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Tara O'Connor Shelley, Ph.D.

EDUCATION

2006 Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Florida State University

Dissertation Title: Environmental Threat, Environmental Crime Salience, and

Social Control

Advisor: Professor Ted Chiricos

1997 M.S. in Justice, Law and Society

The American University

Advisor: Professor Brian Forst

1995 B.A. in Government

The University of Redlands

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

August 2016-Present Associate Professor

Director of the Institute for Criminal Justice Leadership and Public Policy

School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Strategic Studies

Tarleton State University

Courses taught at Tarleton: Foundations of Criminological Theory, Victimology.

2012-August 2016 Associate Professor

Center for the Study of Crime and Justice (CSCJ) (Co-Director)

` Environmental Justice CSU Working Group (Co-Founder and Co-PI)

Center for Disaster and Risk Analysis (CDRA) (Faculty Affiliate)

School of Global Environmental Sustainability (Faculty Scholar)

Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research (Faculty Affiliate)

Department of Sociology

Colorado State University

2006-2012 Assistant Professor

Center for the Study of Crime and Justice (CSCJ)

Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research (Faculty Affiliate)

Department of Sociology


Courses taught at CSU: Environmental Justice, Law Enforcement and Society, Criminology, Comparative

Criminal Justice Systems, Comparative Crime and Deviance, Introduction to Criminal Justice, Social

Problems, Green Criminology, and Capstone Seminar.

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1999-2006 Instructor & Teaching Assistant

College of Criminology & Criminal Justice

Florida State University

Courses taught: Introduction to Law Enforcement, Police Problems and Practices, Criminal and

Delinquent Behavior, Qualitative Observation, Diversity and Justice, Introduction to Criminal Justice,

Practical Survey Research, and Research Methods.

2005-2006 Government Analyst

Office of Statewide Intelligence

Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)

Responsibilities: Provided research and statistical analysis for several projects related to law enforcement

issues. Primary responsibilities included report writing and statistical analysis of firearm-related crime in

the Northern District of Florida for the U.S. Department of Justice Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative.

2002-2005 Assistant Editor and Richard L. Rachin Fellow

Journal of Drug Issues, Florida State University

Responsibilities: The Journal of Drug Issues (JDI) is a well-recognized refereed publication in the

addictions field. JDI is a multidisciplinary journal with domestic and international contributors and

subscribers and is dedicated to providing a professional and scholarly forum on national and international

problems associated with illicit drugs. Typical journal duties included: reviewing incoming manuscripts

for publication consideration; drafting rejection letters that addressed specific manuscript weaknesses in

order to assist the author(s) improve the piece before submitting it to another publication outlet; selecting

appropriate referees for manuscript review and communicating with them on a regular basis; reconciling

conflicting publication recommendations from referees; reviewing galleys prior to publication; and

assisting with a variety of other editorial responsibilities.

2001-2002 Research Consultant

The Policy Lab, Washington, D.C.

Responsibilities: Conducted research for government funded research projects related to law enforcement

issues. Project work involved researching and writing reports on diversity programs and strategies in the

Chicago, Los Angeles, and Houston Police Departments.

1996-1999 Research Associate

Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), Washington, D.C.

Responsibilities: Supported government and privately funded research projects related to law enforcement

issues. Responsibilities included proposal development; design of research methods; preparation of

literature reviews; survey design and administration; data management and descriptive statistical analysis;

qualitative field research; development of training curricula, final reports and related publications;

management of training, technical assistance, workshops and conferences. See externally-funded research

section for additional information.

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1995-1996 Program Assistant

Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA), Washington, D.C.

Responsibilities: Researched, compiled, and edited publications and special reports; provided technical

assistance and program analysis; and managed workshops and conferences. See externally-funded

research section for additional information.

1994 Program Analyst, Internship

U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Evaluation and

Technical Assistance Branch, Washington, D.C.

Responsibilities: Provided qualitative and quantitative information for state and local program workshops

and fact sheets. Assisted in the planning and implementation of state and local program workshops.

Provided assistance to the lead agency contact on the BJA Firearms Trafficking Control Program.

Covered congressional hearings on criminal justice issues.

PUBLISHED WORKS

Co-Authored and Edited Books:

Kenney, Dennis J., Dina Rose, Tara O’Connor Shelley, Cristine Maglieri, Melissa Reuland, and Deborah

Lamm Weisel, 1999, A Conflict of Rights: Public Safety and Abortion Clinic Conflict and Violence,

Washington D.C.: Police Executive Research Forum (ISBN#:1-878734-62-8), pp. 1-368.

Shelley, Tara O’Connor and Anne C. Grant (editors), 1998, Problem Oriented Policing: Crime-Specific

Problems, Critical Issues and Making POP Work, Washington D.C.: Police Executive Research Forum

(ISBN#:1-878734-60-1), pp. 1-428.

Refereed Journal Articles:

Hogan, Michael J., Clair White, Tara O’Connor Shelley, and N. Prabha Unnithan. (revise and resubmit).

The Influence of Procedural Justice on Citizen Satisfaction with State Law Enforcement. Submitted to

Criminal Justice Review.

Mayer, Adam, Tara O’Connor Shelley, Ted Chiricos, and Marc Gertz. (forthcoming). Risk Exposure,

Risk Perception and Climate Policy. Sociological Focus.

Stretesky, Paul B., Kathryn Cope, Tara O’Connor Shelley, Michael J. Hogan, and N. Prabha Unnithan,

2015, The Police Have Given Up: An Empirical Examination of Covictims' Beliefs about Cold Case

Homicide Investigations, Violence and Victims, 31. Available online first at

http://www.springerpub.com/violence-and-victims.html DOI:10.1891/0886-6708.

Greif, Matt, Paul Stretesky, Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Mark Pogrebin, 2015, Corporate Environmental

Crime and Environmental Justice, Criminal Justice Policy Review. Available online first at

http://cjp.sagepub.com/content/early/recent DOI: 10.1177/0887403415576742.

Morabito, Melissa and Tara O’Connor Shelley, 2015, Representative Bureaucracy: Understanding the

Correlates of the Lagging Progress of Diversity in Policing, Race and Justice, 5, pp. 330-355.

http://www.springerpub.com/violence-and-victims.html

http://cjp.sagepub.com/content/early/recent

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Patten, Ryan, Matthew S. Crow, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, 2014, What's in a Name? The Occupational

Identity of Conservation and Natural Resource Oriented Law Enforcement Agencies, American Journal

of Criminal Justice. Available online first at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12103-014-9286-y.

DOI: 10.1007/s12103-014-9286-y.

Opsal, Tara and Tara O’Connor Shelley, 2014, Energy Crime, Harm and Problematic State Response in

Colorado: A Case of the Fox Guarding the Henhouse? Critical Criminology, 22, pp. 561-577.

Long, Michael A., Jeni E. Cross, Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovic, 2013, The

Normative Order of Reporting Police Misconduct: Examining the Roles of Offense Seriousness,

Legitimacy, and Fairness, Social Psychology Quarterly, 76, pp. 242-267.

Shelley, Tara O'Connor, Michal J. Hogan, N. Prabha Unnithan, and Paul B. Stretesky, 2013, Public

Opinion and Satisfaction with State Law Enforcement, Policing: International Journal of Police

Strategies and Management, 36, pp. 526-542.

Crow, Matthew, Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Paul Stretesky. 2013, Camouflage Collar Crime: An

Examination of Wildlife Crime and Characteristics of Poachers in Florida, Deviant Behavior, 34, pp. 635-

652.

Reprinted In: Environmental Crime and its Victims: Perspectives within Green Criminology,

(2014) (Toine Spapens, Rob White, and Marieke Kluin, editors), Burlington, VT: Ashgate, pp.-

185-204.

Kohm, Steven A., Courtney Waid-Lindberg, Michael Weinrath, Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Rhonda

Dobbs, 2012, The Impact of Media on Fear of Crime Among University Students: A Cross-National

Comparison, Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 54, pp. 67-100.

Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Ted Chiricos, and Marc Gertz, 2011, What about the Environment? Assessing

the Perceived Seriousness of Environmental Crime, International Journal of Comparative and Applied

Criminal Justice, 35, pp. 305-323.

Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Melissa S. Morabito, and Jennifer Tobin-Gurley, 2011, Gendered Institutions

and Gender Roles: The Current State of Women in Policing, Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal

of Crime, Law and Society, 24, pp. 351-367.

Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Courtney A. Waid, and Rhonda R. Dobbs, 2011, The Influence of Criminal

Justice Major on Punitive Attitudes, Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 22, pp. 526-545.

Waid-Lindberg, Courtney A., Rhonda R. Dobbs, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, 2011, Blame the Media?

The Influence of Primary News Source, Frequency of Usage, and Perceived Media Credibility on

Punitive Attitudes, Western Criminology Review, 12, pp. 41-59.

Stretesky, Paul B., Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Matthew S. Crow, 2010, Do Conservation Organizations

Influence the Production of Natural Resource Violations?, Organization and Environment, 23, pp. 398-

416.

Ivkovic, Sanja Kutnjak and Tara O’Connor Shelley, 2010, The Code of Silence and Disciplinary Fairness:

A Comparison of Czech Police Supervisor and Line Officer Views, Policing: An International Journal of

Police Strategies and Management, 33, pp. 548-574.

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12103-014-9286-y

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Stretesky, Paul B., Tara O’Connor Shelley, Michael J. Hogan, and N. Prabha Unnithan, 2010, Sense-

Making and Secondary Victimization Among Unsolved Homicide Co-victims, Journal of Criminal

Justice, 38, pp. 880-888.

Reprinted In: Voices from Criminal Justice: Thinking and Reflecting on the System (Heith Copes &

Mark Pogrebin, editors), Taylor and Francis, pp. 112-128.

Dobbs, Rhonda, Courtney A. Waid, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, 2009, Explaining Fear of Crime as Fear

of Rape Among College Females: An Examination of Multiple Campuses in the United States,

International Journal of Social Inquiry, 2, pp. 105-122.

Reprinted In: Women and Justice: It’s a Crime, Fifth Edition (Rosyln Muraskin, editor), Upper

Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, pp. 246-262.

Shelley, Tara O’Connor and Matthew S. Crow, 2009, The Nature and Extent of Conservation Policing:

Law Enforcement Generalists or Specialists?, American Journal of Criminal Justice, 34, pp. 9-27.

Zahran, Sammy, Tara O’Connor Shelley, Lori Peek, and Samuel D. Brody, 2009, Natural Disasters and

Social Order: Modeling Crime Outcomes in Florida, International Journal of Mass Emergencies and

Disasters, 27, pp. 26-52.

Ivkovic, Sanja Kutnjak and Tara O’Connor Shelley, 2008, The Police Code of Silence and Different Paths

Toward Democratic Policing, Policing and Society, 18, pp. 445-473.

Ivkovic, Sanja Kutnjak and Tara O’Connor Shelley, 2008, The Contours of Police Integrity in Eastern

Europe: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Czech Republic, International Criminal Justice

Review, 18, pp. 59-82.

Ivkovic, Sanja Kutnjak and Tara O’Connor Shelley, 2007, Police Integrity and the Czech Police Officers,

International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 31, pp. 21-49.

Ivkovic, Sanja Kutjnak and Tara O’Connor Shelley, 2005, The Bosnian Police and Police Integrity: A

Continuing Story, European Journal of Criminology, 2, pp. 428-464.

Crow, Matthew S., Tara O’Connor Shelley, Laura E. Bedard, and Marc Gertz, 2004, Czech Police

Officers: An Exploratory Study of Police Attitudes in an Emerging Democracy, Policing: An

International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 27, pp. 592-614.

Shelley, Tara O’Connor and Matthew S. Crow, 2001, Balancing Power: Police Labor and Management

Relations, Polizei and Wissenschaft, 4, pp. 25-34.

Referred Chapters in Books:

Shelley, Tara O’Connor and Tara Opsal, (in press), Environmental Victimization: A Case Study of

Citizen’s Experiences with Oil and Gas Development in Colorado, USA. In Greening Criminology in the

21st Century (Matthew Hall, Jenney Maher, Angus Nurse, Gary Potter Nigel South and Tanya Wyatt,

editors), Ashgate.

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Opsal, Tara and Tara O’Connor Shelley, (in press), Fractured Illness: Citizen Perceptions of the

Consequences of Energy Development on their Physical Health and Psychological Wellbeing. In

Introducción a la Criminología Verde: Conceptos para la Comprensión de los Conflictos

Socioambientales (David Rodríguez Goyes, Hanneke Mol, Nigel South, Avi Brisman), Bogotá,

Colombia: Fondo Editorial de la Universidad Antonio Nariño.

Kohm, Steven A., Courtney A. Waid-Lindberg, Rhonda R. Dobbs, Michael Weirnrath, and Tara

O’Connor Shelley (2016), Media, Fear of Crime, and Punitivity Among University Students in Canada

and the United States: A Cross National Comparison. In Psychology of Fear, Crime,

and the Media: International Perspectives (Derek Chadee, editor), Taylor and Francis.

Non-Refereed Journal Articles/Chapters in Books:

Shelley, Tara O’Connor, and Michael J. Hogan, 2012, Public Perceptions of Corporate Environmental

Crime: Assessing the Impact of Economic Insecurity on Willingness to Impose Punishment for Corporate

Environmental Crime, In: The Routledge International Handbook of Green Criminology (Nigel South and

Avi L. Brisman, editors), Routledge, pp. 282-299.

Shelley, Tara O’Connor, 2007, Hazardous Waste Disposal, In: Encyclopedia of White-Collar Crime (Jurg

Gerber and Eric L. Jensen, editors), Greenwood Publishing Group, pp. 120-125.

Shelley, Tara O’Connor and Sharon A. Melzer, 2007, Hooker Chemical Corporation, In: Encyclopedia of

White-Collar Crime (Jurg Gerber and Eric L. Jensen, editors), Greenwood Publishing Group, pp. 131-

133.

Weisel, Deborah L., and Tara Shelley, 2005, Assessing the Impact of Specialized Gang Units: Evidence

from Indianapolis and San Diego, In: Policing and Program Evaluation (Kent R. Kerley, editor), Pearson

Prentice Hall, pp. 59-81.

Bullington, Bruce, Lorenz Bollinger, and Tara Shelley, 2004, Trends in European Drug Policies: A New

Beginning or More of the Same?, Journal of Drug Issues, 34, pp. 481-490.

Walker, Sam and Tara O’Connor Shelley, 1999, Affirmative Action, Diversity and the Police, In: Police

and Policing: Contemporary Issues, second edition, (Dennis J. Kenney and Robert P. McNamara,

editors), Praeger, pp. 187-199.

Other Publications:

Chapter Subsection:

Shelley, Tara O’Connor, 2010, Czech Republic Policing, Use of Force and Reforms, In: Policing and

Society: A Global Approach (by Michael J. Palmiotto and N. Prabha Unnithan), Clifton Park, NY:

Delmar Cengage Learning, pp. 262-263.

Book Review:

Shelley, Tara O’Connor, 2007, Violent Environments (Nancy Lee Peluso and Michael Watts, editors),

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, pp. 1-453. Book review for the International Criminal Justice

Review, 17, p. 134.

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Newsletters/Magazines:

Stretesky, Paul B., Prabha Unnithan, Michael J. Hogan, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, 2014, The Forgotten

Victims: How the Criminal Justice System Produces Secondary Victimization Among Cold Case Co-

victims and What to Do About It, The Forum: The Quarterly Publication of the Association For Death

Education and Counseling, 40(2), pp. 7-9.

Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Jennifer Palmer, Marija Bingulac, and Melissa Schaeffer Morabito, 2012.

Women Police Officers: An Arresting Reality, Officer: The Colorado Law Enforcement Officers’

Association Magazine, Spring 2012 issue, pp. 8-11.

Evaluation and Technical Reports:

Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Michael Long, and D.J. Rogers, 2016, Abuse Deterrents and Pharmacy Robbery

and Burglary: The Case of OxyContin. Report for RxPATROL and Purdue Pharma L.P., pp. 1-68.

Shelley, Tara O’Connor. 2014, Pharmacy Robbery and Burglary: The Offender Perspective. Report for

RxPATROL and Purdue Pharma L.P., pp. 1-51.

Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Mike Hogan, D.J. Rogers, and Alex Naday Walker, 2014, The Nature and

Extent of Robbery and Burglary of Pharmacies for Controlled Prescription Drugs. Report for RxPATROL

and Purdue Pharma L.P., pp.1-130.

Opsal, Tara and Tara O’Connor Shelley, 2014, Problems Related to the Oil and Gas Industry During a

Flood Disaster: The Nature and Extent of Citizen Complaints and Satisfaction with Government

Responses. Report for the Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado.

Hogan, Michael J, D.J. Rogers, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, 2014, Baseline Data Report for the City of

Fort Lupton’s Community Court and Restorative Justice Services. Report for the City of Fort Lupton’s

Restorative Justice Services and the Division of Criminal Justice, Office of Adult and Juvenile Justice

Assistance, Colorado Department of Public Safety, 1-29.

Mayer, Adam, Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Mike Hogan, 2014, Public Opinion Study for the City of Fort

Lupton’s Community Court and Restorative Justice Services. Report for the City of Fort Lupton’s


Assistance, Colorado Department of Public Safety, pp. 1-51.

Mayer, Adam, Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Mike Hogan, 2014, Fort Lupton High School Student Views

of the City of Fort Lupton’s Community Court and Restorative Justice Services. Report for the City of

Fort Lupton’s Restorative Justice Services and the Division of Criminal Justice, Office of Adult and

Juvenile Justice Assistance, Colorado Department of Public Safety, pp. 1-19.

Mayer, Adam, Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Mike Hogan, 2014, Police Officer Views and the City of Fort

Lupton’s Community Court and Restorative Justice Services. Report for the City of Fort Lupton’s


Assistance, Colorado Department of Public Safety, pp. 1-20.

Hogan, Michael J., Tara O’Connor Shelley, and N. Prabha Unnithan, 2013, 2012 Colorado State Patrol

Public Opinion Study, Colorado State Patrol, pp. 1-70.

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Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Michael J. Hogan, D.J. Rogers, Tyler Wilson, and N. Prabha Unnithan, 2012,

Pre-evaluation and Baseline Data Report for the Town of Milliken’s Community Court. Division of

Criminal Justice, Office of Adult and Juvenile Justice Assistance, Colorado Department of Public Safety,

pp. 1-53.

Wilson, Tyler M., Tara O’Connor Shelley, N. Prabha Unnithan, and Michael J. Hogan, 2012, RESTORE:

A Restorative Justice Program for Merchants, Community, and Young Shoplifters: Participant Survey

Results: 2008-2011. Restorative Justice Services of Fort Collins, pp. 1-85.

Wilson, Tyler M., Tara O’Connor Shelley, N. Prabha Unnithan, and Michal J. Hogan, 2011, Restorative

Justice Conferencing Program (RJCP) Participant Survey Results: 2008-2011, Restorative Justice

Services of Fort Collins, pp. 1-55.

Hogan, Michael J., Tara O’Connor Shelley, N. Prabha Unnithan, Alexandra Naday Walker, and Tyler

Wilson, 2011, Evaluation of the Colorado State Patrol’s Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT)

Campaign, Colorado State Patrol, pp. 1-73.

Naday, Alexandra, N. Prabha Unnithan, Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Michael J. Hogan, 2010, Analysis of

the Cold Case Survey for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation 2009, Colorado Bureau of Investigation,

pp. 1-28.

Pogrebin, Mark R., Michael J. Hogan, N. Prabha Unnithan, Alexandra Naday, and Tara O’Connor

Shelley, 2010, Evaluation of the Pre-Release and Community Re-Entry Programs for the Division of

Adult Parole, Community Corrections, and YOS, Colorado Department of Corrections, pp. 1-18.

Shelley, Tara O’Connor, N. Prabha Unnithan, Michael J. Hogan, Paul Stretesky, and Alexandra Naday,

2009, 2009 Colorado State Patrol Public Opinion Study, Colorado State Patrol, pp. 1-70.

Stretesky, Paul B., N. Prabha Unnithan, Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Michael J. Hogan, 2009, Forgotten

Victims: What Cold Case Families Want, Families of Homicide Victims and Missing Persons

(FOHVAMP), pp. 1-35.

Shelley, Tara O’Connor, 2008, Case Study Report of the Southern Ute TüüÇai WellnessCourt, submitted

to Glacier Consulting for the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, pp. 1-22.

Shelley, Tara O’Connor, 2008, Case Study Report of Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Treatment Court,

submitted to Glacier Consulting for the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, pp. 1-

15.

Shelley, Tara O’Connor, 2007, Case Study Report of the Wind River Shoshone and Arapaho Tribal

Substance Abuse Court (TSAC), submitted to Glacier Consulting for the Bureau of Justice Assistance,

U.S. Department of Justice, pp. 1-24.

Shelley, Tara O., and Hilary Carter, 2006, Project Safe Neighborhoods: A Semi-Annual Report, Florida

Department of Law Enforcement, report prepared for the Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative, funded

by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice (Grant 2003-GP-CX-0115), pp. 1-28.

Shelley, Tara O., 2005, Project Safe Neighborhoods: A Semi-Annual Report, Florida Department of Law

Enforcement, report prepared for the Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative, funded by the Bureau of

Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice (Grant 2003-GP-CX-0115).

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Weisel, Deborah L. and Tara O’Connor Shelley, 2004, Specialized Gang Units: Form and Function in

Community Policing, Police Executive Research Forum, report prepared for the National Institute of

Justice, U.S. Department of Justice (Grant 1998-IJ-CX-0083).

Shelley, Tara O’Connor and Dennis J. Kenney, 1999, Evaluation of the Texas Regional Community

Policing Institute at Sam Houston State University, Police Executive Research Forum, report prepared for

the Texas Regional Community Policing Institute.

Co-authored eight technical reports with research staff at the Justice Research and Statistics Association

(JRSA) on the following topics: correctional-based programs, revitalizing communities, treatment and

rehabilitation, innovative courts programs, prosecutorial responses to drugs and violent crime, domestic

and family violence, preventing drug abuse, and combating violence. Reports were prepared for the

Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice.

CONTRACTS, GRANTS, AWARDS AT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY

Externally-Funded Projects as PI:

2015-2016 Abuse Deterrents and Pharmacy Robbery and Burglary: The Case of OxyContin.

Principal Investigator: Tara O’Connor Shelley. Abuse Deterrents and Pharmacy Robbery

and Burglary: The Case of OxyContin, RxPATROL and Purdue Pharma L.P., $88,518.

2012-2014 Process Evaluation of Fort Lupton’s Community Court and Restorative Justice Project.

Principal Investigator: Tara O’Connor Shelley, Co-Principal Investigator: Michael J.

Hogan, Town of Fort Lupton and the Division of Criminal Justice, Office of Adult and

Juvenile Justice Assistance, Colorado Department of Public Safety, $20,000.

2009-2013 Pharmaceutical Crime, Principal Investigator: Tara O’Connor Shelley, Co-Principal

Investigators: Michael J. Hogan, and N. Prabha Unnithan, RxPATROL and Purdue

Pharma L.P., $110,000.

2011-2012 Process Evaluation of Milliken’s Community Court and Sustainable Justice Project,

Principal Investigator: Tara O’Connor Shelley, Co-Principal Investigators: Michael J.

Hogan and N. Prabha Unnithan, Town of Milliken and the Division of Criminal Justice,

Office of Adult and Juvenile Justice Assistance, Colorado Department of Public Safety,

$19,700.

Externally-Funded Projects as CoPI:

2013-2014 Problems Related to the Oil and Gas Industry During a Flood Disaster: The Nature and

Extent of Citizen Complaints and Satisfaction with Government Responses, Co-Principal

Investigator: Tara Opsal, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado, $2,550.

2012 Colorado State Patrol 2012 Survey of Colorado Residents, Principal Investigator: N.

Prabha Unnithan, Co-Principal Investigators: Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Michael J.

Hogan, Colorado State Patrol, $24,949.

2011-2012 Greening Correctional Facilities: Impacts of Integrated Design for Long-Term Energy

Sustainability, Phase II, Co-Principal Investigators: Jeni Cross and Tara O’Connor

Shelley, Larimer County Facilities Department, $6,000.

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2011-2012 Survey of Colorado Law Enforcement on Experiences with Unresolved Homicides,

Principal Investigator: N. Prabha Unnithan, Co-Principal Investigators: Michael J.

Hogan, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Department of

Public Safety, $4,009.

2009-2011 Evaluation of Colorado State Patrol Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT)

Program, Principal Investigator: N. Prabha Unnithan, Co-Principal Investigators: Tara

O’Connor Shelley, and Michael J. Hogan, Colorado State Patrol and Federal Motor

Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), $80,753.

2009-2011 Evaluation of Pre-Release and Community Re-Entry Programs, Principal Investigator:

Mark R. Pogrebin, Co-Principal Investigators: N. Prabha Unnithan, Michael J. Hogan,

and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Division of Adult Parole, Colorado Department of

Corrections, $28,000.

2008-2009 Colorado State Patrol Survey of Colorado Residents, Principal Investigator: N. Prabha

Unnithan, Co-Principal Investigators: Tara O’Connor Shelley, Michael J. Hogan, and

Paul B. Stretesky, Colorado State University Division of Cooperative Extension and the

Colorado State Patrol, $19,000.

2008-2009 Evaluation of Larimer County Re-Entry Program for Offenders with Co-Occurring

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders, Principal Investigator: Michael J. Hogan,

Co-Principal Investigators: Tara O’Connor Shelley, Paul B. Stretesky, and N. Prabha

Unnithan, Larimer County, Colorado, $17,882.

2008-2009 Evaluation of Colorado State Patrol’s Communications Project, Principal Investigators:

N. Prabha Unnithan and Kipp Nye, Co-Principal Investigators: Michael J. Hogan, Tara

O’Connor Shelley, and Paul B. Stretesky, Colorado State University Division of

Cooperative Extension, Colorado State Patrol (approximately $9,600).

2008-2009 The Impact of Unsolved Homicides on Co-Victims, Principal Investigator: Paul B.

Stretesky, Co-Principal Investigators: N. Prabha Unnithan, Michael J. Hogan, and Tara

O’Connor Shelley, Families of Homicide Victims and Missing Persons, Inc. $3,500.

Other Externally-Funded Projects:

HHS Consulting

Funding Allocation Survey Tabulation. Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) with Eris

Enterprise Consulting. Principal Investigator: Matt Florian, Co-Principal Investigators: Dr. Jennifer J.

Harman, Dr. Tara O’Connor Shelley, Dr. Morgan Valley, and Pearl L. Outland (2016).

Police Executive Research Forum Grant & Contracts:

Gang-Control Efforts in a Community Policing Environment, a National Institute of Justice (NIJ), U.S.

Department of Justice grant. Co-Principal Investigator (with Deborah Lamm Weisel) of a $230,000 grant

to conduct an evaluation of police responses to gang problems.

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Evaluation of the Texas Regional Community Policing Institute, a Community Oriented Policing Services

(COPS), U.S. Department of Justice grant. Project Director of a $50,000 subcontract to conduct a process

evaluation of the Texas Regional Community Policing Institute at Sam Houston State University.

The Force Factor, a National Institute of Justice (NIJ), U.S. Department of Justice grant (PI & Project

Director: Geoffrey Alpert, Ph.D., University of South Carolina). National study of police use of force

policies and research in two police departments testing a force factor index. Project Associate of a

$110,000 subcontract to direct the national survey and manage field research at the Prince George’s

County Police Department.

Early Warning Systems, a National Institute of Justice (NIJ), U.S. Department of Justice grant (PI &

Project Director: Samuel Walker, Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Omaha). Project Associate of a

$15,000 subcontract to direct national survey of police departments regarding early warning systems and

citizen complaints.

Guns First National Training Program, a Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), U.S. Department of Justice

grant. Assistant Project Director of a $754,000 grant to develop and provide training and technical

assistance for law enforcement personnel to reduce illegal trafficking of firearms.

Law Enforcement Response to Abortion-Related Conflict and Violence, a Kaiser Family Foundation

grant. Project Associate of a $400,000 grant to examine the nature and extent of abortion-related conflict

and violence to result in policy recommendations for the police. Identified, selected and coordinated

participants for case studies and focus groups, conducted participant interviews, and co-authored the final

research report.

Training and Technical Assistance for Law Enforcement Responses to Abortion-Related Conflict and

Violence, a Kaiser Family Foundation grant. Project Associate of a $200,000 grant to apply the

abovementioned research findings and results in law enforcement agencies. Developed seminar

curriculum and training video and provided on-site consultation.

1998 International Problem-Oriented Policing Conference, an annual conference, co-sponsored with the

San Diego Police Department. Selected conference content, identified and coordinated speakers, and

assisted with marketing efforts for a 1,500 person conference.

Justice Research and Statistics Association Grants & Contracts:

State Evaluation and Development Program, a Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), U.S. Department of

Justice grant. The project provided technical assistance and built evaluation capabilities for grant

recipients under the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula

Grant Program. Managed workshops and conferences on various criminal justice topics. Interviewed and

provided technical assistance to workshop participants. Served as a liaison for information sharing with

federal agencies, state planning agencies, and local jurisdictions. Researched, compiled and edited

publications and special reports.

Technical Assistance and Support Program (TAS), a National Institute of Justice (NIJ), U.S. Department

of Justice grant. This project coordinated and monitored the peer review process of grant proposals and

technical reports for NIJ temporarily while the TAS program was under solicitation.

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Internally-Funded Awards at CSU:

2015 Environmental Justice CSU: Continuing and Expanding the Institutionalization of Equity

and Environmental Justice at CSU, School of Global and Environmental Sustainability

(SoGES) (with Stephanie Malin, Dimitris Stevis, and Melinda Laituri) $10,000.

2015 Professional Development Program Award, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State

University, $1,440.

2014 The Institutionalization of Equity and Environmental Justice at CSU: A Proposal for an

Interdisciplinary Working Group on EEJ, School of Global and Environmental

Sustainability (SoGES) (with Dimitris Stevis and Melinda Laituri) $7,500.

2014 Service Learning Capstone Course (SOC 403), Service Learning-Faculty Mini Grant, The

Institute for Teaching and Learning, Colorado State University, (teaching development),

$985.72.


University, $1,411.


University, $2,000.


University, $1,600.

2012 Service Learning Independent Study SOC 495 and Community Based Research Part II,

Service Learning-Faculty Mini Grant, The Institute for Teaching and Learning, Colorado

State University, (teaching development), $963.90.


University, $2,000.


Sustainability, Phase I, Principal Investigator: Jennifer Cross, Co-Principal Investigator:

Tara Shelley, Environmental Governance Working Group/Center for Multiscale

Modeling of Atmospheric Processes & Governor’s Energy Office, $5,000.


Sustainability, Phase II, Principal Investigator: Jennifer Cross, Co-Principal Investigator:

Tara Shelley, Environmental Governance Working Group/Center for Multiscale

Modeling of Atmospheric Processes & Governor’s Energy Office, $11,550.

2011 Service Learning Independent Study SOC 495 and Community Based Research, Service

Learning-Faculty Mini Grant, The Institute for Teaching and Learning, Colorado State

University, (teaching development), $994.


University, $842.

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2010 Service Learning Capstone SOC 403-02, Service Learning-Faculty Mini Grant, The

Institute for Teaching and Learning, Colorado State University, $750.

2009-2010 Understanding the Relationship between Risk and Public Support for Energy

Conservation and Climate Change Policies, Co-Principal Investigator: Deanna Kowal,

Environmental Governance Working Group Mini-Grant, School of Global Environmental

Sustainability, Colorado State University, $375.


University, $918.


University, $816.


University, $762.


University, $920.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Invited Presentations:

October 2016, Drug Store Cowboys: Pharmacy Robbery and Burglary for Controlled Substances. Invited

Speaker, the 7th Annual Prescription Drug Abuse Symposium, Indiana Prescription Drug Abuse

Prevention Task Force, Indianapolis, IN.

October 2016, Batten Down the Hatches: Offender Decision Research. Invited Keynote Speaker, Loss

Prevention and Research Council (LPRC)’s National Impact Conference, Gainesville, University of

Florida, FL.

May 2016, Pharmaceutical Drug Abuse - Batten Down the Hatches! Invited Speaker, National

Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), San Diego, CA.

March 2016, Pharmacy Robbery and Burglary: The Offender Perspective, the National Rx Drug Abuse

and Heroin Summit. Invited Speaker, Atlanta, GA.

October 2015, Citizen Perspectives on Oil and Gas Activity and State Regulation In Colorado (with Tara

Opsal), Panel Discussion on Fracking, Windsor Public Library and Clearview Library District, Windsor,

Colorado.

October 2014, A Sociological Perspective on Oil and Gas Activity (with Tara Opsal), Department of

Psychology Brownbag Series, Invited Speaker, Colorado State University.

September 2014, Examining Health: A Sociological Perspective (with Tara Opsal), One Health: An

Interdisciplinary Approach to Public Health Graduate Seminar (PHBL 692), Invited Speaker, Colorado

School of Public Health and Colorado State University.

August 2014, Alternative Sentencing Building: Impact of Design (with Jeni Cross), Alternative

Sentencing, Larimer County, Invited Speaker, City of Fort Collins, CO.

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May 2014, Is it that Easy? Doing Procedural Justice and Sanctioning Offenders, 2014 Colorado

Collaborative Justice Conference, Invited Speaker, Westminster, Colorado.

June 2013, Pharmacy Crime: The Offender Perspective, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S.

Department of Justice, Infragard Program, Invited Speaker, Long Island, New York.

June 2013, Encouraging Diversity: Women in Policing, 2013 Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police

(CACP), Invited Speaker and Moderator, Grand Junction, Colorado.

February 2013, Encouraging Diversity: Women in Policing, 2013 Colorado Association of Chiefs of

Police (CACP), Invited Speaker and Moderator, Denver, Colorado.

November 2012, Pharmacy Crime: The Offender Perspective, 2012 National Association of Drug

Diversion Investigators Annual Conference, Invited Speaker, Nashville, Tennessee.

September 2012, Sculpting Your Career with the Use of Career Stepping Stones, 2012 Rocky Mountain

Women in Law Enforcement Annual Conference, Invited Speaker and Moderator, Denver, Colorado.

February 2011, Procedural Justice, 2011 Colorado State University Extension County and Area Directors

Meeting on Effective Engagement in Extension, Invited Speaker, Grand Junction, Colorado.

September 2010, Procedural Justice: What Can it Mean for Leaders and Managers, 2010 Colorado State

University Extension Forum, Invited Speaker, Fort Collins, Colorado.

October 2009, Leadership through Communication, Panel Session at the International Association of

Chiefs of Police Annual Conference, Invited Presenter, Denver, Colorado.

February, August, and November 2009, the Colorado State Patrol’s Leadership Communication Training,

Invited Instructor, Golden, Colorado.

January 2009, the Colorado State Patrol’s Leadership Communication Training for Supervisors, Invited

Instructor, Golden, Colorado.

March and November 2008, the Colorado State Patrol’s Leadership Communication Training, Invited

Instructor, Golden, Colorado.

August and October 2008, the Colorado State Patrol’s Leadership Communication Training for

Supervisors, Invited Instructor, Golden, Colorado.

January 2008, Community Oriented Police Architectural and Environmental Design, Milliken Police

Department and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of Justice, Invited

Facilitator and Speaker, Milliken, Colorado.

October 2007, Colorado State Patrol’s Leadership Communication Training, Invited Instructor, Golden,

Colorado.

2006, Firearm-related Crime Trends and Project Safe Neighborhoods, Invited Speaker for the Florida

Governor’s Violent Crime and Drug Control Council (VCDCC), Miami, Florida.

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2005, Project Safe Neighborhoods in the Northern District of Florida, Invited Speaker for the U.S.

Attorney’s Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee Conference (LECC), Northern District of Florida,

Destin, Florida.

Conference Papers:

2016. Shelley, Tara O’Connor and Michael Hogan. Rural Courts and Justice. Paper presented at the 16th

Annual Meeting of the European Society of Criminology, Munster, Germany.

2015. Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Michael Hogan and Matthew Tullis. Hydraulic Fracturing: Understanding

Energy Risks and Support for Social Control. Paper presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American

Society of Criminology, San Francisco.

2015. Opsal, Tara and Tara O’Connor Shelley. Fracking Colorado: Understanding Citizen’s Experiences

with and Attitudes towards Environmental Victimization and State Regulation. Paper presented at the 67th

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco.

2015. Hogan, Michael, Tara Opsal, and Tara O’Connor Shelley. Environmental Violations in Colorado

Oil and Gas Extraction: Patterns, Enforcement, and State-Corporate Crime. Paper presented at the 67th

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco.

2015. Melissa Schaeffer Morabito and Tara O’Connor Shelley. The Female Police Experience:

Understanding the Continuing Challenges. Paper presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American


2015. Shelley, Tara O’Connor. Pharmaceutical Crime and Drug Store Cowboys: The Offender

Perspective. Paper presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Criminology, Porto,

Portugal.

2015, Shelley, Tara O’Connor. Environmental Justice, Procedural Equity and Energy Development in

Colorado. Paper presented at the Environmental Governance Working Group Front Range Conference on

Environmental Governance Research, Fort Collins, CO.

2015, Opsal, Tara and Tara O’Connor Shelley. State Responses to Citizen Complaints Regarding Oil and

Gas Activity. Paper presented at the Environmental Governance Working Group Front Range Conference

on Environmental Governance Research, Fort Collins, CO.

2014, Shelley, Tara O’Connor and Tara Opsal. Environmental Victimization: Citizen Experiences with

Oil and Gas Activity. Paper presented at Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Green

Criminology Conference, London Southbank University, London, United Kingdom.

2014, Opsal, Tara and Tara O’Connor Shelley. Energy Crime, Harm, and Problematic State Response in

Colorado: A Case of the Fox Guarding the Hen House? Paper presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the

American Society of Criminology, San Francisco.

2014, Hogan, Michael, Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Matthew Tullis. Environmental Risk and Punitive

Attitudes Toward Clean Air Act Violations. Paper presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American


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2014, Kohm, Steven, Courtney Waid-Linberg, Rhonda Dobbs, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Michael

Weinwrath. Punitive Attitudes in Cross-National Comparison: Regional and National Variation in

Punitivity Among Canadian and American College Students, Paper presented at the 66th Annual Meeting

of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco.

2013, Hogan, Michael and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Community Court Effectiveness in a Rural Setting.

Paper presented at 63rd Annual Meeting for the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), New

York.

2013, Hogan, Michael, Adam Mayer, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Public Perceptions of Restorative

Justice in a Rural Community. Paper presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society of

Criminology, Atlanta.

2013, Dobbs, Rhonda, Courtney Waid-Lindberg, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Public Opinions about

Methods of Social Control. Paper presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society of

Criminology, Atlanta.

2013, Shelley, Tara O’Connor, It’s Mostly in Your Head’: Environmental Risk Exposure, Risk

Perception, Political Ideology and Support for Climate Policy. Paper presented at the 19th Annual

International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment (IICE), Portland.

2013, Dobbs, Rhonda, Courtney Waid-Lindberg, Steven Kohm, Michael Weinrath, and Tara Shelley,

Media Influence on Fear of Rape: A Cross-national Comparison. Paper presented at the 50th Annual

Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Dallas.

2012, Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Paul Stretesky, and Mathew Crow, Camouflage Collar Crime: An

Examination of Wildlife Crime and Characteristics of Poachers in Florida. Environmental Crime and its

Victims Conference, Delft, The Netherlands.

2012, Shelley, Tara O’Connor and D.J. Rogers, Pharmaceutical Robbery: The Offender Perspective,

Paper presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago.

2012, Dobbs, Rhonda, Courtney Waid-Linberg, Tara O’Connor Shelley, Steven Kohm, and Michael

Weinrath, Fear of Hate Crime Victimization: A Cross-National Perspective, Paper presented at the 64th

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago.

2012, Morabito, Melissa and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Gender and Gendered Institutions: A Biographical

Exploration of Women’s Experiences Working in Law Enforcement, Paper presented at the 64th Annual

Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago.

2012, Patten, Ryan, Matthew Crow, Tara O’Connor Shelley, The Nature and Extent of Conservation

Policing: A Preliminary Examination of Organization, Mission, and Personnel, Paper presented at the

64th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago.

2011, Hogan, Michael J., Tara O’Connor Shelley, Alex Naday Walker, and Tyler Wilson, Determinants

of Arrest for Narcotics-Targeting Robbery, Paper presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American

Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C.

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2011, Morabito, Melissa Schaefer and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Understanding the Relationship between

Unions and the Lagging Progress of Women in Policing, Paper presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of

the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C.

2011, Rogers, David J., Tara O’Connor Shelley, and N. Prabha Unnithan, Commuters or Marauders?

Using NIBRS Data to Understand Pharmaceutical Crime, Paper presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of

the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C.

2011, Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Alex Naday Walker, and N. Prabha Unnithan, Features of Pharmaceutical

Burglary: An Analysis of RxPatrol, Paper presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society

of Criminology, Washington, D.C.

2011, Shelley, Tara O’Connor and Alexandra Naday Walker, Understanding the Nature and Extent of

Pharmaceutical Robbery and Burglary, Paper presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Western

Society of Criminology, Vancouver, Canada.

2011, Stretesky, Paul and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Do Conservation Organizations Influence the Social

Production of Natural Resource Violations?, Paper presented at the 2011 Colorado Conference on Earth

System Governance: Crossing Boundaries and Building Bridges, Fort Collins, CO.

2011, Weinwrath, Michael, Courtney Waid-Linberg, Rhonda Dobbs, Steven Kohm, and Tara O’Connor

Shelley, Punitive Attitudes among College Students: A Cross National Comparison, Paper presented at

the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C.

2010, Hogan, Michael J., Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Alexandra Walker, Economic Insecurity and

Punitive Attitudes Toward Corporate and White Collar Crime, Paper presented at the 62nd Annual

Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA.

2010, Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Rhonda R. Dobbs, and Courtney A. Waid, Fear and Hate Crime

Victimization, Paper presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San

Francisco, CA.

2010, Unnithan, N. Prabha, Tara O’Connor Shelley, Clair Vaughn-Uding, and Michael J. Hogan, The

Influence of Procedural Justice on Citizen Satisfaction with State Police, Paper presented at the 62nd

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA.

2010, Waid, Courtney A., Rhonda R. Dobbs, Steven Kohm, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, The Impact of

Media on Fear Among College Students? A Cross National Comparison, Paper presented at the 62nd

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA.

2010, Shelley, Tara O’Connor and Matthew S. Crow, The Occupational Identity and Activities of

Conservation Officers, Paper presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice

Sciences, San Diego, CA.

2010, Stretesky, Paul, N. Prabha Unnithan, Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Michael J. Hogan, Forgotten

Victims: What Cold Case Families Want From Law Enforcement, Paper presented at the 47th Annual

Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Diego, CA.

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2010, Unnithan, N. Prabha, Alexandra Naday, Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Michael J. Hogan, Unresolved

Homicides: A Survey of Local Law Enforcement Agencies, Paper presented at the 47th Annual Meeting

of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Diego, CA.

2010, Waid, Courtney A., Rhonda R. Dobbs, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, The Effect of News Media on

the Fear of Rape Among Female Undergraduates, Paper presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Diego, CA.

2009, Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Courtney A. Waid, and Rhonda R. Dobbs, Media Exposure, Perceptions

of the Quality and Credibility of Media Crime Coverage, and Students’ Punitive Attitudes, Paper

presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA.

2009, Stretesky, Paul, Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Matt S. Crow, The Structural Covariates of Hunting

and Fishing Violations in Florida, 2006-2007, Paper presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the

American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA.

2009, Dobbs, Rhonda R., Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Courtney A. Waid, Explaining Fear of Crime as

Fear of Rape Among College Females: An Examination of the Context of Media Across Multiple

Campuses in the United States, Paper presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Western Social Science

Association, Albuquerque, NM.

2009, Crow, Matthew S., and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Camouflage Collar Crime: An Analysis of Fish

and Wildlife Arrest Data, Paper presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice

Sciences, Boston, MA.

2009, Ivkovic, Sanja Kutnjak and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Use of Excessive Force in a Comparative

Perspective, Paper presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences,

Boston, MA.

2009, Waid, Courtney A., Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Rhonda R. Dobbs, Media Exposure, Perceptions

of the Quality and Credibility of Media Crime Coverage, and Students’ Punitive Attitudes: Framing the

Issue, Paper presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Circle of Manitoba and North Dakota,

Grand Forks, ND.

2008, Unnithan, N. Prabha and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Communication and the Cop: Development and

Implementation of a Procedural Justice-Based Training Program for State Troopers, Paper presented at

the 60th Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, MO.

2008, Waid, Courtney A., Rhonda R. Dobbs, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, The Impact of Media on Fear

of Crime: A Comparative Analysis, Paper presented at the 60th Annual meeting of the American Society

of Criminology, St. Louis, MO.

2008, Shelley, Tara O’Connor and Matthew S. Crow, Policing in an Environmental Context: Florida’s

Fish and Wildlife Division of Law Enforcement, Paper presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Cincinnati, OH.

2008, Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Courtney A. Waid, and Rhonda R. Dobbs, Does Internet Usage Influence

Punitive Attitudes? An Exploratory Study, Paper presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Academy

of Criminal Justice Sciences, Cincinnati, OH.

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2008, Ivkovic, Sanja Kutnjak and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Comparing Police Supervisor and Line Officer

Views About Police Corruption, Paper presented at the Policing in Central and Eastern Europe

Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

2007, Dobbs, Rhonda R., Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Courtney A. Waid, Does Using the World Wide

Web Increase Fear Among College Students? A Preliminary Test, Paper presented at the 59th Annual

meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA.

2007, Hughes, Richard, Matt S. Crow, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Florida's Fish and Wildlife Police: An

Exploratory Study of Traditional and Specialized Policing, Paper presented at the Southern Criminal

Justice Association Annual Conference, Savannah, GA.

2007, Ivkovic, Sanja Kutnjak and Tara O’Connor Shelley, The Police Code of Silence in a Comparative

Perspective, Paper presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences,

Seattle, WA.

2006, Ivkovic, Sanja Kutnjak and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Comparing the Contours of Police Integrity in

Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Czech Republic, Paper presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the

American Society of Criminology, Los Angeles, CA.

2006, Ivkovic, Sanja Kutnjak and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Police Integrity and the Czech Police, with

Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovic, Paper presented at the 6th Annual Conference of the European Society of

Criminology, Tubingen, Germany.

2005, Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Ted Chiricos, and Marc Gertz , Dimensions of Environmental Threat and

Variations of Social Control, Paper presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the American Society of

Criminology, Toronto, Canada.

2005, Ivkovic, Sanja Kutnjak, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, The Bosnian Police and Police Integrity: A

Continuing Story, Paper presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice

Sciences, Chicago, IL.

2004, Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Ted Chiricos, and Marc Gertz, Environmental Threat and Social Control,

Paper presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Nashville, TN.

2003, Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Ted Chiricos, and Marc Gertz, Assessing Punishment for Environmental

Crime, Paper presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Denver,

CO.

2002, Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Ted Chiricos, and Marc Gertz, Environmental Threat, Punitive Attitudes

and Social Control, Paper presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology,

Chicago, IL.

2001, Bunger, Amy, Marc Gertz, Abbe Justus, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Issue Voting and the

American Electorate: The Special Case of Fear of Crime, Paper presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of

the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA.

2000, Shelley, Tara O’Connor and Matt S. Crow, Balancing Power: Police Labor and Management

Relations, Paper presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, New

Orleans, LA.

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FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS, & AWARDS

2015, Recipient of College of Liberal Arts Excellence in Teaching, Associate Professor Category,


2013, Nominated for Colorado State University Best Honors Advisor

2012, Nominated for Colorado State University Alumni Association Best Teacher Award

2010, Recipient of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) and SAGE Junior Faculty

Professional Development Teaching Award

2009, Nominated for the Colorado State University Alumni Association Best Teacher Award

2008, Nominated for Colorado State University Alumni Association Best Teacher Award

2004-2005, The Chancellor’s List for Graduate Students, Florida State University

2003, Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society, Florida State University

2002-2005, Recipient of the Richard L. Rachin Fellowship for the Journal of Drug Issues, College of

Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University ($13,500 annual)

2002, Nominated for Florida State University Teaching Award

2002, Phi Sigma Theta, National Honor Society, Florida State University

2001-2002, Recipient of the Joseph Harris Memorial Teaching Scholarship, College of Criminology and

Criminal Justice, Florida State University

1999-2002, Recipient of a Graduate Assistantship with the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice,

Florida State University ($8,500 annual)

1995, Pi Gammu Mu International Honor Society for Social Sciences, University of Redlands

1994, Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society, University of Redlands

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & ACTIVITIES

Memberships in Professional Societies:

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, 1999-present

American Society of Criminology, 1999-present

American Sociological Association, 2014

International Green Criminology Working Group, 2011-present

Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), 2008-2010

Western Society of Criminology (WSC), 2010-2012

White Collar Crime Research Consortium, 2005-present

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Service for Professional Societies:

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Nominations and Elections Committee, 2012-2013.

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Student Affairs Committee, 2011-2012.

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, National Committee Member for the 2008 Bruce Smith Sr.,

Award.

Editorial Boards:

Social Problems (2008-2010)

Manuscript Refereeing:

American Journal of Criminal Justice

Critical Criminology

Deviant Behavior

Great Lakes Fisheries Policy and Management: A Binational Perspective (2cd edition)

International Criminal Justice Review

International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice

Journal of Criminal Justice

Justice Quarterly

Police Quarterly

Social Forces

Social Science Journal

The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

The Sociological Quarterly

Trends in Organized Crime

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

TSU Committees:

Chair, Research Committee, Fall 2016

Member, Theory Comprehensive Exams, Fall 2016

Member, Consent Decree Conference Committee, Fall 2016

CSU Committees:

Member, Research Administrator Search, 2016

Co-Chair, Green Criminology Search, 2014-2015

Member, CLA Professional Development Program Committee, Fall 2013, Spring 2014

Faculty Advisor, Criminal Justice Organization, 2007-2013

Library Liaison (Sociology), 2009-present

Member, Executive Committee, Fall 2012-present

Member, Graduate Committee, Spring 2011, Spring & Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Spring 2008, Fall 2007

Member, Search Committee (Sociology), Fall 2011, Spring 2012

Member, Undergraduate Committee, Spring 2007, Fall 2006

Member, Undergraduate Scholarship Committee, Spring 2010, Spring 2009

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CSU Undergraduate Students:

*CSU hired professional advisors in 2014.

43 Current Undergraduate Advisees – 2012-2013

40 Current Undergraduate Advisees – 2011-2012

42 Previous Undergraduate Advisees – 2010-2011





Graduate Students

Current:

Jacob Adler, Political Science MA Student – Thesis Committee Member

Ab Lomri, Sociology MA Student – Thesis Committee Member

Chris Maloney, Sociology Ph.D. Student – Dissertation, Committee Member

Adam Mayer, Sociology Ph.D. Student – Dissertation, Chair

Reanna Putnam MA Student – Thesis, Co-Chair

Ellen Ratajack, Psychology Ph.D. Student – Dissertation Committee Member

Alexandra Naday Walker, Sociology Ph.D. Student – Dissertation, Chair

Past:

Brady Allen, 2016, Political Science MA Student – Thesis Committee Member

Amber Kizewski, 2015, Sociology MA Student – Thesis Committee Member

Jonathon Fisk, 2015, Political Science Ph.D. Student – Dissertation Committee Member

Hannah Love, 2015, Sociology MA Student – Thesis Committee Member

Alyssa Stephens, 2015, Sociology MA Student – Thesis Committee Member

Matthew Tullis, 2014, Sociology MA Student – Thesis, Chair

Lauren Alessi, 2014, Sociology MA Student – Plan B Project, Co-Chair

Galen Ciscell, 2013, Sociology Ph.D. Student – Dissertation, Committee Member

Tyler Wilson, 2013, Sociology MA Student – Thesis, Co-Chair

Andrew Prelog, 2012, Sociology Ph.D. Student – Dissertation, Co-Chair

Zac Watne, 2010, Sociology MA Student – Thesis Committee Member

Joe Giordana, 2009, Journalism and Technical Communication MA Student – Thesis Committee Member

PRIVATE CONSULTING

2016-Present, Funding Allocation Survey Tabulation Project, Colorado Department of Human Services

(CDHS) (with Eris Enterprise Consulting).

2013-Present, Program Evaluation of BSMART Sanctions and Incentives Program, Office of Community

Corrections, Division of Criminal Justice, Colorado Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Justice

Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice.

2013-2014, Evaluation of Fort Lupton Restorative Justice Initiative, City of Fort Lupton and Division of

Criminal Justice, Colorado Department of Public Safety.

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2013, Advice on Program Evaluation and Questionnaire Development for Statewide Restorative Justice

Program, Colorado Restorative Justice Statewide Coordinating Council (unpaid).

2007-2008, Consultant for Glacier Consulting’s Tribal Drug Court Project for the Bureau of Justice

Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice.

OTHER ACTIVITIES/ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Summer 2015, Faculty Director, CCJ Study Abroad in Prague Program, Department of Sociology.


April, 2010, Poster Participant for the Environmental Governance Working Group (EGWG) Spring

Workshop, School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University.


February 2006, Basic Analyst Course, Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE).

September 2005, Crime Mapping with ArcGIS, National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology

Center (NLECTC).

August 2005, Florida Crime Information Center (FCIC)/National Crime Information Center (NCIC)

Certification Training, Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE).

July 2005, Introduction to CrimeStat 3.0, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research,

University of Michigan.

April 2005, Gun Recovery and Enforcement Training, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s

Office, Northern District of Florida.

2001-2002, Assistant Director of the FSU International Study Abroad Program in Prague, Czech

Republic.

Fall 1999, Introductory Teaching Certificate, Program for Instructional Excellence (PIE), Florida State

University.

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