, are chronicled here over the course of 12 years. This study extends an empirical investigation of VIPs, conducted by Woodall, Delaney, Rogers, and Wheeler (2007) (n = 833) during 1994-1996. At 2 years, these researchers found MADD VIP participants' recidivism rates were 30% higher than their DWI School comparison group, trending toward significance at p = .0583. This study supports those results as significant at 12 years. As an extension, it investigates whether reactance theory explains VIP message effects failure. Reactance theory research, a subset of message effects research, explains how emotional, confrontational, and threatening messages induce psychological reactance in the mind of the message receiver, who then seeks to preserve his or her sense of freedom by behaving contrarily (Brehm, 1966). Hierarchically intensifying effects of these theoretical reactance antecedents are studied here in an unusual manner, as they occur in vivo, in real life. The same intervention was observed to have different effects depending on prior conditions and demographics. The emotional high-threat, high-confrontation MADD VIP message coincided with significantly shorter time to recidivism (p = .009, d = 1.64) and significantly higher number of subsequent arrests (p < .0001, d = 1.64) among recent prior offenders, and those with no priors under age 30 (p = .01, d = 0.35). Younger offenders may be associated with more iconoclastic behavior than older offenders (Beirness & Simpson, 1997; Greenberg, 2005; NHTSA, 2008), partially explaining the under-30 age effect. This study furthers persuasive message design as a science and suggests a message-based approach to intervention analysis. There was no effect when MADD VIP was analyzed simply as an intervention. However, there were highly significant effect sizes when the same MADD VIP intervention was analyzed as a message. This study concludes by offering MADD VIP best practice recommendations. Advisors/Committee Members: Woodall, W. Gill, Schuetz, Janice, Rivera, Mario A., McDermott, Virginia, Delaney, Harold.

Subjects/Keywords: Victim Impact panels; MADD; message effects; randomized trial; effect size; drunk driving; DWI; efficacy trial; method problems; methodological problems; communication theory; theory building; rhetorical analysis; triangulation; drunk driving; interventions; covariates; ANOVA; ANCOVA; survival analysis; message context; message content; message function; message intensity; message frequency; message metrics; message pathos; pathos; message decay; decay rate; message decay rate; intent to persuade; persuasion; confrontation; shame; shaming; public shaming; public censure; forewarning; perceived threat; reactance theory; assumptions; sampling error; recruitment error; non-adherence to condition; random assignment error; factorial design; operationalization; theory construct operationalization; methods informed by literature; methodological symbiosis; questionnaire reliability and validity; secondary data sources; public arrest record; public data; covariate operationalization; reactance constructs; content analysis; theme analysis; prior arrest; censored cases; QSR N6; SPSS; Excel; limitations; under-identification; attrition; population attrition; bimodal distribution; dichotomous variables; data splitting; discretizing data; time to recidivism; subsequent arrests; emotional change; emotion score; outliers; reactance antecedent; message dose; message dosage; treatment fidelity; assess treatment fidelity; predictor variables; controlling variables; demographic covariate; demographic predictor; confirmation bias; data bias; interaction effect; treatment effect; message design; fear appeal; message strength; anger; survival analysis; time dependence; mixed methods; study design; message standardization; internal validity; hard data; hard end-point data; marginal sample size; observed variables; intervening factors; intervening variables; sample size; in vivo; hierarchy of effects; emotional threat; older offenders; young offenders; intervention analysis; message-based approach; best practices; DWI intervention; DWI treatment; prior conditions; iconoclast; Drunks Against MADD Mothers; resistance; message design science

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APA (6^th Edition):

Medina, U. E. (2010). MADD MESSAGE EFFECTS: A TWELVE-YEAR RANDOMIZED TRIAL. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of New Mexico. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1928/12395

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Medina, Una E. “MADD MESSAGE EFFECTS: A TWELVE-YEAR RANDOMIZED TRIAL.” 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, University of New Mexico. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1928/12395.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Medina, Una E. “MADD MESSAGE EFFECTS: A TWELVE-YEAR RANDOMIZED TRIAL.” 2010. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Medina UE. MADD MESSAGE EFFECTS: A TWELVE-YEAR RANDOMIZED TRIAL. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of New Mexico; 2010. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1928/12395.

Council of Science Editors:

Medina UE. MADD MESSAGE EFFECTS: A TWELVE-YEAR RANDOMIZED TRIAL. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of New Mexico; 2010. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1928/12395

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