Dr. Mary Sarver
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Mary B. Sarver Media 313 |
Formal EducationPh.D. Sam Houston State University, 2008 M.A. Sam Houston State University, 2005 B.S. Sam Houston State University, 2003 |
Areas of SpecialtyPolicingStatistics Quantitative Methods |
Selected PublicationsSarver III, R.A., Dobbs, R.R., Sarver, M.B., and McDonald, C. (2017). Crime-related media programming and fear of crime among undergraduate students. Journal of Criminal Justice and Law Review, 6(1), 21-39. Sarver III, R.A., Dobbs, R.R., Sarver, M.B., Hauptman, S., and del Carmen, A. (2015). Religious roots of punitive attitudes. Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 15(2), 74-85. Sarver, M.B. & Miller, H. (2014). Police chief leadership: Styles and effectiveness. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, 37(1), 126-143. Gann, M.C., Sarver III, R.A., Sarver, M.B. and del Carmen, A. (2012). Perceptions of alcohol consumption: An examination of undergraduate students’ perception of harmful alcohol consumption as a social problem and its relationship with crime. Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice, 8(2), 159-171. Gould, L.A., Pate, M., & Sarver. M. (2011). Risk and revocation in community corrections: The role of gender. Probation Journal, 58(3), 250-264. Sarver III, R.A., Sarver, M.B., and Dobbs, R.R. (2010). Choosing criminal justice: Factors contributing to the selection of Criminal Justice as a major. The Journal of Criminal Justice and Law Review, 2(2), 57-67. Haba, C.W., Sarver III, R.A., Dobbs, R.R., and Sarver, M.B. (2009). Attitudes of college students toward women in policing. Women & Criminal Justice, 19(3), 235-250. Slotsve, T., del Carmen, A., Sarver, M., & Villareal-Watkins, R.J. (2008). Television violence and aggression: A retrospective study. Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice, 5(1), 22-49. |
Academic Career2016-Present Associate Professor, USC Upstate 2010-2016 Assistant Professor, USC Upstate 2009-2010 Visiting Professor, University of Texas at Arlington |