Rachel L Rayburn
Biographic Data
| ID | 89984 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel L Rayburn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel L |
| FAMILY NAME | Rayburn |
| SIGNATURE | RAYBURN R L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Understanding Pro-Police Sentiment in a Marginalized Group
In recent decades, tensions between law enforcement and African American communities have intensified, symbolized by the Black Lives Matter (BlackLM) and Blue Lives Matter (BlueLM) movements. While the BlackLM movement has garnered widespread attention, few empirical studies have examined the BlueLM movement. This study fills that gap by collecting data from a predominantly Hispanic community to analyze support for the BlueLM movement. Key variab…
Legal cynicism and Blue Lives Matter movement
Research on legal cynicism has primarily focused on its causes, such as social context and experiences with the criminal justice system, while its effects on public perceptions remain understudied. Using survey data from 564 respondents in a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood—including students from a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and local residents, this study examines the relationship between legal cynicism and support for the Blue Lives…
I Stopped Shooting Up When I got Married
This project studies desistance from substance use and homelessness. In the early 1990s, the New Orleans Homeless Substance Abusers Project (NOHSAP) tested new treatment approaches for homeless substance users. The program ran for three years and enrolled 670 clients. The current project involved finding as many of these individuals as possible and reinterviewing them 25 years later. The methodology for this study consists of follow-up interviews…
Guns and Criminals
Coming Out
I’m not an alcoholic anymore”
This project studies desistance from substance abuse and 12-step meetings. In the early 1990s, The New Orleans Homeless Substance Abusers Project (NOHSAP) was created to uncover treatment strategies for homeless substance abusers. The program ran for 3 years with 670 homeless New Orleans individuals going through treatment. This project involved finding these individuals and re-interviewing them (19 years later). The methodology for this study co…
Understanding Homelessness, Mental Health and Substance Abuse through a Mixed-Methods Longitudinal Approach
This manuscript outlines the multiple methods utilized in a long-term follow-up of a non-traditional population: Homeless substance abusers in New Orleans. This article addresses qualitative mental health research by outlining steps taken to explore both qualitative and quantitative data sources. By way of qualitative and quantitative methods, this research examines the life course of a sample of New Orleans homeless substance abusers from the ti…
Attraction in the Field
Physical or sexual attraction plays an important role in shaping a wide range of relationships and in myriad ways. Our primary interest here is in how attraction shapes the qualitative research experience. Close examination of popular sociological ethnographies found that attractiveness is used as a descriptor, and almost always in a distancing fashion, but never considered in a reflexive manner. We explore implications of this silence surroundin…
This Is Where You Are Supposed to Be
This article is based on 20 ethnographic interviews, two focus groups, and observation conducted with homeless individuals in a southeastern U.S. city between 2007 and 2009. It examines individuals' tactics used to manage the stigma that is usually linked with homelessness. Men and women regularly meet with disapproving labels regarding living on the streets or in shelters when they interact with others. The analysis of their stories highlights t…
Two decades and a Category 5 hurricane later … tracking homeless substance abusers in New Orleans
This paper outlines the qualitative methods utilised in a long-term follow-up study of a non-traditional population: homeless substance abusers in New Orleans. The purpose of this research project was to identify possible desistance variables in the lives of homeless substance abusers and estimate their effects on various life outcomes. By way of phone, mail and in-person interviews, this research examines the life course of a sample of New Orlea…
Sobering Up on the Streets
Your Shelter or Mine? Romantic Relationships Among the Homeless
The topic of sex and love is notable by its absence within the research literature on homelessness. If these topics are discussed, they are generally approached from a negative standpoint with a focus on topics such as HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, sexual victimization, or sexual abuse. With growing bodies of literature on homelessness and the many benefits of committed relationships, it is surprising that there is a lack of studies on thes…
Homeless Men in Alcoholics Anonymous
An exploratory, qualitative study of homeless, recovering alcoholic men in a Twelve-Step program examines the problems they encounter maintaining sobriety. Using semistructured interviews, the experiences of these men were analyzed in order to learn how they stay sober without a formal place to live. Four kinds of special barriers to sobriety are inferred from their narrative histories: identification with a recovery community, sponsorship, step …
Never Pick a Fight with an Ugly Person, They've Got Nothing to Lose
Coming Out
Your Shelter or Mine? Romantic Relationships Among the Homeless
The topic of sex and love is notable by its absence within the research literature on homelessness. If these topics are discussed, they are generally approached from a negative standpoint with a focus on topics such as HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, sexual victimization, or sexual abuse. With growing bodies of literature on homelessness and the many benefits of committed relationships, it is surprising that there is a lack of studies on thes…
Attraction in the Field
Physical or sexual attraction plays an important role in shaping a wide range of relationships and in myriad ways. Our primary interest here is in how attraction shapes the qualitative research experience. Close examination of popular sociological ethnographies found that attractiveness is used as a descriptor, and almost always in a distancing fashion, but never considered in a reflexive manner. We explore implications of this silence surroundin…
This Is Where You Are Supposed to Be
This article is based on 20 ethnographic interviews, two focus groups, and observation conducted with homeless individuals in a southeastern U.S. city between 2007 and 2009. It examines individuals' tactics used to manage the stigma that is usually linked with homelessness. Men and women regularly meet with disapproving labels regarding living on the streets or in shelters when they interact with others. The analysis of their stories highlights t…
Sobering Up on the Streets
I Stopped Shooting Up When I got Married
This project studies desistance from substance use and homelessness. In the early 1990s, the New Orleans Homeless Substance Abusers Project (NOHSAP) tested new treatment approaches for homeless substance users. The program ran for three years and enrolled 670 clients. The current project involved finding as many of these individuals as possible and reinterviewing them 25 years later. The methodology for this study consists of follow-up interviews…
Understanding Homelessness, Mental Health and Substance Abuse through a Mixed-Methods Longitudinal Approach
This manuscript outlines the multiple methods utilized in a long-term follow-up of a non-traditional population: Homeless substance abusers in New Orleans. This article addresses qualitative mental health research by outlining steps taken to explore both qualitative and quantitative data sources. By way of qualitative and quantitative methods, this research examines the life course of a sample of New Orleans homeless substance abusers from the ti…
Homeless Men in Alcoholics Anonymous
An exploratory, qualitative study of homeless, recovering alcoholic men in a Twelve-Step program examines the problems they encounter maintaining sobriety. Using semistructured interviews, the experiences of these men were analyzed in order to learn how they stay sober without a formal place to live. Four kinds of special barriers to sobriety are inferred from their narrative histories: identification with a recovery community, sponsorship, step …
Never Pick a Fight with an Ugly Person, They've Got Nothing to Lose
Sobering Up on the Streets
Your Shelter or Mine? Romantic Relationships Among the Homeless
The topic of sex and love is notable by its absence within the research literature on homelessness. If these topics are discussed, they are generally approached from a negative standpoint with a focus on topics such as HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, sexual victimization, or sexual abuse. With growing bodies of literature on homelessness and the many benefits of committed relationships, it is surprising that there is a lack of studies on thes…
Two decades and a Category 5 hurricane later … tracking homeless substance abusers in New Orleans
This paper outlines the qualitative methods utilised in a long-term follow-up study of a non-traditional population: homeless substance abusers in New Orleans. The purpose of this research project was to identify possible desistance variables in the lives of homeless substance abusers and estimate their effects on various life outcomes. By way of phone, mail and in-person interviews, this research examines the life course of a sample of New Orlea…
Understanding Homelessness, Mental Health and Substance Abuse through a Mixed-Methods Longitudinal Approach
This manuscript outlines the multiple methods utilized in a long-term follow-up of a non-traditional population: Homeless substance abusers in New Orleans. This article addresses qualitative mental health research by outlining steps taken to explore both qualitative and quantitative data sources. By way of qualitative and quantitative methods, this research examines the life course of a sample of New Orleans homeless substance abusers from the ti…
Attraction in the Field
Physical or sexual attraction plays an important role in shaping a wide range of relationships and in myriad ways. Our primary interest here is in how attraction shapes the qualitative research experience. Close examination of popular sociological ethnographies found that attractiveness is used as a descriptor, and almost always in a distancing fashion, but never considered in a reflexive manner. We explore implications of this silence surroundin…
This Is Where You Are Supposed to Be
This article is based on 20 ethnographic interviews, two focus groups, and observation conducted with homeless individuals in a southeastern U.S. city between 2007 and 2009. It examines individuals' tactics used to manage the stigma that is usually linked with homelessness. Men and women regularly meet with disapproving labels regarding living on the streets or in shelters when they interact with others. The analysis of their stories highlights t…
I’m not an alcoholic anymore”
This project studies desistance from substance abuse and 12-step meetings. In the early 1990s, The New Orleans Homeless Substance Abusers Project (NOHSAP) was created to uncover treatment strategies for homeless substance abusers. The program ran for 3 years with 670 homeless New Orleans individuals going through treatment. This project involved finding these individuals and re-interviewing them (19 years later). The methodology for this study co…
Guns and Criminals
Coming Out
I Stopped Shooting Up When I got Married
This project studies desistance from substance use and homelessness. In the early 1990s, the New Orleans Homeless Substance Abusers Project (NOHSAP) tested new treatment approaches for homeless substance users. The program ran for three years and enrolled 670 clients. The current project involved finding as many of these individuals as possible and reinterviewing them 25 years later. The methodology for this study consists of follow-up interviews…
Understanding Pro-Police Sentiment in a Marginalized Group
In recent decades, tensions between law enforcement and African American communities have intensified, symbolized by the Black Lives Matter (BlackLM) and Blue Lives Matter (BlueLM) movements. While the BlackLM movement has garnered widespread attention, few empirical studies have examined the BlueLM movement. This study fills that gap by collecting data from a predominantly Hispanic community to analyze support for the BlueLM movement. Key variab…
Legal cynicism and Blue Lives Matter movement
Research on legal cynicism has primarily focused on its causes, such as social context and experiences with the criminal justice system, while its effects on public perceptions remain understudied. Using survey data from 564 respondents in a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood—including students from a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and local residents, this study examines the relationship between legal cynicism and support for the Blue Lives…
Psychology (12 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Criminology (8 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (6 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works)