Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. William H DeSoto

  • Professor at Political Science, College of Liberal Arts

Scholarly and Creative Works

2024

  • DeSoto, W. H., Seepersad, R., & Bailey, C. (n.d.). Predicting Punitive Attitudes in the Caribbean. Caribbean Journal of Criminology.

2022

  • DeSoto, W. H., & Tajalli, H. (2022). A comparison between Australian and US populations on attitudes to criminal behaviours.
  • DeSoto, W. H., Wiener, karl, DeSoto, W. H., & Tajalli, H. (2022). Racial animus and its association with punitive sentencing and crime types: Do Australian community attitudes reflect the United States’?

2021

  • DeSoto, W. H., & Tajalli, H. (2021). A comparison between Australian and US populations on attitudes to criminal behaviours. Psychology, Crime and Law.
  • DeSoto, W. H., Lopes da Silva, undefined C., Ribeiro, undefined E., & Gonzalez, undefined J. (2021). Public Opinion on the Death Penalty in Latin America: Exploring the Individual Determinants in Eleven Jurisdictions. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 46(4), 343–356.
  • Brookman, R., Wiener, K. K., DeSoto, W. H., & Tajalli, H. (2021). Racial Animus and Its Associations with Punitive Sentencing and Crime Types: Do Australian Community Attitudes Reflect the United States? Journal of Criminology, 55(1), 23–46.
  • Tajalli, H., & DeSoto, W. H. (2021).
  • Tajalli, H., & DeSoto, W. H. (2021).

2020

  • DeSoto, W. H., & Tajalli, H. (2020). Gendered Patterns of Drug Use on a University Campus. World Medical Health Policy, 12(1), 32–46.

2019

  • Smith, C. L., Tajali, H., Pino, N. W., & DeSoto, W. (2019). Non-Medical Prescription Drug Use among Latino College Students at a Hispanic-Serving Institution. Journal of Latinos and Education.
  • Impeached: The Removal of Texas Governor James E. Ferguson [Review of Impeached: The Removal of Texas Governor James E. Ferguson, by W. H. DeSoto]. (2019, January 22). Great Plains Research.

2018

  • DeSoto, W. H. (2018). Do Police Officers in the USA Protect and Serve All Citizens Equally? Social Sciences, 7(10), 191–202.
  • De Soto, W., Tajalli, H., Pino, N., & Smith, C. L. (2018). The Effect of College Students’ Religious Involvement on Their Academic Ethic. Religion and Education, 45(2), 190–207.

2017

  • Pino, N. W., Tajalli, H., Smith, C. L., & DeSoto, W. H. (2017). Non-Medical Use  of Prescription Drugs by College Students for Recreational and Instrumental Purposes: Assessing the Differences. Journal of Drug Issues, 47(4), 606–621.

2016

  • DeSoto, W. H., & Tajalli, H. (2016). How Do College Students in Ukraine and the United States View Criminal Offenders? International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 40(4), 347–361.
  • DeSoto, W. H., & Tajalli, H. (2016). Do Latino and African American Students Have a Different View of Criminal Offenders than Anglo Students? In Proceedings of the 4th Annual Academic Conference (4th ed., pp. 58–62). Batumi, Georgia: International Institute for Academic Development.
  • DeSoto, W. H. (2016). Orestes Brownson’s Quarrel with American Individualism. Catholic Social Science Review, 21, 74–84.
  • DeSoto, W. H., Tajalli, H., & Villareal, A. (2016). Do International Studies Students have a Broader Global Awareness than Other College Students? Journal of Political Science Education, 12(2), 216–229.

2015

  • DeSoto, W., & Kovalshyn., O. (2015). €œPromoting the Benefits of Legal Studies for University Students.€. In Innovative Development of Higher Education as National and Global Dimensions Change. Sumy, Ukraine: Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine at the Institute of Pedagogy of Ukraine.

2014

  • DeSoto, W. H., Tajalli, H., Smith, C., & Pino, N. (2014). College Students and Alcohol Use: A Test of Social Learning, Strain, and Acculturation Theories. World Medical and Health Policy, 6(3), 262–279.

2013

  • Tajalli, H., DeSoto, W. H., & Dozier, A. (2013). Determinants of Punitive Attitudes of College Students’ Toward Criminal Offenders. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 24(3), 339–356.

2011

  • DeSoto, W. H. (2011). (J. T. Tucker, Ed.). American Review of Politics.

2006

  • DeSoto, W. H., Opheim, C., & Tajalli, H. (2006). Power, Professionalism, and Independence in the Office of Mayor. State and Local Government Review, 38(3), 156–164.

2005

  • DeSoto, W. H. (2005). Chambers of Commerce. In C. S. Thomas (Ed.). Greenwood Press.

2001

  • DeSoto, W. H., Tajalli, H., & Hofer, K. (2001). Health Care in Rural Texas. Policy Studies Journal, 29(1), 154–164.

1999

  • DeSoto, W. H., & Tajalli, H. (1999). Meeting the Challenge: State Revenue Raising in the 1980s. International Journal of Public Administration, 22(11–12), 1705–1720.
  • DeSoto, W. H., Opheim, C., & Tajalli, H. (1999). Apples and Oranges?  Comparing the Attitudes of Public Policy versus Public Administration Students. American Review of Public Administration, 29(1), 79–91.

1995

  • DeSoto, W. H. (1995). The Politics of Business Organizations: Understanding the Role of State Chambers of Commerce. The University Press of America.
  • DeSoto, W. H. (1995). Interest Groups in South Carolina. The Journal of Political Science, 24, 133–152.
  • DeSoto, W. H. (1995). Cities in State Politics. State and Local Government Review, 27, 188–194.
  • DeSoto, W. H., & Castillo, R. (1995). Texas Police and Civil Service. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 15, 98–104.
  • DeSoto, W. H. (1995). A New Force in School Politics: The Texas Business Education Coalition. Education.

1994

  • DeSoto, W. H. (1994). The Growth of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce Since 1980. Comparative State Politics, 15(5), 6–11.