University Information

Research Interests:

Criminal victimization
Just World theory
State criminal justice policy

Recent Publications:

Andrew Davies & Alissa Worden, " State Politics and Indigent Defense: A Comparative Analysis", revised & resubmitted to Law & Society Review, Dec 2007.

Alissa Worden & Andrew Davies, " Protecting Due Process in a Punitive Era: An Analysis of Changes in Providing Counsel to the Poor", revised & resubmitted to Studies in Law, Politics & Society, Feb 2008.

Andrew Davies and Alissa Worden, " Criminal Justice Policy Across the United States: Due Process in the Punitive Turn" in I. Morgan & P. Davies (eds.) The Federal Nation: Perspectives on American Federalism (New York: Palgrave, forthcoming 2008).

Jonathan Gradess and Andrew Davies, "The Cost of the Death Penalty in America: Directions for Future Research" in C. Lanier, W. Bowers & J. Acker (eds.) Capital Punishment: The Defining Issues for the Next Generation (Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming 2008).

Review of 'Shooters' in American Politics Review (vol. 49, Jun 2007)

'Sir Charles Rowan and Sir Richard Mayne' in Routledge Encyclopedia of Police Science (3 rd ed., New York, Routledge)

'Criminal victimization: a Just World perspective', American Society of Criminology , Atlanta GA, 2007.

'Due Process Orientation: a counterpoint to the Punitive Turn?', American Society of Criminology , Atlanta GA, 2007.

'Moral psychology and victimization experiences', Justice Studies Association , Newport, RI, 2007.

'Indigent defense policy 1982-2002', The Federal Nations of North America , British Library, UK. Conference organized by Eccles Centre at the British Library & Institute for the Study of the Americas. (Invited presentation), 2007.

'The determinants of indigent defense policy', American Politics Group , Leicester, UK, 2006
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'Perceiving Victimization', American Society of Criminology , Los Angeles CA, 2006.

'The Determinants of Indigent Defense Funding', American Society of Criminology , Toronto ON, 2005.

'Community effects as mitigation evidence', National Legal Aid and Defender Association , Life in the Balance, Austin TX, 2003.