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Dr. Brenda Sims Blackwell

Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
Faculty Associate, GSU Institute of Public Health
Affiliate Faculty, Women's Studies Institute
Office: 1208 UL
Phone: (404) 413-1021
Email: bblackwell@gsu.edu  

Education

  • Ph.D., Sociology; University of Oklahoma, 1995
  • M.A., Sociology; University of Oklahoma, 1992
  • B.S., Criminal Justice; Northern Arizona University, 1989

Research Interests

  • Sex Differences in Criminality and Criminal Justice Processing
  • Survey Research

Current Research Projects

  • Testing power-control theory, with a current focus on addressing the measurement "patriarchy" and applying the power-control model in different contextual settings.
  • Examining the impact of police inferences on responses to domestic violence (with Mary A. Finn).

Recent Publications

  • Blackwell, Brinda Sims and Alex Piquero.  (2005).  Linking Power-Control and Low Self-Control Theories.  Journal of Criminal Justice.
     
  • Reed, Mark D. and Brenda Sims Blackwell.  (2005).  “Correlates of Psychological Well-Being and the Impact of the Justice Process on Homicide Co- Victims: Reviews and Recommendations.” Wounds that Do Not Bind: Victim-Based Perspectives on the Death Penalty. Edited by James R. Acker and David R. Karp. Forthcoming Carolina Academic Press.
     
  • Blackwell, Brenda Sims and Clark Cunningham.  (2004) Taking the Punishment out of the Process: From Substantive Criminal Justice Through Procedural Justice to Restorative Justice. (Forthcoming at Law and Contemporary Problems 67(4): 59-86.
     
  • Finn, Mary A., Brenda Sims Blackwell, Loretta J. Stalans, Sheila Studdard, & Laura Dugan.  (2004) Dual arrest decisions in domestic violence cases: The influence of departmental policies. Crime & Delinquency 50 (4): 565-589.
     
  • Blackwell, Brenda Sims. (2003). Power-Control and Social Bonds: Exploring the Effect of Patriarchy. Criminal Justice Studies, 16 (2): 131-152.
     
  • Blackwell, Brenda Sims and Reed, Mark D. (2003). Power-Control in a Family Context. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 32 (5): 385-400.
     
  • Beck, Elizabeth, Blackwell, Brenda Sims, Leonard, Pamela Blume and Meares, Michael. (2003). Expanding the definition of victims. Cornell Law Review, 88 (2):382-418.
     
  • Brenda Sims Blackwell and Vaughn, Michael S. (2003). Police Civil Liability for Inappropriate Response to Domestic Assault Victims. Journal of Criminal Justice 31(2), 129-146.
     
  • Blackwell, Brenda Sims and Sarah Eschholz.  (2002) "The Influences of Labor Force Participation and Sex Role Attitudes on Gender differences in Perceived Sanction Threats." Pp. 109-135 in Rational Choice and Criminal Behavior. Alex Piquero and Stephen Tibbetts, editors. NY, NY: Routledge.
     
  • Blackwell, Brenda Sims, Christine S. Sellers, and Sheila M. Schlaupitz. 2002. Victimization, Offending, and Deviant Role Exits: A Replication and Extension of Power-Control Theory. Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology 39(2): 1-19.
     
  • Sarah Eschholz, Brenda Sims Blackwell, Marc Gertz, and Ted Chiricos. 2002. Race and Attitudes Toward the Police: Assessing the Effects of Watching Reality Crime Programs. Journal of Criminal Justice 30:327-341.
     
  • Finn, Mary A., Brenda Sims Blackwell, Beth Oxford, George Braucht, and John Prevost. 2001. Georgia Parole Board’s Use of Electronic Monitoring with High Risk Offenders: Enhancing Community Safety and Offender Reintegration through Greater Accountability. The Journal of Offender Monitoring 14(3,4):13-15.
     
  • Blackwell, Brenda Sims. 2000. Perceived Sanction Threats, Sex, and Crime: A Test and Elaboration of Power-Control Theory. Criminology 38(2): 439-488.

Additional Selected Publications

Courses Taught

  • Criminology (graduate and undergraduate)
  • Criminal Justice Statistics (graduate and undergraduate)
  • Corrections
  • Law and Society
  • Probation, Parole, and Pardons

Service

  • GSU Faculty Senate. Senator. Fall 2004-present.
  • Admissions and Standards Committee. Fall 2004-present.
  • Enrollment Management Committee. Fall 2004-present.
  • Cultural Diversity Committee. Fall 2004-Spring 2005.
  • Library Advisory Committee. Fall 2004-present.
  • Administrative Support Unit Review Subcommittee. University Libraries. Chair. 2004.
  • Graduate Faculty Committee, Chair. CHHS, GSU. 2003-2004.  Member, Present.
  • Scholarship Committee, Member. Department of Criminal Justice, CHHS, GSU. Fall, 2002-present.
  • Criminal Justice Library Liason. Department of Criminal Justice, CHHS, GSU. Spring, 2002-present.
  • Graduate Committee. Member. Department of Criminal Justice, CHHS, GSU. Spring, 2001–Present.
Dr. Brenda Sims Blackwell