
Overview
overview
- Stewart J. D'Alessio is a professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs. He received his B.A. in History from Stetson University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Criminology from Florida State University. Professor D'Alessio has an extensive publication record and practical experience in program evaluation. Before entering academia, he worked on a federally funded grant for the Florida Department of Corrections evaluating innovative programs established in local jails throughout the state. He also worked as an evaluator for a federally funded juvenile treatment program established at the Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida. Additionally, Professor D'Alessio served as a consultant to several national-level studies for the Justice Research and Statistics Association in Washington, D.C., including an assessment of the Federal Anti-Drug Abuse Acts of 1986 and 1988 funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and a nationwide survey of drug task force commanders. Professor D'Alessio also served previously as a Captain in the Military Police, and he participated in "Operation Just Cause" and "Operation Desert Storm." His unit received the "Valorous Unit Award" for extraordinary heroism while engaged in military operations during "Operation Just Cause" in Panama.
research interests
- Terrorism | Race and Crime | Criminal Sentencing | Criminal Justice Policy
Scholarly & Creative Works
selected publications
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2022Evaluating the cumulative impact of indigent defense attorneys on criminal justice outcomesFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2022.101927 Web of Science: 000806141600003
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2022The Effect of Capital Punishment on Terrorism in Saudi ArabiaFull Text via DOI: 10.36348/sijlcj.2022.v05i03.003
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2022The Effect of Self-Defense Laws on Firearm Use Among Criminal OffendersFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/00111287221077629 Web of Science: 000765306500001
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2021Air Pollution and Violent Criminal BehaviourFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azab059 Web of Science: 000755869700001
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2021Self-Help and Black Firearm CrimeFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/00111287211022627 Web of Science: 000658459100001
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2021The Replacements: The Effect of Incarcerating Drug Offenders on First-Time Drug Sales OffendingFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/0011128720968507 Web of Science: 000609541900006
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2020Decisions made in terror: Testing the relationship between terrorism and immigrationFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/migration/mnz014 Web of Science: 000610089200006
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2020Race and the Probability of Police InjuryFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12552-020-09300-5 Web of Science: 000568977600002
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2020The Usual Suspects: Prior Criminal Record and the Probability of ArrestFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/1098611120937304 Web of Science: 000543770600001
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2020The Effect of Maximum Daily Temperature on Outdoor ViolenceFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/0011128720926119 Web of Science: 000537165800001
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2020The Labor Market and TerrorismFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2018.1455372 Web of Science: 000509030400003
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2020The Effects of Race and Physical Evidence on the Likelihood of Arrest for HomicideFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/2153368719900358 Web of Science: 000509178400001
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2020The Effect of a Complainant's Race and Ethnicity on Dispositional Outcome in Police Misconduct Cases in ChicagoFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/2153368717726829 Web of Science: 000498958900003
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2019The Impact of Violent Crime on ObesityFull Text via DOI: 10.3390/socsci8120329 Web of Science: 000683625700012
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2019The effect of cannabis laws on opioid useFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.09.013 Web of Science: 000504779500020
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2019The Effect of Social, Verbal, Physical, and Cyberbullying Victimization on Academic PerformanceFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/15564886.2019.1681571 Web of Science: 000494190400001
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2019Should Repeat Offenders Be Punished More Severely for Their Crimes?Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0887403417701974
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2019Interracial encounters with the police: findings from the NCVS police-public contact surveyFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/15377938.2019.1646688 Web of Science: 000497960100001
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2017A Hunter's Moon: the Effect of Moon Illumination on Outdoor CrimeFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12103-016-9351-9 Web of Science: 000394286800011
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2016A commentary on Zimring and Laqueur (2015): juveniles and co-offending and why the conventional wisdom is often wrongFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.2016.1199967 Web of Science: 000396570600006
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2016The effect of medical cannabis laws on juvenile cannabis useFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.05.018 Web of Science: 000369460000010
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2015The Effect of Hawaii's Ban The Box Law on Repeat OffendingFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12103-014-9251-9 Web of Science: 000211171200008
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2014The Effect of Organizational and Environmental Factors on Police MisconductFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/1098611114522042 Web of Science: 000336545900001
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2014"Last Hired, First Fired": The Effect of the Unemployment Rate on the Probability of Repeat OffendingFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12103-013-9199-1 Web of Science: 000211166000005
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2014Does Targeted Capture Reduce Terrorism?Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2014.941437 Web of Science: 000342282700004
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2013Race and Cumulative Discrimination in the Prosecution of Criminal DefendantsFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/2153368713500317 Web of Science: 000414834100001
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2013The Effect of Conjugal Visitation on Sexual Violence in PrisonFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12103-012-9155-5 Web of Science: 000211162600002
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2012Stepchildren, Community Disadvantage, and Physical Injury in a Child Abuse Incident: A Preliminary InvestigationFull Text via DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.27.6.860 Web of Science: 000311420900003
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2012Unemployment, Guardianship and Weekday Residential BurglaryFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2011.605073 Web of Science: 000310593400006
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2011Cheating the Hangman: The Effect of the Roper v. Simmons Decision on Homicides Committed by JuvenilesFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/0011128709333726 Web of Science: 000295890600005
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2010Do cities influence co-offending?Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2010.04.045 Web of Science: 000280436000046
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2010The sex ratio and male-on-female intimate partner violenceFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2010.04.026 Web of Science: 000280436000027
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2009RACIAL ANIMOSITY AND INTERRACIAL CRIMEFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2009.00145.x Web of Science: 000263753800010
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2008Co-offending and the age-crime curveFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/0022427807309441 Web of Science: 000252269400004
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2007The effect of divorce on domestic crimeFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/0011128705284383 Web of Science: 000245549000004
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2007Is nonsmoking dangerous to the health of restaurants? The effect of California's indoor smoking ban on restaurant revenuesFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/0193841X06284814 Web of Science: 000243615000004
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2006Economic segregation, race, and homicideFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2006.00401.x Web of Science: 000240021800011
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2006Race, economic inequality, and violent crimeFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2006.03.002 Web of Science: 000238410600007
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2005The impact of serious crime, racial threat, and economic inequality on private police sizeFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2004.02.002 Web of Science: 000229512100001
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2005Police organizational factors, the racial composition of the police, and the probability of arrestFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/0741882042000333636 Web of Science: 000231938800003
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2004Capital punishment, execution publicity and murder in Houston, TexasFull Text via DOI: 10.2307/3491373 Web of Science: 000220642400004
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2004Sex differences in the likelihood of arrestFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2004.06.006 Web of Science: 000223812500006
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2004A multilevel test of racial threat theoryFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2004.tb00533.x Web of Science: 000223993700007
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2003Race and the probability of arrestFull Text via DOI: 10.1353/sof.2003.0051 Web of Science: 000183843200009
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2003A multilevel analysis of the effect of cocaine price on cocaine use among arresteesFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2352(02)00224-6 Web of Science: 000181497200008
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2003Measuring substance abuse treatment need among adults in Florida: A social indicators approachFull Text via DOI: 10.1023/A:1021213924442 Web of Science: 000179712700002
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2002Racial threat and social control: A test of the political, economic, and threat of black crime hypothesesFull Text via DOI: 10.1353/sof.2003.0007 Web of Science: 000180291300007
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2002The effect of racial threat on interracial and intraracial crimesFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0049-089X(02)00008-X Web of Science: 000178476200005
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2002A multilevel analysis of the relationship between labor surplus and pretrial incarcerationFull Text via DOI: 10.1525/sp.2002.49.2.178 Web of Science: 000176586400003
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2000Gun availability and violent crime: New evidence from the national incident-based reporting systemFull Text via DOI: 10.2307/3006181 Web of Science: 000088377500009
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1999"Eyes on the street": The impact of Tennessee's emergency cellular telephone program on alcohol-related fatal crashesFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/0011128799045004003 Web of Science: 000082300200003
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1998Crime, arrests, and pretrial jail incarceration: An examination of the deterrence thesisFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1998.tb01264.x Web of Science: 000076805900002
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1997''Three strikes and you're out'': The impact of California's new mandatory sentencing law on serious crime ratesFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/0011128797043004004 Web of Science: A1997XW13400004
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1997A study of recidivism among adjudicated juvenile offendersFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6988.1997.tb01750.x Web of Science: A1997XU49000003
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1997The effect of available capacity on jail incarceration: An empirical test of Parkinson's lawFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2352(97)00013-5 Web of Science: A1997XP08100002
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1995THE IMPACT OF SENTENCING GUIDELINES ON JAIL INCARCERATION IN MINNESOTAFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1995.tb01179.x Web of Science: A1995QW02400005
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1993Handling Missing Data With SPSS/PC+: A Test and a TutorialFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/089443939301100204
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1993SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS AND THE SENTENCING OF THE TRADITIONAL OFFENDERFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/0047-2352(93)90006-9 Web of Science: A1993KR55400005
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1991ANTI-SEMITISM IN AMERICA - THE DYNAMICS OF PREJUDICEFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.1991.tb00167.x Web of Science: A1991GD17100006
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1990A CRIME OF CONVENIENCE - THE ENVIRONMENT AND CONVENIENCE STORE ROBBERYFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/0013916590222004 Web of Science: A1990CQ38900004
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1990SICARII AND THE RISE OF TERRORISMFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/10576109008435840 Web of Science: A1990FU90400004
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Note
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1994SENTENCING AND UNWARRANTED DISPARITY - AN EMPIRICAL-ASSESSMENT OF THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF SENTENCING GUIDELINES IN MINNESOTA. 301-310.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1994.tb01156.x Web of Science: A1994NJ83200006
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Other Scholarly Work
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2016Medical cannabis laws and juvenile cannabis use: A reply to Wall et al.. 104-105.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.05.001 Web of Science: 000382596100017
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Research
principal investigator on
- PROJECT SHOT: STOP HOMICIDES ON TEENS awarded by U.S. Department of Justice 2014 - 2017
- Project PEACE: People Engaged and Advocating for Community Empowerment. awarded by U.S. Department of Justice 2014 - 2017
Contact
full name
- Stewart D'alessio
Identifiers
ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1426-4133 (confirmed)
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publication subject areas
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