Research

My work focuses on the prevalence, causes, and consequences of cybercrime/cybervictimization, substance use, abuse, and treatment, race and biological sex/gender issues in criminal justice, and organizational issues applied to criminal justice agencies. Largely, my research uses theory from criminology, psychology, and organizations to understand cybercrime/cybervictimization, substance use, abuse, and treatment, race and biological sex/gender issues in crime and victimization, and criminal justice organizations. This research uses high level quantitative methods. Below, I present a selection of my research, but for more information, you can refer to my curriculum vita or my google scholar page.

FORTHCOMING PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

* = Graduate Student

** = Undergraduate Student

Hall, M. T., Walton, M., Huebner, R., Kelmel, A., Lorenz, D., & Higgins, G. E. (Forthcoming). Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Teams for Families with Co-Occurring Substance Use and Child Maltreatment: A Propensity Score-Matched Evaluation. Children and Youth Services Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106256

Prost, S., Golder, S., Davis, C. P., Renn, T., Higgins, G. E., & Logan, TK (Forthcoming). Correlates of Post-traumatic Stress among Victimized Women on Probation and Parole. Probation Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/02645505211032171

Fedock, G., Garthe, R., Higgins, G. E., Lewis, C.*, & Blank-Wilson, A. (Forthcoming). Health Care Disparities for Incarcerated Adults after a Suicide Attempt. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12776

Homer, E. M.*, & Higgins, G. E. (Forthcoming). Community service sentencing for corporations. Criminal Justice Policy Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/0887403420903379

Brown, A., Golder, S., Higgins, G. E., & Logan, TK. (Forthcoming). The effects of child and adult victimization on psychological distress: A mediated structural equation modeling analysis. Violence Against Women. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801219885183

SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

* = Graduate Student

** = Undergraduate Student

Nicholson, J., Marcum, C., & Higgins, G. E. (2021). Past 6-year trends in current alcohol use among cyberbullied adolescents. Substance Use and Misuse. 56, 6, 831-839. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2021.1899227

Updegrove, A. H., Cooper, M., Gabbidon, S. L., Potter, H., & Higgins, G. (2021). Examining the Effects of Race and Gender on Public Opinion About the Overrepresentation of Blacks in U.S. Prisons. Victims & Offenders. 16, 1, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2020.1850579

Marcum, C. D., *Tsung, T., *Sedlack, M., Higgins, G. E. (2021). Exploration of Prosecutor Experiences with Non-consensual Pornography. Deviant Behavior, 42, 5, 646-658. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2020.1821410

Vito, A. G., Vito, G. F., & Higgins, G. E. (2021). Examining the Sentence of Life without Parole in Kentucky Homicide Cases. Justice Evaluation Journal, 4, 998-111. https://doi.org/10.1080/24751979.2020.1790303

Vito, A. G., & Higgins, G. E. (2021). Understanding the role of race, gender, and age in request to consent search drivers. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 19, 3-4, 223-243. https://doi.org/10.1080/15377938.2021.1985029