Natalie Goulette
Biographic Data
| ID | 6030499 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Natalie Goulette |
| GIVEN NAMES | Natalie |
| FAMILY NAME | Goulette |
| SIGNATURE | GOULETTE N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of West Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7605-2646 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
U.S. District Court Judicial Diversity: The Impact of Race and Sex Composition on Sentencing Outcomes at the District Level
The demographic diversity of the federal bench has emerged as a salient issue for the American public. Although research has examined the impact of judges’ race and sex on various court outcomes, including sentencing, for several decades across different levels of courts, findings remain mixed. Race and sex diversity of the U.S. District Courts has increased in recent years, coinciding with the transition from mandatory to advisory sentencing gui…
An Item-Based Revalidation of the Florida Pretrial Risk Assessment Instrument
Scholars and practitioners continue to examine the growing pretrial detainee population. These individuals have not been convicted of a crime, and yet they sit in detention, taxing jail facilities and their limited budgets. Pretrial risk assessment tools have been created to identify individuals who can be released prior to trial, without jeopardizing community safety. The current study revalidates items included in the Florida Pretrial Risk Asse…
Caregiver Type and Gang Involvement: A Comparison of Female and Male Gang Members
Gang involvement and delinquency are prominent issues frequently examined in criminal justice scholarship. Research has revealed that gang involvement increases the likelihood of delinquency/crime, and that youth participate in gangs for a variety of reasons including protection, status, and a sense of belonging. Although research has found that various social and familial factors increase the probability of gang involvement, it primarily focuses…
Judicial diversity and sentencing disparity across U.S. District Courts
Is Chivalry Dead: An Examination of Charge Reductions in One Ohio Jurisdiction
Scholars continue to recognize the important role prosecutorial discretion plays in the criminal court system. Using a sample of felony cases referred to one Prosecutor’s Office in Ohio, the current study investigates whether true or selective chivalry exists by examining main and interactive effects of defendant sex on the likelihood of reduced charges and the magnitude of these reductions using a novel approach. Results suggest that true chival…
Modifying an Introduction to Criminal Justice Course to Be Writing-Intensive
Undergraduate students often struggle to produce clear and concise written assignments. Faculty in criminal justice often struggle with how to help them. The current study describes how a fully online introduction to criminal justice course was modified to be writing intensive. Students completed five writing assignments related to course content along with workbook exercises focused on grammar and syntax, formal writing, APA formatting and citat…
College Student Views on Criminality and Community Correctional Sanctions: A High-Impact Practice
College students’ perceptions and how those viewpoints can be impacted by education are vital to many academic fields, especially that of criminology and criminal justice. This research project measured college student perceptions toward general aspects of criminality and community corrections sanctions in addition to their change in perceptions once exposed to a high-impact learning practice in an upper-level undergraduate community corrections …
Exploring Judicial Discretion and Correctional Policy in the Practice of Violation of probation Holds in One Unique County Facility in Northwest Florida
A unique position of one county correctional facility in northwest Florida raises questions about jail crowding, costs, due process, and judicial discretion. Probationers arrested and held for first appearance may be subject to a violation of probation (VOP) hold by the judge. Even if they can bond out on the new charge, they may remain in jail for 5– to 10 days. In analyzing court documents, this case study found that the use of VOP holds result…
Probation Simulation: A High-Impact Practice
High-impact practices (HIPs) implemented in criminal justice have traditionally been designed as stand-alone courses. However, HIPs can also be integrated into existing criminal justice courses to deepen student empathetic understanding of key roles and concepts. As such, the purpose of the present study is threefold. First, we provide a discussion of a HIP probation simulation project created as a key part of an undergraduate community correctio…
Exploring the behavior of juveniles and young adults raised by custodial grandmothers
Is the Impact of Cumulative Disadvantage on Sentencing Greater for Black Defendants: Disadvantage and Sentencing of Black Defendants
Research Summary We examined race-group differences in the effects of how felony defendants are treated at earlier decision points in case processing on case outcomes. Multilevel analyses of 3,459 defendants nested within 123 prosecutors and 34 judges in a large, northern U.S. jurisdiction revealed significant main and interaction effects of a defendant's race on bond amounts, pretrial detention, and nonsuspended prison sentences, but no signific…
From Initial Appearance to Sentencing: Do Female Defendants Experience Disparate Treatment
Is the Impact of Cumulative Disadvantage on Sentencing Greater for Black Defendants: Disadvantage and Sentencing of Black Defendants
Research Summary We examined race-group differences in the effects of how felony defendants are treated at earlier decision points in case processing on case outcomes. Multilevel analyses of 3,459 defendants nested within 123 prosecutors and 34 judges in a large, northern U.S. jurisdiction revealed significant main and interaction effects of a defendant's race on bond amounts, pretrial detention, and nonsuspended prison sentences, but no signific…
From Initial Appearance to Sentencing: Do Female Defendants Experience Disparate Treatment
Exploring the behavior of juveniles and young adults raised by custodial grandmothers
Is the Impact of Cumulative Disadvantage on Sentencing Greater for Black Defendants: Disadvantage and Sentencing of Black Defendants
Research Summary We examined race-group differences in the effects of how felony defendants are treated at earlier decision points in case processing on case outcomes. Multilevel analyses of 3,459 defendants nested within 123 prosecutors and 34 judges in a large, northern U.S. jurisdiction revealed significant main and interaction effects of a defendant's race on bond amounts, pretrial detention, and nonsuspended prison sentences, but no signific…
From Initial Appearance to Sentencing: Do Female Defendants Experience Disparate Treatment
Exploring the behavior of juveniles and young adults raised by custodial grandmothers
Probation Simulation: A High-Impact Practice
High-impact practices (HIPs) implemented in criminal justice have traditionally been designed as stand-alone courses. However, HIPs can also be integrated into existing criminal justice courses to deepen student empathetic understanding of key roles and concepts. As such, the purpose of the present study is threefold. First, we provide a discussion of a HIP probation simulation project created as a key part of an undergraduate community correctio…
College Student Views on Criminality and Community Correctional Sanctions: A High-Impact Practice
College students’ perceptions and how those viewpoints can be impacted by education are vital to many academic fields, especially that of criminology and criminal justice. This research project measured college student perceptions toward general aspects of criminality and community corrections sanctions in addition to their change in perceptions once exposed to a high-impact learning practice in an upper-level undergraduate community corrections …
Exploring Judicial Discretion and Correctional Policy in the Practice of Violation of probation Holds in One Unique County Facility in Northwest Florida
A unique position of one county correctional facility in northwest Florida raises questions about jail crowding, costs, due process, and judicial discretion. Probationers arrested and held for first appearance may be subject to a violation of probation (VOP) hold by the judge. Even if they can bond out on the new charge, they may remain in jail for 5– to 10 days. In analyzing court documents, this case study found that the use of VOP holds result…
Is Chivalry Dead: An Examination of Charge Reductions in One Ohio Jurisdiction
Scholars continue to recognize the important role prosecutorial discretion plays in the criminal court system. Using a sample of felony cases referred to one Prosecutor’s Office in Ohio, the current study investigates whether true or selective chivalry exists by examining main and interactive effects of defendant sex on the likelihood of reduced charges and the magnitude of these reductions using a novel approach. Results suggest that true chival…
Modifying an Introduction to Criminal Justice Course to Be Writing-Intensive
Undergraduate students often struggle to produce clear and concise written assignments. Faculty in criminal justice often struggle with how to help them. The current study describes how a fully online introduction to criminal justice course was modified to be writing intensive. Students completed five writing assignments related to course content along with workbook exercises focused on grammar and syntax, formal writing, APA formatting and citat…
Judicial diversity and sentencing disparity across U.S. District Courts
Caregiver Type and Gang Involvement: A Comparison of Female and Male Gang Members
Gang involvement and delinquency are prominent issues frequently examined in criminal justice scholarship. Research has revealed that gang involvement increases the likelihood of delinquency/crime, and that youth participate in gangs for a variety of reasons including protection, status, and a sense of belonging. Although research has found that various social and familial factors increase the probability of gang involvement, it primarily focuses…
An Item-Based Revalidation of the Florida Pretrial Risk Assessment Instrument
Scholars and practitioners continue to examine the growing pretrial detainee population. These individuals have not been convicted of a crime, and yet they sit in detention, taxing jail facilities and their limited budgets. Pretrial risk assessment tools have been created to identify individuals who can be released prior to trial, without jeopardizing community safety. The current study revalidates items included in the Florida Pretrial Risk Asse…
U.S. District Court Judicial Diversity: The Impact of Race and Sex Composition on Sentencing Outcomes at the District Level
The demographic diversity of the federal bench has emerged as a salient issue for the American public. Although research has examined the impact of judges’ race and sex on various court outcomes, including sentencing, for several decades across different levels of courts, findings remain mixed. Race and sex diversity of the U.S. District Courts has increased in recent years, coinciding with the transition from mandatory to advisory sentencing gui…
Psychology (12 works) · Criminology (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (6 works) · Criminal justice (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Sociology (5 works)