John C Kilburn
Biographic Data
| ID | 83635 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John C Kilburn |
| GIVEN NAMES | John C |
| FAMILY NAME | Kilburn |
| SIGNATURE | KILBURN J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas A&M International University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4714-8104 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Using a Modified Gower Distance Measure to Assess Supplemental Learning Supporting an Online Social Science Graduate Course
Supplemental instruction (SI) is a well-established direct academic support model. SI leaders provide unique success strategies that benefit underserved and underprepared students in difficult courses. In this study, the novel application of SI strategies at the master’s level was explored. The subject university is a Hispanic Serving Institution in the southern United States, and a social science program was examined, focusing on 309 students. K…
Migrant Perceptions of Criminal Justice Systems: A Comparative Study of U.S. and Home Country Systems
Background: The United States has the highest number of immigrants in the world, with over 46 million foreign-born residents as of 2022. A growing number of migrants originate from Latin America, driven by factors such as economic instability, food insecurity, and crime. This study explores their experiences and perceptions regarding trust in the criminal justice system (CJS) in both their home countries and the United States. Methods: This study…
Minority communities, economic inequality, and police-military resource sharing in the United states
Criminal Threat, Immigrant/Minority Threat, and Political Ideology: An Examination of Handgun Permits Across Texas Counties
Objectives To assess the extent to which crime, Hispanic‐to‐white population changes, black‐to‐white population changes, and conservative political appeals affect gun permit application rates across Texas counties. Methods This article uses spatial lag regression and robust regression with county‐level data to assess structural sources of variation in handgun permitting across Texas counties in 2016. Conclusions Spatial and robust regression mode…
The Impact of Halfway Houses on Parole Success and Recidivism
Normal 0 This article seeks to identify short and long term effects of halfway house completion on parole success and subsequent recidivism from a sample of offenders released from a northeastern state’s correctional facilities between 2004 and 2008. Using propensity score matching techniques, we compare parolees released to parole after successfully completing a residential treatment program to a matched group of parolees released directly into …
Becoming Criminal: The Socio-Cultural Origins of Law, Transgression, and Deviance
Are Minority Areas Disproportionately Targeted for Halfway House Placement
The geographic placement of halfway houses is an important issue in the field of community corrections. Much research has underscored the social justice issues involved with the subsidization and placement of halfway houses within certain communities. A commonly held belief is that state and local governments actively target lower socioeconomic status, minority communities for the placement of houses, as residents have little power to resist. Thi…
Is fear of crime splitting the sister cities? The case of Los Dos Laredos
Salvation City: Halfway House Stories
Much ado about nothing: The misestimation and overinterpretation of violent video game effects in Eastern and Western nations: Comment on Anderson et al. (2010)
The issue of violent video game influences on youth violence and aggression remains intensely debated in the scholarly literature and among the general public. Several recent meta-analyses, examining outcome measures most closely related to serious aggressive acts, found little evidence for a relationship between violent video games and aggression or violence. In a new meta-analysis, C. A. Anderson et al. (2010) questioned these findings. However…
Product Review: Modeling Life: Art Models Speak About Nudity, Sexuality, and the Creative Process
Private and Collective Protection in Urban Areas
The authors examine security as a multidimensional issue with private and collective aspects. Decisions to provide security occur within the household, the community, and the municipality. Considering the determinants of private avoidance and protective security measures as well as collective neighborhood and municipal measures, the authors examine the potential for trade-offs among forms of security by asking whether these forms are complementar…
Ritual Disrobement at Mardi Gras: Ceremonial Exchange and Moral Order
Journal Article Ritual Disrobement at Mardi Gras: Ceremonial Exchange and Moral Order Get access Wesley Shrum, Wesley Shrum Louisiana State University Direct correspondence to Wesley Shrum, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar John Kilburn John Kilburn Louisiana State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic …
Current Controversies on Family Violence
Ritual Disrobement at Mardi Gras: Ceremonial Exchange and Moral Order
Journal Article Ritual Disrobement at Mardi Gras: Ceremonial Exchange and Moral Order Get access Wesley Shrum, Wesley Shrum Louisiana State University Direct correspondence to Wesley Shrum, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar John Kilburn John Kilburn Louisiana State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic …
Much ado about nothing: The misestimation and overinterpretation of violent video game effects in Eastern and Western nations: Comment on Anderson et al. (2010)
The issue of violent video game influences on youth violence and aggression remains intensely debated in the scholarly literature and among the general public. Several recent meta-analyses, examining outcome measures most closely related to serious aggressive acts, found little evidence for a relationship between violent video games and aggression or violence. In a new meta-analysis, C. A. Anderson et al. (2010) questioned these findings. However…
Private and Collective Protection in Urban Areas
The authors examine security as a multidimensional issue with private and collective aspects. Decisions to provide security occur within the household, the community, and the municipality. Considering the determinants of private avoidance and protective security measures as well as collective neighborhood and municipal measures, the authors examine the potential for trade-offs among forms of security by asking whether these forms are complementar…
Criminal Threat, Immigrant/Minority Threat, and Political Ideology: An Examination of Handgun Permits Across Texas Counties
Objectives To assess the extent to which crime, Hispanic‐to‐white population changes, black‐to‐white population changes, and conservative political appeals affect gun permit application rates across Texas counties. Methods This article uses spatial lag regression and robust regression with county‐level data to assess structural sources of variation in handgun permitting across Texas counties in 2016. Conclusions Spatial and robust regression mode…
Is fear of crime splitting the sister cities? The case of Los Dos Laredos
Current Controversies on Family Violence
Ritual Disrobement at Mardi Gras: Ceremonial Exchange and Moral Order
Journal Article Ritual Disrobement at Mardi Gras: Ceremonial Exchange and Moral Order Get access Wesley Shrum, Wesley Shrum Louisiana State University Direct correspondence to Wesley Shrum, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar John Kilburn John Kilburn Louisiana State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic …
Private and Collective Protection in Urban Areas
The authors examine security as a multidimensional issue with private and collective aspects. Decisions to provide security occur within the household, the community, and the municipality. Considering the determinants of private avoidance and protective security measures as well as collective neighborhood and municipal measures, the authors examine the potential for trade-offs among forms of security by asking whether these forms are complementar…
Product Review: Modeling Life: Art Models Speak About Nudity, Sexuality, and the Creative Process
Much ado about nothing: The misestimation and overinterpretation of violent video game effects in Eastern and Western nations: Comment on Anderson et al. (2010)
The issue of violent video game influences on youth violence and aggression remains intensely debated in the scholarly literature and among the general public. Several recent meta-analyses, examining outcome measures most closely related to serious aggressive acts, found little evidence for a relationship between violent video games and aggression or violence. In a new meta-analysis, C. A. Anderson et al. (2010) questioned these findings. However…
Salvation City: Halfway House Stories
Are Minority Areas Disproportionately Targeted for Halfway House Placement
The geographic placement of halfway houses is an important issue in the field of community corrections. Much research has underscored the social justice issues involved with the subsidization and placement of halfway houses within certain communities. A commonly held belief is that state and local governments actively target lower socioeconomic status, minority communities for the placement of houses, as residents have little power to resist. Thi…
Is fear of crime splitting the sister cities? The case of Los Dos Laredos
The Impact of Halfway Houses on Parole Success and Recidivism
Normal 0 This article seeks to identify short and long term effects of halfway house completion on parole success and subsequent recidivism from a sample of offenders released from a northeastern state’s correctional facilities between 2004 and 2008. Using propensity score matching techniques, we compare parolees released to parole after successfully completing a residential treatment program to a matched group of parolees released directly into …
Becoming Criminal: The Socio-Cultural Origins of Law, Transgression, and Deviance
Criminal Threat, Immigrant/Minority Threat, and Political Ideology: An Examination of Handgun Permits Across Texas Counties
Objectives To assess the extent to which crime, Hispanic‐to‐white population changes, black‐to‐white population changes, and conservative political appeals affect gun permit application rates across Texas counties. Methods This article uses spatial lag regression and robust regression with county‐level data to assess structural sources of variation in handgun permitting across Texas counties in 2016. Conclusions Spatial and robust regression mode…
Minority communities, economic inequality, and police-military resource sharing in the United states
Using a Modified Gower Distance Measure to Assess Supplemental Learning Supporting an Online Social Science Graduate Course
Supplemental instruction (SI) is a well-established direct academic support model. SI leaders provide unique success strategies that benefit underserved and underprepared students in difficult courses. In this study, the novel application of SI strategies at the master’s level was explored. The subject university is a Hispanic Serving Institution in the southern United States, and a social science program was examined, focusing on 309 students. K…
Migrant Perceptions of Criminal Justice Systems: A Comparative Study of U.S. and Home Country Systems
Background: The United States has the highest number of immigrants in the world, with over 46 million foreign-born residents as of 2022. A growing number of migrants originate from Latin America, driven by factors such as economic instability, food insecurity, and crime. This study explores their experiences and perceptions regarding trust in the criminal justice system (CJS) in both their home countries and the United States. Methods: This study…
Criminology (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (4 works) · Law (4 works)