Faculty Profile

Alexander Updegrove

Title
Assistant Professor
Department
Criminal Justice
College
College of Health and Public Service

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, Sam Houston State University, 2019. 
Major: Criminal Justice
Dissertation Title: 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 3700.001, Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice, Spring 2024 
CJUS 5800.001, Topics in Criminal Justice, Spring 2024 
CJUS 3700.001, Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice, Fall 2023 Syllabus
CJUS 3700.900, Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice, Fall 2023 Syllabus


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    CJUS 3500.001, Diversity Issues in Criminal Justice, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3700.900, Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3700.900, Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5800.001, Topics in Criminal Justice, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3500.001, Diversity Issues in Criminal Justice, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3700.900, Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3500.900, Diversity Issues in Criminal Justice, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3500.950, Diversity Issues in Criminal Justice, Fall 2021  SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3700.001, Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3500.900, Diversity Issues in Criminal Justice, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3210.001, Judicial and Legal Systems, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3700.900, Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT

          


          
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  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 Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Journal Article
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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