Lincoln B Sloas

Biographic Data

ID7710465
NAMELincoln B Sloas
GIVEN NAMESLincoln B
FAMILY NAMESloas
SIGNATURESLOAS L B
AFFILIATIONSFlorida Atlantic University
ORCID0000-0003-3796-7402
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Public Support for Drug Courts

    Open AccessSishi Wu, Lincoln B Sloas et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2025

    This study is the first to assess public support for drug courts as a “third chance,” referring to an additional opportunity, beyond the initial and second chances, to receive rehabilitative support. We first used a survey experiment to investigate how offense characteristics and criminal records affected people’s initial support for drug courts. We then examined whether support persisted after the initial treatment had failed. Results showed str…

  • Punishment, Rehabilitation, or Both

    Open AccessGabriel T Cesar, Hyunjung Cheon et al.ARTICLECrime & Delinquency2025

    This study assesses public opinion on how attempted mass shooters should be handled by the criminal justice system. Multinomial logistic regression determined the relative roles of age and mental health status in predicting the endorsement of punishment, treatment, or balanced approaches that incorporate both punitive and therapeutic treatment. Findings suggest that the endorsement of rehabilitative or balanced approaches depends heavily on perce…

  • Individual-Level Predictors of the Working Relationship between Probation Officers and Probationers

    Open AccessLincoln B Sloas, Lincoln Sloas et al.ARTICLEThe Prison Journal2020

    The working relationship between probation officers and probationers is an important area of research given recent studies illustrate a strong relationship reduces recidivism. In this study, the perceptions of the working relationship between officers and probationers were examined among a group of substance-using probationers who participated in a multi-site randomized clinical trial. After 6 months, probationers who reported greater alcohol use…

  • What Do We Know About Crime and Place Research in the Classroom? An Exploratory Study

    Lincoln B Sloas, Kirsten L WitherupARTICLEJournal of Criminal Justice…2017

    Traditional person-based theories of crime causation, such as social control theory or a general theory of crime, are often at the forefront of developing students’ knowledge on the causes of crime. However, these perspectives do not address the settings in which crime activity occurs. This study explores the significance of a place-based approach to explaining crime theory and practice in the classroom setting. We argue this paradigm shift in ho…

  • Community Supervision and Diversion in the United States

    Open AccessLincoln B Sloas, Jennifer Lerch et al.CHAPTERInternational Encyclopedia of the…2015

  • Students as Scholars & Writers

    Danielle S Rudes, Shannon Portillo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Criminal Justice…2013

    This paper presents an innovative approach for engaging and assessing undergraduate students in the writing process. Through an iterative, intensive course design that includes both in-classroom and online teaching, our Capstone course integrates writing instruction as students learn a new topic, gather and analyze data, and write a research paper complete with an introduction, literature review, findings section, and discussion/conclusion. Based…

  • Students as Scholars

    Shannon Portillo, Danielle S Rudes et al.ARTICLEJournal of Criminal Justice…2012

    Undergraduate programs across the country are working to develop students as scholars, integrating independent scholarly experiences into traditional undergraduate classroom environments (see, e.g. George Mason University's Students as Scholars Quality Enhancement Plan; Boston University’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program; University of Houston’s Learning through Discovery; University of Michigan’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity P…