Faculty and Staff Profiles

Bert Owen Burraston
Assoc Professor Chair, Criminal Justice
Email: bbrrston@memphis.edu
Office Location:

Work Experience

  • Associate Professor , Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice - University of Memphis - 2019-Present
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice - University of Memphis - 2012 to 2019
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology - Brigham Young University - 2004 -2012
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of School Psychology - University of Oregon - 2003-2004
  • Methodologist and Data Analyst,   - Oregon Social Learning Center - 1995-2004
Honors/Awards
  • Best Paper Award - Society for Risk Analysis - 2003

Teaching Experience

  • Public Policy Statistics, SUAP 7100 - University of Memphis
  • Graduate Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice, CJUS 7128 - University of Memphis
  • Criminology Theory, CJUS 3540 - University of Memphis
  • Intervention Strategies in Criminal Justice, CJUS 7161 - University of Memphis
  • Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice, CJUS 3130 - University of Memphis
  • Juvenile Delinquency, CJUS 7191 - University of Memphis
  • Independent Directed Studies, CJUS 7110 - University of Memphis
  • Internship Criminal Justice, CJUS 7161 - University of Memphis
  • Reading For Comps, CJUS 7141 - University of Memphis
  • Multiple Regression Analysis and Social Science Computing - Brigham Young University
  • Juvenile Delinquency - Brigham Young University
  • Crime, Deviance, and Social Control - Brigham Young University
  • Data Analysis and Presentation - Brigham Young University
  • Family Sociology - Brigham Young University
  • Social Problems - Brigham Young University
  • Introduction to Social Psychology - Brigham Young University
  • Family and Change - Brigham Young University

Student Advising/Mentoring

  • MA - Ashley Stolbom - 2020
  • MA - Tim McCuddy - 2013
  • MA - Daniel F. Oster - 2013
  • MA - David M. Benitez - 2013
  • MA - Laura Ellen Whitley - 2013
  • MA - Derek Donald Russell - 2013
  • MA - Temiloluwa Awonuga - 2013
  • MA - Chris Jame - 2013
  • MA - Melissa Ann Stevens - 2013
  • MA - Marsha Monique Harper - 2014
  • MA - Jasmine Lynn Newsom - 2014
  • MA - Kristen Charnelle Harris - 2014
  • MA - Lauren A. Stephens - 2014
  • MA - Laurel Marie Miles - 2014
  • MA - Andrew Joseph Post - 2014
  • MA - Mickenzie Nichole Broyles - 2014
  • MA - Rashad Ross - 2014
  • MA - Debra Lott Armour - 2014
  • MA - Ebony M Ashford - 2014
  • MA - Danielle N Dodson -  
  • MA - Geronimo Garcia -  
  • MA - TIFFANY RENEE DODSON -  
  • MA - Charles Baker -  
  • MA - Erica Taylor -  
  • MA - Michaela Dean Washington -  
  • MA - Millicent Shantel Mann -  
  • MA - Donald V Gregory - 2015
  • MA - Ibienefaka Eke - 2015
  • MA - Pegah Jessica Shahidi - 2015
  • MA - Mason Wellborn - 2016
  • MA - Mark Mande - 2016
  • MA - Adam Christian Venters - 2016
  • MA - Trey Moore - 2016
  • MA - Paul Marino Thornton - 2016
  • MA - Troy David Galtelli - 2016
  • MA - Tameisha Parker - 2016
  • MA - Megan Inman - 2016
  • MA - Taylor Smith - 2017
  • MA - BriAndra Mallardo - 2017
  • MA - James Max Helms - 2017
  • MA - Carla Parker Edmonson - 2017
  • MA - Nayak Devee Shree - 2017
  • MA - Josh Jacobs - 2017
  • MA - Carla Harris - 2018
  • MA - Miguel Rocha - 2018
  • MA - Kayla Rachel - 2018
  • MA - Toohy Karli - 2018
  • MA - Lynn Province - 2018
  • MA - Michael Warren - 2018
  • MA - Hannah Layne Harrell - 2018
  • MA - Peter Hart - 2018
  • MA - Eric P. Delaune - 2018
  • MA - Jeff Bunn -  
  • MA - Paul Huddleston -  
  • MA - Charles Lewis -  
  • MA - Suzann Brown Lafferty -  
  • MA - Joel Parker -  
  • MA - David Allen -  
  • MA - Dick Jeffreys -  
  • MA - Allison Bankston -  
  • MA - LaTonya Bonds -  
  • MA - William Cox -  
  • MA - Atsuhito Saito -  
  • MA - Jasmine Burke -  
  • MA - Damien Lee Dearmitt -  
  • MA - Nadiya Ghosheh Workman -  
  • MA - Joseph Starks Davis -  
  • MA - Denedra Rogers -  
  • MA - Jennifer Alexander -  
  • MA - Jennifer O'Brien -  
  • MA - Judy Royal -  
  • MA - James Lewis -  
  • MA - Scarlett Reeder -  
  • MA - Jeffery Cassidy -  
  • MA - Shawna Roten -  
  • MA - Shelby Olivia Cavagnaro -  
  • MA - Lauren Nicole Wingard -  
  • MA - William Paul Middleton -  
  • MA - Kaitlyn Rafidi Crawford -  
  • MA - Kiarra Kishun Fortney -  
  • MA - Derrick Robert Jones -  
  • MA - Chastity Meggon Woods -  
  • MA - Tammy May Yosich -  
  • MA - Alexis Gaskin -  
  • MA - John Milton Escue -  
  • MA - Julia Wright -  

Support

  • Changing Officer Attitudes towards Wellness Programs - Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing grant - 200,000 - 2020-2021
  • Evaluation of NAMI-TN Rural CIT Expansion - Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services - 107,000 - 2020-2023
  • TIPS FY18: Memphis Police Department, Technology Innovation for Public Safety, CFDA #16.738 - Bureau of Justice Assistance - 417,224 - 2018-2020
  • Memphis License Plate Reader (LPR)/Gunshot Detection (GSD) Technology Innovation Project - Bureau of Justice Assistance - 401,193 - 2016-2018
  • Evaluation of Memphis’s 2016 Homicides - Memphis Police Department - 5,000 - 2016-2017
  • Evaluation GPS Bracelets on Sex Crime Recidivism - Shelby County Government, Shelby County Pretrial Services, and Memphis Police Department -   - 2016-2019
  • Drug Court Evaluation - Shelby County Government - 28,000 - 2013-2014 Pending
  • Simultaneous Field Test of Memphis and Shelby County Juvenile Court Detention Assessment Tool: Current DAT versus the New DAT - Shelby County Government - $9,000 - 2015
  • RAI FORMAL VALIDATION STUDY - Shelby County Government - 47,420 - 2013-2015
  • Shelby County Prisoner Reentry Program Evaluation - Shelby County Government - 65,000 - 2012-214
  • Disproportionate Minority Contact Internship Program SHAPE - Shelby County Schools District - 4,000 - 2013-2014
  • Disproportionate Minority Contact Internship Program SHAPE - Memphis School District - 9,000 - 2012-2013
  • Crime Prevention Grant - State of Utah Commission on Criminal & Juvenile Justice - 45,000 - 2008- 2010
  • Effects of an Intervention on Incarcerated Parents, Parenting Inside-Out - NIMH - 500,000 - 2003-2012
  • A Randomized Trial of a Mentoring Program for High Risk Children - NICHD, NIH, U.S. PHS -   - 2007-20012
  • Research Capacity Assessment Survey - The Office of the Vice Provost for Research University of Memphis -   - Spring 2013

Outreach

  • Steering Committee for Offender Re-Entry for Shelby County - Committee Member - 2012 to Present - Shelby County Government
  • Federal Corrections Institution Community Relations Board - Board Member - 2012 to Present - U.S. Department of Justice
Service
  • Department Chair CJUS - Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice - 2021-present
  • University of Memphis - Public Safety Institute Advisory Council - (2024 to present)
  • University of Memphis - Disabilities Advocacy Week Planning Committee - (2023 to present)
  • Associate Department Chair CJUS - Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice - 2019-2021
  • University of Memphis - SUAP Ph.D. Committee - 2018-2021
  • University of Memphis - Chair of CJUS Faculty Search Committee - 2018-2021
  • University of Memphis - CJUS Department Graduate Committee Member - 2012-to 2013; 2017-2021
  • University of Memphis - CJUS External Review Committee - 2016-2018
  • University of Memphis - CJUS Graduate Coordinator, Department of CJUS - 2013 to 2017
  • University of Memphis - SUAP Planning Committee Member - 2015-2017
  • University of Memphis - SUAP Director Search Committee Member - 2016-2017
  • University of Memphis, College of Arts and Sciences - Graduate Council Member - 2013 to 2017
  • University of Memphis, College of Arts and Sciences - Travel Enrichment Committee Member - 2014 - 2017
  • University of Memphis - CJUS Faculty Search Committee Member - 2012 to 2017
  • University of Memphis - Co-Chair CJUS Faculty Search Committee - 2014-2015
  • University of Memphis - SUAP Study Abroad Committee Member - 2012 to 2014
  • University of Memphis, College of Arts and Sciences - Graduate Student Award Committee Member - 2013-2014
  • University of Memphis, College of Arts and Science - Undergraduate Curriculum Committee - 2012-2013
  • The Office of the Vice Provost for Research University of Memphis - Research Capacity Assessment Survey - Spring 2013
  • University of Memphis - Chair CJUS Undergraduate Curriculum Committee - 2012-2013
Books Published
  • Eddy, J.M., Kjellstrand. J.M., Martinez, C. R., Newton R., Herrera, D., Wheeler, A., Wu Short, J., Schumer, J.E., Burraston, B. O., & Lorber, M.F. (2019). Chapter 15: Theory-Based Multimodal Parenting Intervention for Incarcerated Parents and Their Children, Second Edition, Second Edition. (J. Mark Eddy & Julie. Poehlmann-Tynan, Eds.), Handbook on Children of Incarcerated Parents: Research, Policy, and Practice, New York: Springer. 219-235.
  • Eddy, J. Mark, & Bert O. Burraston (2018). Programs Promoting the Successful Reentry of Fathers from Jail or Prison to Home to Home in their Communities. In C. Wildeman, J. Poehlmann-Tynan, & A. Haskins, (Eds.), When Parents Are Incarcerated: Interdisciplinary Research and Interventions to Support Children, Washington DC: American Psychological Association. 109-132
  • Eddy, J. M., Martinez, C. R., & Burraston B.O. (2013).  VI. A randomized controlled trial of a parent management training program for incarcerated parents: Proximal impacts.In Julie Poehlmann (Eds) Relationship Processes and Resilience in Children with Incarcerated Parents. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development 78(3) 75-93.

  • Dishion, T. J., Burraston, B.O., & Li, F. (2006). Family Management Practices: Research Design and Measurement Issues. In Z. Sloboda & W.J. Bukoski (Eds.) Handbook of Drug Abuse Prevention. Handbook of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA 587-607. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-35408-5_30
  • Dishion, T. J., Poulin, F., Burraston, B.O. (2001). Peer group dynamics associated with iatrogenic effects in group interventions with high-risk young adolescents. In C. Erdley and D. W. Nangle (Eds.), Damon’s  New Directions in Child Development.79-92.
  • Cherrington, D, Bahr, S.J., Bennett, B., Kawai, L., & Burraston, B. O. (2011). What Works: Helping Offenders Turn From Crime. Provo: BYU Press. 331.  
Journal Articles
  • Eddy, Mark J., Charles R. Martinez, Jr., Bert O. Burraston, Danita Herrera, & Rex M. Newton (2022). A Randomized Control Trial of Parent Management Training Program for Incarcerated Parents Post Release Outcomes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19, 4605. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084605
  • Burraston, B.O., Watts, S.J., McCutcheon, J.C. & Province, K. (2019). Relative Deprivation, Absolute Deprivation, and Homicide: Testing an Interaction Between Income Inequality and Disadvantage. Homicide Studies.23(1) 3-19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1088767918782938
  • Poole, A.C., McCutcheon, J.C., Toohy, K., & Burraston, B.O. (2018). Testing the Impact of Road Network Connectivity on Criminal Lethality. Homicide Studies. 22(3) 277-295. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1088767918754307
  • Burraston, Bert, James C. McCutcheon, & Stephen J. Watts. (2018), Relative and Absolute Deprivation’s Relationship with Violent Crime in the United States: Testing an Interaction Effect Between Income Inequality and Disadvantage. Crime & Delinquency. 64 (4), 542-560. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128717709246
  • Burraston, B.O., & Eddy, J.M., (2017). The Moderating Effect of Living with a Child Before Incarceration on Postrelease Outcomes Related to a Prison-Based Parent Management Training Program. Smith College Studies in Social Work. 87 (1), 94-111. doi:10.1080/00377317.2017.1248634
  • Eddy, J.M., Martinez, C. R. Jr., Grossman, J. B., Cearley J. J. Herrera, D., Wheeler, A., Rempel, J., Gau J., Burraston, B.O., Harachi, T., Haggerty, K., and Seeley, J. (2017). A Randomized Controlled Trial of a 12-Year Long Professional Mentoring Program for Youth at Risk: Initial Outcomes. Prevention Science. 18 (8), 889-910. doi:10.1007/s11121-017-0795-z
  • McCutcheon, J.C., Huff-Corzine, L., Weaver, G., Corzine, J., & Burraston B.O. (2016). Highway Robbery: Testing the Impact of Interstate Highways on Robbery, Justice Quarterly, 33 (7), 1292-1310. DOI:10.1080/07418825.2015.1102953
  • Ward, C., Gibbs, B. G., Gaither, P., Butters, R., & Burraston, B.O. (2015). 21st Century After-School Program Effectiveness for LEP Student: A Contextual Approach, Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 20(4), 312-335. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10824669.2015.1050278
  • Burraston, B.O., Bahr, S.J., & Cherrington, D. (2014) Reducing Juvenile Delinquency with Automated Cell Phone Calls. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 58(5), 522-536. http://ijo.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/03/08/0306624X13480947
  • Burraston, B.O., Cherrington, D.J., & Bahr, S.J. (2012) Reducing Juvenile Recidivism With Cognitive Training and a Cell Phone Follow-UP: An Evaluation of the Real Victory Program. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 56(1), 61-80.  
  • Fisher, P. A., Stoolmiller, M., Gunnar, M. R.. & Burraston, B.O. (2007) Effects of a therapeutic intervention for foster preschoolers on diurnal cortisol activity. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 32(8-10), 892-905.  
  • Fisher, P. A., Burraston, B.O., & Pears, K.  (2006) Permanency in Foster Care: Conceptual and Methodological Issues. Child Maltreatment, 11(1), 92-94.   
  • Fisher, P. A., Burraston, B.O., & Pears, K. (2005) The Early intervention Foster Care Program: Permanent Placement Outcomes from a Randomized Trial. Child Maltreatment, 10 (1), 61-71.   
  • Brotman, L. M., Burraston, B.O., Dawson-McClure, S., Gouley, K.K., McGuire, K., & Bank L. (2005) Older siblings benefit from a family-based prevention program. Journal of Family Psychology, Special Issue Siblings, 19 (4), 581-591. 
  • Snyder, J, Bank, L., & Burraston, B.O. (2005). The Consequences of Antisocial Behavior in Older Male Siblings for Younger Brothers and Sisters. Journal of Family Psychology, Special Issue Siblings, 19(4), 643-653. 
  • Bank, L., Burraston, B.O., & Snyder, J. (2004). Sibling Conflict and Ineffective Parenting as Predictors of Adolescent Antisocial Behavior and Peer Relations: Additive and Interactional Effects. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 14 (1), 99-125.  
  • Peters, E., Burraston, B.O., & Mertz C. K. (2004) An Emotion-Based Model of Risk Perception and Stigma Susceptibility: Cognitive Appraisals of Emotion, Affective Reactivity, Worldviews, and Risk Perceptions in the Generation of Technological Stigma. Risk Analysis, 24 (5), 1349-1367.  
  • Bullock, B. M., Bank, L., & Burraston, B.O. (2002). Adult sibling expressed emotion and fellow sibling deviance: A new piece of the family process puzzle. Journal of Family Psychology, 16(3), 307-317.

  • Bank, L., & Burraston, B.O. (2001). Abusive home environments as predictors of poor adjustment during adolescence and early adulthood. American Journal of Community Psychology, Special Issue, 29(3), 195-217.  
  • Poulin, F., Dishion, T. J., & Burraston, B.O. (2001). 3-Year iatrogenic effects associated with aggregating high-risk adolescents in cognitive-behavioral preventive interventions. Applied Developmental Science, 5(4), 214-224.  
  • Prescott, A., Bank, L., Reid, J. B., Knutson, J. F., Burraston, B.O., & Eddy, J. M. (2000). The veridicality of punitive childhood experiences reported by adolescents and young adults. Child Abuse & Neglect, 24(3), 411-423. 
  • McCutcheon, James, & Bert O. Burraston. (2018). GPS Bracelets Program Effect on Sex Crime Recidivism: Program Evaluation. For Shelby County Government, Shelby County Pretrial Services, and Memphis Police Department.
  • McCutcheon, James, Bert O. Burraston, Stephen J. Watts, & Angela Madden (2018). Automatic License Plate Readers and Gunshot Detection Cameras Influence Violent Gun Crime Reduction: Evaluation for Memphis Police Department. U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance, Technology Innovation for Public Safety (TIPS) & Memphis Police Department.
  • Burraston, B.O. (2017). Neighborhood Influences on Memphis’s 2016 Homicides, For the Memphis Police Department and Mayor. Unpublished Report
  • Burraston, B.O., Turner, KB, Johnson, A. (2015). Simultaneous Field Test of Memphis and Shelby County Juvenile Court Detention Assessment Tool: Current DAT versus the New DAT. For the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County and the U.S. Department of Justice. Unpublished Report
  • Burraston, B.O., Turner, KB, Johnson, A. (2014). Field and Validation Test of Memphis and Shelby County Juvenile Court Detention Assessment Tool. For the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County and the U.S. Department of Justice. Unpublished Report
  • Burraston, B.O., McCutcheon, J., Johnson, A. (2014). Shelby County Drug Court Evaluation. Shelby County. Unpublished Report
  • Burraston, B.O. (2014) Outcome Evaluation of Offender Re-Entry Pilot Project: 2012/2013. Report For Shelby County Government. Unpublished Report
  • Hirschi, Melissa, Bert O. Burraston, and Randy Dupont (2023). Final Report for Evaluation of NAMI-TN Rural CIT Expansion. Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) and NAMI TN.
  • Dupont, Randy, Bert O. Burraston, and Melissa Hirschi (2023). Changing Officer Attitudes towards Wellness Programs. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing grant. 
Presentations
  • McCutcheon, James, Bert O. Burraston, Karli Province, Larisa McKinnerney, & J. Kiarra Fortney. (2021). The Effect of GPS on Sex Crime Suspects: Can Technology Impact Crime Patterns? American Society of Criminology Conference in Chicago, Illinois
  • Burraston, Bert, James McCutcheon, Angela Madden, Stephen Watts, & Max Helms. (2019) Lessons Learned from Evaluating New Technologies and Administering a Community Survey in a Large City. Paper accepted at the 2019 Annual Conference of the Academy of Criminal Justice Science, Baltimore Maryland.
  • Madden, Angela, James McCutcheon, Bert Burraston, Stephen Watts, & Max Helms. (2019) License Plate Readers and Gunshot Detection Technology: Preliminary Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial in a Large Urban Setting. Paper accepted at the 2019 Annual Conference of the Academy of Criminal Justice Science, Baltimore Maryland.
  • Burraston, Bert, James McCutcheon, & Elena Delavega. (2019). Infant Mortality: The Intersection of Inequality and Disadvantage. Paper accepted at the 2019 Annual Conference of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA.
  • Burraston, Bert, James McCutcheon, Angela Madden, Stephen Watts, & Max Helms. (2018). Lessons Learned from the Implementation of License Plate Readers and Gunshot Recognition in a Major US City: Experimental Design. Paper presented at the 2018 annual conference of the Southern Criminal Justice Association, Pensacola Florida.
  • Burraston, B.O., McCutcheon, J.C., Watts, S., & Province, Karli (2017). Re-conceptualizing Concentrated Disadvantage: Disadvantage by Inequality Interaction (the Concentration of Disadvantage). Paper presented at the 2017 annual conference of the Homicide Research Working Group, Memphis, TN.
  •  Province, Karli, & Burraston, B.O. (2017). Interaction Effect Between Income Inequality and Disadvantage Predicting Rural Violent Crime. Paper accepted for the 2017 annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia PA.
  •  Rocha, Miguel A., & Burraston, B.O. (2017) Predicting Violent Crime Among Single Parent-headed Households. Paper accepted for the 2017 annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia PA.
  • Saito, Atsuhito, Burraston, B.O., & McCutcheon, J. (2017). Interaction Effect between Poverty and Income Inequality on Burglaries. Paper accepted for the 2017 annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia PA.
  •  Toohy, Kayla, Province, Karli, McCutcheon, J., Burraston, B.O. (2017).  Highway to Hell. Poster accepted for the 2017 annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia PA.
  •  Warren, Michael & Burraston, B.O. (2017). An Interaction Effect between Single-Parent Households and Residential Mobility Predicting Property Crime. Poster accepted for the 2017 annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia PA.
  •  Workman, Nadiya G., Burraston, B.O., McCutcheon, J., & Toohy, Kayla (2017). The Undeniable Truth of Prostitution. Poster accepted for the 2017 annual conference of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia PA.
  •  McCutcheon J., Province, K., Toohy, K., Burraston, B.O., & Watts, S. (2016). The Impact of Drug Rates on County-Level Crime Prediction, Poster presented at the 2016 annual conference of the American Society of Criminology.
  • Burraston, Bert, & James C. McCutcheon. (2015) “Reconceptualizing Concentrated Disadvantage: Testing for an Interaction Effect between Poverty and Inequality predicting Homicides in Chicago” Paper accepted to present at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA.
  • Burraston, Bert, James C. McCutcheon, & Mark Mandel. (2015) “Reconceptualizing Concentrated Disadvantage: Testing for an Interaction Effect between Disadvantage and Population predicting Homicides in the South” Paper accepted to present at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • Wellborn, Mason, Bert Burraston, & Mark Mandel (2015) “Interaction of Inequality and Unemployment on Robbery Rates” Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology 72st Annual Meeting, Washington DC.
  • Mandel, Mark, Bert Burraston, Mason Wellborn (2015) Interaction of Inequality and Poverty on Robbery Rates” Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology 72st Annual Meeting, Washington DC.
  • Johnson, Amanda, Bert Burraston, & Hyeyoung Lim (2015). Measuring How Organizational Changes Impact Police Performance: A Time-Series Analysis on Police Use of Force.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology 72st Annual Meeting, Washington DC.
  • Venters, Adam, Amanda Johnson, & Bert Burraston (2015) “Police Use of Force and Disadvantage.” Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology 72st Annual Meeting, Washington DC.
  • McCutcheon, James, Trey Moor e, & Bert Burraston (2015) Analyzing the Relationship between Drugs, Racial Heterogeneity, and Violent Crime at the City and County Levels in Virginia using NIBRS” Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology 72st Annual Meeting, Washington DC.
  • McCutcheon, James C., Bert O. Burraston & Trey Moore. (2014) “Drug Markets: Urban Rural Difference” Poster to presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology 71st Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
  • Amanda Johnson, Bert Burraston, & Adam Venter (2014) “A Multi-Level Analysis of Police Use of Force in Austin, Texas” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology 71st Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
  • Burraston, Bert, & James C. McCutcheon. (2014) “Race, Concentrated Disadvantage, and Violence in the South: A Mediated Model” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC.
  • Burraston, Bert, KB Turner (2013) "Racial Bias in Teachers' Evaluation of Students' Delinquent Behavior: Race Matters" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. 
  • * Eddy, J., Mark, Charles R. Martinez, Bert O. Burraston (2013). Adapting and Testing a Prison-Based Parent Training Program for Incarcerated Fathers and Mothers of Elementary School Aged Boys and Girls. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA. 
  • * Eddy, J., Mark, Charles R. Martinez, Bert O. Burraston (2013). Lessons Learned From Adapting and Implementing Evidence-Based Prevention Programs in Settings Relevant to Child Welfare. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA. 
  • Burraston, Bert, Brianne Burraston, Shannon Sorensen, and Levi Robison. (2012). Moderating Effects from a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Parent Management Training Program for Incarcerated Parents: Reducing Recidivism, Self-Report of Criminality, and Substance Abuse. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego, CA. 
  • Burraston, Bert, Adam George, Sarah Brown, Eugene Fulton, (2012) Reducing Juvenile Recidivism with Cognitive Training and a Cell Phone Follow-up Program: Evaluation of the Cell Phone Component of the Real Victory Research Project. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego, CA.
  • Burraston, Bert, Brianne E. Burraston, Camiliana Wood & Kelsee Sorensen. (2011). Sibling Deviancy Training: The Influence of an Older Delinquent Brother on His Younger Adolescent Brothers and Sisters Controlling for Parenting, and Deviant Peers Association. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Seattle WA.
  • Heidi Rose McQuay, Matthew Clark, & Bert O. Burraston. (2011). The Role Familial Relationships Play in Recidivisim. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Seattle WA.
  • Bert O. Burraston, David J. Cherrington, Camm Clark, Maren Fulbright, & Michael Kelly. (2011). Recidivism in a Rural Sample of Juvenile Probationers: Results from the Real Victory Research Project. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Seattle WA. 
  • Eddy, Mark, Bert Burraston, Deborah Capaldi, Charles Martinez, John Reid, Michael Stoolmiller (2008) The Relationship Between Developmental Trajectories Of Antisocial Behavior And Adult Outcomes For Men And Women. Paper presented at Society for Prevention Research. San Francisco CA 

Appendix A - Teaching Experience

  • CJUS 3540 - Criminology
  • CJUS 7128 - Research Methods in Criminal Justice
  • CJUS 3110 - Independent Directed Study
  • SUAP 7100 - Public Policy Statistics
  • CJUS 3540 - Criminology
  • CJUS 3540 - Criminology
  • CJUS 7128 - Research Methods in Criminal Justice
  • CJUS 7110 - Independent Directed Study
  • CJUS 7150 - Internship
  • SUAP 7100 - Public Policy Statistics
  • CJUS 7110 - Independent Directed Study
  • CJUS 7150 - Internship
  • CJUS 7191 - Juvenile Delinquency
  • CJUS 7150 - Internship
  • SUAP 7100 - Public Policy Statistics
  • CJUS 7110 - Independent Directed Study
  • CJUS 7150 - Internship
  • CJUS 7128 - Research Methods in Criminal Justice
  • SUAP 7100 - Public Policy Statistics
  • CJUS 7161 - Intervention Strategies in Criminal Justice
  • SUAP 7100 - Public Policy Statistics
  • CJUS 7128 - Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • CJUS 3130 - Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • CJUS 3540 - Criminology
  • CJUS 3540 - Criminology