WILLIAM WELLS
Biographic Data
| ID | 5721235 |
|---|---|
| NAME | WILLIAM WELLS |
| GIVEN NAMES | WILLIAM |
| FAMILY NAME | WELLS |
| SIGNATURE | WELLS W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sam Houston State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9172-1043 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1934 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
What happens when sexual assault kits go untested? A focal concerns analysis of suspect identification and police pre-arrest decisions
Cook's Third Voyage to the Pacific and Early Scientific Astronomy on the North-Western Coast of America: The Sojourn at Nootka Sound in April 1778
Between 1768 and 1778 England's premier maritime explorer, James Cook, made three much-published and very successful expeditions to the Pacific. Astronomy played a vital role in navigation and coastal cartography, and consequently there were astronomers on all three Pacific expeditions. On the final voyage Cook would lose his life in Hawaii, but not before exploring the north-western coast of the American continent and visiting Nootka Sound on th…
The Effects of Legislation Mandating DNA Testing in Sexual Assault Cases: Results in Texas
Many cities and states have taken steps to identify and process all untested sexual assault kits (SAKs). Texas was one of the first states to enact such legislation-SB 1636-which created a time line for a statewide audit and mandatory testing of SAKs. A mixed-methods approach was used to assess the effects of SB 1636 at both state and local levels. The study did not detect any effect of SB 1636 on reporting, arrests, or convictions. The legislati…
The effects of procedural injustice on the use of violence against police by Occupy Wall Street protesters
While a large, cross-disciplinary literature exists on crowd dynamics and protester behavior, few studies have tested the effects of perceived injustice on protester behavior. Based on data from a survey of Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York City, we explore the influence of perceptions of unjust police behavior on the use of violent resistance by protesters. We test the direct effects of two perceptual measures of procedural injustice and…
Did you know Medicare does not usually include a dental benefit? Findings from a multisite investigation of oral health literacy
Policymakers and those assisting in Medicare enrollment should ensure information regarding dental coverage is communicated in ways that individuals of varying literacy, language, and culture understand what is necessary to make appropriate decisions
Assessing health literacy and oral health: Preliminary results of a multi‐site investigation
Our analysis showed that dental school patients exhibit a range of health literacy abilities. It also revealed that the relationship between health literacy and oral health is not straightforward, depending on patient characteristics and the unique circumstances of the encounter. We anticipate future analyses of MOHLRS data will answer questions about the role that health literacy and various mediating factors play in explaining oral health dispa…
The Use of Forensic Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations: Perceptions of Sex Crimes Investigators
Despite the potential value of DNA evidence for criminal investigations and prosecution, we have a limited understanding of the way forensic evidence is used and its impact on case outcomes. This study uses qualitative data to describe the way investigators from the Houston Police Department use DNA evidence during investigations of sexual assaults. Results show DNA evidence has limited influence during investigations, and the value of DNA eviden…
A micro-level analysis of firearm arrests’ effects on gun violence in Houston, Texas
Student Attitudes Toward Concealed Handguns on Campus at 2 Universities
We examined student support for a policy that would allow carrying of concealed handguns on university campuses. Large percentages of students at 2 universities expressed very low levels of comfort with the idea of permitting concealed handgun carrying on campus, suggesting that students may not welcome less restrictive policies. Students held slightly different opinions about concealed handguns on and off campus, suggesting that they view the ca…
Differences Across Majors in the Desire to Obtain a License to Carry a Concealed Handgun on Campus: Implications for Criminal Justice Education
The current study examines whether students' course of study is related to their desire to carry a concealed handgun on campus. This analysis is motivated by a growing number of studies that have explored differences between criminal justice (CJ) and other majors in the areas of personality, attitudes, values, and career expectations, and also by discussions of the issue of concealed handguns on campuses following recent shootings on college camp…
Measuring conceptual health knowledge in the context of oral health literacy: Preliminary results
This preliminary study yielded a new measure of oral health conceptual knowledge, available for use in future oral health literacy studies. The author presents a conceptual framework of oral health literacy that separates health literacy into four unique components and places decision-making at the center. Future studies are needed to determine whether this framework is supported by empirical data and leads to improvements in oral health and redu…
Reducing intimate partner homicides: The effects of federally-funded shelter service availability in California
The validity of criminal justice contacts reported by inmates: A comparison of self-reported data with official prison records
Type of contact and evaluations of police officers: The effects of procedural justice across three types of police–citizen contacts
Arresting Developments: Trends in Female Arrests for Domestic Violence and Proposed Explanations
This article represents an effort to generate more systematic and specified discussion on the topic of unintended consequences in the movement to decrease violence against women. In this case, the consequence is increases in female arrests for domestic violence. This article builds on recent discussions by first using a sample of data to examine felony domestic violence arrest rates for men and women. The data support the conclusion that domestic…
The Reliability and Validity of Measures of Domestic Violence Resources as Used in Intimate Partner Homicide Research
Recent studies have found that domestic violence shelter-based resources offer little or contradictory efficacy in reducing intimate partner homicides among women. These studies were limited, however, by their lack of measures on the quality of and access to services. This article describes a systematic examination of aggregate data sources that sought to develop reliable and valid measures for quality of domestic violence resources. The examinat…
Implementation Issues in a Community and Police Partnership in Law Enforcement Space: Lessons from a Case Study of a Community Policing Approach to Domestic Violence
Community Policing theory is personified by law enforcement organizations serving as catalysts for social change by enabling and empowering community-led involvement in the creation and maintenance of safety and order. Evidence suggests, however, that this personification is overshadowed by a reality marked by expanded law enforcement power and limited community involvement. A prominent explanation for a lack of significant community involvement …
Weapon Effects and Individual Intent to Do Harm: Influences on the Escalation of Violence
In order to assess the roles of weapons and offender intentions in the outcomes of potentially violent events, we analyze more than 2,000 incidents described by offenders. We advance the study of weapons effects through a within‐person analysis that lets us control for all time‐stable characteristics of the offenders. Thus, we address the concern that relationships between type of weapon and incident outcome may be spurious because individuals wi…
The Royal Commission on Assizes and Quarter Sessions 1966–69
Eessays in Law Reform: The Law Reform Commission an Interim Appraisal
Public Control and the Police
The Incitement to Disaffection Bill, 1934
Type of contact and evaluations of police officers: The effects of procedural justice across three types of police–citizen contacts
Weapon Effects and Individual Intent to Do Harm: Influences on the Escalation of Violence
In order to assess the roles of weapons and offender intentions in the outcomes of potentially violent events, we analyze more than 2,000 incidents described by offenders. We advance the study of weapons effects through a within‐person analysis that lets us control for all time‐stable characteristics of the offenders. Thus, we address the concern that relationships between type of weapon and incident outcome may be spurious because individuals wi…
Student Attitudes Toward Concealed Handguns on Campus at 2 Universities
We examined student support for a policy that would allow carrying of concealed handguns on university campuses. Large percentages of students at 2 universities expressed very low levels of comfort with the idea of permitting concealed handgun carrying on campus, suggesting that students may not welcome less restrictive policies. Students held slightly different opinions about concealed handguns on and off campus, suggesting that they view the ca…
The validity of criminal justice contacts reported by inmates: A comparison of self-reported data with official prison records
The Use of Forensic Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations: Perceptions of Sex Crimes Investigators
Despite the potential value of DNA evidence for criminal investigations and prosecution, we have a limited understanding of the way forensic evidence is used and its impact on case outcomes. This study uses qualitative data to describe the way investigators from the Houston Police Department use DNA evidence during investigations of sexual assaults. Results show DNA evidence has limited influence during investigations, and the value of DNA eviden…
Arresting Developments: Trends in Female Arrests for Domestic Violence and Proposed Explanations
This article represents an effort to generate more systematic and specified discussion on the topic of unintended consequences in the movement to decrease violence against women. In this case, the consequence is increases in female arrests for domestic violence. This article builds on recent discussions by first using a sample of data to examine felony domestic violence arrest rates for men and women. The data support the conclusion that domestic…
The Reliability and Validity of Measures of Domestic Violence Resources as Used in Intimate Partner Homicide Research
Recent studies have found that domestic violence shelter-based resources offer little or contradictory efficacy in reducing intimate partner homicides among women. These studies were limited, however, by their lack of measures on the quality of and access to services. This article describes a systematic examination of aggregate data sources that sought to develop reliable and valid measures for quality of domestic violence resources. The examinat…
Reducing intimate partner homicides: The effects of federally-funded shelter service availability in California
What happens when sexual assault kits go untested? A focal concerns analysis of suspect identification and police pre-arrest decisions
A micro-level analysis of firearm arrests’ effects on gun violence in Houston, Texas
The Incitement to Disaffection Bill, 1934
Public Control and the Police
Eessays in Law Reform: The Law Reform Commission an Interim Appraisal
The Royal Commission on Assizes and Quarter Sessions 1966–69
Implementation Issues in a Community and Police Partnership in Law Enforcement Space: Lessons from a Case Study of a Community Policing Approach to Domestic Violence
Community Policing theory is personified by law enforcement organizations serving as catalysts for social change by enabling and empowering community-led involvement in the creation and maintenance of safety and order. Evidence suggests, however, that this personification is overshadowed by a reality marked by expanded law enforcement power and limited community involvement. A prominent explanation for a lack of significant community involvement …
Weapon Effects and Individual Intent to Do Harm: Influences on the Escalation of Violence
In order to assess the roles of weapons and offender intentions in the outcomes of potentially violent events, we analyze more than 2,000 incidents described by offenders. We advance the study of weapons effects through a within‐person analysis that lets us control for all time‐stable characteristics of the offenders. Thus, we address the concern that relationships between type of weapon and incident outcome may be spurious because individuals wi…
The Reliability and Validity of Measures of Domestic Violence Resources as Used in Intimate Partner Homicide Research
Recent studies have found that domestic violence shelter-based resources offer little or contradictory efficacy in reducing intimate partner homicides among women. These studies were limited, however, by their lack of measures on the quality of and access to services. This article describes a systematic examination of aggregate data sources that sought to develop reliable and valid measures for quality of domestic violence resources. The examinat…
Arresting Developments: Trends in Female Arrests for Domestic Violence and Proposed Explanations
This article represents an effort to generate more systematic and specified discussion on the topic of unintended consequences in the movement to decrease violence against women. In this case, the consequence is increases in female arrests for domestic violence. This article builds on recent discussions by first using a sample of data to examine felony domestic violence arrest rates for men and women. The data support the conclusion that domestic…
Type of contact and evaluations of police officers: The effects of procedural justice across three types of police–citizen contacts
Measuring conceptual health knowledge in the context of oral health literacy: Preliminary results
This preliminary study yielded a new measure of oral health conceptual knowledge, available for use in future oral health literacy studies. The author presents a conceptual framework of oral health literacy that separates health literacy into four unique components and places decision-making at the center. Future studies are needed to determine whether this framework is supported by empirical data and leads to improvements in oral health and redu…
Reducing intimate partner homicides: The effects of federally-funded shelter service availability in California
The validity of criminal justice contacts reported by inmates: A comparison of self-reported data with official prison records
Differences Across Majors in the Desire to Obtain a License to Carry a Concealed Handgun on Campus: Implications for Criminal Justice Education
The current study examines whether students' course of study is related to their desire to carry a concealed handgun on campus. This analysis is motivated by a growing number of studies that have explored differences between criminal justice (CJ) and other majors in the areas of personality, attitudes, values, and career expectations, and also by discussions of the issue of concealed handguns on campuses following recent shootings on college camp…
Student Attitudes Toward Concealed Handguns on Campus at 2 Universities
We examined student support for a policy that would allow carrying of concealed handguns on university campuses. Large percentages of students at 2 universities expressed very low levels of comfort with the idea of permitting concealed handgun carrying on campus, suggesting that students may not welcome less restrictive policies. Students held slightly different opinions about concealed handguns on and off campus, suggesting that they view the ca…
Assessing health literacy and oral health: Preliminary results of a multi‐site investigation
Our analysis showed that dental school patients exhibit a range of health literacy abilities. It also revealed that the relationship between health literacy and oral health is not straightforward, depending on patient characteristics and the unique circumstances of the encounter. We anticipate future analyses of MOHLRS data will answer questions about the role that health literacy and various mediating factors play in explaining oral health dispa…
The Use of Forensic Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations: Perceptions of Sex Crimes Investigators
Despite the potential value of DNA evidence for criminal investigations and prosecution, we have a limited understanding of the way forensic evidence is used and its impact on case outcomes. This study uses qualitative data to describe the way investigators from the Houston Police Department use DNA evidence during investigations of sexual assaults. Results show DNA evidence has limited influence during investigations, and the value of DNA eviden…
A micro-level analysis of firearm arrests’ effects on gun violence in Houston, Texas
Did you know Medicare does not usually include a dental benefit? Findings from a multisite investigation of oral health literacy
Policymakers and those assisting in Medicare enrollment should ensure information regarding dental coverage is communicated in ways that individuals of varying literacy, language, and culture understand what is necessary to make appropriate decisions
The effects of procedural injustice on the use of violence against police by Occupy Wall Street protesters
While a large, cross-disciplinary literature exists on crowd dynamics and protester behavior, few studies have tested the effects of perceived injustice on protester behavior. Based on data from a survey of Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York City, we explore the influence of perceptions of unjust police behavior on the use of violent resistance by protesters. We test the direct effects of two perceptual measures of procedural injustice and…
The Effects of Legislation Mandating DNA Testing in Sexual Assault Cases: Results in Texas
Many cities and states have taken steps to identify and process all untested sexual assault kits (SAKs). Texas was one of the first states to enact such legislation-SB 1636-which created a time line for a statewide audit and mandatory testing of SAKs. A mixed-methods approach was used to assess the effects of SB 1636 at both state and local levels. The study did not detect any effect of SB 1636 on reporting, arrests, or convictions. The legislati…
Cook's Third Voyage to the Pacific and Early Scientific Astronomy on the North-Western Coast of America: The Sojourn at Nootka Sound in April 1778
Between 1768 and 1778 England's premier maritime explorer, James Cook, made three much-published and very successful expeditions to the Pacific. Astronomy played a vital role in navigation and coastal cartography, and consequently there were astronomers on all three Pacific expeditions. On the final voyage Cook would lose his life in Hawaii, but not before exploring the north-western coast of the American continent and visiting Nootka Sound on th…
What happens when sexual assault kits go untested? A focal concerns analysis of suspect identification and police pre-arrest decisions
Psychology (15 works) · Political science (13 works) · Law (12 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Criminology (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (8 works) · Poison control (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (6 works)