Jacinta M. Gau
Jacinta M. Gau, Ph.D. |
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Dr. Gau received her Ph.D. from Washington State University and joined the CSUSB Department of Criminal Justice faculty in 2008. Her primary field of research is policing, with particular emphases on police-community relationships, procedural justice, order maintenance, and racial issues. She also studies quantitative methods. She teaches undergraduate statistics, criminal procedure, and courts.
Professional Specialties:
- Policing
- Quantitative Methods
- Criminal Procedure
- Courts
Selected Publications:
Gau, Jacinta M. and Brunson, Rod K. (forthcoming). Procedural justice and order maintenance policing: A study of inner-city young men’s perceptions of police legitimacy. Justice Quarterly.
Gau, Jacinta M. (forthcoming). A longitudinal analysis of citizens’ trust in police. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management.
Gau, Jacinta M., Mosher, Clayton, and Pratt, Travis C. (forthcoming). An inquiry into suspect race and police use of Tasers. Police Quarterly.
Pratt, Travis C., Cullen, Francis T., Sellers, Christine S., Winfree, L. Thomas, Jr., Madensen, T.D., Daigle, L.E., Fearn, Noelle E., and Gau, Jacinta M. (forthcoming). The empirical status of social learning theory: A meta-analysis. Justice Quarterly.
Pratt, Travis C. and Gau, Jacinta M. (2009). Social disorganization theory. In J. Heith Copes and Volkan Topalli (Eds.), Criminology Theory: The Reader (pp. 104 - 112). McGraw-Hill.
Gau, Jacinta M. (2009). A neighborhood-level analysis of concealed handgun permits. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 31(4), 675-693.
Gau, Jacinta M. and Pratt, Travis C. (2008). “Broken windows or window dressing? Citizens’ (in)ability to tell the difference between disorder and crime.” Criminology & Public Policy, 7(2), 163-194.
Wiecko, Filip M. and Gau, Jacinta M. (2008). “Every life is sacred... kind of: Uncovering the sources of seemingly contradictory attitudes toward abortion and the death penalty.” Social Science Journal, 45, 546-564.
Gau, Jacinta M. (2007). “Eighth periodic survey of public attitudes toward the Washington State Patrol: Focus on racial profiling and aggressive driving and longitudinal assessment, 1992 – 2007.” Prepared for the Washington State Patrol and the Division of Governmental Studies and Services, Washington State University.
Affiliations, Associations, Consultations:
- American Society of Criminology (ASC)
- Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)
- Western Society of Criminology
