PUBLICATIONS
Books
Blackburn, A.G., Chen, I. & Pfeffer, R. (Eds.) (released 2018; ©2019). Emerging Trends in Cyber Ethics and Education. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Blackburn, A.G. & Brusman-Lovins, L. (released 2018; ©2019). Teaching Introduction to Corrections. San Diego, CA: Cognella Academic Publishing.
Fritsch, E.J., Trulson, C.R., & Blackburn, A.G. (released 2013; ©2014). Applied Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice. New York: McGraw Hill.
Blackburn, A.G., Fowler, S.K., & Pollock, J.P. (Eds.). (released December 2012; ©2014).
Prisons: Today and Tomorrow (3rd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.
Tobolowsky, P.M., Gaboury, M., Jackson, A.L. & Blackburn, A.G. (2010). Crime Victim Rights and Remedies (2nd ed.). Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.
Tobolowsky, P.M., Beloof, D.E., Gaboury, M.T., Jackson, A.L., & Blackburn, A.G. (2016). Crime Victim Rights & Remedies (3rd ed.). Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.
Killias, M., Simonin, M., De Puy, J. in collaboration with Keller, J., Lasserre, R., Blackburn, A. & Lamon, P. (2005). Violence experienced by women in Switzerland over their lifespan: Results of the International Violence against Women Survey (IVAWS). Berne, Switzerland: Staempfli Publishers Ltd.
Refereed Academic Journal Articles
Smith, W., Blackburn, A.G., Harris, J.L., & Mullings, J.L. (2021; accepted, in press). Maintaining Connections: An Exploratory Analysis of the Predictors of Prison Visitation with Children and the Post-Release Living Arrangement Plans of Incarcerated Mothers. Women & Criminal Justice.
Marques, B.A., Blackburn, A.G., Fowler, S.K., Mullings, J.L., & Lecuna, M. L. (2021; accepted, in press). Straight from the Source: A Gendered Examination of the Inmate Code and Strategies to Avoid Sexual Victimization. Qualitative Criminology.
Fowler, S.K., Blackburn, A.G., Mullings, J.L., & Smith, W. (2020). Prison Culture as Rape Supportive: Applying Importation and Deprivation Models to Examine Inmate Beliefs. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. DOI: 10.1177/0886260520978184
Smith, W., Mullings, J. L., Blackburn, A. G., & Fowler, S. K. (2020). Examining Predictors of Differential Attitudes Toward Reporting Sexual Assault Among Incarcerated Women. Corrections: Policy, Practice, and Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2020.1826369
Wilson, F. T., Schaefer, B. P., Blackburn, A. G., & Henderson, H. (2019 online). Cultivating Police Use of Force Perceptions through Cinema: Maintaining the Racial Divide? Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society, 20(3), 1-22. Online at: https://ccjls.scholasticahq.com/article/11130-cultivating-police-use-of-force-perceptions-through-cinema-maintaining-the-racial-divide
Wilson, F. T., Schaefer, B. P., Blackburn, A. G., & Henderson, H. (2019). Female Police Officer Capabilities: Cultivating Gendered police Use of Force Expectations? Women & Criminal Justice. Available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/08974454.2019.1588837
Calbeldue, M., Blackburn, A. G., & Mullings, J. L. (2018 online; 2019 print). Mental Health Among Incarcerated Women: An Examination of Factors Impacting Depression and PTSD Symptomology. Women & Criminal Justice, 29(1), 52-72. https://doi.org/10.1080/08974454.2018.1433099
Garland, T., Blackburn, A. G., & Browne, A. (2017 online; 2018 print). Prime-Time Representations of Female Federal Agents in Television Dramas. Feminist Criminology, 13(5) 609–631. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1557085117693089
Blackburn, A G., Pfeffer, R., & Harris, J.A. (2016). Serious about Change: A Gendered Examination of the Impact of Offense Type on Parole Success. Women & Criminal Justice, 26(5), 340-353. Available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/08974454.2016.1203387
Wilson, F.T. & Blackburn, A.G. (2014). The Depiction of Female Municipal Police Officers in the First Four Decades of the Core Cop Film Genre: “It's a Man's World." Women & Criminal Justice, 24(2), 83-105. https://doi.org/10.1080/08974454.2013.842521
Reprinted:
Wilson, F.T. & Blackburn, A.G. (2015). The Depiction of Female Municipal Police Officers in the First Four Decades of the Core Cop Film Genre: “It's a Man's World." In
F. Wilson (Ed.). Crime and Media Studies: Diversity of Method, Medium, and Communication (pgs. 129-150). San Diego, CA: Cognella Academic Publishing.
Smith, K.S. & Blackburn, A.G. (2011). Is Teen Court the Best Fit? Assessing the Predictive Validity of the Teen Court Peer Influence Scale. Journal of Criminal Justice, 39, 198-04.
Available online: doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2011.02.009
Jackson, A.L., Blackburn, A.G., Tobolowsky, P.M., & Baer, D. (2011). An Examination of Guilt, Shame, Empathy, and Blaming Among a Sample of Incarcerated Male and Female Offenders. Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice, 8(1), 4-29.
Available online: http://utsa.edu/swjcj/archives/8.1/Exam%20Guilt%20Shame%20Empathy.pdf
Blackburn, A.G. & Matthews, M. (2011). Crime and Punishment in Ethiopia: A Country Profile. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 35(2), 167. Available online: doi: 10.1080/01924036.2011.561968
Blackburn, A.G., Fowler, S.K., Mullings, J.L., & Marquart, J.W. (2011). When Boundaries are Broken: Inmate Perceptions of Correctional Staff Boundary Violations. Deviant Behavior, 32(4), 351-378. Available on line: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01639621003748837
Blackburn, A.G., Fowler, S.K., Mullings, J.L. & Marquart, J.M. (2011). Too Close for Comfort: Exploring Gender Differences in Inmate Attitudes Toward Homosexuality in Prison. American Journal of Criminal Justice. 36(1), 58-72. Available online: doi: 10.1007/s12103-010-9099-6
Blackburn, A.G. & Trulson, C.R. (2010). Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice? Exploring Institutional Misconduct among Serious and Violent Female Delinquents. Journal of Criminal Justice, 38(6), 1132-1140. Available online: doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2010.09.001
Graciana, K.A., Blackburn, A.G. & Fowler, S.K. (2010) Federal Crack Cocaine Re-sentencing: An Exploratory Analysis. Journal of Criminal Justice and Law Review, 2(1-2), 11-22.
Blackburn, A.G., Taylor, R.W. & Davis, J.E. (2010). Understanding the Complexities of Human Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation: The Case of Southeast Asia. Women & Criminal Justice, 20, 1-2, 105-126. Available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08974451003641099
Reprinted
Blackburn, A.G., Taylor, R.W. & Davis, J.E. (2010). Understanding the Complexities of Human Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation: The Case of Southeast Asia. In F. Bernat (Ed.), Human Sex Trafficking (pgs. 104-125). New York: Routledge.
Fowler, S.K., Blackburn, A.G., Marquart, J.W., & Mullings, J.L. (2010). Would They Officially Report an In-Prison Sexual Assault? An Examination of Inmate Perceptions. The Prison Journal, 90(2), 220-243. Available online: doi: 10.1177/0032885510363387
Fowler, S.K., Blackburn, A.G., Marquart, J.W. & Mullings, J.L. (2010). Inmates' Cultural Beliefs About Sexual Violence and Their Relationship to Definitions of Sexual Assault. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 49(3), 180-199. Available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10509671003666578
Blackburn, A.G., Zedwar, N., & Fowler, S.K. (2009). Sober or Not? Exploring Substance Use in Cases of Intimate Partner Homicide. Crime, Punishment, and the Law: An International Journal, 2(1-2), 95-106.
Reprinted
Blackburn, A.G., Zedwar, N., & Fowler, S.K. (2009). Sober or Not? Exploring Substance Use in Cases of Intimate Partner Homicide. Contemporary Issues in Criminology and the Social Sciences, 3(2), 76-96.
Jackson, A.L., Lucas, S.L., & Blackburn, A.G. (2009). Externalization and Victim-Blaming Among a Sample of Incarcerated Females. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation,48(3), 228-248. Available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10509670902766612
Morris, R.G. & Blackburn, A.G. (2009). Cracking the Code: An Empirical Exploration of Social Learning Theory and Computer Crime. Journal of Crime & Justice, 32(1), 1-33.
Adger, K.L., Blackburn, A.G., Fritsch, E.J., & Taylor, R.W. (2008). The New Antecedent to Transnational Organized Crime: An Examination of Motor Vehicle Theft Offenders and Locations Targeted in Texas between 2001 and 2005. Contemporary Issues in Criminology and the Social Sciences, 2(3), 31-49.
Blackburn, A.G., Mullings, J.L., & Marquart, J.M. (2008). Inmates as Jurors: Examining How Sexual Victimization and Rape Mythology Acceptance Impact Punitiveness. International Journal of Crime, Criminal Justice and Law, 3(1), 61-79.
Blackburn, A.G., Mullings, J.L., & Marquart, J.W. (2008). Sexual Assault in Prison and Beyond: Toward an Understanding of Lifetime Sexual Assault among Incarcerated Women. The Prison Journal, 88(3), 351-377. Available online: doi: 10.1177/0032885508322443
Blackburn, A.G., Marquart, J.W., Mullings, J.L., & Trulson, C.R. (2007). The Next Generation of Prisoners: Towards an Understanding of the Relationship between Mental Health and Violent Offending among Institutionalized Delinquents. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 5(1), 35-56. Available online: http://yvj.sagepub.com/content/5/1/35.full.pdf
Reprinted
Blackburn, A.G., Marquart, J.W., Mullings, J.L., & Trulson, C.R. (2008). The Next Generation of Prisoners: Towards an Understanding of the Relationship between Mental Health and Violent Offending among Institutionalized Delinquents. In R. Lawrence and C. Hemmens (Eds.), Juvenile Justice: A Text/Reader (pgs. 451-471). Los Angeles: Sage Publications.
Academic Book Chapters
Blackburn, A.G., Fowler, S.K., & Mullings, J.L. (2013). Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Inmates. In C. Marcum & T. Castle (Eds.) Sex in Prison: Myths and Realities. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner.
Blackburn, A.G., & Fowler, S.K. (released December 2012; ©2014). Contemporary Issues and Future Directions. In A. Blackburn, S. Fowler, & J. Pollock (Eds.) Prisons: Today and Tomorrow (3rd ed.) (pgs. 311-329). Sudbury, Ma: Jones & Bartlett.
Matthews, M. & Blackburn, A.G. (2010). Ethiopia. In G.R. Newman (Ed.). Crime and Punishment Around the World – Africa. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
Blackburn, A., Marquart, J., Mullings, J., & Trulson, C. (2007). Addressing the Rights of Victims in Capital Cases. In C. Hemmens (Ed.) Legal Issues in Criminal Justice (pgs. 125-134). Los Angeles, CA: Roxbury.
GRANTS
External Awards
Principal Investigator (with L. Lovins (Co-PI), H. Goltz (Co-I), and D. Smith (Co-I). Process Evaluation of the Harris County Sheriff's Office Tele-Health Pilot Program. Arnold Ventures. Awarded: $318,250. Contract Period: 2019-2020.
Research Consultant/Evaluator (with S. Fowler & L. Mullings). Evaluation of SOBER 1.0 and SOBER 2.0. Contract awarded through Sam Houston State University. Subcontract Period: 2017-2020.
Research Consultant/Evaluator (with S. Fowler). Special Population Evaluation Reporting. Contract awarded by the Harris County Attorney's Office. Subcontract Period: 2017.
Research Consultant/Evaluator (with S. Fowler). Strategic Administrative Separation Plan. Contract awarded by the Harris County Sheriff's Office. Subcontract Period: 2015.
Research Consultant/Program Evaluator (with S. Fowler). Harris County Sheriff's Office. Bureau of Justice Assistance's PREA Program: Demonstration Projects to Establish “Zero Tolerance" Cultures for Sexual Assault in Correctional Facilities. HCSO Awarded: $237,693.00 (Award Number: 2013-RP-BX-0014). Subcontract Period: 2015-2017.
Research Associate on Gendered Violence and Safety: Improving Security in Women's Facilities. Funded by the National Institute of Justice ($558,916). Principal Investigators: Barbara Owen, James Wells (KY and OH site specific) and Jocelyn Pollock (TX site specific) Bernadette Muscat, & Stephanie Torres. Contract Period: May 2007 - May 2008.
Internal Awards
Recipient of a UHD College of Public Service Curriculum Innovation Award to attend the 2019 Online Learning Consortium Accelerate Conference, Orlando, FL. 2019.
Recipient of a UHD College of Public Service Curriculum Innovation Award to attend The Teaching Professor Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA. 2018.
Research Partner (with M. Lecuna). “Don't let me be Misunderstood:" Awareness Gap of a Court Interpreter's Role – A Contributing Factor to Vicarious Trauma. UHD College of Public Service Conference and Research Experience for Students (CARES) Award. Contract Period: 2017-2018.
Principal Investigator on Preparing for Successful Reentry: An Examination of Female Inmate Needs and Programming Experiences. An Organized Research and Creative Activities (ORCA) Program Grant funded by the University of Houston Downtown. Contract Period: 2015-2017.
Principal Investigator on Institutional Victimization: Examining the Experiences of Incarcerated Women. A Junior Faculty Fellowship funded by the University of North Texas Faculty Research Committee. Contract Period: 2010.
Principal Investigator on Parricide & Fillicide: Exploring Cases of Murder within the Family. A Junior Faculty Fellowship funded by the University of North Texas Faculty Research Committee. Contract Period: 2009.
Principal Investigator on Prison Sexual Victimization among Incarcerated Females: An Analysis of Perception and Behavior. A Junior Faculty Fellowship funded by the University of North Texas Faculty Research Committee. Contract Period: 2008.
Principal Investigator on Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence: An Examination of Occurrence and Situational Characteristics. A Faculty Research Grant funded by the University of North Texas Faculty Research Committee. Contract Period: 2007-2008.
Technical and Grant Reports
Blackburn, A.G., Brusman-Lovins, L.L., Goltz, H., & Smith, D. (2020). Process Evaluation of the Harris County Sheriff's Office Tele-Health Pilot Program Final Report. Arnold Ventures (formerly the Laura and John Arnold Foundation).
Blackburn, A.G., Brusman-Lovins, L.L., Goltz, H., & Smith, D. (2019). Process Evaluation of the Harris County Sheriff's Office Tele-Health Pilot Program: Mid-Term Report. Arnold Ventures (formerly the Laura and John Arnold Foundation).
Fowler, S.K., Blackburn, A.G., & Mullings, J.L. (2020). An Evaluation of Harris County's DWI Court Program: Saving Ourselves by Education and Recovery (S.O.B.E.R. 2.0): Outcome Part II (Multi-Year). Sam Houston State University/Harris County Criminal Courts at Law.
Fowler, S.K., Blackburn, A.G., Mullings, J.L. (2019). An Evaluation of Harris County's DWI Court Program: Saving Ourselves by Education and Recovery (S.O.B.E.R. 2.0): Outcome Part I (One Year). Sam Houston State University/Harris County Criminal Courts at Law.
Fowler, S.K., Blackburn, A.G., & Mullings, J.L. (2018). A Follow-Up Evaluation of Harris County's DWI Court Program: Saving Ourselves by Education and Recovery (SOBER 1.0). Sam Houston State University/Harris County Criminal Courts at Law.
Fowler, S.K. & Blackburn, A.G. (2017). Special Population Evaluation. Harris County Attorney's Office.
Fowler, S.K. & Blackburn, A.G. (2017). Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Program: Demonstration Projects to Establish “Zero Tolerance" Cultures for Sexual Assault in Correctional Facilities, Impact Evaluation Report. Harris County Sheriff's Office.
Blackburn, A.G. & Fowler, S.K. (2017). Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Program: Demonstration Projects to Establish “Zero Tolerance" Cultures for Sexual Assault in Correctional Facilities, Third Year Process Evaluation Report. Harris County Sheriff's Office.
Blackburn, A.G. & Fowler, S.K. (2016). Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Program: Demonstration Projects to Establish “Zero Tolerance" Cultures for Sexual Assault in Correctional Facilities, Second Year Process Evaluation Report. Harris County Sheriff's Office.
Fowler, S.K. & Blackburn, A.G. (2015). Strategic Administrative Separation Plan. Harris County Sheriff's Office.
Fowler, S.K. & Blackburn, A.G. (2015). Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Program: Demonstration Projects to Establish “Zero Tolerance" Cultures for Sexual Assault in Correctional Facilities, First Year Process Evaluation Report. Harris County Sheriff's Office.
Blackburn, A.G. & Fowler, S.K. (2014). Batterers Intervention and Prevention Program Provider Comparison Summary: Measures of Client Progress and Satisfaction. Tarrant County Community Supervision Corrections Department.
Blackburn, A.G. & Fowler, S.K. (2011). Batterers Intervention and Prevention Program Provider Comparison Summary. Tarrant County Community Supervision Corrections Department.
Fritsch, E.J., Trulson, C.R., & Blackburn, A.G. (2009). 2009 Texas Motor Vehicle Burglary Report. Texas Department of Transportation.
Taylor, R.W., Fritsch, E.J., Trulson, C.R., & Blackburn, A.G. (2007). 2007 Texas Auto Theft Report. North Central Texas Council of Governments.
