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Overview

Cassia Spohn is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their primary field of study is Social Sciences, with a focus on Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology, Gender Studies, Law, and Political Science and International Relations.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, Crime Patterns and Interventions, Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending, Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies, Education Discipline and Inequality, Judicial and Constitutional Studies, and Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems.

Key recent papers by Cassia Spohn include:

  • "Sexual Assault Case Processing: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same" (2020, International Journal for Crime Justice and Social Democracy)
  • "Life lessons: Examining sources of racial and ethnic disparity in federal life without parole sentences" (2021, Criminology)
  • "Detectives' Descriptions of Their Responses to Sexual Assault Cases and Victims: Assessing the Overlap Between Rape Myths and Focal Concerns" (2022, Police Quarterly)
  • "Violence in Honduras from 2008 to 2018" (2020, Injury Prevention)
  • "Gender in the Courtroom Workgroup: Understanding the Relationship Between the Composition of Workgroups and the Gender Gap in Punishment" (2022, Criminal Justice and Behavior)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Cassia Spohn include Brian D. Johnson, Suzanne St. George, Daniela Oramas Mora, Ojmarrh Mitchell, and Shi Yan.

Publications by Cassia Spohn appear in a variety of academic journals, notably:

  • International Journal for Crime Justice and Social Democracy
  • Criminology
  • Police Quarterly
  • Injury Prevention
  • Criminal Justice and Behavior

Best Publications

  • THE IMPRISONMENT PENALTY PAID BY YOUNG, UNEMPLOYED BLACK AND HISPANIC MALE OFFENDERS

    Cassia Spohn;David Holleran

  • The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America

    Samuel Walker;Cassia Spohn;Miriam DeLone

  • CUMULATIVE DISADVANTAGE: EXAMINING RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITY IN PROSECUTION AND SENTENCING†

    Besiki L. Kutateladze;Nancy R. Andiloro;Brian D. Johnson;Cassia C. Spohn

  • THE EFFECT OF IMPRISONMENT ON RECIDIVISM RATES OF FELONY OFFENDERS: A FOCUS ON DRUG OFFENDERS*

    Cassia Spohn;David Holleran

  • Prosecutorial justifications for sexual assault case rejection: Guarding the "gateway to justice"

    Cassia Spohn;Dawn Beichner;Erika Davis-Frenzel

  • How do judges decide? : the search for fairness and justice in punishment

    Cassia Spohn

  • THE EFFECT OF RACE ON SENTENCING: A RE-EXAMINATION OF AN UNSE"TT'LED QUESTION

    Cassia Spohn;John Gruhl;Susan Welch

  • Prosecuting sexual assault: A comparison of charging decisions in sexual assault cases involving strangers, acquaintances, and intimate partners

    Cassia Spohn;David Holleran

  • Is Preferential Treatment of Female Offenders a Thing of the Past? A Multisite Study of Gender, Race, and Imprisonment

    Cassia Spohn;Dawn Beichner

  • Women as Policymakers: The Case of Trial Judges

    John Gruhl;Cassia Spohn;Susan Welch

  • THE IMPACT OF THE ETHNICITY AND GENDER OF DEFENDANTS ON THE DECISION TO REJECT OR DISMISS FELONY CHARGES

    Cassia Spohn;John Gruhl;Susan Welch

  • Race and disparities in sentencing: A test of the liberation hypothesis

    Cassia Spohn;Jerry Cederblom

  • The Sentencing Decisions of Black and White Judges: Expected and Unexpected Similarities

    Cassia Spohn

  • Rape law reform : a grassroots revolution and its impact

    Cassia Spohn;Julie Horney

  • The Criminal Justice System’s Response to Sexual Violence:

    Cassia C. Spohn;Katharine Tellis

  • The effect of evidence factors and victim characteristics on prosecutors' charging decisions in sexual assault cases

    Jeffrey W. Spears;Cassia C. Spohn

  • The effect of offender and victim characteristics on sexual assault case processing decisions

    Cassia Spohn;Jeffrey Spears

  • Criminal stigma, race, and ethnicity: The consequences of imprisonment for employment

    Scott H. Decker;Natalie Ortiz;Cassia Spohn;Eric Hedberg

  • ON THE USE OF THE TOTAL INCARCERATION VARIABLE IN SENTENCING RESEARCH

    David Holleran;Cassia Spohn

  • Prosecutorial Charging Decisions in Sexual Assault Cases: Examining the Impact of a Specialized Prosecution Unit

    Dawn Beichner;Cassia Spohn

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott H. Decker
Scott H. Decker Arizona State University
Steven Belenko
Steven Belenko Temple University
Brian D. Johnson
Brian D. Johnson University of Maryland, College Park
David C. Pyrooz
David C. Pyrooz University of Colorado Boulder
Mary P. Koss
Mary P. Koss University of Arizona
Alexander Krämer
Alexander Krämer Bielefeld University
Daniel P. Mears
Daniel P. Mears Florida State University
Robert J. MacCoun
Robert J. MacCoun Stanford University
Samuel Walker
Samuel Walker University of Nebraska at Omaha

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