Please see the description below for what looks to be a really interesting talk coming up in CRCJ. The talk will be on Tuesday, April 22 at 12:30 in the Red River Room.


"They're Better than Banks!"
Routine Activities Theory and Pharmaceutical Crime:
The Offender Perspective

According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, prescription drug abuse is the nation's fastest-growing drug problem and is significant enough for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to classify the abuse of prescription painkillers as an epidemic. With the rise in the abuse of prescription drugs, their illicit value creates a powerful incentive for pharmaceutical diversion. This presentation utilizes interview data collected from a sample of convicted offenders to examine the nature and extent of pharmaceutical robbery and burglary for controlled prescription drugs through the lens of Routine Activities Theory.

Speaker Bio:

Tara O'Connor Shelley is an Associate Professor with the Center for the Study of Crime and Justice (CSCJ), Department of Sociology at Colorado State University. She received her Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University and her MS in Justice, Law and Society from the American University. Prior to joining academia, Professor Shelley worked for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), and the Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA). Her unique and innovative work on pharmacy crime has resulted in recent presentations to the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's InfraGard Program. She has recently published in Deviant Behavior; Social Psychological Quarterly; The Journal of Criminal Justice; Policing and Society; and Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management. She is also the co-editor of Problem Oriented Policing: Crime-Specific Problems, Critical Issues and Making POP Work.

Heather Jacobson
Associate Professor of Sociology
Graduate Advisor for Sociology
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
The University of Texas at Arlington
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