Dr. Anthony Vito
<b>Department: </b>Criminal Justice & Criminology<br><b>Research Area: </b>Policing, Death Penalty, Drug Use, and Criminological Theory<br>
Department: Criminal Justice & Criminology
Research Focus: Policing, Death Penalty, Drug Use, and Criminological Theory
Potential Student Project(s): I have access to a number of publicly available datasets related to the research focus areas discussed above. Some of the potential projects include:
- Driving under the influence of marijuana amongst adolescents
- Performance enhancing drug (PED) use amongst adolescents or adults
- Police use of force
- Racial profiling
- Racial bias and death penalty executions in the S.
Attributes/skills/background sought in undergraduate:
- Hardworking and passionate about the subject matter
- Ability to read and summarize peer-reviewed journal articles
- A desire to learn and apply statistics to understand issues related to criminal justice and criminology
Mentoring Plan:
I have worked with graduate students in the past on various research projects. The typical plan would go in the following order:
- Finding a topic the student wishes to research
- Finding a dataset or creating a survey to examine the issue
- Review and summarize the literature on the topic
- Work in conjunction with Vito on understanding what variables will be used, the recoding of variables, and learning the statistical analysis chosen
- Working on the discussion and conclusion of the paper with emphasis on relevant policy implications based on the findings
- Potentially presenting at a regional or national conference and also submitting the work for undergraduate award consideration
- Submitting the article for publication
Contact: 765-285-2589, NQ 284