Select Publications

  • Dobbs, R. R., Waid, C. A., & Shelley, T. O. (2009). Explaining fear of rape among college females: An examination of multiple campuses in the United States. The International Journal of Social Inquiry, 2 (2), 105-122. Reprint in Muraskin, R. (Ed.). (2012). Women and justice: It’s a crime, 5th edition. Prentice Hall. (pp. 246-262).
  • Henderson, L., Dobbs, R. R., & del Carmen, A. (2008). Law enforcement officers’ knowledge and perception of family violence. Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 8(4), 167-183.
  • Mendenhall, R., Lee, M. J., Cole, S. W., Morrow, R.L., Rodriguez-Zas, S. L., Henderson, L., Turi, K. N., & Greenlee, A. (2023). Black mothers in racially segregated neighborhoods embodying structural violence: PTSD and depressive symptoms on the south side of Chicago. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 10(5), 2513–2527.
  • Mendenhall, R., Morrow, R. L., Eithier, K. L, & Lee, M. J. (2024). The neighborhood as social exposome: Black mothers’ narrative of chronic stress as a consequence of living in racially hyper segregated neighborhoods on the south side of Chicago. Journal of Family Medicine Primary Care, 8(1), 248-256. [In press].

Select Presentations

*=presentations involving students

  • 2024, Brown, K. M., Franklin, C. & Shelley, T.  Intimate Partner Violence-Related Strangulation, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Denver, CO.
  • 2023, Shelley, T.O., Brown, K.M. & Hayes, M.* Hiding in Plain Sight: Frequency of Non-Fatal Strangulation in Intimate Partner Events in North Texas, American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA.
  • 2023, Brown, K.M., Shelley, T.O. & Franklin, C. Assessing an Innovative Response to Intimate Partner Violence-Related Strangulation, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando, FL.
  • 2023, Hayes, M.* & Semukhina, O. Indigenous Victims: Characteristics, Demographics, and Risk Factors of Homicide, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), National Harbor, MD.
  • 2023, Morrow, R. L. & Trussell, M.* IPV and COVID-19: A Study of Social Service Workers’ Perceptions, President’s Excellence Research Symposium, RIED – Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX.
  • 2023, Morrow, R. L., Dobbs, R., Trussell, M.* & Smith, A.* COVID-19 and Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Communities, American Society of Criminology Philadelphia, PA.
  • 2022, Brown, K.M., Shelley, T.O., Salinas, J.* & Curtis, K.* President’s Fund for Excellence: RELLIS Student Researchers Against Violence (SRAV) and One Safe Place (OSP) Community Engagement and Service-Learning Project, presented at the Center for Educational Excellence Week, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX.
  • 2022, Dobbs, R.R. Cool Girl Trope, Purple Table Talk, program hosted by Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Stephenville, TX.
  • 2022, Hayes, M.* & Semukhina, O. Invisible Damage’: An Analysis of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Crime Victimization of Women, Race, and Ethnicity, American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA.
  • 2022, Morrow, R. & Lee, M. Revictimized: Experiences of Women in Prison with History of Intimate Partner Abuse at Home, American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA.
  • 2022, Morrow, R.L. & Smith, A.* Student Researchers against Violence: A University-Community Initiative, Southwestern Criminal Justice Association, Austin, TX.
  • 2022, Shelley, T.O., Brown, K.M. & Estroso, S.* Maintaining Relationships with Community Partners, Institute for Violence Against Women, Human Trafficking & One Safe Place (OSP), presented at the Center for Educational Excellence Week, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX.
  • 2021, Morrow, R.L. & Lee, M. J. It’s Not Really a Livable Place When You Think About It: Black Mothers Trapped, American Society of Criminology, Roundtable, Chicago, IL.
  • 2019, Shelley, T.O. Strangulation Research, Victim Perspectives, and Resources, American Association of University Women (AAUW), Fort Worth, TX.
  • 2019, Shelley, T.O. & Morgan, M. Strangulation: Research, Victim Perspectives and Resources, Stop the Violence Conference, Hurst, TX.
  • 2019, Brown, K.M., Shelley, T.O. & Hensley, L. Forensic Evidence and Investigation Implications in Domestic Violence Incidents Involving Non-Fatal Strangulation, the American Academy of Forensic Science, Baltimore, MD.
  • 2019, Shelley, T.O. & Morgan, M. Strangulation: Research, Victim Perspectives and Resources, Tarrant County Sexual Abuse Advisory Council Annual Conference, Fort Worth, TX.
  • 2019, Shelley, T.O. Abuse Behavior Inventory, One Safe Place Staff Meeting, Fort Worth, TX.
  • 2019, Shelley, T.O. & Hicks, J.* Client Satisfaction Survey Results, One Safe Place Staff Meeting, Fort Worth, TX.
  • 2019, Shelley, T.O. Examining Victim Experiences with Non-Fatal Strangulation, One Safe Place Partner Meeting, Fort Worth, TX.
  • 2018, Shelley, T.O., Brown, K.M. & Hensley, L. Examining Victim Experiences with Non-Fatal Strangulation, 2018 Research Symposium on Victimization, Justice and Healing: From Theory to Practice, Texas Victim Services Association, San Marcos, TX.
  • 2018, Giordano, M.J.* & Shelley, T.O. Revenge Porn: The Ultimate Exposure, International Association of Relationship Research Conference, Fort Collins, CO.
  • 2018, Charles, J., Waid-Lindberg, C. & Dobbs, R.R. Self-Report Differences in Sexual Violence and Harassment Among Division II Institution Student Athletes and Non-Student Athletes, American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA.
  • 2017, Chapman, K., Padilla, M.B. & Shelley, T.O. Domestic Violence Involved Strangulation and Assaults Against Officers, Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice, Fort Worth, TX.
  • 2017, Brown, K.M., Hensley, L. & Shelley, T.O. Domestic Violence and Non-Fatal Strangulation: Examining Incident Characteristics in Texas, Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice, Fort Worth, TX.
  • 2017, Shelley, T.O. & Brown, K.M. Domestic Violence and Non-Fatal Strangulation: Examining Victim Experiences in Texas, European Society of Criminology, Cardiff, Wales.
  • 2017, Shelley, T.O. & Downey, S. Human Trafficking, Department of Social Work, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX.
  • 2017, Dobbs, R.R. & Copeland, C. #NotOkay: Examining Twitter Posts Regarding Self-Reported Sexual Assaults, Crime, Conflict and Violence in a Global Society, Symposium co-hosted by the School of Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Strategic Studies and the University of New York in Prague (UNYP), Prague, Czech Republic.
  • 2010, Waid, C.A., Dobbs, R.R. & Shelley, T.O. The Effect of News Media on the Fear of Rape Among Female Undergraduates, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Diego, CA.
  • 2009, Dobbs, R.R., Shelley, T.O. & Waid, C.A. Explaining Fear of Crime as Fear of Rape Among College Females: An Examination of the Context of Media Across Multiple Campuses in the United States, Western Social Science Association, Albuquerque, NM.
  • 2004, Zoche, K.S., Waid, C.A. & Dobbs, R.R. Victimization and Subsequent Female Offending: Revising the Model, American Society of Criminology, Nashville, TN.
  • 2000, Dobbs, R.R., Waid, C.A., Chiricos, T. & Gertz, M. Women’s Fear of Crime: Is it Fear of Rape? American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA.
  • 1996, Dobbs, R.R. The Three Musketeers: Social Process Theories, Feminism, and Violence in the Mass Media, Feminist Research Forum, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA.