Faculty Profiles

Lawrence, D., Dockstader, J., & Padilla, K. E. L. (2025). Unveiling the silent battle: Suicide rates among law enforcement personnel. Police Practice & Research.

Padilla, K. E. L., Smith, W. T., & Renfro, K. (2025). Balancing duty and family: the effects of support systems on women in law enforcement. Police Practice and Research.

Lawrence, D., Padilla, K. E. L., & Dockstader, J. (2025). Bearing the badge, battling inner struggles: Understanding suicide ideation in law enforcement. Journal of Police & Criminal Psychology.

Padilla, K. E. L., Renfro, K., & Huff, J. (2024). The bar is different as a woman: A thematic analysis of career advice given by female police officers. Policing: A Journal of Policy & Practice.

Padilla, K. E. L., & Fine, A. D. (2024). “Hot, dumpster fire, mess:” Understanding police officers’ perceptions of mental health.

Padilla, K. E. L. (2024). Career Advice Given By Female Police Officers. Applied Police Briefings.

Padilla, K. E. L. (2024). Female Police Officer Recruitment and Retention in the Dallas Police Department.

Padilla, K. E. L. (2023). A Descriptive Study of Police Officer Access to Mental Health Services. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-023-09582-6

Fix, R. L., Papazoglou, K., Padilla, K. E., & Blumberg, D. M. (2023). Factors promoting and inhibiting use of wellness resources among police: A mixed-methods study. Police Quarterly.

Padilla, K. E. L., Huff, J., & Rockwell, A. R. (2023). A Qualitative Exploration of Stress in a Criminal Investigations Section. Police Practice and Research: An International Journal. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2023.2185242

Padilla, K. E. L. (2023, February 23). Twenty-one Mental Models that Can Change Policing: A Framework for Using Data and Research for Overcoming Cognitive Bias. Police Practice and Research: An International Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2023.2181807

Padilla, K. E. L., Fine, A. D., & Tom, K. E. (2022). Accepting the Challenge: Understanding Police Officers’ Perceptions of a Community-Based, Youth Empowerment Program. Justice Evaluation Journal.

Padilla, K. E. L. (2022). Book Review: Latinas in the Criminal Justice System: Victims, Targets, & Offenders. Chicana/ Latina Studies.

Padilla, K. E. L. (2022). Book Review: The Behavioral Code: The Hidden Ways the Law Makes Us Better or Worse. ACJS Today.

Fine, A. D., Padilla, K. E. L., & Tapp, J. (2021). Can working collaboratively with police on community service promote positive youth development? Police Practice and Research: An International Journal.

Huff, J., White, M. D., & Padilla, K. E. L. (2021). Judicial decision making in traffic cases: Examining the influence of officer body-worn cameras. Race & Justice.

Fine, A. D., Padilla, K. E. L., & Cross, A. (2021). Fun with the Fuzz Pilot Survey.

Padilla, K. E. L. (2021). Book Review: Hurt: Chronicles of the Drug War. Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice & Criminology.

Muir, R., Laura, F. E., Padilla, K. E. L., Salinas, M., Silver, E. M., & Mariano, E. R. (2021). A field on fire: Why has there been so much attention focused on burnout among anesthesiologists? Journal of Clinical Anesthesia.

Salinas, M., Laura, F. E., Muir, R., Padilla, K. E. L., Silver, E. M., & Lorello, G. R. (2021). The Intersection of Identities: Additional Groups to Consider When Moving Toward a More Inclusive Physiatry Workforce. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.

Laura, F. E., Muir, R., Padilla, K. E. L., Salinas, M., Silver, E. M., & Lorello, G. R. (2021). Three (more) tips to reduce socioeconomic bias in virtual anesthesiology interviews. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/ Journal canadien d’anesthesie.

Silver, E. M., Laura, F. E., Muir, R., Padilla, K. E. L., Salinas, M., & Lorello, G. R. (2021). Letter to the Editor on “Investigating faculty assessment of anesthesia trainees and the failing-to-fail phenomenon: a randomized controlled trial.” Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/ Journal canadien d’anesthesie.

Padilla, K. E. L., Silver, E. M., Laura, F. E., Muir, R., Salinas, M., & Mariano, E. R. (2021). Fighting Burnout in the COVID-19 Era is a Family Matter. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia.

Fine, A. D., Padilla, K. E. L., & Tom, K. E. (2020). Youth Perceptions of Police Legitimacy: Identifying Developmental Trends and Changing Perceptions.

Padilla, K. E. L. (2020). Sources and Severity of Stress in a Southwestern Police Department. Occupational Medicine.

Matthew, L., Wallace, D., Somers, L. J., Padilla, K. E. L., & Mays, R. (2020). Recidivism and Relationships: Examining the Role of Relationships, Transitions, and Relationship Quality in Re-Incarceration. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology.

Maguire, E. R., Somers, L. J., & Padilla, K. E. L. (2020). Promoting Officer Health and Wellness. In Transforming Police: 13 Key Reforms. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press.

Orosco, C., Padilla, K. E. L., & Fine, A. D. (2020). Wake Up! Program Pilot Survey.

Wallace, D., Larson, M., Somers, L. J., Padilla, K. E. L., & Mays, R. (2020). Recidivism and relationships: Examining the role of relationships, transitions, and relationship quality in reincarceration. Journal of Development and Life-Course Criminology, 6(3), 321–352. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s40865-020-00144-6

Somers, L. J., Maguire, E. R., & Padilla, K. E. L. (2020). Promoting officer health and wellness. In Transforming police: 13 key reforms (pp. 213–230). Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press.

Padilla, K. E. L., & Fine, A. D. (2020, September 28). Kids’ perceptions of police fall as they age – for Black children the decline starts earlier and is constant. The Conversation.

Fine, A. D., Padilla, K. E. L., & Tapp, J. (2019). Can Youths’ Perceptions of the Police Be Improved? Results of a School-Based Field Evaluation in Three Jurisdictions. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law.

White, M. D., Gaub, J. E., Malm, A., & Padilla, K. E. L. (2019). Implicate or Exonerate? The Impact of Police Body-Worn Cameras on the Adjudication of Drug and Alcohol Cases. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice.

White, M. D., Gaub, J. E., & Padilla, K. E. L. (2019). Impact of BWCs on citizen complaints: Directory of outcomes.

White, M. D., Gaub, J. E., & Padilla, K. E. L. (2019). Impacts of BWCs on use of force: Directory of outcomes.

Padilla, K. E. L. (2019). Hiding behind the badge: A mixed-methods examination of stress, mental healthcare services, and barriers to accessing mental healthcare services among police officers.

Gaub, J. E., White, M. D., Padilla, K. E. L., & Katz, C. M. (2017). Implementing a police body-worn camera program in a small agency.

Padilla, K. E. L. (2016). Stress and Maladaptive Coping Among Police Officers.