H Virginia Mccoy

Biographic Data

ID1322039
NAMEH Virginia Mccoy
GIVEN NAMESH Virginia
FAMILY NAMEMccoy
SIGNATUREMCCOY H V
AFFILIATIONSFlorida International University
ORCID0000-0003-0937-8352
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS33
TOTAL CITATIONS79
AUTHOR COUNT33
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1990
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX4

  • You Won’t Break My Soul

    Open AccessKaelyn Sanders, Jennifer E Cobbina-Dungy et al.ARTICLEJournal of Contemporary Criminal…2025

    Historically and presently, police and vigilante violence have been used as a racial control mechanism against Black people. As a result, Black people have more concerns about being mistreated because of their racial identity and being “Black in White space.” However, Black people’s traumas and anxieties are simultaneously experienced with positive emotions like joy, which can be used as a tool for resistance and healing from racial trauma. Notab…

  • The ABCs of African American Women

    Open AccessJennifer E Cobbina-Dungy, H Virginia Mccoy et al.ARTICLECrime & Delinquency2025

    The rise of the Black Lives Matter movement has led to a hyperfocus on perceptions and attitudes of Black individuals toward law enforcement. That focus, however, fails to acknowledge the strained relationship between police and Black individuals and how it impacts their experiences of safety and security. This study examines how 28 protesters perceive safety and security for Black people. Results indicated that many were concerned about Black pe…

  • Trajectories of ILS receipt and subsequent dual-system involvement

    Open AccessDylan Jones, Eunhye Ahn et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2025

  • From juvenile justice involvement to incarceration in young adulthood

    Open AccessDylan Jones, Eunhye Ahn et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2025References: 1

  • Childhood Prevalence and Latent Classes of Behavioral Issues in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development-Social Development Dataset

    Open AccessThomas W Wojciechowski, Lia Ahonen et al.ARTICLECrime & Delinquency2024

    This study sought to identify latent classes of early-life behavioral issues among a sample of youth and compare to previous results obtained from a justice-involved youth sample. The first wave of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development-Social Development Study was analyzed. Latent class analysis was used to identify within-person latent clusters of behavioral issues (violence, stealing, substance use, being disruptive, cheating). A three-cla…

  • Performing Anti-racism

    Open AccessI Casellas Connors, H Virginia MccoyARTICLERace and Justice2022

    Higher education institutions (HEI) are communities nestled within and a part of the local, regional, and national contexts. Increasingly, college and university presidents have begun to comment on local and national events, particularly as these events make their way onto campuses. This study examines 99 presidential statements from both public and private institutions, disseminated in the week following the 2020 murder of George Floyd. Using cr…

  • What Do You Call a Black Woman With a PhD? A N

    Open AccessH Virginia MccoyARTICLERace and Justice2021

    The 16-year journey from being a doctoral student to a tenured Associate Professor as a Black woman has been eventful. This essay provides a peek into some of the unforgettable moments experienced by one Black female PhD during that journey. It highlights how having a PhD as a Black woman has not resulted in the same respect and reverence generally afforded to those who are White. It reminds us of the work that still needs to be done if we are ev…

  • Assessing the Modified Neighborhood Cohesion Instrument Among African American Adolescents Living in Public Housing

    Open AccessMelissa L Villodas, Von Nebbitt et al.ARTICLEJournal of the Society for Social…2021References: 11

    The modified NCI is not ideal for assessing neighborhood cohesion among this understudied population. Future research should prioritize psychometric testing alongside cognitive interviewing, to provide a contextualized measure of neighborhood cohesion for this population

  • Black Lives Matter, and Yes, You are Racist

    Open AccessH Virginia MccoyARTICLEChild and Adolescent Social Work…2020

  • Structural Characteristics of Migrant Farmworkers Reporting a Relationship with a Primary Care Physician

    Open AccessH Virginia Mccoy, Mark L Williams et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2015

  • Alcohol Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors in a Migrant Worker Community

    Open AccessH Virginia Mccoy, Nancy Shehadeh et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2015

  • Negative Social Contextual Stressors and Somatic Symptoms Among Young Black Males

    Lionel D Scott, H Virginia Mccoy et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Behavior in the…2015Cited by: 1References: 31

    This study examines whether negative social contextual stressors were associated with somatic symptoms among young Black males (N = 74) after accounting for background and psychological characteristics. Using Cunningham and Spencer's Black Male Experiences Measure, negative social contextual stressors connoted those experiences connected to the personal attributes, devaluation, and negative imagery of young Black males, such as being followed whe…

  • The Impact of Ethnic Identity on Changes in High Risk HIV Behaviors in Sexually Active Migrant Workers

    Open AccessNancy Shehadeh, H Virginia Mccoy et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2011

  • Older youth leaving the foster care system

    Open AccessH Virginia Mccoy, Henrika Mccoy et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2008Cited by: 35References: 7

  • Robbing Drug Dealers

    H Virginia MccoyREVIEWContemporary Sociology A Journal…2002

    This volume fills a research gap of striking proportions by exploring the contingencies that mediate the crimes perpetrated on those who are themselves perpetrators. The notion that violence is something that happens only to law-abiding citizens is both widely held and inaccurate. The disproportionate share of victims of crime are, in reality, themselves involved in crime. Yet existing scholarship has failed to explore the contingencies that medi…

  • Crack smokers' intention to use condoms with loved partners

    Angela Bowen, A M Bowen et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2001

    Prevalence rates of HIV infection acquired through heterosexual contacts have risen steadily since 1982. Crack cocaine smokers are at particular risk of HIV infection due to heterosexual exposure. HIV risk reduction interventions seeking to increase condom use among drug users have met with minimal success, and there is a need for interventions to be strongly grounded in psychosocial models of behaviour change. This study presents the results of …

  • An Evaluation of a Brief HIV Risk Reduction Intervention Using Empirically Derived Drug Use and Sexual Risk Indices

    Open AccessMark Williams, Mark L Williams et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2001

  • Predictors of Stages of Change for Condom Use in Crack Cocaine Users

    Open AccessSandra C Timpson, Kathryn I Pollak et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2001

  • HIV infection and patterns of risk among women drug injectors and crack users in low and high sero-prevalence sites

    Stephanie Tortu, Mark Beardsley et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2000

    As AIDS cases among US women continue to increase, a better understanding of women's behavioural risk patterns is needed to inform intervention efforts. Data were from 2,945 women drug injectors and crack users. Statistical analyses compared sociodemographic variables, lifetime behavioural risk patterns, HIV sero-prevalence and history of sexually transmitted diseases, and determined predictors of HIV infection separately in 16 low and four high …

  • Determinants of condom use among African Americans who smoke crack cocaine

    Mark L Williams, Anne M Bowen et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2000

    This paper presents findings from an elicitation study that focused on the sexual risks and condom use behaviour of African American crack smokers. Of interest were the attitudes, beliefs, and barriers that affect the adoption and maintenance of condoms as an HIV prophylactic. Thick descriptive data were collected from 64 heterosexual African Americans who smoke crack cocaine. Data were content analysed for descriptions of condom use attitudes, n…

  • A gender comparison of HIV and drug use across the rural-urban continuum

    Open AccessClyde B Mccoy, Lisa R Metsch et al.ARTICLEPopulation Research and Policy…1999References: 30

  • Crack users' intentions to use condoms with different partner types

    Open AccessSherril L Aversa, H Virginia Mccoy et al.ARTICLEPopulation Research and Policy…1999References: 24

  • The effect of migration patterns on exposure to HIV prevention in a migrant community

    Open AccessH Virginia Mccoy, H Virginia Mc Coy et al.ARTICLEPopulation Research and Policy…1999References: 5

  • Theoretical Models Used to Guide Nida's Cooperative Agreement Research and Intervention Efforts

    Sally J Stevens, Lynne Kotranski et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychoactive Drugs1998

    NIDA's Cooperative Agreement program to reach out-of-treatment drug users and provide HIV prevention to reduce HIV drug and sexual risks was initiated in September of 1990. By August, 1994 the program included 23 sites which used various theoretical models to guide prevention strategies, add conceptual coherence to many aspects of behavior change, and allow for clearer interpretation of why behavior change occurs. This article reviews the theoret…

  • HIV diffusion patterns and mobility

    Open AccessH Virginia Mccoy, Ronald Correa et al.ARTICLEPopulation Research and Policy…1996Cited by: 1References: 11