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Author:

Runkle, Sarah

Title:

Prostitution and Rational Choice: Understanding the Relationship between Risk, Reward, and Involvement in Prostitution

Area of Honors:

Criminology

Keywords:

Prostitution
Rational Choice Theory
Rational Choice
Sex work
Criminology
Decision-Making
Agency

File:

Download Prostitution_and_Rational_Choice_-_Sarah_Runkle.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Holly Nguyen, Thesis Supervisor
Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Carpenter, Graceanne

Title:

Assessing Changes in Perceived Confidence in the Courts and Legal System in America: An Analysis of Data from the General Social Survey

Area of Honors:

Criminology

Keywords:

Confidence
Courts
Legal System
Race
General Social Survey
GSS
Changes

File:

Download Assessing_Changes_Thesis_Graceanne_Carpenter.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Eric P Baumer, Thesis Supervisor
Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Cykosky, Phoebe

Title:

The Implications and Role of Gender in Organized Crime

Area of Honors:

Criminology

Keywords:

Organized crime
Women
Gender Roles
Race/Ethnicity

File:

Download CykoskyHonorsThesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Darrell J Steffensmeier, Thesis Supervisor
Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Freundt, Paloma

Title:

DATING VIOLENCE AMONGST COLLEGE STUDENTS AT THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY PARK CAMPUS

Area of Honors:

Criminology

Keywords:

Dating Violence
Intimate Partner Violence
Domestic Abuse
Prevalence of Dating Violence College Students

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Lecinda Marie Yevchak, Thesis Supervisor
Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Samarth, Taran

Title:

Democracy in Diverse Communities: Group Threat, Solidarity, and Political Participation

Area of Honors:

Sociology

Keywords:

group conflict
democracy
participation
diversity
solidarity

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Thesis Supervisors:

Daniel Joseph Della Posta, Thesis Supervisor
Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Cramer, Helen

Title:

Understanding Racial Disparities in Female Body Weight

Area of Honors:

Sociology

Keywords:

racial/disparities
obesity
body weight
socioeconomic status
racial disparities
obesity
body weight
socioeconomic status

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Thesis Supervisors:

Michelle Lynn Frisco, Thesis Supervisor
Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Ackerman, Catherine

Title:

The Opioid Crisis and Crime: Understanding the Relationship Between Opioid Dispensing Rates and Crime Rates in the United States

Area of Honors:

Criminology

Keywords:

Opioid Crisis
Opioid
Prescribing
Crime Rates
Dispensing Rates
Drugs/Violence Nexus
Arrest Rates

File:

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Thesis Supervisors:

Holly Nguyen, Thesis Supervisor
Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Ingersoll, Gizelle

Title:

How Well Are College Campuses Handling Sexual Assaults?

Area of Honors:

Criminology

Keywords:

Sexual assault
College campuses
Title IX
Criminology
Sociology
News
News Articles

File:

Download Thesis_Ingersoll.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Sarah A Damaske, Thesis Supervisor
Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Kim, Min

Title:

A Comparative Study of Adolescent Sexual Victimization in South Korea and the United States

Area of Honors:

Sociology

Keywords:

adolescent
sexual victimization
cross-national
South Korea
United States

File:

Download Kim_Min_A_Comparative_Study_of_Adolescent_Sexual_Victimization_in_South_Korea_and_the_United_States.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Richard B Felson, Thesis Supervisor
Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Petrovani Bird, Alana

Title:

Are Conservatives More Punitive to Criminal Offenders than Liberals? A Moral Foundations Approach

Area of Honors:

Sociology

Keywords:

punishment
political ideology
moral foundations theory
public opinion

File:

Download Final_Thesis_.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Eric Silver, Thesis Supervisor
Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor