Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year Title Altmetric
2022 Revisiting Methaqualone: Changes Made and Future Lessons IgnoredAmerican Journal of Criminal Justice.  47:749-769. 2022
2022 Promises, Deceit and White-Collar Criminality Within the Theranos Scandal 2022
2022 A Systematic Review of Section 1983 Lawsuits Filed by Texas InmatesCorrections.  7:210-229. 2022
2021 White-Collar Criminality Within the Video Game Industry 2021
2021 Treatment Compliance among Incarcerated and Fined Amphetamine-Type-Stimulant (ATS) Users in a Community Supervision Programme in Malaysia: A Preliminary Study 2021
2020 Disentangling the links between risk factors and adolescent substance use 2020
2020 A Mild Panic? Media Accounts of Kratom 2020
2020 Public Perceptions toward Kratom (Mitragyna Speciosa) Use in Malaysia.Journal of Psychoactive Drugs.  52:282-288. 2020
2019 Examining the Nexus between Prescription Opioid and Heroin Abuse 2019
2019 Investigation of black box drugs purchased from an online pharmacy 2019
2018 Today was not a good day: offender accounts of the incidents that led to their admission to drug courtCriminal Justice Studies.  31:388-401. 2018
2018 The Scheduling of Kratom and Selective Use of DataJournal of Psychoactive Drugs.  50:114-120. 2018
2017 Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act: SaVing Lives or SaVing Face?American Journal of Criminal Justice.  42:401-425. 2017
2016 Confounding the process: forgotten actors and factors in the state-corporate crime paradigm 2016
2016 Do You Get What You Paid For? An Examination of Products Advertised as KratomJournal of Psychoactive Drugs.  48:330-335. 2016
2016 The Current State of Criminological Research in the United States: An Examination of Research Methodologies in Criminology and Criminal Justice JournalsJournal of Criminal Justice Education.  27:340-361. 2016
2016 Using drug courts for drug postmarketing surveillanceDrugs and Alcohol Today.  16:165-175. 2016
2016 University Policies and Programs for Crime Prevention and Awareness: An Examination of Online Reports and ResourcesCriminal Justice Review.  41:140-158. 2016
2016 Opiate treatment in the criminal justice system: a review of crimesolutions.gov evidence rated programsAmerican Journal of Criminal Justice.  41:70-82. 2016
2015 Middle-Class Motives for Non-Medical Prescription Stimulant Use among College Students 2015
2014 The Treatment of the Mentally Ill in Supermax Facilities: An Evaluation of State Supermax PoliciesCriminal Justice and Behavior.  41:1338-1353. 2014
2014 The Role of the United States Supreme Court in Shaping Federal Drug PolicyAmerican Journal of Criminal Justice.  39:660-679. 2014
2014 Contemporary prison overcrowding: short-term fixes to a perpetual problem 2014
2014 Examining the Effects of Social Bonds and Shame on Drug Recovery within an On-Line Support Community 2014
2013 What Makes You the “Worst of the Worst?” An Examination of State Policies Defining Supermaximum ConfinementCriminal Justice Policy Review.  24:676-694. 2013
2013 Sifting through the Hyperbole: One Hundred Years of Marijuana Coverage in The New York Times 2013
2013 Meeting in the Middle: A Review of Joint JD/PhD ProgramsAmerican Journal of Criminal Justice.  38:289-305. 2013
2013 Pharmaceutical Regulation Failures and ChangesJournal of Drug Issues.  43:164-175. 2013
2012 On the Operational Validity of Perceptual Peer Delinquency: Exploring Projection and Elements Contained in PerceptionsJournal of Research in Crime and Delinquency.  49:601-621. 2012
2012 Regulating a novel drug: An evaluation of changes in use of Salvia divinorum in the first year of Florida's banInternational Journal of Drug Policy.  23:512-521. 2012
2012 Is the Government Keeping the Peace or Acting Like Our Parents? Rationales for the Legal Prohibitions of GHB and MDMAJournal of Drug Issues.  42:247-262. 2012
2011 OxyContin and a Regulation Deficiency of the Pharmaceutical Industry: Rethinking State-Corporate CrimeCritical Criminology.  19:213-226. 2011
2011 Magic Mint, The Internet, and Peer Associations: A Test Of Social Learning Theory Using Patterns of Salvia Divinorum UseJournal of Drug Issues.  41:305-325. 2011
2009 Trippin' on Sally D: Exploring predictors of Salvia divinorum experimentationJournal of Criminal Justice.  37:396-403. 2009
2008 Legally High? Legal Considerations of Salvia divinorumJournal of Psychoactive Drugs.  40:183-191. 2008
2008 Salvia divinorum use among a college student sample.Journal of Drug Education.  38:297-306. 2008

Book

Year Title Altmetric
2019 Correctional Fundamentals A Personal Narrative Approach 2019
2017 Routledge Handbook of Corrections in the United States 2017
2017 Correctional Management and the Law A Penological Approach 2017
2015 The Money and Politics of Criminal Justice Policy 2015

Chapter

Year Title Altmetric
2021 Content Analysis.  375-380. 2021

Teaching Activities

  • CJ230 - Judicial Process in America (Fall Term 2020)
  • CJ230 - Judicial Process in America (Fall Term 2020)
  • CJ230 - Judicial Process in America (Fall Term 2021)
  • CJ230 - Judicial Process in America (Fall Term 2021)
  • CJ230 - Judicial Process in America (Fall Term 2022)
  • CJ230 - Judicial Process in America (Fall Term 2022)
  • CJ230 - Judicial Process in America (Summer Term 2019)
  • CJ230 - Judicial Process in America (Summer Term 2020)
  • CJ230 - Judicial Process in America (Summer Term 2021)
  • CJ230 - Judicial Process in America (Summer Term 2022)
  • CJ240 - Corrections America: Overview (Spring Term 2021)
  • CJ240 - Corrections America: Overview (Summer Term 2019)
  • CJ240 - Corrections America: Overview (Summer Term 2020)
  • CJ240 - Corrections America: Overview (Summer Term 2021)
  • CJ330 - Criminal Law (Spring Term 2023)
  • CJ331 - Criminal Procedure (Summer Term 2022)
  • CJ600 - Pro-Sem in Criminal Justice (Fall Term 2018)
  • CJ600 - Pro-Sem in Criminal Justice (Fall Term 2019)
  • CJ600 - Pro-Sem in Criminal Justice (Spring Term 2019)
  • CJ600 - Pro-Sem in Criminal Justice (Spring Term 2020)
  • CJ604 - Seminar in Crim Just Policy (Spring Term 2019)
  • CJ604 - Seminar in Crim Just Policy (Spring Term 2020)
  • CJ604 - Seminar in Crim Just Policy (Spring Term 2021)
  • CJ604 - Seminar in Crim Just Policy (Spring Term 2023)
  • CJ695 - Grad Indpnt Study (Non-Thesis) (Fall Term 2018)
  • CJ695 - Grad Indpnt Study (Non-Thesis) (Fall Term 2019)
  • CJ697 - Grad Plan II Research Project (Fall Term 2018)
  • CJ697 - Grad Plan II Research Project (Fall Term 2019)
  • CJ697 - Grad Plan II Research Project (Spring Term 2020)
  • CJ698 - Directed Research (Non-Thesis) (Fall Term 2019)
  • CJ698 - Directed Research (Non-Thesis) (Spring Term 2019)
  • CJ698 - Directed Research (Non-Thesis) (Spring Term 2020)
  • CJ699 - Thesis Research (Fall Term 2018)
  • CJ699 - Thesis Research (Spring Term 2019)
  • CJ699 - Thesis Research (Spring Term 2019)
  • CJ699 - Thesis Research (Spring Term 2020)
  • CJ699 - Thesis Research (Summer Term 2019)
  • CJ699 - Thesis Research (Summer Term 2019)
  • JS101 - Crime and Criminality (Summer Term 2016)
  • JS101 - Crime and Criminality (Summer Term 2017)
  • JS101 - Crime and Criminality (Summer Term 2018)
  • JS230 - Judicial Process in America (Summer Term 2014)
  • JS230 - Judicial Process in America (Summer Term 2015)
  • JS230 - Judicial Process in America (Summer Term 2016)
  • JS230 - Judicial Process in America (Summer Term 2017)
  • JS230 - Judicial Process in America (Summer Term 2018)
  • JS240 - Corrections America: Overview (Fall Term 2014)
  • JS240 - Corrections America: Overview (Fall Term 2015)
  • JS240 - Corrections America: Overview (Fall Term 2016)
  • JS240 - Corrections America: Overview (Fall Term 2017)
  • JS240 - Corrections America: Overview (Spring Term 2014)
  • JS240 - Corrections America: Overview (Spring Term 2015)
  • JS240 - Corrections America: Overview (Spring Term 2016)
  • JS240 - Corrections America: Overview (Spring Term 2017)
  • JS240 - Corrections America: Overview (Summer Term 2014)
  • JS240 - Corrections America: Overview (Summer Term 2015)
  • JS240 - Corrections America: Overview (Summer Term 2016)
  • JS240 - Corrections America: Overview (Summer Term 2017)
  • JS240 - Corrections America: Overview (Summer Term 2018)
  • JS400 - Drugs and Society (Spring Term 2015)
  • JS400 - Drugs and Society (Spring Term 2018)
  • JS445 - Juvenile Corrections (Fall Term 2013)
  • JS500 - Drugs and Society (Spring Term 2015)
  • JS500 - Drugs and Society (Spring Term 2018)
  • JS600 - Pro-Sem in Criminal Justice (Fall Term 2015)
  • JS600 - Pro-Sem in Criminal Justice (Fall Term 2016)
  • JS600 - Pro-Sem in Criminal Justice (Fall Term 2017)
  • JS601 - Seminar Criminological Theory (Fall Term 2014)
  • JS604 - Seminar in Crim Just Policy (Spring Term 2016)
  • JS604 - Seminar in Crim Just Policy (Spring Term 2017)
  • JS685 - Spec Topics in Crim Justice (Spring Term 2014)
  • JS695 - Grad Indpnt Study (Non-Thesis) (Summer Term 2018)
  • JS697 - Grad Plan II Research Project (Spring Term 2018)
  • JS698 - Directed Research (Non-Thesis) (Spring Term 2018)
  • JS699 - Thesis Research (Spring Term 2018)
  • JS699 - Thesis Research (Summer Term 2018)
  • Education And Training

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Criminology, University of Florida 2011
  • Full Name

  • Odis Griffin