L Gabbidon
Biographic Data
| ID | 6460 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L Gabbidon |
| GIVEN NAMES | L |
| FAMILY NAME | Gabbidon |
| SIGNATURE | GABBIDON L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pennsylvania State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9226-6137 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 44 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 44 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Police Trust Among Self-Reported Viewers of Videos of Police Violence Against Black People
We investigated racial and ethnic differences in police trust among people who self-reported having previously viewed a video of police violence against Black people. Comparative Conflict Theory and intersectional considerations served as the theoretical framework for the research. Using data collected by the Pew Research Center, we tested four hypotheses, with racial/ethnic/gender-related findings. Trust in police among Black people was impacted…
The Impact of Racial Profiling on Consumers in Canadian Retail Settings
This research investigated the negative emotions of 514 Canadians who reported being suspected of shoplifting in retail settings. Consumer racial profiling (CRP) is an important topic of consideration due to the links to General Strain Theory, everyday racism, and victimization. The research focused on two research questions. First, does race have a significant association with negative emotions following incidents of CRP? Second, are factors bey…
Revisiting Support for the Collection of Race and Crime Statistics
Sixty years after Gilbert Geis’s denouncement of the use of racialized crime statistics in America, we revisit an underexplored topic of public sentiments toward the tabulation of arrest statistics by race. Using data from Pennsylvania in 2010 and 2023 ( N = 1,856), we examine the trend and correlates of public opposition toward this type of data tabulation. Additionally, we explore the impact of public concern about this data’s possible perpetua…
Shopping Under Suspicion in Canada
This study was devoted to an examination of Canadian experiences being criminally profiled in retail stores. Using one's race or ethnicity as the primary method to identify potential shoplifters is referred to as consumer racial profiling (CRP). Relying on a national sample of Canadians, the research investigated four aspects of CRP. First, the research investigated the frequency of CRP experiences among the Canadian population. Second, the resea…
Black Criminologists’ Views from the Inside
Understanding Black-White Differences in Support for the Racial Invariance Thesis
The racial invariance thesis contends causes of offending are similar across race/ethnicity. Black Criminology perceives some tension with this claim, suggesting instead that Black people share a unique worldview due to the racial oppression they face. This worldview may make Black people more receptive to criminological explanations identifying race-specific pathways to committing crime. In the post-Civil Rights era, many white people explain so…
Pre-Arrest Perceptions of George Zimmerman’s Guilt in the Fatal Trayvon Martin Shooting
The racial gradient hypothesis of comparative conflict theory predicts Black people perceive the greatest social injustices, followed by Latinx and white people, respectively. This study used nationally representative data collected prior to George Zimmerman’s arrest to examine whether racial groups (Black, Latinx, white) differed in their perceptions that Zimmerman was guilty of a crime against Trayvon Martin. Logistic regression results reveale…
Racialization of Serious Crime Arrestees
Using data from two statewide surveys conducted in 2018 and 2020, this study explores the characteristics of adults who racialize serious crime arrestees and examines if racialization influences worry of victimization in minority neighborhoods. Results show a significant increase in perceptions of Whites as the largest portion of arrestees, suggesting a reduction in racialization. Those who do racialize serious crime arrestees were significantly …
Criminological Explanations, Race, and Biological Attributions of Crime as Predictors of Philadelphia Area Residents’ Support for Criminal Justice Policies
This study used telephone surveys from 350 randomly sampled Philadelphians to examine whether attributing crime to individual and environmental causes predicted support for punitive and progressive policies, respectively. This study also investigated whether Blacks and Whites differed in their preferred crime responses, and whether race interacted with crime attributions to predict preferred policies. Finally, this study explored whether biologic…
Race, ethnicity, and social change
Since the mid‐1970s, the percentage of non‐White people convicted of white‐collar type crimes in the federal judicial system has been growing steadily. In 2015, non‐Whites accounted for more than half of all convictions for certain white‐collar type crimes, but the increase in non‐White participation has not occurred evenly across all race and ethnic groups. Asians and Latinos have increased their participation in white‐collar crime more so than …
Are Non-U.S. Citizens Color-Blind? The Racialization of Violent Crimes
The present study aims to investigate whether U.S. citizenship status influences the racialization of offenders engaged in homicide, sexual violence, and terrorism. The role of social media exposure and interracial contact are explored as additional proximal factors that may explain racialization across citizenship status. The cross-sectional online survey consisted of 729 participants enrolled at a culturally diverse northeastern university. Res…
Criminological Perspectives on Race and Crime
Criminological Perspectives on Race and Crime, Fourth Edition, is the only text to look at the array of mainstream and unconventional explanations for crime as they relate to racial and ethnic populations. Each chapter begins with a historical review of each theoretical perspective and how its original formulation and more recent derivatives account for racial or ethnic differences in offending. Included in each chapter is a review of relevant em…
Included? The Status of African American Scholars in the Discipline of Criminology and Criminal Justice Since 2004
This article provides a re-examination of the progress of African Americans in criminology/criminal justice doctoral programs since 2004. It focuses on African-American faculty, their scholarly research, and involvement in professional associations. Recent trends in African Americans enrolled in doctoral programs also are analyzed. Findings indicate that the representation of African-American faculty and doctoral students in criminology and crimi…
Hate Crimes in Post-9/11 Pennsylvania
Extant research suggests that police involvement with hate crimes and bias incidents may be affected by case- and community-level characteristics. Triggering events, such as the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 (9/11), or the recent heated debates concerning illegal immigration, may also mediate this relationship. The present study builds on prior research by replicating the work of Wilson and Ruback (2003), which explored whether historic…
Is Criminology Out-of-Date? A Research Note on the Use of Common Types of Data
There is a need to explore trends in data use by researchers in criminology to assess the limitations of the knowledge base in the discipline. The current study explores the use of data published in three top criminology journals over a 10-year period to review: (1) data types (primary, secondary, or both), (2) the age of the data, and (3) whether scholars using data at least a decade old mention it as a limitation. The study found that the time …
Exploring Untested Measures on Public Opinion on the Use of Racial Profiling During Traffic Stops to Identify Criminals
In recent years scholars have researched various aspects of public opinion on racial profiling. To date the literature has confirmed that racial and ethnic minorities tend to perceive the practice of racial profiling differently than do Whites. Specifically, Blacks and Hispanics tend to perceive profiling as being widespread and not justified. A host of other correlates, such as age, gender, education level, class, and neighborhood factors, also …
Public opinion on crime causation
A Theory of African American Offending
A Book Review
A Theory of African American Offending
A little more than a century ago, the famous social scientist W.E.B. Du Bois asserted that a true understanding of African American offending must be grounded in the "real conditions" of what it means to be black living in a racial stratified society. Today and according to official statistics, African American men – about six percent of the population of the United States – account for nearly sixty percent of the robbery arrests in the United St…
Criminological Perspectives on Race and Crime
Ideal for use in either crime theory or race and crime courses, this is the only text to look at the array of explanations for crime as they relate to racial and ethnic groups. Each chapter begins with a historical review of each theoretical perspective and how its original formulation and more recent derivatives account for racial/ethnic differences. The theoretical perspectives include those based on religion, biology, social disorganization/st…
Press Rankings in Criminology/Criminal Justice
This research examined press rankings in criminology and criminal justice (C/CJ). Based on a large sample of respondents (N = 812) from the American Society of Criminology and the American Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, the authors solicited quality and familiarity rankings on 81 presses that publish in the area of C/CJ. The research revealed that university presses such as Oxford, Cambridge, University of Chicago, and Harvard University d…
Moving through the Faculty Ranks
This research explored the perceptions of members (N = 454) from two national criminology/criminal justice organizations regarding the significance of book publications and publishing peer‐reviewed journal articles for tenure and promotion. The research revealed the sentiment that journal article publications were perceived to be important publications when it came to promotion to both the associate and full professor ranks. More specifically, wh…
The Influence of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Faculty Perceptions on Scholarly Productivity in Criminology/Criminal Justice
(2011). The Influence of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Faculty Perceptions on Scholarly Productivity in Criminology/Criminal Justice. Journal of Criminal Justice Education: Vol. 22, New Directions in Research Examining Publication Productivity and Rankings in Criminology and Criminal Justice, pp. 84-101
An Era‐Based Exploration of the Most Significant Books in Criminology/Criminal Justice
This research solicited the views of criminology and criminal justice scholars regarding the most significant books in the field. Overall, the research found that the work of early theorists such as Beccaria and Lombroso were considered among the classic works in the discipline. Scholars associated with the Chicago School of Sociology (Sutherland, Shaw, and McKay) also produced books that received considerable nominations. In more recent times, b…
The role of race/ethnicity and race relations on public opinion related to the immigration and crime link
The role of race/ethnicity and race relations on public opinion related to the immigration and crime link
The consumer racial profiling experiences of Black students at historically Black colleges and universities
Race, ethnicity, and social change
Since the mid‐1970s, the percentage of non‐White people convicted of white‐collar type crimes in the federal judicial system has been growing steadily. In 2015, non‐Whites accounted for more than half of all convictions for certain white‐collar type crimes, but the increase in non‐White participation has not occurred evenly across all race and ethnic groups. Asians and Latinos have increased their participation in white‐collar crime more so than …
Public opinion on crime causation
African American male college students after the million man March
Hate Crimes in Post-9/11 Pennsylvania
Extant research suggests that police involvement with hate crimes and bias incidents may be affected by case- and community-level characteristics. Triggering events, such as the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 (9/11), or the recent heated debates concerning illegal immigration, may also mediate this relationship. The present study builds on prior research by replicating the work of Wilson and Ruback (2003), which explored whether historic…
Exploring the perceived extent of and citizens' support for consumer racial profiling
An empirical assessment of employee theft lawsuits involving allegations of employer misconduct
African American male college students after the million man March
W.E.B. Du Bois
Over the past several decades, numerous scholars have shown the relevance of the work of W.E.B. Du Bois to several academic disciplines including sociology (Rudwick, 1974), philosophy (Holmes, 1970), anthropology (Harrison, 1992), economics (Boston, 1991), and others. One discipline, however, that has only recently begun to take notice of Du Bois's scholarship is that of American criminology. Over the past several years, African American criminol…
The presence of African American scholarship in early American criminology texts (1918–1960)
This paper reviews the results of a citation analysis conducted to determine the extent of references to African American scholarship in American criminology texts published between 1918 and 1960. The analysis showed that African American graduates from the University of Chicago's “Chicago School”, including Charles Johnson, E. Franklin Frazier, Monroe Work, and Earl R. Moses, were cited most often. They were usually cited in discussions of eithe…
Exploring the role of race and course content in criminal justice course evaluations
This paper examines the role race and course content may play in the teaching evaluation scores of a black criminologist currently teaching at a predominantly white institution. Making use of a case study design, the author compared his teaching evaluation scores from similar courses taught at both a predominantly white institution and an historically black institution. The data revealed that while race may play a role in the evaluation process, …
Teaching Race and Crime
This paper examines the experiences of a select group of faculty (N = 37) from across the country who teach courses related to race and crime. Using survey methodology, the researchers solicited the faculty members' views on the course as well as their experience in teaching the course. The research was also designed to determine the receptivity of students to the course, as well as the nature of the evaluation scores of instructors who teach the…
Career choices and characteristics of African-American undergraduates majoring in criminal justice at historically black colleges and universities
Recent research has shown that African-Americans at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have increasingly selected criminal justice/criminology as their field of study and career choice (Gabbidon and Penn 1999). To explore this trend, the authors replicated the work of Krimmel and Tartaro (1999) by surveying 284 undergraduate criminal justice majors at several HBCUs; the study was designed to investigate whether the students' rea…
African American scholarship in criminological research published in the 1990s
This article presents findings from an ongoing study of the integration of African American scholarship into the discipline of criminology. The focus here is on the presence of African American contributions in theoretical research appearing in criminology and criminal justice journal articles published during the 1990s. Eighteen percent (109) of the 615 articles identified were theoretical. Forty one percent (45) of the theoretical articles appe…
A study on the attitudes and experiences of chairpersons in American Criminology and Criminal Justice Programs
Building on Todd Clear’s () recent declaration that academic criminal justice has come of age, this study examines chairs in American criminology and criminal justice programs. By way of survey, chairpersons (n = 78) randomly selected from programs across the United States were questioned in a number of areas related to their positions. The study finds that chairs in these programs are struggling with the same concerns as chairs in other academic…
Living While Black
This article examines the effects of select social stressors on the quality of life among Black Americans. Specifically, the authors created a state-level Living While Black index, which includes the Black poverty level by state, the number of Black prisoners by state, the lack of access to health care per Black population, the Black infant mortality rate, the Black homicide rate, and dollars per Black population of Black businesses. Using multiv…
An empirical assessment of employee theft lawsuits involving allegations of employer misconduct
Stressful Life Events and African American Political Participation
Much research has been done on African Americans' political behavior. However, the role of stressful life events on participation has not often been explored. This research carries out a state-level analysis to determine what effects stressors and their effects have on African Americans' political behavior. Results suggest a place for stressful events in predicting participation. Implications of the findings are discussed
Bowden v. Caldor
Using the facts of the Bowden v. Caldorlawsuit in which Bowden alleges the intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, and wrongful discharge against his employer, this paper explores the mistreatment at the hands of private security officers and store personnel. This exploration is important because it discusses several issues such as: (1) the racially influenced misconduct of private secu…
Criminal Justice Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
The first examination of criminal justice education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) occurred in the early 1980s. Twenty‐five years later this paper examines the progress of criminal justice education at these colleges and universities. To gather current information, surveys were used to contact institutional representatives at HBCUs. The survey results showed a dramatic increase in the number of students enrolled in both u…
The consumer racial profiling experiences of Black students at historically Black colleges and universities
Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice
Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice: An International Dilemma, Second Edition, takes a unique comparative approach to the exploration of race- and ethnicity-related justice issues in five countries around the world. Using the colonial model as a theoretical lens, Owusu-Bempah and Gabbidon analyse data from Great Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia, and South Africa. These international case studies help students contextualize race and j…
Encyclopedia of Race and Crime
Comprehensive in nature, these two volumes cover a number of broad thematic areas including basic concepts and theories of criminal justice, juvenile justice, public policy, the media specific groups and populations, and much more
Special Issue Introduction
Contextualizing Public Opinion on Consumer Racial Profiling
Using a Marxist foundation, this article sought to contextualize public opinion related to consumer racial profiling (CRP). CRP is when customers are profiled as shoplifters because of their race or ethnicity. This study tested 2 hypotheses related to those who classified themselves as “haves” and “have-nots.” More specifically, it was hypothesized that those identifying themselves as haves will more likely support the practice of CRP and also be…
Exploring the perceived extent of and citizens' support for consumer racial profiling
Criminological Perspectives on Race and Crime
Ideal for use in either crime theory or race and crime courses, this is the only text to look at the array of explanations for crime as they relate to racial and ethnic groups. Each chapter begins with a historical review of each theoretical perspective and how its original formulation and more recent derivatives account for racial/ethnic differences. The theoretical perspectives include those based on religion, biology, social disorganization/st…
Press Rankings in Criminology/Criminal Justice
This research examined press rankings in criminology and criminal justice (C/CJ). Based on a large sample of respondents (N = 812) from the American Society of Criminology and the American Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, the authors solicited quality and familiarity rankings on 81 presses that publish in the area of C/CJ. The research revealed that university presses such as Oxford, Cambridge, University of Chicago, and Harvard University d…
Moving through the Faculty Ranks
This research explored the perceptions of members (N = 454) from two national criminology/criminal justice organizations regarding the significance of book publications and publishing peer‐reviewed journal articles for tenure and promotion. The research revealed the sentiment that journal article publications were perceived to be important publications when it came to promotion to both the associate and full professor ranks. More specifically, wh…
The Influence of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Faculty Perceptions on Scholarly Productivity in Criminology/Criminal Justice
(2011). The Influence of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Faculty Perceptions on Scholarly Productivity in Criminology/Criminal Justice. Journal of Criminal Justice Education: Vol. 22, New Directions in Research Examining Publication Productivity and Rankings in Criminology and Criminal Justice, pp. 84-101
An Era‐Based Exploration of the Most Significant Books in Criminology/Criminal Justice
This research solicited the views of criminology and criminal justice scholars regarding the most significant books in the field. Overall, the research found that the work of early theorists such as Beccaria and Lombroso were considered among the classic works in the discipline. Scholars associated with the Chicago School of Sociology (Sutherland, Shaw, and McKay) also produced books that received considerable nominations. In more recent times, b…
The role of race/ethnicity and race relations on public opinion related to the immigration and crime link
Sociology (38 works) · Political science (33 works) · Criminology (32 works) · Psychology (27 works) · Law (26 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (24 works) · Gender Studies (22 works) · Law (17 works) · Criminal justice (16 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (14 works)