Charisse T M Coston
Biographic Data
| ID | 4216501 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charisse T M Coston |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charisse T M |
| FAMILY NAME | Coston |
| SIGNATURE | COSTON C T M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Success of a Criminal Justice Learning Community for Transfer Students
Upon entrance to a new educational institution, transfer students battle with many struggles, resulting in the creation of learning communities to provide these students with the necessary skillset to navigate the challenges of integration into a new university or college. This article’s purpose is to assess how effective these learning communities are in assisting transfer students through this exploratory and descriptive cross-sectional study. …
Inequality and Crime
This essay explores the complicated relationship between crime and inequality. It examines a variety issues in the literature on the topic, ranging from economic inequality and residential isolation to structural inequalities in American society. Special attention is devoted to the impact of the war on drugs and mass incarceration and the resulting barriers, which serve only to further increase the levels of inequality in American society. Policy…
Do Racial Differences Suggest that the Health Care System is Criminogenic
Betcha it won't happen to me
This project assessed the impact of the nature and frequency of sexual acts, experienced while legally under‐age and a victim, upon the projected rates of occurrence, for the same sexual acts, for people of the same age and gender. University students (376) were asked to indicate their own experiences with a variety of sexual activities before the age of sixteen and were also asked to project the extent to which these activities were experienced …
Fear of Crime Among Vulnerable Populations
Are the factors associated with the fear of crime in the general population the same as those operating with especially vulnerable subgroups? If not, how and why are they different? Previous studies concerning the fear of crime have identified certain vulnerability factors as being associated with higher levels of fear. These include, for instance, being female, living in certain ghetto areas, and being elderly. Because many of these studies focu…
Low Crime Rates in Bahrain
This pioneer work builds upon the systems of social control (synnomie) developed by Freda Adler (1983). Its intent is to assess the low crime profile of Bahrain and in so doing to offer explanations for this country's low crime rates. While there is crime in Bahrain, this country appears to be the exception to the rule that rapid industrialization breeds high crime. The unique situation in Bahrain will be analyzed by: giving an overview of the co…
Low Crime Rates in Bahrain
This pioneer work builds upon the systems of social control (synnomie) developed by Freda Adler (1983). Its intent is to assess the low crime profile of Bahrain and in so doing to offer explanations for this country's low crime rates. While there is crime in Bahrain, this country appears to be the exception to the rule that rapid industrialization breeds high crime. The unique situation in Bahrain will be analyzed by: giving an overview of the co…
Low Crime Rates in Bahrain
This pioneer work builds upon the systems of social control (synnomie) developed by Freda Adler (1983). Its intent is to assess the low crime profile of Bahrain and in so doing to offer explanations for this country's low crime rates. While there is crime in Bahrain, this country appears to be the exception to the rule that rapid industrialization breeds high crime. The unique situation in Bahrain will be analyzed by: giving an overview of the co…
Fear of Crime Among Vulnerable Populations
Are the factors associated with the fear of crime in the general population the same as those operating with especially vulnerable subgroups? If not, how and why are they different? Previous studies concerning the fear of crime have identified certain vulnerability factors as being associated with higher levels of fear. These include, for instance, being female, living in certain ghetto areas, and being elderly. Because many of these studies focu…
Betcha it won't happen to me
This project assessed the impact of the nature and frequency of sexual acts, experienced while legally under‐age and a victim, upon the projected rates of occurrence, for the same sexual acts, for people of the same age and gender. University students (376) were asked to indicate their own experiences with a variety of sexual activities before the age of sixteen and were also asked to project the extent to which these activities were experienced …
Do Racial Differences Suggest that the Health Care System is Criminogenic
Inequality and Crime
This essay explores the complicated relationship between crime and inequality. It examines a variety issues in the literature on the topic, ranging from economic inequality and residential isolation to structural inequalities in American society. Special attention is devoted to the impact of the war on drugs and mass incarceration and the resulting barriers, which serve only to further increase the levels of inequality in American society. Policy…
The Success of a Criminal Justice Learning Community for Transfer Students
Upon entrance to a new educational institution, transfer students battle with many struggles, resulting in the creation of learning communities to provide these students with the necessary skillset to navigate the challenges of integration into a new university or college. This article’s purpose is to assess how effective these learning communities are in assisting transfer students through this exploratory and descriptive cross-sectional study. …
Criminology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Criminal justice (2 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (2 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (2 works)