Faculty Profile

Brooke Nodeland

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

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, University of Texas at Dallas, 2014. 
Major: Criminology
MS, University of North Texas, 2004. 
Major: Criminal Justice
BS, University of North Texas, 2002. 
Major: Criminal Justice





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
CJUS 3340.900, Computer Crime, Summer 2024 
CJUS 5620.900, Seminar in Victimology, Summer 2024 
CJUS 3340.800, Computer Crime, Spring 2024 Syllabus
CJUS 3340.900, Computer Crime, Spring 2024 Syllabus
CJUS 5850.900, Directed Studies, Spring 2024 
CJUS 5100.900, Information Warfare, Security and Risk Analysis, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    CJUS 5850.900, Directed Studies, Fall 2023 
                    

                    CJUS 4700.900, Research Methods in Criminal Justice, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5800.901, Topics in Criminal Justice, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3340.900, Computer Crime, Summer 5W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5850.900, Directed Studies, Summer 5W1 2023 
                    

                    CJUS 4901.900, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Summer 5W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3340.800, Computer Crime, Spring 3W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3340.900, Computer Crime, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5850.900, Directed Studies, Spring 2023 
                    

                    CJUS 5620.900, Seminar in Victimology, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3340.900, Computer Crime, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5950.008, Master's Thesis, Fall 2022 
                    

                    CJUS 4901.901, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3340.900, Computer Crime, Summer 5W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4901.900, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Summer 5W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3340.800, Computer Crime, Spring 3W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3340.900, Computer Crime, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5950.008, Master's Thesis, Spring 2022 
                    

                    CJUS 4901.001, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4901.900, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5800.900, Topics in Criminal Justice, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4330.900, Domestic and International Terrorism, Summer 5W2 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4901.900, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Summer 5W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3340.800, Computer Crime, Spring 3W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3340.850, Computer Crime, Spring 3W1 2021  SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3340.900, Computer Crime, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5620.001, Seminar in Victimology, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3340.900, Computer Crime, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4901.900, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5800.900, Topics in Criminal Justice, Summer 5W2 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5800.950, Topics in Criminal Justice, Summer 5W2 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4650.900, Victimology, Summer 5W2 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3340.800, Computer Crime, Spring 3W1 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 4700.001, Research Methods in Criminal Justice, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 5620.601, Seminar in Victimology, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 5620.900, Seminar in Victimology, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 5620.950, Seminar in Victimology, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 4700.002, Research Methods in Criminal Justice, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5800.002, Topics in Criminal Justice, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 2100.001, Crime and Justice in the United States, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5950.008, Master's Thesis, Spring 2019 
                    

                    CJUS 4901.001, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5800.901, Topics in Criminal Justice, Spring 2019  SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5950.008, Master's Thesis, Fall 2018 
                    

                    CJUS 5350.900, Seminar in Contemporary Policing, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5620.900, Seminar in Victimology, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4330.900, Domestic and International Terrorism, Summer 5W2 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4901.900, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Summer 5W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3340.900, Computer Crime, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5950.008, Master's Thesis, Spring 2018 
                    

                    CJUS 5620.001, Seminar in Victimology, Spring 2018  SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4901.900, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5460.900, Correctional Practices and Programs, Fall 2017  SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5950.008, Master's Thesis, Fall 2017 
                    

                    CJUS 5800.900, Topics in Criminal Justice, Fall 2017  SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5800.950, Topics in Criminal Justice, Fall 2017  SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5350.900, Seminar in Contemporary Policing, Summer 5W2 2017  SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4901.900, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Summer 5W2 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3340.900, Computer Crime, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4901.002, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5900.900, Special Problems, Spring 2017 
                    

                    CJUS 3340.900, Computer Crime, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5950.008, Master's Thesis, Fall 2016 
                    

                    CJUS 5620.900, Seminar in Victimology, Fall 2016  SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5900.909, Special Problems, Fall 2016 
                    

                    CJUS 3201.900, Criminal Law, Summer 5W2 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4901.900, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Summer 5W2 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3340.900, Computer Crime, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4330.001, Domestic and International Terrorism, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5350.790, Seminar in Contemporary Policing, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5350.900, Seminar in Contemporary Policing, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4901.900, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4901.950, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5900.900, Special Problems, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3340.900, Computer Crime, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4700.001, Research Methods in Criminal Justice, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4901.002, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 5800.002, Topics in Criminal Justice, Fall 2015  SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3201.900, Criminal Law, Summer 5W2 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3201.950, Criminal Law, Summer 5W2 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 4901.001, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Summer 5W2 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    CJUS 3340.900, Computer Crime, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 3340.950, Computer Crime, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 3410.001, Correctional Case Management, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 2100.001, Crime and Justice in the United States, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 4330.001, Domestic and International Terrorism, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 4460.001, Community Corrections, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 3340.001, Computer Crime, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 4901.002, Senior Seminar: Criminal Justice and Public Policy, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    CJUS 5800.001, Topics in Criminal Justice, Fall 2014 

          


          
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  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


  
Book Chapter
Nodeland, B. E. (2015). Ethics in Probation and Parole. 
Nodeland, B. E. (2012). Cyber-Related Violence. 
Journal Article
Benavides, A. D., Nodeland, B., Carey, C. D., Tu, W.  (2023). Justice System Involvement,  Employment, and Homelessness in Rural Areas. International Journal of Rural Criminology. https://doi.org/10.18061/ijrc.v8i1.9169
Brinck, J., Nodeland, B., Belshaw, S.  The “Yelp-Ification” of the Dark Web: An exploration of the use of consumer feedback in Dark Web markets. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. 
Belshaw, S., Nodeland, B.  (2022). Stolen at the pump: an empirical analysis of risk factors on gas pump skimmer fraud attacks. Journal of Financial Crime. 29(3), 942-950. 
Belshaw, S., Nodeland, B., Kurland, J., Pratt, T., Piquero, A., Piquero, N.  Skimmed at the Pump: How COVID-19 Lockdowns Increased Gas Pump Skimming. Crime & Delinquency. 
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. 
Belshaw, S., Nodeland, B. E. (2021). Digital evidence experts in the law enforcement community: understanding the use of forensics examiners by police agencies. Security Journal. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41284-020-00276-w
Nodeland, B. E., Craig, J. M., Meitl, M.  (2020). Team-Based Learning in Criminal Justice: Application-Focused Activities in the Classroom. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching. 31(3), 135-157. 
Nodeland, B. E. (2020). The Effects of Self-control on the Cyber Victim-Offender Overlap. International Journal of Cybersecurity Intelligence and Cybercrime. https://vc.bridgew.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1073&context=ijcic
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. E., Belshaw, S.  Establishing a Criminal Justice Cyber Lab to Develop and Enhance Professional and Educational Opportunities. 
Spivey, E., Nodeland, B. E. The Victim-Offender Overlap in Intimate Partner Violence: Considering the Role of Self-control. Deviant Behavior. 
Craig, J. M., Nodeland, B. E., Long, R., Spivey, E.  (2020). Student Perceptions of Team-Based Learning in the Criminal Justice Classroom. Journal of Criminal Justice Education. 1-18. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511253.2020.1742756
Nodeland, B. E., Morris, R.  The Impact of Low Self-control on Past and Future Cyber Offending. 
Belshaw, S., Nodeland, B. E., Underwood, L., Colaiuta, A.  (2020). Teaching About the Dark Web in Criminal Justice or Related Programs at The Community College and University Levels. Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice. 
Nodeland, B., Morris, R. G. (2020). A Test of Social Learning Theory and Self-control on Cyber Offending. Deviant Behavior. 
Nodeland, B. E., Craig, J.  (2019). Perceptions of Legal and Extralegal Punishments for Sexual Harassment in the ‘MeToo’ Era. Deviant Behavior. 
Nodeland, B., Saber, M.  (2019). Student and Faculty Attitudes toward Campus Carry after the Implementation of SB11. Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice. 
Trahan, A., Nodeland, B. E., Dixon, A. J. (2019). Public opinion of capital punishment: An intersectional analysis of race, gender, and class effects. Criminal Justice Review. 44(4), 452-469. 
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
Nodeland, B. E. (2016). Virtual Peer Effects in Social Learning Theory. Crime & Delinquency. 62(12), 1543-1569. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
Awarded Grants



  
  
  	  
          
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 – Present).
Fritsch, E. J., Trulson, C. R., Belshaw, S., Nodeland, B. E., Craig, J. M., "Mentoring Junior Faculty Team Grant Project: Sustaining Networks through Community Outreach," Sponsored by UNT Team Grant, University of North Texas, $2000 Funded. (December 2016).
Grant - Service   
Nodeland, B. E., "Mentoring Matters Microgrant," Sponsored by Office of Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $1250 Funded. (2022 – Present).
Grant - Teaching   
Craig, J. M. (Principal), Bradetich, J. R. (Co-Principal), Nodeland, B. E. (Supporting), Long, R. (Supporting), Hagan, B. A. (Supporting), "Team Based Learning Collaborative," University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2019 – 2020).
Craig, J., Nodeland, B. E., Bradetich, J. R., "Online Team-Based Learning Workshop Hosted by UNT’s TBL Ambassadors," Sponsored by Office of Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (August 2019 – May 2020).
Bradetich, J. R. (Principal), Craig, J. M. (Co-Principal), Hagan, B. A. (Supporting), Long, R. (Supporting), Shadduck, M. (Supporting), Nodeland, B. E. (Supporting), "Cross-Campus Collaborators," University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (September 2018 – May 2019).
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. (October 1, 2017 – July 1, 2018).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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