Research

My research focuses on cybercrime (i.e., perpetration and victimization), substance use and abuse, advanced data analytics, and data management.  A selection of my publications are listed below. If you’d like to read one, click the publication for the published version appearing in its respective journal. For more information, you can refer to my curriculum vita or my google scholar page.

FORTHCOMING PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

* = Graduate Student

** = Undergraduate Student

Higgins, G. E., Nicholson, J., & Marcum, C. D. (2025).  How Much Protection is Enough? Predicting the Use of Webcam Protective Measures Through the Lens of Low Self-Control and Social Learning.  Security Journal. 38, 2 

Higgins, G. E., Marcum, C. D., Williams, F. A., Nicholson, J. & Rahman, S. E. (2024).  Adolescent binge drinking:  An examination of three criminological theories.  Deviant Behavior. 

Jalain, C. I., Lucas, P. & Higgins, G. E. (2024).  Assessing the effectiveness of mental health courts reducing recidivism:  A systematic review with meta-analysis.  Justice Evaluation Journal. 

Williams, F. A., & Higgins, G. E. (2024).  Evaluating the impact of collaborative art, therapy and training on police legitimacy:  The perceptions held by individuals with substance abuse disorder and police officers.  International Journal of Criminology and Sociology, 13, 110-124. 

Nicholson, J., Higgins, G. E., Rahman, S. E., Williams, F. A., & Marcum, C. D. (2024).  Adolescent nonmedical use of prescription pain relievers: An examination of primary socialization theory.  Journal of Substance Use, 1-7. 

Nicholson, J., Marcum, C., & Higgins, G. E. (2023).  Prevalence and trends of depression among cyberbullied adolescents – Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2011-2019.  International Journal of Cybersecurity Intelligence & Cybercrime, 6, 45-58. 

Williams, F. A., & Higgins, G. E. (2023).  A Holistic Approach to Diversity Recruiting in State Police Agencies.  Journal of Crime and Justice, 46, 450-467.

Homer, E. & Higgins, G. E. (2023).  The Role of Blameworthiness in the Federal Probation Sentencing of Corporate Environmental Offenders.  Journal of Financial Crime, 30, 650-664.

Vito, G.F., Vito, A. G., & Higgins, G. E. (2022).  The Gender Gap in Attitudes towards Capital Punishment and Life without Parole (LWOP) in Kentucky.  Women and Criminal Justice, 1-11.

Marcum, C. D., Lucas, P. A., & Higgins, G. E. (2022).  Examining the Impact of a Criminology Doctoral Program on Successful Graduates.  Journal of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness, 2, 88-117. 

Williams, F. A., & Higgins, G. E. (2022).  Physical fitness standards: An assessment of potential disparate impact for female state police applicants.  International Journal of Police Science and management, 24, 250-260. 

Nicholson, J., Marcum, C. D., & Higgins, G. E.  (2022).  Predictors of Prescription Drug Misuse among High School Students in the United States.  Deviant Behavior, 43, 91-101.

Wilfong, J. D., Golder, S., Higgins, G. E., & Logan, TK.  (2022).  High Incarceration Rates among Women on Probation with Victimization Histories Suggests Need for Gender-Responsive Treatment.  Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 22, 304-319. 

Prost, S., Golder, S., Davis, C. P., Renn, T., Higgins, G. E., & Logan, TK (2022).  Correlates of Post-traumatic Stress among Victimized Women on Probation and Parole.  Probation Journal, 69, 45-65. 

Homer, E. M.*, & Higgins, G. E. (2022).  An examination of blameworthiness on the federal sentencing of organizations to implement corporate compliance programs.  Social Science Journal, 59, 283-296.

Hall, M. T., Walton, M., Huebner, R., Kelmel, A., Lorenz, D., & Higgins, G. E. (2021).  Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Teams for Families with Co-Occurring Substance Use and Child Maltreatment: A Propensity Score-Matched Evaluation.  Children and Youth Services Review, 131, 106256.

Marcum, C. D., Zaitzow, B. H., & Higgins, G. E. (2021).  The Role of Sexting and Related Behaviors to Victimization via Nonconsensual Pornography: An Exploratory Analysis of University Students.  Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, 14, 43-60.

Marcum, C. D., & Higgins, G. E. (2021).  A systematic review of cyberstalking victimization and offending behaviors.  American Journal of Criminal Justice, 46, 882-910.

Vito, A. G., & Higgins, G. E. (2021).  Understanding the role of race, gender, and age in request to consent search.  Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 19, 223-243.

Fedock, G., Garthe, R., Higgins, G. E., Lewis, C.*, & Blank-Wilson, A. (2021).  Health Care Disparities for Incarcerated Adults after a Suicide Attempt.  Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 51, 931-939.  

Higgins, G. E., Nicholson, J., & Marcum, C. (2021).  Past 6-year trends in current alcohol use among cyberbullied adolescents.  Substance Use and Misuse, 56, 831-839. 

Cooper, M., Updegrove, A. H., Gabbidon, S. L., Higgins, G. E., & Potter, H. (2021).  Examining the Effects of Race and Gender on Public Opinion About the Overrepresentation of Blacks in U.S. Prisons.  Victims & Offenders, 16, 1-19. 

Marcum, C. D., Higgins, G. E., *Tsung, T., & *Sedlack, M. (2021).  Exploration of Prosecutor Experiences with Non-consensual Pornography.  Deviant Behavior, 42, 646-658.

Homer, E. M., & Higgins, G. E. (2021).  Mapping Geographic Patterns in Federal Corporate Agreements.   Journal of Financial Crime, 28, 464-479. 

Vito, A. G., Vito, G. F., & Higgins, G. E. (2021).  Examining the Sentence of Life without Parole in Kentucky Homicide Cases.  Justice Evaluation Journal, 4, 98-111.

Wilfong, J., Golder, S., Logan, TK, & Higgins, G. (2021).  Examining the influence of financial assistance and employment services on the criminal justice outcomes of women on probation.  Affilia:  Journal of Women and Social Work, 36, 240-253.

Homer, E. M.*, & Higgins, G. E. (2021).  Community service sentencing for corporations.  Criminal Justice Policy Review, 32, 49-65.

Brown, A., Golder, S., Higgins, G. E., & Logan, TK.  (2021).  The effects of child and adult victimization on psychological distress:  A mediated structural equation modeling analysis.  Violence Against Women, 27, 143-166.