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John Navarro
Biography:
Dr. John C Navarro is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Sam Houston State University. They joined the faculty at Sam Houston State University in 2020 after earning their Ph.D. at the University of Louisville. Dr. Navarro focuses on researching public opinion, crime and media, and gender and society, with a focus on attitudes and framing effects related to various criminal justice issues through experimental survey methodologies. Dr. Navarro's work has been featured in respected journals like the British Journal of Criminology, Journal of Experimental Criminology, Policing: An International Journal, Sexual Abuse, and Urban Studies. In addition to their research, they also teach classes on introduction to criminal justice, research methods, and crime and the media.Recent Publications:
- Navarro, John C., Sierra A. Malvitz, & Michael A. Hansen. (Forth). Gendered perceptions of police conduct: Public reactions to officer gender in a traffic stop scenario. Policing: An International Journal. https://doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-03-2025-0043
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Hansen, Michael. A., & John C. Navarro. (Forth). It’s just ‘locker room’ talk? The impact of gender and political partisanship on agreement with rape myths in the United States. Victims & Offenders. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2024.2445288
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Navarro, John C., & Michael A. Hansen. (Forth). An experimental study on the effect of prosecutorial Brady violations on confidence in exonerating individuals wrongfully convicted of murder. Journal of Experimental Criminology. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-024-09658-1
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Navarro, John C., & Michael A. Hansen. (Forth). Is it Black and White? Testing racial framing effects of public reactions to newspaper vignettes of fatal officer-involved shootings. Journal of Experimental Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-023-09588-4
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Koza, Meghan, Stuti S. Kokkalera, & John C. Navarro. (2024). The promise of alternatives for youths: An analysis of restorative justice practices in the United States. Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 75(3), 23-36. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfcj.12268
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Navarro, John C., & Michael A. Hansen. (2023). ‘Please don’t be too nice’: The role of political ideology in the approval of police use of force. Policing: An International Journal, 46(5/6), 724-738. https://doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-03-2023-0035
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Higgins, Ethan M., Kristin Swartz, John C. Navarro, & Katie Hughes. (2023). “They might not kill you today but they’re going to get you in the end”: The correctional subculture and the schematization of the danger ethos. The British Journal of Criminology, 63(6), 1539-1556. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azac099
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Navarro, John C., & Matthew Ruther. (2020). A geospatial analysis between the sale prices of single-family properties and the presence of registered sex offenders in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Urban Studies, 57(5), 944-958. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098018817474