Wesley T Smith

Biographic Data

ID6924281
NAMEWesley T Smith
GIVEN NAMESWesley T
FAMILY NAMESmith
SIGNATURESMITH W T
AFFILIATIONSSam Houston State University
ORCID0000-0001-6360-3093
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Balancing duty and family: The effects of support systems on women in law enforcement

    Kathleen E Padilla, Wesley T Smith et al.ARTICLEPolice Practice and Research2025

    Childcare resources and parental support remain a concern for many women police officers, who oftentimes become disparately impacted in the workplace due to their identity as a parent. Unpacking how resources and support might directly and indirectly impact commitment to the organization therefore becomes quite important, particularly in light of the retention crisis being faced by agencies across the country. This mixed-methods study employs: (1…

  • Analyzing the Release of Juvenile Lifers: Is There a Miller Effect

    Open AccessStuti S Kokkalera, Wesley T Smith et al.ARTICLEYouth Violence and Juvenile Justice2024

    In the 2012 decision in Miller v. Alabama, the U.S. Supreme Court directed states to provide a “meaningful opportunity to obtain release” to juvenile lifers—one that acknowledges their lesser culpability and rehabilitative potential. In the state examined, the parole board revised its decision-making guidelines in 2014 by incorporating the Miller ruling. Logistic regression and survival analyses were employed to examine parole outcomes. Hearings …

  • A Qualitative Examination of Correctional Programming Perceptions and Experiences Among Incarcerated Women

    Open AccessKaitlyn M Pederson, Wesley T Smith et al.ARTICLECrime & Delinquency2024

    The rate at which women experience incarceration has increased substantially over the last four decades. Justice-involved women are often the primary caretakers of children and suffer more often from mental health, substance use, and other issues at higher rates than justice-involved males. Previous research has noted the need for gender-responsive programming, but less research has explored women inmate perceptions of the programming within wome…

  • Maintaining Connections: An Exploratory Analysis of the Predictors of Prison Visitation with Children and the Post-Release Plans of Incarcerated Mothers

    Wesley T Smith, Ashley G Blackburn et al.ARTICLEWomen & Criminal Justice2022

    Parental incarceration has been found to negatively impact families and communities. This study examined characteristics that impact receiving in-person visits among a sample of incarcerated mothers of minor children in a large Southern prison system. Factors impacting post release plans to live with children were also examined. Contact with their children, race/ethnicity, offense type, previous incarceration, and sentence length predicted whethe…

  • Examining Predictors of Differential Attitudes toward Reporting Sexual Assault among Incarcerated Women

    Wesley T Smith, Janet L Mullings et al.ARTICLECorrections2020Cited by: 1References: 3

    This study examines how attitudes toward in-prison sexual assault reporting have changed over time. Further, we examine factors that influence the willingness of incarcerated women to advise reporting in-prison sexual assaults. Responses from two cross-sectional samples taken ten years apart with 814 incarcerated women are examined. Findings suggest that women surveyed in 2016 were less likely than those surveyed in 2005 to advise the immediate r…