Dr. Amanda Graham

  • Associate Professor at School of Criminal Justice & Criminology, College of Applied Arts

Scholarly and Creative Works

2025

  • Graham, A., Cullen, F. T., & Link, B. G. (2025). The Measurement Crisis in Criminology: Procedural Justice as a Case Study. (D. Weisburd, Ed.), Elements in Criminology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009558549
  • Somers, L. J., & Graham, A. (n.d.). Motivations and Likelihood of the Public to Consider a Career in Policing. https://doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-05-2025-0088
  • Riner, S. E., Dawson, A., Schwind, J., Graham, A., & Posick, C. (2025). Child Sexual Abuse Reporting: Trends and Challenges Before, During, and After COVID-19 School Closures in Georgia, USA. Child Abuse and Neglect.
  • Thompson, A. J., Pickett, J. T., Graham, A., & Cullen, F. T. (2025). The Racial-Partisan Gradient in Policing Attitudes: Toward a Framed Group Position Theory. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022427825133026
  • Smith, P., Graham, A., Cullen, F. T., Pickett, J., Jonson, C. L., Hannan, K. R., & Pompoco, A. (2025). Public Support for Universal Second Look Sentencing: A Research Note. Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9125.12391
  • Graham, A. (2025). Emigration, Inequality, and Justice in Central and South America. In Handbook on Crime and Inequality (pp. 284–310). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.

2024

  • Roche, S. P., Lee, H., Pickett, J. T., Graham, A. K., & Cullen, F. T. (2024). Validation of Short-Form Scales of Self-Control, Procedural Justice, and Moral Foundations. Justice Quarterly, 41(7), 1002–1031. https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2024.2406535
  • Graham, A., Pickett, J. T., & Cullen, F. T. (2024). How Does the Public Explain Police Misconduct? Race, Politics, and Attributions. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 51(9), 1299–1319. https://doi.org/10.1177/00938548241253737
  • Brady, C. M., Dieterich, G., & Graham, A. (2024). Ambiguous calls: Public preferences for law enforcement responses to people in crisis. Journal of Criminal Justice, (92). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2024.102172
  • Wise, J., Graham, A., Dodge, C., & Somers, L. J. (2024). Police K-9 Line-of-Duty Deaths and Heatstroke 2000-2023. Police Practice and Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2024.2438681
  • Graham, A., & Somers, L. J. (2024). Warrior or Guardian? Public Perceptions of Law Enforcement. https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paae115
  • Butler, L. C., Fissel, E., Graham, A., & Fisher, B. S. (2024). “If You Have Nothing to Hide it Shouldn’t be a Problem”: The Social Construction of Cyber Abuse and Normalized Cyber Behaviors in Intimate Relationships. Victims & Offenders. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2024.2410991
  • Wooldredge, J., Graham, A., & Frank, J. (2024). Individual and neighborhood factors in residence-to-crime distances for property, drug, and violent offenses. Journal of Criminal Justice, 94, 102257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2024.102257
  • Balcarová, L., Pickett, J. T., Graham, A., Roche, S. P., & Cullen, F. T. (2024). On the Robustness of Black Americans’ Support for the Police: Evidence From a National Experiment. Journal of Criminal Justice, 92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2024.102186
  • Pickett, J. T., Graham, A., Nix, J., & Cullen, F. T. (2024). Officer diversity may reduce Black Americans’ fear of the police. Criminology, 62(1), 35–63. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9125.12360
  • Lee, H., Pickett, J. T., Graham, A., Cullen, F. T., Jonson, C. L., Sloan, M. M., & Haner, M. (2024). Punitiveness toward social distancing deviance in the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from two national experiments. Journal of Experimental Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-024-09610-3

2023

  • Jonson, C. L., Graham, A., Cullen, F. T., Pickett, J. T., Haner, M., & Sloan, M. M. (2023). Locked, Stocked, and Charmin: Sources of White Americans’ Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Victims & Offenders, 18(5), 765–798.
  • Brady, C., & Graham, A. (2023). Perceived Rehabilitation Across Types of Justice-Involved Individuals: An Experiment. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 48, 1394–1419. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-023-09738-4
  • Thompson, A. J., Pickett, J. T., Graham, A., & Cullen, F. T. (2023). Protest policing, normative alignment, and riot gear: An experiment. Crime & Delinquency. https://doi.org/00111287231189718
  • Hannan, K. R., Cullen, F. T., Graham, A., Jonson, C. L., Pickett, J. T., Haner, M., & Sloan, M. M. (2023). Public support for second look sentencing: Is there a Shawshank redemption effect? Criminology & Public Policy, 22(2), 263–292. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12616
  • Haner, M., Sloan, M. M., Graham, A., Pickett, J. T., & Cullen, F. T. (2023). Ransomware and the Robin Hood effect?: Experimental evidence on Americans’ willingness to support cyber-extortion. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 19(4), 943–970. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-022-09515-z
  • Somers, L. J., & Graham, A. (2023). Bryan County Sheriff’s Office Employee Survey.
  • Butler, L. C., Graham, A., & Fisher, B. S. (2023). The Application of Bystander Intervention Scripts: Implications for Guardianship in Action. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38(7–8), 5849–5874. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605221127207
  • Sun, D., Graham, A., Feldmeyer, B., Cullen, F. T., & Kulig, T. C. (2023). Public Opinion about America’s Opioid Crisis: Severity, Sources, and Solutions in Context. Deviant Behavior, 44(4), 567–590. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2022.2071656
  • Graham, A. (2023, March). Racial Resentment in the Political Mind By Darren W. Davis and David C. Wilson. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2022. pp.347, $32.50 Paper. The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics. Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/rep.2022.26
  • Graham, A., Pickett, J. T., Cullen, F. T., Jonson, C. L., Haner, M., & Sloan, M. M. (2023). Blinded by the White (Nationalism): Separatist Ideology and Discounting the Threat of COVID-19 to Society. Polity, 55(1), 195–222. https://doi.org/10.1086/722762

2022

  • Pickett, J. T., Graham, A., & Cullen, F. T. (2022). The American racial divide in fear of the police. Criminology, 60(2), 291–320. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9125.12298
  • Graham, A. (2022). Legitimacy and Its Critiques - A Cautionary Note. In L. Cao (Ed.), Understanding Legitimacy in Criminal Justice: Conceptual and Measurement Challenges (pp. 19–37). NY: Springer. Retrieved from http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85159490737&partnerID=MN8TOARS
  • Graham, A., Jonson, C. L., & Lee, H. (2022). Back in My Day: Generational Beliefs About School Shootings. Criminal Justice Review, 47(3), 369–398. https://doi.org/10.1177/07340168221098367
  • Graham, A., Barnes, J. C., Liu, H., & Cullen, F. T. (2022). Beyond a Crime Gene: Genetic Literacy and Correctional Orientation. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 47(3), 485–505. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-020-09595-5
  • Cullen, F. T., Graham, A., Hannan, K. R., Burton, A. L., Butler, L. C., & Burton, Jr, V. S. (2022). Catholics and capital punishment: Do Pope Francis’s teachings matter in policy preferences? Punishment & Society, 24(4), 592–621.
  • Jonson, C. L., & Graham, A. (2022). The Wrapping Paper Problem: Expediting the Peer Review Process Without Sacrificing Rigor. The Criminologist, 47(2), 10–13.
  • Butler, L. C., Graham, A., Fisher, B. S., Henson, B., & Reyns, B. W. (2022). Examining the Effect of Perceived Responsibility on Online Bystander Intervention, Target Hardening, and Inaction. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(21–22), NP20847–NP20872. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211055088
  • Fissel, E. R., Graham, A., Butler, L. C., & Fisher, B. S. (2022). A New Frontier: The Development and Validation of the Intimate Partner Cyber Abuse Instrument. Social Science Computer Review, 40(4), 974–993. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439321994618
  • Hannan, K. R., Cullen, F. T., Butler, L. C., Graham, A., Burton, A. L., & Burton, V. S. (2022). Racial Sympathy and Support for Capital Punishment: A Case Study in Concept Transfer. Deviant Behavior, 43(7), 780–803. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2021.1899756
  • Cullen, F. T., Graham, A., Jonson, C. L., Pickett, J. T., Sloan, M. M., & Haner, M. (2022). The Denier in Chief: Faith in Trump and Techniques of Neutralization in a Pandemic. Deviant Behavior, 43(7), 829–851. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2021.1918035
  • Graham, A., Somers, L. J., Thompson, K., & Posick, C. (2022). Bryan County Sheriff’s Office Community Survey.
  • McManus, H. D., Graham, A., Cullen, F. T., Burton, V. S., & Jonson, C. L. (2022). Friend Not Foe? Reconsidering Race, the Police, and Community Relations. Race and Justice, 12(1), 47–69. https://doi.org/10.1177/2153368719849486

2021

  • Graham, A. (2021). Explaining White Supremacy and Domestic Terrorism. In M. Haner & M. M. Sloan (Eds.), Theories of Terrorism: Contemporary Perspectives (Advances in Criminological Theory (Vol. 29, pp. 78–116). New York: Routledge. Retrieved from http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85129121525&partnerID=MN8TOARS
  • Cullen, F. T., Butler, L. C., & Graham, A. (2021). Racial Attitudes and Criminal Justice Policy. Crime and Justice: A Review of Research, 50, 163–245. https://doi.org/10.1086/715911
  • Thielo, A., Graham, A., & Cullen, F. T. (2021). The Opt-In Internet Survey. In J. C. Barnes & D. R. Forde (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Research Methods and Statistical Techniques in Criminology and Criminal Justice (pp. 274–279). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Retrieved from http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85128943132&partnerID=MN8TOARS
  • Graham, A., Pickett, J. T., & Cullen, F. T. (2021). Advantages of Matched Over Unmatched Opt-in Samples for Studying Criminal Justice Attitudes: A Research Note. Crime and Delinquency, 67(12), 1962–1981. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128720977439
  • Graham, A., Cullen, F. T., Butler, L. C., Burton, A. L., & Burton, V. S., Jr. (2021). Who Wears the MAGA Hat? Racial Beliefs and Faith in Trump. Socius, 7. https://doi.org/10.1177/2378023121992600
  • Graham, A., Cullen, F. T., Pickett, J. T., & Jonson, C. L. (2021). A New Generation of Survey Research in Criminology: Online Opt-In Surveys. The Criminologist, 46(6), 5–9.
  • Sloan, M. M., Haner, M., Graham, A., Cullen, F. T., Pickett, J. T., & Jonson, C. L. (2021). Pandemic emotions: The extent, correlates, and mental health consequences of fear of COVID-19. Sociological Spectrum, 41(5), 369–386. https://doi.org/10.1080/02732173.2021.1926380
  • Graham, A. (2021). Police Use of Force, Particularly Police Brutality and Lethal Force. Impact Magazine.
  • Sloan, M. M., Haner, M., Cullen, F. T., Graham, A., Aydin, E., Kulig, T. C., & Jonson, C. L. (2021). Using Behavioral Strategies to Cope With the Threat of Terrorism: A National-Level Study. Crime & Delinquency, 67(12), 2011–2042. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128720940984
  • Haner, M., Sloan, M. M., Cullen, F. T., Graham, A., Lero Jonson, C., Kulig, T. C., & Aydın, Ö. (2021). Making America Safe Again: Public Support for Policies to Reduce Terrorism. Deviant Behavior, 42(10), 1209–1227. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2020.1738638
  • Kulig, T. C., Graham, A., Cullen, F. T., Piquero, A. R., & Haner, M. (2021). “Bad hombres” at the Southern US border? White nationalism and the perceived dangerousness of immigrants. Journal of Criminology, 54(3), 283–304. https://doi.org/10.1177/0004865820969760

2020

  • Graham, A., Haner, M., Sloan, M. M., Cullen, F. T., Kulig, T. C., & Jonson, C. L. (2020). Race and Worrying About Police Brutality: The Hidden Injuries of Minority Status in America. Victims & Offenders, 15(5), 549–573. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2020.1767252
  • Cullen, F. T., & Graham, A. (2020). Crime and Justice in the Trump Era. New York, United States: Routledge.
  • Graham, A., Pratt, T., & McLean, K. (2020). Procedural Justice. In C. Chouhy, J. Cochran, & C. L. Jonson (Eds.), Criminal Justice Theory: Explanations and Effects, (Advances in Criminological Theory, Vol. 26 (Vol. 26, pp. 199–220). New York: Routledge.
  • Graham, A. (2020). Fight the Power: African Americans and the Long History of Police Brutality in New York City: , edited by Clarence Taylor, New York, New York University Press, 2019, 336 pp., 35(hardcover)/ 24 (paperback), ISBN: 978-1-4798-6245-0 (hardcover), e-ISBN: 978-1-4798-2235-5, ISBN: 978-1-4798-1108-3 (paperback, forthcoming April 2021). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511253.2020.1862266
  • Graham, A., Cullen, F. T., Pickett, J. T., Johnson, C. L., Haner, M., & Sloan, M. M. (2020). Faith in Trump, Moral Foundations, and Social Distancing Defiance during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Socius, 6, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1177/2378023120956815
  • Graham, A., Kulig, T. C., & Cullen, F. T. (2020). Willingness to Report Crime to the Police: Traditional Crime, Cybercrime, and Procedural Justice. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, 43(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-07-2019-0115
  • Burton, A. L., Cullen, F. T., Burton, V. S., Graham, A., Butler, L. C., & Thielo, A. J. (2020). Belief in Redeemability and Punitive Public Opinion: “Once a Criminal, Always a Criminal” Revisited. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 47(6), 712–732. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854820913585

2019

  • Graham, A., Pratt, T. C., Lee, H., & Cullen, F. T. (2019). Contemporary Classics? The Early Onset of Influence of Articles Published in Criminology and Criminal Justice Journals, 2010–2015. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 30(3), 348–375. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511253.2018.1510018
  • Cullen, F. T., Pratt, T. C., & Graham, A. (2019). Beefing up Criminology: Longitudinal Research is not the Only Answer. The Criminologist, 44(4), 15.
  • Graham, A., Kutzli, H., Kulig, T. C., & Cullen, F. T. (2019). Invasion of the Drones: A New Frontier for Victimization. Deviant Behavior, 42(3), 386–402. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2019.1678973
  • Graham, A., McManus, H. D., Cullen, F. T., Burton, V. S., & Jonson, C. L. (2019). Videos Don’t Lie: African Americans’ Support for Body-Worn Cameras. Criminal Justice Review, 44(3), 284–303. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734016819846229
  • Cullen, F. T., Pratt, T. C., & Graham, A. (2019). Why Longitudinal Research is Hurting Criminology. The Criminologist, 44(2), 1–9.
  • Graham, A. (2019). Measuring procedural justice: A case study in criminometrics. University of Cincinnati.
  • Cao, L., & Graham, A. (2019). The Measurement of Legitimacy: A Rush to Judgment? Asian Journal of Criminology, 14(4), 291–299. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11417-019-09297-w
  • Ziv, R., Graham, A., & Cao, L. (2019). America First? Trump, Crime, and Justice Internationally. Victims & Offenders, 14(8), 997–1009. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2019.1671291
  • Cullen, F. T., & Graham, A. (2019). Foreword. Victims & Offenders, 14(8), 921–924. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2019.1671290

2018

  • McManus, H. D., Shafer, J. G., & Graham, A. K. (2018). Race and Procedural Justice. In J. D. Unnever, S. L. Gabiddon, & C. Chouhy (Eds.), Building a Black Criminology, Volume 24 (pp. 317–341). New York: Routledge.

2017

  • Graham, A. (2017). Model Policy: Law Enforcement-Researcher Collaborative Partnerships. Submitted to the IACP Policy Center. IACP.
  • Graham, A. (2017). Concepts and Issues Paper: Law Enforcement-Researcher Collaborative Partnerships. Submitted to the IACP Policy Center. IACP.

2016

  • Graham, A., Shafer, J., & Gerard, D. (2016). Cincinnati Uptown Consortium 2016 Semi-Annual Crime Report January – June 2016. UC Crime Science Institute.
  • Shafer, J., Graham, A., & Gerard, D. (2016). Cincinnati Uptown Consortium Problem Property Analysis Kroger/Walgreens, 1 W Corry St. UC Crime Science Institute.