Profile

• Curriculum Vitae
• Courses Taught
• Current Students
• Some Former Ph.D. students
• Current Research and Research Opportunities
• Publications by Topic
  • Books
  • Corrections and Women Offenders
  • Domestic Violence
  • Girls, Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice
  • Police, Workplace Problems, Stress, Coping, and Gender
  • Security Management Practice and Education
  • Other

Courses Taught

CJ 355: Juvenile Justice Process
CJ 491/809: Michigan Victim Assistance Academy
CJ 810: Proseminar in Criminal Justice
CJ 896: Policy Analysis Under Conditions of Change
CJ 901: Contemporary Criminological Theory
CJ 907: Qualitative Research Approaches and Methods

Current students

Name	Research Interests
Mohammed Ali	Ph.D. Student - Labelling and the Development of Group Values and Norms.
Margaret Fischer	Ph.D. Student - Policing and Intersections of Gender, Race, and Sexual Orientation.
Seok Jin Jeong	Ph.D. Student - Dissertation Committee Chair: Dr. Ed McGarrel. Focus: Juvenile Restorative Justice. Other Interests: Corrections (Adult & Juvenile) and Recidivism.
Jennifer Melvin	Ph.D. Student - Human trafficking; globalization & crime; environmental justice; intersections of race, class, gender & crime; corporate environmental crime; research methods.
Suyeon Park	Ph.D. Student - Gender violence, globalization, and health; women offenders; qualitative and quantitative research methods; domestic violence.
Tia Stevens	Ph.D. Student - Immigration, crime and victimization; domestic violence; qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Juyoung Song	Ph.D. Student - Juvenile Justice; Gender differences in delinquency; Strain and delinquency among youth; Comparative research.
Serkan Tasgin	Ph.D. Student - Juvenile Delinquency, Terrorism, Organized Crime.
Julie Yingling	Ph.D. Student - Substance Abuse; Race, Class, Gender and Crime; Public Policy; Social Justice; Theory.

Some Former Ph.D. students

Name	Position	Current University
Joanne Belknap	Professor and Associate Chair - Sociology	University of Colorado - Boulder
Hoan Bui	Associate Professor - Sociology	University of Tennessee
Nobuhle R. Nxumalo Chonco	Senior Manager	Vodacom Community Services, Western Cape, South Africa
Florence S. Ferguson	Dean - Criminal Justice	American InterContinental University
Robin Haarr	Associate Professor - Criminal Justice	Eastern Kentucky University
Kristy Holtfreter	Assistant Professor - Criminal Justice	Arizona State University
Barbara Koons-Witt	Associate Professor - Criminal Justice	University of South Carolina
Chang-Hun Lee	Assistant Professor - Criminal Justice	University of Arkansas
Yoon Ho Lee	Chair and Professor, Department of Police Administration	Dungguk University, Seoul, Korea
Pamela Schram	Professor - Criminal Justice	California State University - San Bernardino
Lila Rucker	Associate Professor - Criminal Justice	University of South Dakota
Chaiyavej Somvadee	Police Lieutenant Colonel - Instructor (Level 2)	Thai Royal Police College
Yan Zhang	Assistant Professor - Criminal Justice	Sam Houston University
Phyllis Zold-Kilbourne	Management Analyst III, Specialty Courts	Michigan Supreme Court

Current Research and Research Opportunities

Study of Prisoner on Prisoner Sexual Assault

So far, this study has involved collecting data from multiple sources (but not interviews with prisoners) and developing models to predict which prisoners are likely to perpetrate sexual assaults on other inmates, and which are likely to be victimized. Qualitative analysis has produced descriptive information on the incidents verified by a Misconduct Hearing between 1998 and 2006. Next steps will be to use the literature and the findings to develop an interview instrument that will allow increased understanding of the dynamics of the incidents.

Juvenile Delinquency: Analysis of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Data

This data set is collected by the US Department of Labor, and the 1997 cohort included about 2000 youth aged 12 and 13. The youth have been interviewed every year since. We have addressed a number of challenging issues with the data: the creation of a number of theoretically meaningful variables, using the software STATA to handle the weighting in the data, and using negative binomial regression to handle the skewed count data that indicates delinquency. Right now, there are two projects with these data. One examines individual and contextual predictors of girls' assaultive behavior. The other identifies the predictors of resilience on delinquency.

Gender Responsive and Traditional Probation and Parole Tactics for Women Offenders

This is a book in progress.

Police Stress and Coping

We surveyed police in the US about 12 years ago, and two years ago repeated the survey in both the US and South Korea. These data were the basis for numerous articles that showed that workplace problems predict stress, but individual attempts to cope with these problems do not reduce stress. Some approaches actually increase stress. The next step is to work with a police organization to develop, implement, and evaluate an intervention that would effectively address the causes of police stress that are located in the workplace.

Domestic Violence in Immigrant Communities

Datasets on Hispanic, South Asian, and Vietnamese immigrants are being used as the basis for articles.

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Publications by Topic

Books

Morash, M. (forthcoming). Women on Probation and Parole: A Feminist Critique of Community Programs and Services.  Northeastern University Press: Boston.

Morash, M. Advances in Understanding Gender, Crime and Justice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Morash, Merry and Pamala J Schram (2002). The Prison Experience: Special Issues of Women in Prison. Prospect Heights, IL.

Morash, Merry and J. Kevin Ford, eds. Move to Community Policing: Making Change Happen. Royal Oaks, CA: Sage.

Including chapters:

• Ford, J. Kevin and Merry Morash. Research and Organizational Change: The Movement Toward Community Policing
• Morash, Merry and Amanda Robinson. The Nexus of Community Policing and Domestic Violence.
• Audrey Martini, Monique Fields, Tracey McGinley, Amanda Robinson, Merry Morash. Action Research for Community Oriented Policing and Comprehensive School Safety Planning
• Merry Morash, Kevin Ford, Jane White and Jerome Boles, III. Directing the Future of Community Policing Initiatives.

Trojanowicz, Robert, Merry Morash, and Pamela J. Schram (2001). Juvenile Delinquency: Concepts and Control. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Morash, Merry (ed.) (1982). Implementing Criminal Justice Policies. Beverly Hills: Sage.

Corrections and Women Offenders

Merry Morash. 2009. Parole supervision, change in the self, and desistance from substance use and crime. Pp. 124-142 in Bonita M. Veysey, Johnna Christian and Damian j. Martinez, eds. How Offenders Transform Their Lives. Portland, OR: Willan Publishing.

Michael D Reisig, Kristy Holtfreter, Merry Morash. (2006) Assessing Recidivism Risk Across Female Pathways to Crime. Justice Quarterly 23 (3): 384-405.

Pamela Schram, Barbara Koons-Witt and Merry Morash. Management Strategies When Working With Female Prisoners. Women and Criminal Justice 15 (3): 25-50.

Holtfreter, Kristy, Mike Reisig and Merry Morash (2004). The Effects of Economic Marginalization on Recidivism Among Women Offenders. Criminology and Public Policy 3, number 2: 185-208.

Kristy Holtfretter and Merry Morash (2003). "Criminogenic needs among women offenders: Implications for correctional programming." Women and Criminal Justice. Volume 14, numbers 2/3. 137-160

Morash, Merry and Amanda L. Robinson (2002). "Correctional Administrators' Perspectives on Gender Arrangements and Family-Related Programming for Women Offenders." Marriage and the Family Review. 32 (3-4). July 2, 2002. Special Collection: Criminal Justice and Families. Pp. 83-109. Reprinted in: Pamela J. Schram and Barbara Koons-Witt (eds.), Gendered (in)justice: Theory and practice in feminist criminology, pp. 318-340. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc.

Schram, Pamala J. and Merry Morash (2002). "Evaluation of a Life Skills Program for Women Inmates in Michigan." Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 34 (4): 47-70.

Michael D. Reisig, Kristy Holtfreter and Merry Morash (2002). Social Capital Among Women Offenders: Examining the Distribution of Social Networks and Resources. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 18 (2): 167-187.

Morash, Merry (2000). "Punishing Women Offenders" & "Contemporary Women's Prison Administration" Encyclopedia of Women and Crime. Nicole Hahn Rafter, Editor. Pheonix, AZ: Oryx Press.

Reisig, Michael D., Merry Morash and Yoon Ho Lee. 1999. "Powerlessness, Isolation, and Future Expectations: A Gender-Based Analysis of Korean Inmates." International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice 23 (2).

Nancy L. Zang, Merry Morash, Grace Paul and Rosalie Cherry.(1998). "Life Skills Programming for Women Offenders, Michigan Department of Corrections." Complex Challenges, Collaborative Solutions: Programming for Adult and Juvenile Female Offenders. Joann B. Morton, ed. Baltimore, MD: United Book Press.

Merry Morash, Timothy S. Bynum and Barbara Koons (1998). Women Offenders: Programming Needs and Promising Approaches. National Institute of Justice Research in Brief. Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice. August.

Koons, Barbara, John D. Burrow, Merry Morash and Timothy Bynum (1997). "Expert and Offender Perceptions of Program Elements Linked to Successful Outcomes for Incarcerated Women." Crime and Delinquency, 43:512-532.

Morash, Merry, Robin Haarr and Lila Rucker (1994). "A Comparison of Programming for Women and Men in U.S. Prisons in the 1980s. Crime and Delinquency. 40: 197-221.

Morash, Merry and Lila Rucker (1990). "A Critical Look at the Idea of Boot Camp as a Correctional Reform." Crime and Delinquency, (April):204-222. Reprinted in: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of Government Management of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate, 101st Congress, Second Session, March 1, 1990, pp. 268-299. Also reprinted in: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Crime and Criminology, Richard Mark, ed., Guilford, CT: Dushkin Publishing Group, 1991, pp. 255-262.

Morash, Merry with Lila Rucker (1989). "An Exploratory Study of Mother's Age at Childbearing and Her Children's Delinquency in Four Data Sets." Crime and Delinquency (January), pp. 45-92.

Morash, Merry A. and E. Anderson (1978). "Liberal Thinking on Rehabilitation: A Workable Solution to Crime." Social Problems, 25 (June):556-563.

Domestic Violence

Bui, H. Morash, M. (2008) Immigration, Masculinity, and Intimate-Partner Violence from the Standpoint of Domestic Violence Service providers and Vietnamese-Origin Women.  Feminist Criminology 3, 191-323.

Morash, M., H. Bui, Y. Zhang, and T. Stevens (2008). "Getting Out of Harm's Way: One Year Outcomes for Abused Women in a Vietnamese immigrant Enclave." Violence Against Women 14, 1413-1429.

Morash, M. and Bui, H. (2008). The Connection of U.S. Best Practices to Outcomes for Vietnamese American Women Abused by Intimate Partners.  International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice 32, 221-241.

Bui, H. N. and M. Morash (2007). Social Capital, Human Capital, and Reaching Out for Help with Domestic Violence. A Case Study of Women in a Vietnamese American Community. Criminal Justice Studies: Critical Journal of Crime, Law, and Policy 20: 375-390..

Morash, Merry, Hoan Bui, Yan Zhang and Kristy Holtfreter (2007). Risk Factors for Abusive Relationships: A Study of Vietnamese-American Immigrant Women. Violence Against Women 13 (7): 653-675..

Morash, Merry, Hoan Bui and Anna Santiago (2000). "Gender Specific Ideology of Domestic Violence in Mexican Origin Families." International Review of Victimology. Numbers 1-3, 2000, 67-91.

Robinson, Amanda and Merry Morash (2000). "Use of the Social Capital Framework for Assessment of a Training and Education Program for People Working with Crime Victims." 2000. The Justice Professional 13: 307-341. Bui, Hoan and Merry Morash (1999). "Domestic Violence in the Vietnamese American Community." Violence Against Women 5 (7), 1999, 769-795.

Morash, Merry, Vincent Hoffman, Yoon Ho Lee, Young Hee Shim (1999). "Wife Abuse in South Korea," in Rosalyn Muraskin, ed., Women and the Law: A Comparative Analysis, Gordon and Breach: Amsterdam. 47-86.

Santiago, Anna and Merry Morash (1994), "Patterns of Service Utilization in Latino Communities: The Case of Latina Battered Women." Urban Affairs Annual Review. J. Garber and R Turner, Eds. Pp. 219-235.

Morash, Merry(1986). "Domestic Abuse: A Review of the Literature." Criminal Justice Abstracts (June):252-271.

Girls, Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice

Morash M. and M. Chesney-Lind. (2009) The context of girls' violence: Peer groups, families, schools, and communities. Pp. 182-206 in Margaret Zahn, ed. The Delinquent Girl. Philadelphia, Temple U. Press.

Chesney-Lind, M., Morash, M., Stevens, T. (2008) Girls' Troubles, Girls' Delinquency, and Gender Responsive Programming: A Review.  The Australian and New Zealand journal of Criminology 41, 162-189.

Zahn, m. A., Brumbaugh, S., Steffensmeier, D., Feld, B. C., Morash, M., Chesney-Lind, M., Miller, J. Payne, A. A., Gottfredson, D. C., and Kruttschnitt, C. (2008) Violence by Teenage Girls: Trends and Context.  May.  Washington, DC: Office of Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Chesney-Lind, Meda, Merry Morash, and Katherine Irwin (2007). Policing Girlhood: Relational Aggression and Violence Prevention. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 5: 328-345.

Morash, Merry and Byongook Moon. (2007). Gender Differences in the Effects of Strain on the delinquency of South Korean Youth. Youth and Society 38 (3): 300-321.

Moon, Byong Ook and Merry Morash (2004). Reformulation of Theory for Alternative Cultural Contexts: Agnew's General Strain Theory in South Korea. Journal of International and Comparative Criminal Justice 28: 77-104

Morash, Merry, Joanne Belknap and Florence Ferguson (1986). "An Empirical Assessment of Exemplary Project Publications: Do They Provide the Necessary Information for Implementation?" Journal of Criminal Justice, 14 (June):509-528.

Morash, Merry (1986). "Gender, Peer Groups and Delinquency." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 23 (February):43-67.

Morash, Merry (1984). "The Establishment of a Juvenile's Police Record: The Influence of Individual and Peer Group Characteristics." Criminology, 22 (February):97-112.

Morash, Merry (1983). "Gangs, Groups and Delinquency." British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 23, No. 4 (October):309-335.

Morash, Merry (1983). "Two Models of Community Corrections: One for the Ideal World and One for the Real World," in James R. Kluegel (ed.) Evaluating Contemporary Juvenile Justice. Sage Research Progress Series in Criminology, Vol. 29:47-66.

Morash, Merry (1983). "An Application of the Method of Social Impact Assessment to Criminal Justice Research." Journal of Criminal Justice, 11:229-240, 1983. Reprinted in R.F. Conner, D.G. Altman and C. Jackson (eds.) Evaluation Studies Review Annual, 9, 1984.

Morash, Merry (1982). "Juvenile Reaction to Labeling." Sociology and Social Research, 67 (October):76-88.

Morash, Merry (1982). "A Case Study of Mental Health Professionals' Input into Juvenile Court Decision Making," Criminal Justice Review, 7 (Spring):48-56.

Morash, Merry (1981). "Cognitive Development Theory: A Basis for Juvenile Correctional Reform." Criminology, 19 (November):360-371.

Morash, Merry (1980). "Working Class Membership and the Adolescent Identity Crisis." Adolescence, 15 (Summer):313-320.

Morash, Merry A (1978). "Delivering Justice to Victims of Juvenile's Misdemeanors: A Comparison of Intake Procedures and a Description of Victims." John P. Conrad (ed.), The Evolution of Criminal Justice, Sage Research Progress Series in Criminology, 7:87-100.

Morash, Merry A. and E. Anderson (1977). "Impact Assessment: A Technique for Evaluating Criminal Justice Program." Criminal Justice Review, 2 (Fall), 13:22.

Police, Workplace Problems, Stress, Coping, and Gender

Chaiyavej, S. and Morash M. (2009). Reasons for Policewomen's Assertive and Passive Reactions to Sexual Harassment, Police Quarterly,  12, 63-85.

Moon, B. and Morash, M. (2009) Policing in South Korea: Struggle, Challenge and Reform.  In M. S. Hinton and T. Newburn, Policing Developing Democracies. New York: Routledge. Pp. 101-118.

Chaiyavej, S. and Morash M. (2008).  Dynamics of Sexual Harassment for Policewomen.  Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management 31, 485-498.

Morash, M., Kwak, D., Hoffman, V., Lee C. H., Cho, S. H., Moon, B. (2008) Stressors, Coping Resources and Strategies, and Police Stress in South Korea. Journal of Criminal Justice 36, 231-239.

Morash, M., R. N. Haarr and D. H. Kwak (2006) Multilevel Influences on Police Stress. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 22, 26-43.

Morash, Merry, Haarr, Robin N., and Gonyea, Dian P. (2006) In L. Goodstein, C. Renzetti, S. Miller, eds. Workplace Problems in Police Departments and Methods of Coping: Women at the Intersection: Women, Crime, and Criminal Justice (2/e). Los Angeles: Roxbury Press. Pp 213-227.

Morash, Merry, Seok Jin Jeong, Sun Ho Cho and Vincent Hoffman. Workplace Problems and Coping Strategies for Police in South Korea and the United States. (2006) Asian Policing. The Official Journal of Asian Association of Police Studies 4 (1): 65-97.

Morash, Merry, Dae Hoon Kwak and Robin Haarr (2006). Gender Differences in the Predictors of Police Stress. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management. Volume 29, Number 3, pp. 541-563(23)

Morash, Merry, Chang-Hun Lee, Vincent Hoffman, Sun Ho Cho, and Robin Haarr (2006). Predictors of Social and Defensive Coping to Address Workplace Stressors: A Comparison of Police in South Korea and the United States. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice 30: 149-175.

Haarr, Robin N. and Merry Morash. Police Coping with Stress: The Importance of Emotions, Gender and Minority Status (2004) . In Heith Copes (ed.), Policing and Stress. Pp. 158-178. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

Haarr, Robin N. and Merry Morash (2004). "Police Workplace Problems, Coping Strategies and Stress: Changes from 1990 to 2003 for Women and Racial Minorities. Law Enforcement Executive Forum 4 (3): 165-185. Reprinted in Challenging American Police: A Reader for the 21st Century. Edited by Larry Hoover, Thomas Jurkanin, and Vladimir Sergevnin.

Haarr, Robin and Merry Morash (1999). "Gender, Race, and Strategies of Coping with Occupational Stress in Policing." Justice Quarterly 16 (2): 303-336.

Morash, Merry and Robin Haarr (1995). "Gender, Workplace Problems, and Stress in Policing." Justice Quarterly. 12: 113-140.

Belknap, Joanne, Merry Morash and Robert Trojanowicz (1987). "Implementing a Community Policing Model for Work with Juveniles: An Exploratory Study." Criminal Justice and Behavior, 14 (June).

Morash, Merry and Jack R. Greene (1986). "Women on Patrol: A Critique of Conventional Wisdom." Evaluation Review, 10 (April):230-255. Reprinted in: The International Library of Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Penology - 2nd Series. Police Women. Edited by Mangai Natarajan.

Security Management Practice and Education

Nalla, Mahesh and Merry Morash (2002). "Assessing the Scope of Corporate Security: Common Practices and Relationships with other Business Functions. Security Journal 15 (3): 7-19.

Nalla, Mahesh K., Kenneth E. Christian, Merry Morash and Pamela J. Schram (1996). "Security Practitioners' Perceptions of Undergraduate Curriculum." Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 7(1):79-97.

Nalla, Mahesh K., Merry Morash, Barbara Vitoratos and Tracy O'Connell (1996). "Benchmarking Study of Workplace Violence Prevention and Response: Forty-two Components from Leading-edge Programs." Security Journal, Vol.7:89-99.

Nalla, Mahesh K., Kenneth E. Christian, Merry Morash, Pamela J. Schram (1995). "Executive Training Needs: A National Survey of Security Professionals." Journal of Security Administration. 18: 18-28.

Nalla, Mahesh K., Kenneth E. Christian, Merry Morash, Pamela J. Schram (1995). "Hiring Preferences of Security Professionals." Journal of Security Administration. 18: 29-38.

Nalla, Mahesh K., Kenneth E. Christian, Merry A. Morash and Pamela J. Schram (1995). "Practitioners' Perceptions of Graduate Curriculum in Security Education." Security Journal. 6: 93-99.

Other

Morash, Merry and Donna Hale (1987). "The Interconnections Between the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Trucking Industry, and Organized Crime," in Timothy Bynum, ed. Organized Crime. Monsey, New York: Willow Tree Press, pp. 129-149.

Morash, Merry (1983). "Organized Crime," in Robert Meier (ed.) Major Forms of Criminal Behavior. Beverly Hills: Sage.

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