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Mark C. Saber

Title: Lecturer

Department: Criminal Justice

College: College of Health and Public Service

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, University of Texas at Dallas, 2016
    Major: Criminology
    Dissertation: Understanding the Individual and Contextual Determinants of Protective Gun Ownership: Analysis of Data from the National Survey of Private Ownership of Firearms
  • MS, University of Texas at Dallas, 2011
    Major: Criminology
  • Certificate, University of Texas at Dallas, 2009
    Major: Crime and Justice Analysis
  • MA, University of Texas at Arlington, 2006
    Major: Criminology and Criminal Justice
    Dissertation: Inductive Theoretical Integration: Approaching a General Theory of Crime
  • BA, University of Texas at Arlington, 2004
    Major: Criminology and Criminal Justice

Current Scheduled Teaching

No current or future courses scheduled.

Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

CJUS 4901.900Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public PolicySummer 5W2 2024 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 5800.900Topics in Criminal JusticeSummer 5W2 2024 SPOT
CJUS 5600.900Advanced Criminological TheorySpring 2024 SPOT
CJUS 5750.001Criminal Justice StatisticsSpring 2024 SPOT
CJUS 4330.800Domestic and International TerrorismSpring 3W1 2024 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4700.001Research Methods in Criminal JusticeSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4700.900Research Methods in Criminal JusticeSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3600.001Criminology. 3600. CriminologyFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3210.001Judicial and Legal SystemsFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4700.901Research Methods in Criminal JusticeFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4901.900Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public PolicyFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4901.901Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public PolicyFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 5460.900Correctional Practices and ProgramsSummer 5W2 2023 SPOT
CJUS 4700.900Research Methods in Criminal JusticeSummer 5W2 2023 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 5750.001Criminal Justice StatisticsSpring 2023 SPOT
CJUS 4330.900Domestic and International TerrorismSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3700.800Ethical Issues in Criminal JusticeSpring 3W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4901.001Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public PolicySpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 5550.900World Criminal Justice SystemsSpring 2023 SPOT
CJUS 5700.900Evaluation and Research MethodologiesFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3210.900Judicial and Legal SystemsFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4700.002Research Methods in Criminal JusticeFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4901.900Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public PolicyFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4330.900Domestic and International TerrorismSummer 5W2 2022 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4650.900VictimologySummer 5W2 2022 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4330.900Domestic and International TerrorismSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4700.900Research Methods in Criminal JusticeSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4901.902Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public PolicySpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4870.800Topics in Criminal JusticeSpring 3W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 5800.900Topics in Criminal JusticeSpring 2022 SPOT
CJUS 3610.001Juvenile JusticeFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4700.001Research Methods in Criminal JusticeFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4700.900Research Methods in Criminal JusticeFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4901.901Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public PolicyFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3210.900Judicial and Legal SystemsSummer 5W2 2021 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3310.900Organized and Consensual CrimeSummer 5W2 2021 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4330.001Domestic and International TerrorismSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4330.800Domestic and International TerrorismSpring 3W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3620.001Juvenile DelinquencySpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4700.900Research Methods in Criminal JusticeSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 5550.900World Criminal Justice SystemsSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 5460.900Correctional Practices and ProgramsFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 5460.950Correctional Practices and ProgramsFall 2020 Syllabus
CJUS 3201.001Criminal LawFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4700.900Research Methods in Criminal JusticeFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 5800.001Topics in Criminal JusticeFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4330.900Domestic and International TerrorismSummer 5W2 2020 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3300.900Police SystemsSummer 5W2 2020 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 2600.900Diversity Issues in Criminal JusticeSpring 2020 Syllabus
CJUS 2600.950Diversity Issues in Criminal JusticeSpring 2020 Syllabus
CJUS 4330.001Domestic and International TerrorismSpring 2020 Syllabus
CJUS 3620.001Juvenile DelinquencySpring 2020 Syllabus
CJUS 4700.900Research Methods in Criminal JusticeSpring 2020 Syllabus
CJUS 5460.900Correctional Practices and ProgramsFall 2019 SPOT
CJUS 3600.900Criminology. 3600. CriminologyFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3600.950Criminology. 3600. CriminologyFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3610.001Juvenile JusticeFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4250.001Law and Social ProblemsFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4330.900Domestic and International TerrorismSummer 5W2 2019 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4330.950Domestic and International TerrorismSummer 5W2 2019 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3210.900Judicial and Legal SystemsSummer 5W2 2019 SPOT
CJUS 5750.001Criminal Justice StatisticsSpring 2019 SPOT
CJUS 2600.900Diversity Issues in Criminal JusticeSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4330.001Domestic and International TerrorismSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4700.900Research Methods in Criminal JusticeSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4700.950Research Methods in Criminal JusticeSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 5460.900Correctional Practices and ProgramsFall 2018 SPOT
CJUS 5460.950Correctional Practices and ProgramsFall 2018
CJUS 3600.001Criminology. 3600. CriminologyFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3600.900Criminology. 3600. CriminologyFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4901.002Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public PolicyFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3201.900Criminal LawSummer 5W2 2018 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3201.950Criminal LawSummer 5W2 2018 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3210.900Judicial and Legal SystemsSummer 5W2 2018 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3600.001Criminology. 3600. CriminologySpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3620.001Juvenile DelinquencySpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4700.001Research Methods in Criminal JusticeSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 5470.900Seminar on Juvenile DelinquencySpring 2018 SPOT
CJUS 5470.950Seminar on Juvenile DelinquencySpring 2018 SPOT
CJUS 2100.001Crime and Justice in the United StatesFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4700.001Research Methods in Criminal JusticeFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4901.002Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public PolicyFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 5800.001Topics in Criminal JusticeFall 2017 SPOT
CJUS 3201.900Criminal LawSummer 5W2 2017 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3210.900Judicial and Legal SystemsSummer 5W2 2017 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 3700.001Ethical Issues in Criminal JusticeSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4660.001Offender BehaviorSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4700.002Research Methods in Criminal JusticeSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4700.900Research Methods in Criminal JusticeSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 4700.950Research Methods in Criminal JusticeSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 5700.001Evaluation and Research MethodologiesFall 2016 SPOT
CJUS 4700.001Research Methods in Criminal JusticeFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
CJUS 5500.900Seminar in Criminal Justice AdministrationFall 2016 SPOT
CJUS 4901.002Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public PolicyFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Encyclopedia Article

  • Saber, M.C. (2015). Attempted Assassination of George Wallace. Crimes of the Centuries: An Encyclopedia of Notorious Crimes, Criminals, and Criminal Trials in American History. ABC-CLIO.
  • Saber, M.C. (2015). Manuel Antonio Noriega Trial. Crimes of the Centuries: An Encyclopedia of Notorious Crimes, Criminals, and Criminal Trials in American History.
  • Saber, M.C. (2015). Murder of Bob Crane. Crimes of the Centuries: An Encyclopedia of Notorious Crimes, Criminals, and Criminal Trials in American History.
  • Saber, M.C. (2015). Scopes Monkey Trial. Crimes of the Centuries: An Encyclopedia of Notorious Crimes, Criminals, and Criminal Trials in American History.
  • Saber, M.C. (2015). Tailhook Scandal, Las Vegas. Crimes of the Centuries: An Encyclopedia of Notorious Crimes, Criminals, and Criminal Trials in American History. ABC-CLIO.
  • Saber, M.C. (2015). Whiskey Rebellion. Crimes of the Centuries: An Encyclopedia of Notorious Crimes, Criminals, and Criminal Trials in American History. ABC-CLIO.
  • Saber, M.C. (2015). Wounded Knee Incident. Crimes of the Centuries: An Encyclopedia of Notorious Crimes, Criminals, and Criminal Trials in American History. ABC-CLIO.

    • Journal Article

  • Nodeland, B.E., Saber, M.C., DeBoer, L. (2021). Student Plans to Obtain a License to Carry on Campus after the Passage of Texas Senate Bill 11. Security Journal.
  • Saber, M.C., Nodeland, B., Wall, R. (2021). Exonerating DNA Evidence in Overturned Convictions: Analysis of Data Obtained From the National Registry of Exonerations. Criminal Justice Policy Review.
  • Saber, M.C., Nodeland, B.E. (2020). Concealed Handgun Licenses in Tennessee: An Examination of Factors Predicting Permits at the County-level. Journal of Crime and Justice.
  • Nodeland, B., Saber, M. (2019). Student and Faculty Attitudes toward Campus Carry after the Implementation of SB11. Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice.
  • Nodeland, B., Belshaw, S., Saber, M. (2019). Teaching Cybersecurity to Criminal Justice Majors. Journal of Criminal Justice Education. 30 (1) 71-90. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511253.2018.1439513
  • Kleck, G., Kovandzic, T., Saber, M.C., Hauser , W. (2011). The effect of perceived risk and victimization on plans to purchase a gun for self-protection. 39 312-319. Journal of Criminal Justice.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Nodeland, B.E. (Principal), Saber, M.C. (Co-Principal), Wall, R.B. (Co-Principal), DeBoer, L. (Co-Principal), "Another Look at Firearms: Team Mentoring Project," sponsored by Office of Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2022).

    • Grant - Teaching

  • Belshaw, S. (Co-Principal), Saber, M.C. (Co-Principal), Nodeland, B.E. (Co-Principal), Fritsch, E.J. (Co-Principal), "Mentoring Junior Faculty Team Grant Project: Sustaining and Developing Networks through Community Outreach," University of North Texas, $2000 Funded. (2017 - 2018).
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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • 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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