Femina P Varghese
Biographic Data
| ID | 104431 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Femina P Varghese |
| GIVEN NAMES | Femina P |
| FAMILY NAME | Varghese |
| SIGNATURE | VARGHESE F P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6897-3173 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Entrepreneurship and Criminal Justice Populations: A Social Cognitive Perspective
A criminal record limits employment opportunities of those released from prison. Entrepreneurship, or starting one’s own business venture, has been suggested as a way to overcome the employment barriers of a criminal record, given that many justice-involved persons have entrepreneurship experiences, often through illegal ventures. Sparse research has investigated how legal or illegal business experience translates to legal entrepreneurship attitu…
Telemental Health Service Delivery to Justice-Involved Persons With Substance Use: Staff Perspectives
The purpose of this study was to understand the availability and use of telemental health with justice-involved adults under community supervision with substance use behaviors. Semistructured interviews were administered to 16 community corrections employees from rural facilities in a southern state on their knowledge and experience with telemental health. Thematic analysis using MAXQDA was applied. Five primary themes were found: (a) barriers to…
Drivers of Probation Revocation in Pulaski County, Arkansas
Probation has received relatively little research attention. In this exploratory two-study inquiry, we first analyzed quantitative data to identify factors driving probation revocation in Pulaski County, Arkansas, among 10,260 individuals (mostly male and African American) between 2015 and 2019 (Study 1). We found individuals with felony histories were significantly more likely to be revoked (aOR 17.2 for one or two convictions; aOR 25.1 for thre…
Telehealth among substance using justice‐involved persons on community supervision: Benefits, challenges, and suggestions for future use
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to understand the uses of telehealth with justice-involved adults under community supervision with substance use problems, including their experiences during the pandemic. METHODS: Structured interviews were administered among 17 justice-involved adults under community supervision about their experiences with telehealth services to treat substance use disorders. Thematic coding was used for the analysis. R…
Employment Perceptions of Parolees: The Role of Perceived Barriers and Criminal Thinking
This study explored offenders’ perception of their barriers to employment and investigated the role of criminal attitudes in parolees recently released from prison. An analysis of open-ended responses from offenders indicated that they perceived having a criminal record as the largest barrier to employment. Structural equation modeling, utilizing a cross-sectional design, indicated moderate support for a model of criminal thinking as a predictor …
Injustice in the Justice System: Reforming Inequities for True “Justice for All”
True justice is equitable. Counseling psychologists, through their skills, knowledge, and values, can be a powerful force in reforming a system that oppresses marginalized groups to one that is just. In this paper, we focus on three major aspects of the justice system: laws and the courts, law enforcement, and detention and corrections, and we further describe injustice in these three areas. We then use critical race theory and counseling psychol…
Transformational Leadership and Asian Indian Values: Duty, Selfless Service, and Nonviolence
As reports increase of scandals and unethical behavior in Western corporations and organizations, public faith in leadership has declined, indicating the need for a reevaluation of what makes a good leader. We propose a transformational style of ethical leadership, supplemented by traditional Indian values, for leadership that focuses on duty, selfless service, and nonviolence. We address Indian cultural values of dharma, karma–yoga, and ahimsa i…
Vocational Psychology with Criminal Justice Populations: Why Not
In this rejoinder, the authors respond to the three reactions by Brown, Lent, and Knoll; McWhirter; and Morgan. We begin by discussing illegal work and desistance and how vocational psychology may inform these areas. We then acknowledge the challenges in working with criminal justice populations and describe how counseling psychologists may overcome these challenges. We conclude by encouraging counseling psychologists to persist through challenge…
Perceptions of African American College Applicants: The Roles of Race, Criminal History, and Qualifications
Vocational Interventions with Offenders: Interdisciplinary Research, Theory, and Integration
Vocational interventions for criminal justice populations have existed for years in various forms, but have traditionally not used an interdisciplinary approach and have shown significant limitations in effectiveness. This article informs scholars and practitioners of interdisciplinary research on vocational interventions and how knowledge from criminal justice literature and career theory can be combined so that relevant and effective theory-bas…
Factors Influencing the Employability of Latinos: The Roles of Ethnicity, Criminal History, and Qualifications
Injustice in the Justice System: Reforming Inequities for True “Justice for All”
True justice is equitable. Counseling psychologists, through their skills, knowledge, and values, can be a powerful force in reforming a system that oppresses marginalized groups to one that is just. In this paper, we focus on three major aspects of the justice system: laws and the courts, law enforcement, and detention and corrections, and we further describe injustice in these three areas. We then use critical race theory and counseling psychol…
Transformational Leadership and Asian Indian Values: Duty, Selfless Service, and Nonviolence
As reports increase of scandals and unethical behavior in Western corporations and organizations, public faith in leadership has declined, indicating the need for a reevaluation of what makes a good leader. We propose a transformational style of ethical leadership, supplemented by traditional Indian values, for leadership that focuses on duty, selfless service, and nonviolence. We address Indian cultural values of dharma, karma–yoga, and ahimsa i…
Vocational Interventions with Offenders: Interdisciplinary Research, Theory, and Integration
Vocational interventions for criminal justice populations have existed for years in various forms, but have traditionally not used an interdisciplinary approach and have shown significant limitations in effectiveness. This article informs scholars and practitioners of interdisciplinary research on vocational interventions and how knowledge from criminal justice literature and career theory can be combined so that relevant and effective theory-bas…
Factors Influencing the Employability of Latinos: The Roles of Ethnicity, Criminal History, and Qualifications
Perceptions of African American College Applicants: The Roles of Race, Criminal History, and Qualifications
Factors Influencing the Employability of Latinos: The Roles of Ethnicity, Criminal History, and Qualifications
Vocational Interventions with Offenders: Interdisciplinary Research, Theory, and Integration
Vocational interventions for criminal justice populations have existed for years in various forms, but have traditionally not used an interdisciplinary approach and have shown significant limitations in effectiveness. This article informs scholars and practitioners of interdisciplinary research on vocational interventions and how knowledge from criminal justice literature and career theory can be combined so that relevant and effective theory-bas…
Vocational Psychology with Criminal Justice Populations: Why Not
In this rejoinder, the authors respond to the three reactions by Brown, Lent, and Knoll; McWhirter; and Morgan. We begin by discussing illegal work and desistance and how vocational psychology may inform these areas. We then acknowledge the challenges in working with criminal justice populations and describe how counseling psychologists may overcome these challenges. We conclude by encouraging counseling psychologists to persist through challenge…
Perceptions of African American College Applicants: The Roles of Race, Criminal History, and Qualifications
Transformational Leadership and Asian Indian Values: Duty, Selfless Service, and Nonviolence
As reports increase of scandals and unethical behavior in Western corporations and organizations, public faith in leadership has declined, indicating the need for a reevaluation of what makes a good leader. We propose a transformational style of ethical leadership, supplemented by traditional Indian values, for leadership that focuses on duty, selfless service, and nonviolence. We address Indian cultural values of dharma, karma–yoga, and ahimsa i…
Injustice in the Justice System: Reforming Inequities for True “Justice for All”
True justice is equitable. Counseling psychologists, through their skills, knowledge, and values, can be a powerful force in reforming a system that oppresses marginalized groups to one that is just. In this paper, we focus on three major aspects of the justice system: laws and the courts, law enforcement, and detention and corrections, and we further describe injustice in these three areas. We then use critical race theory and counseling psychol…
Employment Perceptions of Parolees: The Role of Perceived Barriers and Criminal Thinking
This study explored offenders’ perception of their barriers to employment and investigated the role of criminal attitudes in parolees recently released from prison. An analysis of open-ended responses from offenders indicated that they perceived having a criminal record as the largest barrier to employment. Structural equation modeling, utilizing a cross-sectional design, indicated moderate support for a model of criminal thinking as a predictor …
Drivers of Probation Revocation in Pulaski County, Arkansas
Probation has received relatively little research attention. In this exploratory two-study inquiry, we first analyzed quantitative data to identify factors driving probation revocation in Pulaski County, Arkansas, among 10,260 individuals (mostly male and African American) between 2015 and 2019 (Study 1). We found individuals with felony histories were significantly more likely to be revoked (aOR 17.2 for one or two convictions; aOR 25.1 for thre…
Telehealth among substance using justice‐involved persons on community supervision: Benefits, challenges, and suggestions for future use
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to understand the uses of telehealth with justice-involved adults under community supervision with substance use problems, including their experiences during the pandemic. METHODS: Structured interviews were administered among 17 justice-involved adults under community supervision about their experiences with telehealth services to treat substance use disorders. Thematic coding was used for the analysis. R…
Entrepreneurship and Criminal Justice Populations: A Social Cognitive Perspective
A criminal record limits employment opportunities of those released from prison. Entrepreneurship, or starting one’s own business venture, has been suggested as a way to overcome the employment barriers of a criminal record, given that many justice-involved persons have entrepreneurship experiences, often through illegal ventures. Sparse research has investigated how legal or illegal business experience translates to legal entrepreneurship attitu…
Telemental Health Service Delivery to Justice-Involved Persons With Substance Use: Staff Perspectives
The purpose of this study was to understand the availability and use of telemental health with justice-involved adults under community supervision with substance use behaviors. Semistructured interviews were administered to 16 community corrections employees from rural facilities in a southern state on their knowledge and experience with telemental health. Thematic analysis using MAXQDA was applied. Five primary themes were found: (a) barriers to…
Psychology (10 works) · Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Criminology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Criminal justice (5 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (5 works) · Economic Justice (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)