吃瓜爆料

Education

• 2018 鈥� 2024 Doctor of Philosophy, Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University
• 2016 鈥� 2018 Master of Arts, Criminal Justice and Criminology, Sam Houston State University 
• 2012 鈥� 2016 Bachelor of Arts, Criminal Justice, The University of Southern Mississippi

Research Interests

Institutional Responses to Sexual Victimization, Gender and Crime, Gender-Based Violence, Adolescent Victimization

Recent Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

• Acquaviva, B. L., Kelley, S. M., Meeker, K. A., & Fleming, J. C., (2024). 鈥淧olicing and prosecuting sexual assault against women of Color: Applying Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality frameworks to examine arrest and charging decisions in cases involving Black and Latina victims.鈥� Crime & Delinquency,鈥�0(0),鈥�.
• Acquaviva, B. L., Meeker, K. A., & O鈥橬eal, E. N. (2022). 鈥淏lameworthy Suspects and 鈥淩eal Rape鈥�: Assessing the Effects of Rape Culture-Specific Suspect Culpability Factors on the Police Decision to Arrest.鈥� Violence Against Women, 28(15-16), 3865-3885.
• Kelley, S. M., Fleming, J. C., Acquaviva, B. L., Meeker, K. A. & O鈥橬eal, E. N. (2021). 鈥淭he Sexual Stratification Hypothesis and Prosecuting Sexual Assault: Is the Decision to File Charges Influenced by the Victim-Suspect Racial-Ethnic Dyad?鈥� Crime & Delinquency 67(8), 1165-1194.
• Meeker, K. A., Hayes, B. E., Randa, R., & Saunders, J. (2020) 鈥淓xamining Risk Factors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Snapshot of Guatemala and Honduras.鈥� International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.
• Meeker, K. A., O鈥橬eal, E. N., & Hayes, B. E. (2019). 鈥淧olicing and Prosecuting Sexual Assault: An Examination of Arrest and Initial Filing Decisions in Cases Involving Adolescent Complainants.鈥� Justice Quarterly, 
• Bills, M. A., O鈥橬eal, E. N., Hayes, B. E., & Meeker, K. A. (2019). 鈥淲riting Between the Lines: Examining Unprompted Handwritten Student Comments on a Campus Climate Survey.鈥� Journal of School Violence, 9(2), 205-218, .   
• Hayes, B. E., O鈥橬eal, E. N., Meeker, K. A., Steele, S. A., Brady, P. Q., & Bills, M. A. (2018). 鈥淎ssessing Online Strategies Aimed at Enhancing Campus Safety.鈥� Journal of Aggression, Conflict, & Peace Research, 10(2), 112-122, .   

Awards 

• 2022 Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) Credentialed Educator

Courses

Fall 2024

• CJ 105 Introduction to Criminal Justice
• CJ 360 Theories of Offending