CRIMINAL JUSTICE
"Bullying as a crime."
Chapter in Controversial Issues in Criminal Justice: An Active Learning Approach: Cognella, 2019.
Dr. Lucas says: This chapter presents balanced, critical arguments for the support of, and opposition to, the criminalization of bullying and cyberbullying. Each perspective evaluates relevant empirical literature and research to consider if individuals who engage in bullying behaviors should be held criminally responsible for their actions.
Other book chapters published in 2019:
- "Online romance in the 21st century: deceptive online dating, catfishing, romance scams and 'mail order' marriages."
Chapter in Handbook of Research on Deception, Fake News, and Misinformation Online: IGI Global, 2019.
Dr. Lucas says: This chapter provides an overview of catfishing, online dating scams, and mail order marriages, as well as the potential impacts of these practices.
- "The role of teachers and school leaders in K-12 school violence."
Chapter in Handbook of Research on School Violence in American K-12 Education: IGI Global, 2019.
Dr. Lucas says: This chapter provides an overview of the role that teachers and school leaders play in the multi-faceted topic that is school violence. Given the vital role that these individuals play in K-12 school violence, this chapter is an essential component to any text that explores the issues surrounding violence in a school setting. However, this chapter should serve as only a starting point, since much more research is needed in order to understand these issues in more depth.
- "The role of teachers and school leaders in mass shootings and multiple victim violence."
Chapter in Handbook of Research on Mass Shootings and Multiple Victim Violence: IGI Global, 2019.
Dr. Lucas says: This chapter provides an overview of the vital role that teachers and school leaders play in mass shootings and incidents of multiple victim violence and discusses the nature and extent of mass shootings in schools by reflecting on past incidents to better frame the phenomenon in context.
