Lucas M Alward

Biographic Data

ID4437618
NAMELucas M Alward
GIVEN NAMESLucas M
FAMILY NAMEAlward
SIGNATUREALWARD L M
AFFILIATIONSBoise State University
ORCID0000-0002-9760-5860
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • The Impact of Procedural Justice on Non-Compliance During Community Supervision

    Open AccessMichael Caudy, Lucas M Alward et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2026

    This study examines the longitudinal relationship between procedural justice in encounters with parole or probation officers and non-compliance during community supervision. Based on two waves of data (3 and 9 months after release) from the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI) project in the United States, a sample of 667 people on community supervision were examined. Cross-lagged structural equation models were employed to inv…

  • Do Perceptions of Procedural Justice Shape Offenders’ Willingness to Change

    Open AccessMatthias Van Hall, Lucas M Alward et al.ARTICLECrime & Delinquency2026

    Prior research showed that willingness to change is an important predictor to enhance the desistance process. The aim of the current study was to examine how perceptions of procedural justice might promote individuals’ willingness to change. Based on two waves of data from the SVORI-project, a sample of 667 people on community supervision were followed over time. The findings demonstrate that procedural justice is positively associated with willi…

  • Individual Characteristics and Organizational Attributes

    Open AccessLucas M Alward, Jill ViglioneARTICLEInternational Journal of Offender…2025

    In recent years, Western and non-Western countries have experience increased reliance on probation services. However, prior research indicates that high job demands and ambiguous role responsibilities invoke feelings of stress and suggest the importance of understanding the relationship between stress and burnout and turnover. While past efforts largely focused on correctional officers (COs), less is known about how probation officers (POs) exper…

  • A longitudinal qualitative analysis of probation and parole officer stress and burnout during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessMakayla Butler, Lucas M Alward et al.ARTICLEJournal of Criminal Justice2025References: 4

  • Toward Accountability

    Open AccessLucas M Alward, Ashley Lockwood et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2024

    The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic placed new strains on community corrections including officers’ ability to enforce and respond to client noncompliance. With system-wide closures to courthouses, delays in case processing, and limited incarceration space, supervision officers were faced with new challenges regarding the availability of sanction response options. The goal of the current study was to examine how supervision officers responded …

  • A Qualitative Exploration of Shifts to Community Supervision Work During the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Open AccessAshley Lockwood, Lucas M Alward et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2024

    With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, community supervision agencies were forced to incorporate drastic changes to traditional supervision techniques, which shifted the daily roles of probation officers (POs). Research on the pandemic identifies rapid adaptations to supervision strategies and increased demands on POs during the pandemic. Using qualitative data from interviews with POs across the United States, the goal of this study was to exa…

  • Jailed Individuals’ Perceptions of Procedural Justice and Suicidal Ideation

    Open AccessFrances P Abderhalden, Lucas M Alward et al.ARTICLECrime & Delinquency2024

    Suicide ideation (SI) represent a major public health concern, especially within incarcerated settings. Although prior research acknowledges the influence of individual characteristics, less research has examined how perceptions of procedural justice relate to individuals’ maladaptive behavior while incarcerated. Recently, scholarship has included self-injurious thoughts and behaviors as an outcome of perceived procedural justice for incarcerated…

  • Procedural justice and probation officer legitimacy

    Open AccessLucas M AlwardARTICLEJournal of Criminal Justice2024References: 49

  • Procedural justice and incarcerated people's obligation to obey institutional rules

    Open AccessLucas M Alward, Thomas Baker et al.ARTICLEJournal of Criminal Justice2021Cited by: 1References: 64

  • Assessing the Relative Influence of Individual Attitudes, Social Supports, and Neighborhood Context on Reentry Outcomes

    Open AccessLucas M Alward, Michael S Caudy et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2020

    Using the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI) data set, the current study examined the relationship between internal change factors, including agency, readiness for change, and legal cynicism, and four reentry outcomes (recidivism, reincarceration, drug use, and treatment participation). The study also assessed the impact of external change factors, such as family support and perceived neighborhood quality on reentry outcomes.…

  • Exploring the Association between Procedural Justice in Jails and Incarcerated People’s Commitment to Institutional Rules

    Thomas Baker, Frances P Abderhalden et al.ARTICLECorrections2019Cited by: 3References: 12

    The process-based model of self-regulation has been evaluated throughout various agencies of the criminal justice system. However, the model has yet to be tested within jails. The goal of the current study is to fill this gap in the literature. Using a sample of 290 men and women incarcerated in a county jail, this study examines the association between inmates’ procedural justice perceptions of detention officers and their commitment to institut…