Publications

Kelly Socia Publications
  • Socia, Kelly M. (2022) “Driving public support: Support for a law is higher when the law is named after a victim.” Justice Quarterly. Online ahead of print. doi:10.1080/07418825.2022.2064329
  • Dum, Christopher P., Socia, Kelly M., Bengt, George, and Neiderman, Halle. (2022) “The Effect of Reading Prisoner Poetry on Stigma and Public Attitudes: Results from a multigroup survey experiment” The Prison Journal. 102(1), 3-24. doi:10.1177/00328855211069127
  • Socia, Kelly M., Stone, Rebecca, Palacios, Wilson, Cluverius, John. (2021) “Focus on Prevention: The public is more supportive of ‘Overdose Prevention Sites’ than they are of ‘Safe Injection Facilities.” Criminology & Public Policy, 20(4), 729-754. doi:10.1111/1745-9133.12566
  • Socia, Kelly M., Rydberg, Jason, and Dum, Christopher P. (2021) “Punitive Attitudes Towards Individuals Convicted of Sex Offenses: A Vignette Study” Justice Quarterly. 38(6), 1262-1289. doi:10.1080/07418825.2019.1683218
  • Socia, Kelly M., Morabito, Melissa M., Bond, Brenda J., and Nader, Eli S. (2021) “Public Perceptions of Police Agency Fairness and the Willingness to Call Police” The American Review of Public Administration. 51(5), 360-373. doi:10.1177/02750740211005699
  • Thompson, Lisa, Rydberg, Jason, Cassidy, Michael, Socia, Kelly M., (2020) “Contextual Influences on the Sentencing of Convicted Sex Offenders” Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment. 32(7), 778-805. doi:10.1177/1079063219852936
  • Socia, Kelly M., Grady, Melissa D., Bolder, Tess, Cronin, Kelli, Hurt, Christi, Vidrine, Sarah (2020) “Perceptions of Individuals Who Commit Sexual Offenses and Related Policies: A Group Comparison” Criminal Justice Policy Review. 31(7), 1059-1094. doi:10.1177/0887403419873126
  • Dum, Christopher P., Socia, Kelly M., Yarrison, Fritz, and Long-Yarrison, Brooke L. (2020) “Would God Forgive? Attitudes Towards Sex Offenders in Places of Worship.” Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment. 32(5), 567-590. doi:10.1177/1079063219839498
  • Powers, Ráchael A., Khachatryan, Norair, and Socia, Kelly M. (2020) “Reporting Victimization to the Police: The Role of Racial-Dyad and Bias Motivation” Policing & Society. 30(3), 310-326. doi:10.1080/10439463.2018.1523164
  • Stone, Rebecca, and Socia, Kelly M. (2019) “Boy with Toy or Black Male with Gun: An analysis of online news articles covering the shooting of Tamir Rice.” Race and Justice. 9(3), 330-358. doi:10.1177/2153368716689594
  • Powers, Ráchael A. and Socia, Kelly M. (2019) “Racial Animosity, adversary effect, and hate crime: Parsing out injuries in intraracial, interracial, and race-based offenses” Crime & Delinquency. 65(4), 447-473. doi:10.1177/0011128718779566
  • Socia, Kelly M., Dum, Christopher P., and Rydberg, Jason. (2019) “Turning a Blind Eye: Public Support of Emergency Housing Policies for Sex Offenders.” Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment. 31(1), 25-49. doi:10.1177/1079063217720925
  • Brown, Elizabeth K., Socia, Kelly M., and Silver, J. R. (2019) “Conflicted Conservatives, Punitive Views, and Anti-Black Racial Bias 1974-2014” Punishment & Society. 21(1), 3-27. doi:10.1177/1462474517736295

  • Rydberg, Jason, Dum, Christopher P., and Socia, Kelly M. (2018) “Nobody Gives A #%&!: A Factorial Survey Examining The Effect Of Criminological Evidence On Opposition To Sex Offender Residence Restrictions” Journal of Experimental Criminology. 14(4), 541-550. doi:10.1007/s11292-018-9335-5

  • Rydberg, Jason, Cassidy, Michael, and Socia, Kelly M. (2018). “Punishing the wicked: Examining the correlates of sentence severity for convicted sex offenders” Journal of Quantitative Criminology. 34(4), 943-970. doi:10.1007/s10940-017-9360-y

  • Brown, Elizabeth K. and Socia, Kelly M. (2017) “Twenty-First Century Punitivity: Social Sources of Punitive American Views Reconsidered.” Journal of Quantitative Criminology. 33(4), 935-959. doi:10.1007/s10940-016-9319-4

  • Dum, Christopher P., Socia, Kelly M., and Rydberg, Jason. (2017) “Public support for emergency shelter housing interventions concerning stigmatized populations: Results from a randomized experiment.” Criminology & Public Policy. 16(3), 835-877. doi:10.1111/1745-9133.12311

  • Socia, Kelly M. and Brown, Elizabeth K. (2017) “Up in Smoke: The Passage of Medical Marijuana Legislation and Enactment of Dispensary Moratoriums in Massachusetts.” Crime & Delinquency. 63(5), 569-591. doi:10.1177/0011128714557024

  • Walfield, Scott M., Socia, Kelly M., and Powers, Ráchael A. (2017) “Religious Motivated Hate Crimes: A Multilevel Analysis of the Factors Related to Arrest.” American Journal of Criminal Justice. 42(1), 148-169. doi:10.1007/s12103-016-9349-3

  • Morabito, Melissa M., Socia, Kelly M., Wik, Amanda, and Fisher, William. (2017) “The Nature and Extent of Police Use of Force in Encounters with People with Behavioral Health Disorders.” International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 50(1), 31-37. doi:10.1016/j.ijlp.2016.10.001

  • Briones, Rhissa R., Powers, Ráchael A., and Socia, Kelly M. (2016) “Sexual Orientation Bias Crimes: Examination of Victim Reporting, Perceptions of Police Bias, and Police Response.” Criminal Justice and Behavior. 43(12), 1688-1709. doi:10.1177/0093854816660583

  • Socia, Kelly M., and Harris, Andrew J. (2016) “Evaluating public perceptions of the risk presented by registered sex offenders: Evidence of Crime Control Theater?” Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. 22(4), 375-385. doi:10.1037/law0000081

  • Harris, Andrew J. and Socia, Kelly M. (2016) “What’s in a Name? Evaluating the Effects of the ‘Sex Offender’ Label on Public Opinions and Beliefs.” Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment. 28(7), 660-678. doi:10.1177/1079063214564391

  • Socia, Kelly M. (2016) “Examining the Concentration of Registered Sex Offenders in Upstate New York Census Tracts.” Crime & Delinquency. 62(6), 748-776. doi:10.1177/0011128714526563

  • Levenson, Jill S. and Socia, Kelly M. (2016) “Adverse Childhood Experiences and Arrest Patterns in a Sample of Sexual Offenders.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 31(10), 1883-1911. doi:10.1177/0886260515570751

  • Socia, Kelly M. and Brown, Elizabeth K. (2016) “‘This Isn’t About Casey Anthony Anymore’: Political Rhetoric and Caylee’s Law.” Criminal Justice Policy Review. 27(4), 348-377. doi:10.1177/0887403414551000

  • Pattavina, April, Socia, Kelly M., and Zuber, Malgorzata (2016) “Economic Stress and Domestic Violence: Examining the Impact of Mortgage Foreclosures on Incidents Reported to the Police 2005 to 2009” Justice Research and Policy, 16(2), 147-164. doi:10.1177/1525107115623938

  • Socia, Kelly M., Levenson, Jill S., Ackerman, Alissa R., and Harris, Andrew J. (2015) “‘Brothers Under the Bridge’: Factors Influencing the Transience of Registered Sex Offenders in Florida” Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment. 27(6), 559-586. doi:10.1177/1079063214521472

  • Morabito, Melissa S. and Socia, Kelly M. (2015) “Is Dangerousness a Myth? Injuries and Police Encounters with People with Mental Illness.” Criminology and Public Policy. 14(2), 253-276. doi:10.1111/1745-9133.12127

  • Levenson, Jill S., Ackerman, Alissa R., Socia, Kelly M., and Harris, Andrew J. (2015) “Where for art thou? Transient Sex Offenders and Residence Restrictions.” Criminal Justice Policy Review. 26(4), 319-344. doi:10.1177/0887403413512326

  • Socia, Kelly M. (2015) “State Residence Restrictions and Forcible Rape Rates: A Multi-State Quasi-Experimental Analysis of UCR Data.” Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment. 27(2), 205-227. doi:10.1177/1079063213509412

  • Socia, Kelly M. (2014) “Residence Restrictions are Ineffective, Inefficient, and Inadequate: So Now What?” Criminology & Public Policy. 13(1), 179-188. doi:10.1111/1745-9133.12071 [Policy Essay]

  • Socia, Kelly M. (2013) “Too Close for Comfort? Registered Sex Offender Spatial Clustering and Recidivistic Sex Crime Rates.” Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment. 25(6), 531-556. doi:10.1177/1079063212469061

  • Socia, Kelly M. (2013) “Residence Restrictions and the Association with Registered Sex Offender Clustering.” Criminal Justice Policy Review. 24(4), 441-475. doi:10.1177/0887403412445613

  • Socia, Kelly M. (2012) “The Efficacy of County-Level Sex Offender Residence Restrictions in New York” Crime & Delinquency. 58(4), 612-642. doi:10.1177/0011128712441694

  • Socia, Kelly M. and Stamatel, Janet P. (2012) “Neighborhood Characteristics and the Social Control of Registered Sex Offenders.” Crime & Delinquency. 58(4), 565-587. doi:10.1177/0011128711420111

  • Socia, Kelly M. (2012) “The Implementation of County Residence Restrictions in New York.” Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. 18(2), 206-230. doi:10.1037/a0024993

  • Socia, Kelly M. (2011) “The Policy Implications of Residence Restrictions on Sex Offender Housing in Upstate, NY.” Criminology & Public Policy, 10(2), 351-389. doi:10.1111/j.1745-9133.2011.00713.x

    • “Overview of ‘The Policy Implications of Residence Restrictions on Sex Offender Housing in Upstate, NY.’” Criminology & Public Policy, 10(2), 349-350. doi:10.1111/j.1745-9133.2011.00724.x

  • Socia, Kelly M. and Stamatel, Janet P. (2010). “Assumptions and Evidence Behind Sex Offender Laws: Registration, Community Notification, and Residency Restrictions.” Sociology Compass. 4(1), 1-20. doi:10.1111/j.1751-9020.2009.00251.x

  • Freeman, Naomi J., Sandler, Jeffrey C., and Socia, Kelly M. (2009). “A Time-Series Analysis on the Impact of Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification on Plea Bargaining Rates.” Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law, and Society. 22(2), 153-165. doi:10.1080/14786010902975424 

  • Sandler, Jeffrey C., Freeman, Naomi J., and Socia, Kelly M. (2008). “Does a Watched Pot Boil: A Time-Series Analysis of New York State’s Sex Offender Registration and Notification Law.” Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. 14(4), 284-302. doi:10.1037/a0013881

 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

  • Rydberg, Jason, Socia, Kelly M., and Cassidy, Michael. (2018). “Community-Level Influences on the Sentencing of Convicted Sex Offenders, Pennsylvania, 2004-2010.” Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-08-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36593.v1 [Dataset]

  • Socia, Kelly M. and Rydberg, Jason. (April 2016). Sex Offender Policy and Legislation. (pp. 187-202). Book chapter in Advancing Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy. Blomberg, T., Mestre Brancal, J., Beaver, K., and Bales, W. (eds). Routledge. ISBN: 978-1138829237

  • Socia, Kelly M. and Maroun, Rimonda R.g (2016).“Sex Offender Policies and Legislation.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Criminology. Ed. Beth M. Huebner. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780195396607, doi:10.1093/OBO/9780195396607-0169  (Revision and update posted February, 2019).

  • Socia, Kelly M. (2016). “Sex Offender Housing Options in Fort Lauderdale, FL, Under a Residence Restriction Law. A Report for the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (ACLU FL) and the Broward Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union”

  • Socia, Kelly M. (2017). “Sex Offender Civil Commitment Policies in Context.” Criminology & Public Policy. 16(3), 909-911. doi:10.1111/1745-9133.12329