Adam Trahan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4076573 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adam Trahan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adam |
| FAMILY NAME | Trahan |
| SIGNATURE | TRAHAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Texas |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4342-1246 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Psychological and Emotional Impacts on Families of People Involved in the Legal System for Sex Offenses
Legal system involvement can have enduring impacts on family members, especially when their kin is convicted of a sexual offense. With nearly one million people enduring legal proceedings, incarcerated, or mandated to register for a sex offense, the amount of family members who experience symbiotic harms from legal system contact is immense. This qualitative study focuses on the psychological and emotional repercussions of a family member’s legal…
The Evolution of Psychological and Emotional Effects of Visitation on Families of People Incarcerated in the United States
Purpose: Recent research has explored the collateral effects of incarceration on families. This study extends this research by exploring the psychological and emotional effects of visitation on family members of people incarcerated. Design: Data come from in-depth interviews with 35 participants who experienced an immediate family member’s incarceration. Transcripts of these interviews were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. Findings: Re…
Attitudes on Policy and Punishment: Opposition to Inequality-Based Government Aid Predicts Support for Capital Punishment
Objective: There exists a well-developed body of research on the attitudinal correlates of support for capital punishment. Among the most robust of these is racism and racial attributions. The study presented here was designed to explore whether policy prescriptions reflective of racial attitudes can predict support for capital punishment. Method: Data come from the 2018 iteration of the NORC General Social Survey. The dependent variable is a dic…
Perceptions of legal system legitimacy among family members of individuals incarcerated for sex offenses
Perceived Immigrant Threat and Punitive Attitudes: The Moderating Effect of Economic Insecurity
One of the strongest predictors of punitive attitudes is out-group prejudice. Two limitations of this literature are a relative lack of research examining (a) these relationships outside the United States and (b) the theoretical mechanisms involved. The current study tests the direct and moderating effects of group threat and economic insecurity on punitive attitudes among German citizens. Findings show the direct effect of group threat on puniti…
Does the EU message impact public attitudes toward the death penalty in EU membership-aspiring countries? Lessons from Albania
The dominant knowledge in the extant literature is that citizens in EU member countries are not receptive toward the EU message, but rather perceive it from a domestic politics perspective. However, recent research has shown that people in EU membership-aspiring countries from Southeastern Europe might not be as intransigent toward the EU message. What that literature has not highlighted thus far is the type of EU message. Whereas EU normative me…
Shame and blame: Secondary stigma among families of convicted sex offenders
The detriment of incarceration experienced by the formerly incarcerated has been increasingly explored in the literature on reentry. A tangential but equally concerning issue that has recently received more research attention is the effect on family members of the incarcerated. The stigma of a criminal conviction is most apparent among families of convicted sex offenders, who experience consequences parallel to those of their convicted relative. …
The Center Holds Quite Well: An Ethnographic Study of Social Structure and Control in Jehovah’s Witness Religious Organization
Religion has long occupied a singularly prominent position among the various institutions of social control. Evidence suggests, however, that the American religious milieu has changed in recent decades. Several historically fringe religions have grown in terms of power and influence while traditionally dominant religious institutions have deteriorated. One of the fastest growing religious organizations is Jehovah’s Witness. Despite its increasing…
Qualitative Research and Intersectionality
Fraud and the American Dream: Toward an Understanding of Fraud Victimization
American culture and the practices of government focus an overwhelming majority of attention on violent "street" crime. As a result, very little is known about the victims of fraud. In order to contribute to this literature, a case study is provided that examines the victim population of a Ponzi scheme. Data are provided on the general characteristics of the victims, their investments, and the growth of the scheme. A theoretical model is formulat…
Fraud and the American Dream: Toward an Understanding of Fraud Victimization
American culture and the practices of government focus an overwhelming majority of attention on violent "street" crime. As a result, very little is known about the victims of fraud. In order to contribute to this literature, a case study is provided that examines the victim population of a Ponzi scheme. Data are provided on the general characteristics of the victims, their investments, and the growth of the scheme. A theoretical model is formulat…
Qualitative Research and Intersectionality
Shame and blame: Secondary stigma among families of convicted sex offenders
The detriment of incarceration experienced by the formerly incarcerated has been increasingly explored in the literature on reentry. A tangential but equally concerning issue that has recently received more research attention is the effect on family members of the incarcerated. The stigma of a criminal conviction is most apparent among families of convicted sex offenders, who experience consequences parallel to those of their convicted relative. …
Does the EU message impact public attitudes toward the death penalty in EU membership-aspiring countries? Lessons from Albania
The dominant knowledge in the extant literature is that citizens in EU member countries are not receptive toward the EU message, but rather perceive it from a domestic politics perspective. However, recent research has shown that people in EU membership-aspiring countries from Southeastern Europe might not be as intransigent toward the EU message. What that literature has not highlighted thus far is the type of EU message. Whereas EU normative me…
Fraud and the American Dream: Toward an Understanding of Fraud Victimization
American culture and the practices of government focus an overwhelming majority of attention on violent "street" crime. As a result, very little is known about the victims of fraud. In order to contribute to this literature, a case study is provided that examines the victim population of a Ponzi scheme. Data are provided on the general characteristics of the victims, their investments, and the growth of the scheme. A theoretical model is formulat…
Qualitative Research and Intersectionality
The Center Holds Quite Well: An Ethnographic Study of Social Structure and Control in Jehovah’s Witness Religious Organization
Religion has long occupied a singularly prominent position among the various institutions of social control. Evidence suggests, however, that the American religious milieu has changed in recent decades. Several historically fringe religions have grown in terms of power and influence while traditionally dominant religious institutions have deteriorated. One of the fastest growing religious organizations is Jehovah’s Witness. Despite its increasing…
Shame and blame: Secondary stigma among families of convicted sex offenders
The detriment of incarceration experienced by the formerly incarcerated has been increasingly explored in the literature on reentry. A tangential but equally concerning issue that has recently received more research attention is the effect on family members of the incarcerated. The stigma of a criminal conviction is most apparent among families of convicted sex offenders, who experience consequences parallel to those of their convicted relative. …
Perceived Immigrant Threat and Punitive Attitudes: The Moderating Effect of Economic Insecurity
One of the strongest predictors of punitive attitudes is out-group prejudice. Two limitations of this literature are a relative lack of research examining (a) these relationships outside the United States and (b) the theoretical mechanisms involved. The current study tests the direct and moderating effects of group threat and economic insecurity on punitive attitudes among German citizens. Findings show the direct effect of group threat on puniti…
Does the EU message impact public attitudes toward the death penalty in EU membership-aspiring countries? Lessons from Albania
The dominant knowledge in the extant literature is that citizens in EU member countries are not receptive toward the EU message, but rather perceive it from a domestic politics perspective. However, recent research has shown that people in EU membership-aspiring countries from Southeastern Europe might not be as intransigent toward the EU message. What that literature has not highlighted thus far is the type of EU message. Whereas EU normative me…
Perceptions of legal system legitimacy among family members of individuals incarcerated for sex offenses
Attitudes on Policy and Punishment: Opposition to Inequality-Based Government Aid Predicts Support for Capital Punishment
Objective: There exists a well-developed body of research on the attitudinal correlates of support for capital punishment. Among the most robust of these is racism and racial attributions. The study presented here was designed to explore whether policy prescriptions reflective of racial attitudes can predict support for capital punishment. Method: Data come from the 2018 iteration of the NORC General Social Survey. The dependent variable is a dic…
The Evolution of Psychological and Emotional Effects of Visitation on Families of People Incarcerated in the United States
Purpose: Recent research has explored the collateral effects of incarceration on families. This study extends this research by exploring the psychological and emotional effects of visitation on family members of people incarcerated. Design: Data come from in-depth interviews with 35 participants who experienced an immediate family member’s incarceration. Transcripts of these interviews were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. Findings: Re…
Psychological and Emotional Impacts on Families of People Involved in the Legal System for Sex Offenses
Legal system involvement can have enduring impacts on family members, especially when their kin is convicted of a sexual offense. With nearly one million people enduring legal proceedings, incarcerated, or mandated to register for a sex offense, the amount of family members who experience symbiotic harms from legal system contact is immense. This qualitative study focuses on the psychological and emotional repercussions of a family member’s legal…
Psychology (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 works)