Rebecca Howell

Rebecca Howell Assistant Professor Farrah 416 rjhowell@ua.edu (205) 348-2396 Curriculum Vitae CJ 240/SOC 210 Syllabus Education: Ph.D., Criminology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2008 M.A., Applied Sociology in Criminal Justice, Old Dominion University, 2003 B.S., Criminal Justice, Old Dominion University, 2001 Research Focus: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Criminological Theory Testing Research Methods Teaching Interests: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Criminological Theory Drug Policy

Selected Publications

Boyd, R. J. (2009). Meeting the mental health needs of female juvenile offenders: Where are we now, and where do we go from here? In R. Gido & L. Dalley (Eds.), Women's mental health issues across the criminal justice system (pp. 1-22). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

 

Higgins, G. E., & Boyd, R. J. (2008). Low self-control and deviance: Examining the moderation of social support from parents. Deviant Behavior, 29, 388-410.

 

Boyd, R. J., Huss, S. M., & Myers, D. L. (2008). Antecedents and consequences of juvenile case processing: Where are we now, and where do we go from here? Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 6, 195-220.

 

Boyd, R. J., & Higgins, G. E. (2006). Can parental support mediate the link between self-control and deviance? Criminal Justice Studies, 19, 257-273.

 

Castle, T., Dodson, K., McDonald, D., Olsen, C., Gido, R., & Boyd, R. (2006). The Irish in Schuylkill County Prison: Ethnic conflict in pre- and post-Civil War Pennsylvania. The Prison Journal, 86, 260-268.