Heith Copes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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Information:
Dr. Copes is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and also has a faculty appointment in the Department of Sociology.
Dr. Copes' research interests include criminal decision making as it relates to various types of illegal behavior including drug distribution, automobile theft, and identity theft which has been funded by the National Institute of Justice. He continues work in the area of neutralization theory, for which he has gained an international reputation, and in qualitative methods.
Dr. Copes' research has been published in such journals as Social Problems, the British Journal of Criminology, Deviant Behavior, and Justice Quarterly.
Education:
Ph.D. (2001), Sociology, University of Tennessee.
M.A. (1998), Sociology, University of Tennessee.
B.S. (1993), Sociology and Psychology, University of Southwestrn Louisiana.
Research Interests:
Criminal decision-making
Identity and crime
Neutralization theory
Social construction of crime
Qualitative research methods
Teaching Interests:
Research methods
Criminologial theory
Social psychology
Recent Courses Taught:
Seminar in Research Methods(JS605)
Pro-Seminar in Criminal Justice (JS600)
Patterns in Crime(JS483/583)
Criminology (JS360)
Research Methods (JS300)
Recent Publications:
Copes, Heith and Volkan Topalli (Eds.) (2010). Criminological Theory: Readings and Retrospectives. Boston: McGraw Hill.
Copes, Heith, Tomislav Kovandzic, J. Mitchell Miller, and Luke Williamson (2009). "The Lost Cause?: Examining the Southern Subculture of Violence Through Defensive Gun Use." Crime and Delinquency
Copes, Heith and Lynne M. Vieraitis (2009). "Bounded Rationality of identity Thieves: Using Offender-Based Research to Inform Policy." Criminology and Public Policy 8(2):237-262.
Dr. Copes' research interests include criminal decision making as it relates to various types of illegal behavior including drug distribution, automobile theft, and identity theft which has been funded by the National Institute of Justice. He continues work in the area of neutralization theory, for which he has gained an international reputation, and in qualitative methods.
Dr. Copes' research has been published in such journals as Social Problems, the British Journal of Criminology, Deviant Behavior, and Justice Quarterly.
Education:
Ph.D. (2001), Sociology, University of Tennessee.
M.A. (1998), Sociology, University of Tennessee.
B.S. (1993), Sociology and Psychology, University of Southwestrn Louisiana.
Research Interests:
Criminal decision-making
Identity and crime
Neutralization theory
Social construction of crime
Qualitative research methods
Teaching Interests:
Research methods
Criminologial theory
Social psychology
Recent Courses Taught:
Seminar in Research Methods(JS605)
Pro-Seminar in Criminal Justice (JS600)
Patterns in Crime(JS483/583)
Criminology (JS360)
Research Methods (JS300)
Recent Publications:
Copes, Heith and Volkan Topalli (Eds.) (2010). Criminological Theory: Readings and Retrospectives. Boston: McGraw Hill.
Copes, Heith, Tomislav Kovandzic, J. Mitchell Miller, and Luke Williamson (2009). "The Lost Cause?: Examining the Southern Subculture of Violence Through Defensive Gun Use." Crime and Delinquency
Copes, Heith and Lynne M. Vieraitis (2009). "Bounded Rationality of identity Thieves: Using Offender-Based Research to Inform Policy." Criminology and Public Policy 8(2):237-262.