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Lynn.Jones​@nau.edu
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928-523-6701
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Graduate student life

The Graduate Student Association at NAU invites CCJ criminology students to join us

In the program, graduate students participate in activities led by the departmental graduate student association (GSA). The GSA organizes social gatherings for students, sometimes on their own as students and other times with faculty to get to know each other outside of the classroom. The GSA also helps to coordinate workshops for students, such as planning a program of study or a thesis workshop. The criminology GSA also organizes and participates in community projects depending on the interest of its members.

Northern Arizona University MS Criminology capstone projects

Students apply their advanced knowledge and skills about contemporary crime and justice issues through completion of an independent capstone project focused on research, teaching, or a justice agency. Through this experience, students work with expert faculty to develop a unique project while preparing for their chosen profession or career.

The following examples illustrate the kinds of capstone projects completed by some of our recent criminology master’s students.

Recent capstone projects from students in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Thesis projects Accordion Closed

2017

Abdullah Alameri Barriers and Facilitators of Intervening: The Case of Campus Sexual Assaults

Sarah Edmiston Primed for Action: The Unique Role of Greek Life in Bystander Helping Behaviors

Jenna Fejervary Words Matter: Measuring Rape Myth Acceptance Through Survey Design

Brittney Harmon Understanding How Victim Advocates Perceive and Deliver Services Based on Organizational Structure and Institutional Location

Kaloni Heggen Is it in the Name? Ethnicity as an Intervening Factor in Bystander Behaviors

Viola Sawyer Intersecting Identities, and Attitudes Towards Police Violence and Strategies for Social Change

Madeline Stenger The Imprisonment Penalty: The Impact of Citizenship and Ethnicity in Hypothetical Sentencing Decisions in the “Age of Color Blindness”

Robert Watson Investigating the Effects of Sports Participation on Rape Myth Acceptance

2016

Skyler Bosworth GMO Labeling Initiative 522: An Analysis of Discourse

Heather Foster How Do Video Games Normalize Violence? A Qualitative Content Analysis of Popular Video Games

Keith Hullenaar Negotiating Sex in College: An Investigation into the Sexual Consent Process on One College Campus

Mark Willingham Evaluating a 21st Birthday Campus e-Card: A Harm Reduction Intervention”

2015

Samantha Brokenshire Evaluating Bystander Intervention Training: Creating Awareness on College Campuses

Colin Burke State-Corporate Crime in the Digital Age: A Case Study of U.S. Government Surveillance, 2011-2014

Taylor Lawrence Punitive Attitudes of Criminology & Criminal Justice Students

Stella Riskin Is Bullying Being Pushed Online? An Exploratory Analysis of Method Displacement

Allison Robb The Social Mediated Construction of “Bad” Laws: An Ethnographic Content Analysis of Arizona SB 1062

Verlena Tso Perspectives of Domestic Violence Victim Advocates

2014

Nour Alnabhany Ethnic Microaggressions against Arab Americans: A Critical Analysis of Semi-Structured In-Depth Interviews of Arab Americans

Tricia Hall  Legalization of Marijuana and its Effect on Anticipated Use

Joshua Lepley Homosexuality and High School Bullying

Doris Schartmueller “Life” With or Without Parole: A Comparative Analysis of Life Sentences in Alabama, California, Massachusetts, and Nevada

2013

Erika Hendrickson Understanding How Victim Advocates View Organizational Peer Support Groups to Reduce or Prevent Compassion Fatigue

Gwantel Lee The Impact of Gender and Protocol Variations within the Screening Process of Drug Courts: Yavapai County

Kasey Ragan Rhetoric vs. Reality: Using Feminist Scholarship to Assess an Anti-Human Trafficking Campaign

Justin Strong Citizenship, Incarceration, and the Dual Regime of Control: Shading Social Death

2012

Kelly Anderson Social Identity Theory and Conflict Rape

Caro Banuelos

Samantha Brown Koori Courts and Fairness

Chris Duarte Transgender/Gender Variant Individuals who have been Incarcerated: Issues, Policies, and Practice

Laura Hentges The Challenges of International Oversight of Nuclear Proliferation: A North Korean Case Study

Nancy Lubick Nonmedical Use of Prescription Stimulant Drugs by Students Attending a Rural, Southwestern University

Brianna McGill Defense Attorneys, Mentally Ill, and Substance Abusers: A Study of Coconino County Public Defense Attorneys

Jennifer Willson Juvenile Attitudes About the Police

2011

Connie Adamovich A Historical Analysis of European Witch Hunts: A Comparative Study of Moral Panic

Kathryn Hermelin Angry, White and Armed: An Examination of Extremism in Mainstream Social Movements

Pamela Merino Exploring Bribery and Corruption in Mexico

Jodi Schorr The Arizona Court of Appeals: A Quantitative Analysis of Reversal and Remand Decisions from 2003 to 2008

Amanda Smith The Construction of Text Messaging While Driving as a Social Problem in Arizona

Ryan Staab Boundary Spanning and Offender Reentry and Reintegration: Models for Developing a Reentry Plan in Arizona

Kimberlee Waggoner Globalization and the Sex Work Policy: Service Agency Responses in the U.S. and Norway

Internship projects Accordion Closed

Joseph Alvillar (2014) Park Ranger Training Program Including a Corrective Action

Rachelle Barr (2015) Eyewitness Identification: The Case of Norberto “Beto” Ramos-Madrid

Kristin Braley (2012) Recreating a Victim Services Program

Zarina Enriquez (2011) Costs of Working in Law Enforcement for the Officers of the Tucson Police Department

Laura Giacobbe (2009) Bringing the Homeless Court Program to Flagstaff: Practicing Alternative Sentencing

Toni Hall (2012) Assessing LGBT Inclusivity of Bullying Policies in Arizona Schools

Ashley Holloman (2009) Promoting a Reality: An Analysis of My Experience (with a Yavapai County substance abuse program)

Joshua Johnson (2012) Communication and its Impact on Client Satisfaction

Jennifer Koyanagi (2013) Trial Preparation and Defense of Jacqes Lehayan in State of Arizona v. Jacqes Lehayan

Jessica Lurkins (2013) Coconino County Deferred Prosecution: A Program Evaluation

Michael McCasland (2015) Domestic Violence: Risk Assessments

Gregory Neville (2012) Developing a Statewide Data Gathering Tool for Domestic Violence Fatality Review in Arizona

Carissa Scarpa (2009) Masculinity and Sexual Assault: The M.A.R.S. Project

Mark Zollinger (2013) Compliance Audit of the Coconino County Sex Offender Registry

Teaching capstone projects Accordion Closed

Margaret Bentzen (2009) Teaching Crime and Justice: A Pedagogical Recommendation for the Classroom and the Field

Ralph Garcia (2017) Inspiring Student Engagement and Collaboration Using Critical Pedagogy Across Three Different Modalities

Jaimee Limmer (2013) It’s Your Education, Be in It: Enhancing Success for First Year Criminal Justice Students

Jason Tabor (2010) Seven Tools of Teaching

Flexibility in courses, emphasis areas, and capstone options

Students have flexibility in their program of study, as our program allows students to choose 3 courses from the elective course offerings to “specialize” in one of three areas. These emphasis areas include transnational crime & justice; communities & justice; and law, policy, & social change.

Criminology & Criminal Justice
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Flagstaff, Arizona 86011
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