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Alexander H. Updegrove

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Criminal Justice

College: College of Health and Public Service

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, Sam Houston State University, 2019
    Major: Criminal Justice
    Dissertation: The "cost of caring": Identifying correlates of burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and compassion satisfaction among Texas victim assistance coordinators
  • MA, Marymount University, 2014
    Major: Forensic Psychology
  • BS, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 2012
    Major: Psychology
  • AS, Lehigh Carbon Community College, 2010
    Major: Psychology

Current Scheduled Teaching

CJUS 4600.001What is Justice?Spring 2025
CJUS 4600.400What is Justice?Spring 2025
CJUS 5900.401Special ProblemsFall 8W2 2024
CJUS 5560.400Unequal JusticeFall 2024 SPOT
CJUS 4600.001What is Justice?Fall 2024 Syllabus SPOT

Previous Scheduled Teaching

CJUS 3700.001Ethical Issues in Criminal JusticeSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 5800.001Topics in Criminal JusticeSpring 2024 SPOT
CJUS 3700.001Ethical Issues in Criminal JusticeFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3700.900Ethical Issues in Criminal JusticeFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3500.001Diversity Issues in Criminal JusticeSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3700.900Ethical Issues in Criminal JusticeSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3700.900Ethical Issues in Criminal JusticeFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 5800.001Topics in Criminal JusticeFall 2022 SPOT
CJUS 3500.001Diversity Issues in Criminal JusticeSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3700.900Ethical Issues in Criminal JusticeSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3500.900Diversity Issues in Criminal JusticeFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3500.950Diversity Issues in Criminal JusticeFall 2021 SPOT
CJUS 3700.001Ethical Issues in Criminal JusticeFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3500.900Diversity Issues in Criminal JusticeSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3210.001Judicial and Legal SystemsSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3700.900Ethical Issues in Criminal JusticeFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Journal Article

  • Cooper, M.N., Barnaby, C.Y., Updegrove, A.H., Cho, A., Dixon, A. (2023). "Getting white boys to get their heads out of their asses": Teaching race and crime. Journal of Criminal Justice Education. 1-39. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10511253.2023.2269049
  • Luo, F., Carey, M.T., Updegrove, A.H., Cho, A. (2023). Immigration and police perceptions of a 'war on police' in a US-Mexico border town. International Criminology. 3 299–312. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43576-023-00105-1
  • Updegrove, A.H., Dmello, J.R., Cooper, M.N., Cho, A. (2023). Racial differences in public support for federal law enforcement finding and prosecuting the January 6th insurrectionists who broke into the U.S. Capitol. Crime & Delinquency. 1-30. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00111287231175038
  • Updegrove, A.H., Cooper, M.N., Luo, F., Guerra, C. (2022). Skin color and Latines' perceptions of criminal injustice toward Black people: A path analysis. Journal of Crime and Justice. Online First 1-21.. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0735648X.2022.2157863
  • Cho, A., Cooper, M.N., Updegrove, A.H., Luo, F. (2022). How representative of the protest movement against police violence are opportunistic people looking to commit crime?: Racial differences in public opinion. Race and Justice. Online First 1-23.. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/21533687221117278
  • Cooper, M.N., Updegrove, A.H., Barnaby, C.Y., Cho, A., Dixon, A., Byrne, M. (2022). Faculty perspectives on teaching a race and crime course: A replication and expansion. Journal of Criminal Justice Education. Online First 1-24.. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10511253.2022.2108862
  • Cooper, M.N., Barnaby, C., Updegrove, A.H., Gabbidon, S.L. (2022). Understanding Black-white differences in support for the racial invariance thesis: Lessons learned from Philadelphia area residents. Crime & Delinquency. Online First 1-22.. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00111287221090955
  • Updegrove, A., Cooper, M.N., Dmello, J.R. (2021). Heritage not hate? Confederate flag supporters less likely to perceive criminal injustice, more likely to view police as friends. Race and Justice. 1-22. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/21533687211023574?journalCode=raja
  • Updegrove, A., Salinas, M.A., O'Neal, E.N., Alaniz, H.A. (2021). #MeToo at the U.S.-Mexico border: Applying a routine activities framework to travelers' experiences of gender-based misconduct. American Journal of Criminal Justice. 1-22. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12103-021-09631-y
  • Cooper, M.N., Updegrove, A., Gabbidon, S.L., Jordan, K. (2021). Pre-Arrest Perceptions of George Zimmerman's Guilt in the Fatal Trayvon Martin Shooting: Examining Racial Differences in the Presumption of Guilt. Crime & Delinquency. 1-21. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00111287211022616?journalCode=cadc
  • Updegrove, A., Vaughn, M.S. (2020). Evaluating competency for execution after Madison v. Alabama. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law. 48 (4) 1-6. http://jaapl.org/content/jaapl/early/2020/07/16/JAAPL.200003-20.full.pdf
  • Cooper, M., Updegrove, A., Gabbidon, S., Higgins, G., Potter, H. (2020). Examining the effects of race and gender on public opinion about the overrepresentation of blacks in U.S. prisons. Victims & Offenders. 16 (1) 1-19. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15564886.2020.1850579
  • Updegrove, A., Luo, F., Salinas, M. (2020). Acculturation and campus carry: Examining the effect of Mexico versus United States cultural orientations on Texas college students' support for concealed carry on campus. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 20. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0306624X20967967
  • Orrick, E.A., Updegrove, A., Piquero, A.R., Kovandzic, T. (2020). Are undocumented immigrants more likely to be incarcerated for homicide? A comparison of Texas incarceration rates by immigration status.. Crime & Delinquency. 28. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0011128720940963
  • Goodson, A., Garza, A., Franklin, C., Updegrove, A., Bouffard, L. (2020). Perceptions of victim advocates and predictors of service referrals among law enforcement personnel. Feminist Criminology. 15 (5) 611-633. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1557085120939658
  • Updegrove, A.H., Boisvert, D., Gabbidon, S.L., Cooper, M.N. (2020). Criminological explanations, race, and biological attributions of crime as predictors of Philadelphia area residents' support for criminal justice policies.. Crime & Delinquency. 67 (3) 319-343. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0011128720931437
  • Updegrove, A., Vaughn, M. (2019). Evaluating intellectual disability after the Moore v. Texas redux. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law. 47 (4) 486-492. http://jaapl.org/content/jaapl/47/4/486.full.pdf
  • Updegrove, A.H., Muftić, L.R., Orrick, E.A. (2019). Changes in Arrest Patterns of Buyers and Sellers of Commercial Sex: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis. American Journal of Criminal Justice. 44 872-891. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12103-019-09475-7
  • Updegrove, A.H., Shadwick, J., O'Neal, E.N., Piquero, A.R. (2019). If they notice I'm Mexican": Narratives of perceived discrimination from individuals who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border at ports of entry. Deviant Behavior. 41 (4) 458-482. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01639625.2019.1572068
  • Muftic, L., Updegrove, A. (2019). The effectiveness of a problem solving court for individuals charged with misdemeanor prostitution. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. 58 (2) 117-132. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10509674.2018.1562506
  • Updegrove, A. (2018). Acculturation and capital punishment: The effect of Mexico versus United States cultural orientations on public support for the death penalty.. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 63 (8) 1220-1241. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0306624X18815993?journalCode=ijoe
  • Updegrove, A., Muftic, L. (2018). Childhood Polyvictimization, Adult Violent Victimization, and Trauma Symptomatology: An Exploratory Study of Prostitution Diversion Program Participants. Journal of Family Violence. 34 (8) 733-743. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10896-018-0015-z
  • Updegrove, A., Cooper, M., Orrick, E., Piquero, A. (2018). Red states and black lives: Applying the racial threat hypothesis to the black lives matter movement. Justice Quarterly. 37 (1) 85-108. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07418825.2018.1516797#metrics-content
  • Updegrove, A., Muftic, L., Niebuhr, N. (2018). Criminal justice system outcomes for buyers, sellers, and facilitators of commercial sex in Houston, Texas. Crime & Delinquency. 65 (11) 1596-1618. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0011128718787473
  • Cooper, M., Updegrove, A., Bouffard, J. (2018). Predictors of criminal justice undergraduates' intentions to pursue graduate education in criminology or criminal justice. Journal of Criminal Justice Education. 30 (1) 46-70. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511253.2018.1448096?scroll=top&needAccess=true
  • Law Review

  • Updegrove, A. (2021). The development of intellectual disabilities in United States capital cases and the modern application of Moore v. Texas to state court decisions. University of Massachusetts Law Review. 1-97. https://scholarship.law.umassd.edu/umlr/vol16/iss1/1/
  • Updegrove, A. (2020). Victim impact evidence in capital cases: Regulating the admissibility of photographs and videos in the Payne era. Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy. 34 167-195. https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/ndlep34&div=8&id=&page=
  • Updegrove, A., Vaughn, M., del Carmen, R.V. (2018). Intellectual disability in capital cases: Adjusting state statutes after Moore v. Texas. Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy. 32 (2) 527-562. https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/ndlep32&div=23&id=&page=
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    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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