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Overview

Heith Copes is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States and works primarily within the social sciences, focusing on interdisciplinary research that spans sociology, political science, and clinical psychology. Their research output largely addresses topics related to psychedelics and drug studies, crime patterns and interventions, participatory visual research methods, criminal justice and corrections analysis, community health and development, HIV, drug use, sexual risk, and qualitative research methods and ethics.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • Sex, drugs, and coercive control: Gendered narratives of methamphetamine use, relationships, and violence (2021, Criminology)
  • A Content Analysis of Qualitative Research Published in Top Criminology and Criminal Justice Journals from 2010 to 2019 (2020, American Journal of Criminal Justice)

Heith Copes has collaborated frequently with several scholars, notably:

  • Jared Ragland
  • Peter S. Hendricks
  • Lindsay Leban
  • Blake Beaton
  • Lynne M. Vieraitis

The venues in which Copes publishes frequently reflect their focus on criminology and criminal justice education, including:

  • Crime & Delinquency
  • Journal of Criminal Justice Education
  • American Journal of Criminal Justice
  • Criminal Justice Studies
  • Justice Quarterly

Their interdisciplinary work integrates methods and insights relevant to both the social sciences and health-related fields such as epidemiology, general health professions, and pharmacology, with particular attention to clinical psychology themes.

This body of research often explores complex interactions between substance use, gender, and social control within criminal justice contexts. It also encompasses methodological analyses of qualitative research trends in top criminology journals, giving attention to research methods and ethics.

Best Publications

  • What Have We Learned from Five Decades of Neutralization Research

    Shadd Maruna;Heith Copes

  • "How Edge Are You?" Constructing Authentic Identities and Subcultural Boundaries in a Straightedge Internet Forum

    J. Patrick Williams;Heith Copes

  • “We Weren't Like No Regular Dope Fiends”: Negotiating Hustler and Crackhead Identities1

    Heith Copes;Andy Hochstetler;J. Patrick Williams

  • Transferring Subcultural Knowledge On-Line: Practices and Beliefs of Persistent Digital Pirates

    Thomas J. Holt;Heith Copes

  • Gender, Identity, and Accounts: How White Collar Offenders Do Gender When Making Sense of Their Crimes

    Paul M. Klenowski;Heith Copes;Christopher W. Mullins

  • societal attachments, offending frequency, and techniques of neutralization

    Heith Copes

  • STORIES OF VIOLENCE: A NARRATIVE CRIMINOLOGICAL STUDY OF AMBIGUITY

    Sveinung Sandberg;Sébastien Tutenges;Heith Copes

  • Photo-Elicitation Interviews with Vulnerable Populations: Practical and Ethical Considerations

    Heith Copes;Whitney Tchoula;Fiona Brookman;Jared Ragland

  • ‘Drive it like you Stole it’ Auto Theft and the Illusion of Normalcy

    Michael Cherbonneau;Heith Copes

  • The ‘code of the street’ and the generation of street violence in the UK

    Fiona Brookman;Trevor Bennett;Andy Hochstetler;Heith Copes

  • Techniques of Neutralization

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  • “Keepin' My Mind Right”: Identity Maintenance and Religious Social Support in the Prison Context

    Kent R. Kerley;Heith Copes

  • techniques of affirmation: deviant behavior, moral commitment, and subcultural identity

    Heith Copes;J. Patrick Williams

  • PEACEFUL WARRIORS: CODES FOR VIOLENCE AMONG ADULT MALE BAR FIGHTERS

    Heith Copes;Andy Hochstetler;Craig J. Forsyth

  • Bounded rationality of identity thieves: Using offender‐based research to inform policy*

    Heith Copes;Lynne M. Vieraitis

  • Situational Construction of Masculinity among Male Street Thieves

    Heith Copes;Andy Hochstetler

  • Differentiating identity theft: An exploratory study of victims using a national victimization survey☆

    Heith Copes;Kent R. Kerley;Rodney Huff;John Kane

  • "That's Not Who I Am:" How Offenders Commit Violent Acts and Reject Authentically Violent Selves

    Andy Hochstetler;Heith Copes;J. Patrick Williams

  • streetlife and the rewards of auto theft

    Heith Copes

  • A narrative approach to studying symbolic boundaries among drug users: A qualitative meta-synthesis:

    Heith Copes

  • Speaking With Ethnographers The Challenges of Researching Drug Dealers and Offenders

    Sveinung Sandberg;Heith Copes

  • "We Weren't Like No Regular Dope Fiends": Negotiating Hustler and Crackhead

    Heith Copes;J. Patrick Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter S. Hendricks
Peter S. Hendricks University of Alabama at Birmingham
George E. Higgins
George E. Higgins University of Louisville
Carol A. Schubert
Carol A. Schubert University of Pittsburgh
Wesley G. Jennings
Wesley G. Jennings University of Mississippi
Zach Walsh
Zach Walsh University of British Columbia
Karen L. Cropsey
Karen L. Cropsey University of Alabama at Birmingham
Edward P. Mulvey
Edward P. Mulvey University of Pittsburgh
Matt DeLisi
Matt DeLisi Iowa State University

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