University of Wyoming

FACULTY RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS, AND PRESENTATIONS

Publications

2008	Assistant Professor Cary Heck, "Accounting Practices for Drug Courts: Suggestions regarding the development of a funding formula and maintaining program expenditures" National Drug Court Institute Review, In Press.
2008	Terrance J. Taylor, Adrienne Freng, Finn-Aage Esbensen, and Dana Peterson. "Youth Gang Membership & Serious Violent Victimization: The Importance of Lifestyles/Routine Activities." Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 23, refereed.
2008	Assistant Professor Scott Culhane published "The Effects of Ethnicity, SES, and Crime Status on Juror Decision Making: A Cross-cultural Examination of European American and Mexican American Mock Jurors" in Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences.
2008	Holmes, Malcolm D., Brad W. Smith, Adrienne B. Freng, and Ed A. Munoz. “Minority Threat, Crime Control and Police Resource Allocation in the Southwestern United States.” Crime and Delinquency. 54(1): 128-152.
2008	Assistant Professor Scott Culhane and graduate student Andre Kehn (Department of Psychology) published "Alibi Generation: Data from U.S. Hispanics and U.S. Non-Hispanic Whites" in the Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice.
2007	Terrance J. Taylor, Dana Peterson, Finn-Aage Esbensen, and Adrienne Freng. "Gang Membership as a Risk Factor for Adolescent Violent Victimization." Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency, 44(4), 351-380.
2007	Muñoz, Ed A. and Adrienne B. Freng. “Age, Racial/Ethnic Minority Status, Gender and Misdemeanor Sentencing.” Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice. 5(4): 29-57.
2007	Adrienne Freng and Finn-Aage Esbensen. "Race and Gang Affilitation: An Examination of Multiple Marginality," Justice Quarterly, 24(4), 600-628.
2007	Terrance J. Taylor, Finn-Aage Esbensen, Dana Peterson, and Adrienne Freng. "Putting Youth Violent Victimization into Context: Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Community Differences Among a Multi-Site Sample of Youths." Violence and Victims, 22(6).
2007	Dana Peterson, Finn-Aage Esbensen, Terrance J. Taylor, and Adrienne Freng. Youth Violence in Context: The Roles of Sex, Race, and Community in Offending." Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 5, 2, 385-410.
2007	Scott Freng, Adrienne Freng, and Helen Moore. "Examining American Indians' Recall of Cultural Inclusion in School." Journal of American Indian Education, 46, 42-61.
2007	Adrienne Freng. "American Indians in the News: A Media Portrayal in Crime Articles." American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 31(1), 21-36.
2007	Assistant Professor Cary Heck and graduate student Aaron Roussell (Dept of Sociology) published an article about drug court administration and management in the Criminal Justice Policy Review.
2007	Assistant Professors Scott Culhane and Cary Heck published "Interrogation Technique Endorsement by Current Law Enforcement , Future Law Enforcement, and Laypersons" in Police Quarterly.
2007	Assistant Professor Scott Culhane published "Psychometric Analysis and Tentative Shortening of Survey of Personal Beliefs" in the Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy.

Invited Presentations

2008	Assistant Professor Cary Heck presented "Statewide Management of Drug Courts in Oregon" to the Oregon Consortium of Drug Court Stakeholders, Salem, OR.
2008	Assistant Professor Cary Heck presented "Developing a Strategy for Statewide Evaluation of Drug Courts" to the Oregon Drug Court Evaluation Committee, Salem, OR.
2008	Associate Professor Ed A. Muñoz and Adriana Magana presented the paper "Immigration Politics and Policies: Differing Perceptions and Attitudes by Latino Ethnicity, Nationality, and Migration Status," at the annual meeting of the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies, Austin, TX.
2008	Assistant Professor Eric Wodahl presented "Offender Perceptions of Graduated Sanctions" at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in Cincinnati, Ohio.
2008	Assistant Professor Scott Culhane (with graduate student Andre Kehn, Department of Psychology) presented two papers, “Consistency in alibi generation: Data for true and false alibis” and “Deception detection in alibi statements,” at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society in Jacksonville, FL.
2008	Assistant Professor Scott Culhane presented “Confirmatory factor analyses of the Legal Attitudes Questionnaire: Assessing the factor structure and validity within Anglo and Hispanic samples” at the annual meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society in Jacksonville, FL.
2007	Assistant Professor Cary Heck presented "The Basics of Drug Courts" to the Wyoming State Bar Association meetings, Jackson, Wyo.
2007	Assistant Professor Cary Heck presented "Drug Court Statewide Evaluation Using Performance Measures" at the Oregon Drug Court Symposium, Seaside, OR.
2007	Ed A. Muñoz, “The History of Immigration Policy and its Impact on Wyoming.” Humanities Forum Speaker. Wyoming Humanities Council. Cheynne, Wyoming.
2007	Assistant Professor Scott Culhane Presented "The Alibi Beliefs Questionnaire: Exploratory Data on A Variety of Alibi Issues" and "Alibi Generation in Collectivistic and Individualistic Cultures," at the third international congress of Psychology and Law held in Adelaide, Australia.
2007	Scott Culhane and graduate student Andre Kehn (Department of Psychology) presented "Alibi Typology and Precision: Distinguishing Between True Vs. False Alibi Statements" at Interrogations & Confessions: A Conference Exploring Research, Practice and Policy.
2007	Ed A. Muñoz, “The History of Immigration Policy and its Impact on Wyoming.” Humanities Forum Speaker. Wyoming Humanities Council. Big Piney, Wyoming.
2007	Ed A. Muñoz, “The History of Immigration Policy and its Impact on Wyoming.” Humanities Forum Speaker. Wyoming Humanities Council. Pinedale, Wyoming.
2007	Ed A. Muñoz, “The History of Immigration Policy and its Impact on Wyoming.” Humanities Forum Speaker. Wyoming Humanities Council. Laramie, Wyoming.
2007	Ed A. Muñoz, “The History of Immigration Policy and its Impact on Wyoming.” Humanities Forum Speaker. Wyoming Humanities Council. Gillette, Wyoming.
2007	Ed A. Muñoz, “The History of Immigration Policy and its Impact on Wyoming.” Humanities Forum Speaker. Wyoming Humanities Council. Cheyenne, Wyoming.
2007	Ed A. Muñoz, “Assessing Chican@ Studies Student Learning.” Paper presented with Adrian Molina at the annual meeting of the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies, San Jose, CA.
2007	Assistant Professors Scott Culhane and Cary Heck presented "The Interrogation Room: What Actions Are Endorsed by Students and Officers" at the Western & Pacific Association of Criminal Justice Educators meeting, Reno, Nev.
2007	Assistant Professors Scott Culhane and Cary Heck along with graduate student Aaron Roussell (Dept. of Sociology) presented "Wyoming Drug Court Recidivism: Assessing the Effects of the Drug Court Intervention on Offender Criminal Trajectories" at the Western & Pacific Association of Criminal Justice Educators meeting, Reno, Nev.
2007	Associate Professor Adrienne Freng (with Terrance J. Taylor, Finn-Aage Esbensen, and Dana Peterson) presented "Race/Ethnicity, Risk Factors, and Gang Membership" at the Annual American Society of Criminology Meetings.
2007	Associate Professor Adrienne Freng (with Terrance J. Taylor, Finn-Aage Esbensen, and Dana Peterson) presented "Risk Factors for Gang Membership" at the annual Western Society of Criminology Meetings.
2007	Assistant Professor Cary Heck presented "Developing a Policy for State Management of Drug Courts: The Montana Project" to the Montana District Court Judges Council.
2007	Assistant Professor Cary Heck presented "Statewide Standards for Drug Court Operation" to Wyoming Legislative Steering Committee for Drug Courts.
2007	Assistant Professor Cary Heck presented "Funding Drug Courts: Formula Based Model for Administrative Decision Making" to Wyoming Legislative Steering Committee for Drug Courts.
2007	Assistant Professor Cary Heck presented "Drug Courts: Defining the Model and Key Research Findings" to Wyoming Legislative Steering Committee for Drug Courts.
2007	Assistant Professor Cary Heck, "What Makes Drug Courts Work?" Keynote Address for Missouri Association of Drug Court Professionals Annual Meeting.

Participation in Professional Meetings

2008	Assistant Professor Scott Culhane organized a symposium entitled, “Current Directions in Alibi Research: Generation, Detection, Utilization, and Evaluation” at the American Psychology-Law Society annual conference in Jacksonville, FL.
2008	Associate Professor Adrienne Freng chaired a session "Definitions and Implications," at the Western Society of Criminology Meetings in Sacramento, CA.
2007	Associate Professor Adrienne Freng chaired a session "Cyberpedophiles and Sex Offenders" at the Western Society of Criminology Meetings in Scottsdale, AZ.

Reports

2007	Associate Professor Adrienne Freng completed a report for the Wyoming Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police Association on a grant "Project Safe Neighborhoods/Wyoming Project Guardian Wind River Indian Reservation Gang Initiative."
2007	Roussell, Aaron and Cary Heck, Meth Ecology: Examining Social Disorganization and Methamphetamine Use in Wyoming. Prepared for the Wyoming Department of Corrections.
2007	Professor Cary Heck, Montana Drug Court Statewide Technical Assistance Project: Development of a drug court funding policy. Prepared for the National Center for State Courts.
2007	Professor Cary Heck, Funding Problem-Solving Courts: Developing a funding strategy and formula for Wyoming's specialized courts. Prepared for the Wyoming Legislative Drug Court Steering Committee.
2007	Professor Cary Heck, "MRT Critical Component of Local Drug Court Program" Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Review, Refereed Professional Periodical, Jan. 2008.
2007	Professor Cary Heck, Natrona County Adult Drug Court 2007 Evaluation. Prepared for the Natrona County Drug Program for submission to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
2007	Cary Heck, Aaron Roussell, and Scott Culhane, Wyoming Drug Court Graduate Recidivism: Are Drug Court Programs Effective in Reducing Criminality? Prepared for the Wyoming Department of Health, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division.
2007	Professor Cary Heck, Funding Wyoming's Drug Court Programs: A proposal for a formula based model. Prepared for Wyoming Department of Health, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division.
2007	Professor Cary Heck, Big Horn County Family Drug Court Evaluation. Prepared for Big Horn County, WY, Family Drug Court Program.
2007	Professor Cary Heck, Teton County DUI/Drug Court Evaluation. Prepared for Teton County, WY, DUI/Drug Court Program.
2007	Rios, Francisco A., Ed A. Muñoz, and Carmelita Castañeda. Latinos in the Diaspora: Education in Rural Settings. Conference Report. USA Funds.

Book Chapters

	Muñoz, Ed A. 2008 (in press), “Wyoming.” In, Latino America: State by State. Mark Overmyer-Velazquez, (Ed.). Westport: Greenwood Press.
2007	Heck, Cary and Aaron Roussell, "Record Keeping and Statistics," Drug Court Handbook, (Lessenger and Roper) New York, Springer-Verlag.

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