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Monica L. P. Robbers
Researcher at Marymount University
Publications - 7
Citations - 333
Monica L. P. Robbers is an academic researcher from Marymount University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Jury & Nonprobability sampling. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 7 publications receiving 319 citations.
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Lifers on the Outside: Sex Offenders and Disintegrative Shaming
TL;DR: Results of the study indicate that the majority of respondents experienced negative treatment because of their status as a sex offender, and formal and informal sanctions are stifling opportunities for sex offenders to be fully reintegrated into society.
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Revisiting the Moderating Effect of Social Support on Strain: A Gendered Test
TL;DR: The authors empirically analyzed whether social support moderates individuals' responses to strain and whether this moderating effect varies by gender and found that there are gender differences in the types and levels of strain experienced during the late teens.
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Blinded by Science The Social Construction of Reality in Forensic Television Shows and its Effect on Criminal Jury Trials
TL;DR: This paper examined the social distance between popular media depictions of criminal investigations and reality, and the extent to which these depictions influence criminal jury trials using a social construction of reality perspective, and found that there is a great deal of social distance and that jurors appear to have no tools to assess the credibility of forensic testing on television shows or in trials.
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Facilitating Fatherhood: A Longitudinal Examination of Father Involvement Among Young Minority Fathers
TL;DR: In this article, a longitudinal evaluation of young fathers' involvement with their children was conducted within the scope of a teen parenting program in Arlington County, Virginia, where respondents in the study are young, mainly Hispanic fathers who come from lower socio-economic groups.
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Tough-mindedness and fair play: Personality traits as predictors of attitudes toward the death penalty – an exploratory gendered study
TL;DR: One of the most potentially important factors in determining public and potential jury members' attitudes toward the death penalty may be personality traits as mentioned in this paper, and there have been few recent studies cond...