Laura Iesue

Title

Assistant Professor

Department

Criminal Justice & Criminology

Institution

Sam Houston State University

lti002@shsu.edu

Education

B.S., Agriculture/ Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University, 2012
M.A., Sociology, New Mexico State University, 2017
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Miami, 2022

Research Interests

Gender Based Violence International Security Woodrow Wilson International Center

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Biography

Dr. Laura Iesue is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology. She received her Ph.D. of Sociology from the University of Miami, with specialties in criminology and race, ethnicity and immigration studies. Dr. Iesue conducts comparative research on violence among individuals, assesses how violence impacts individual and community behavior, and considers how criminal justice and developmental programs aimed at curbing violence may or may not work in the long-term. She has conducted research on violence and migration in Central American contexts, gender-based violence, and the coping strategies of journalists who experience violence. She is also the lead-PI on a cross-national research study on COVID-19, Crime and Health which is being conducted in the Netherlands, Pakistan, Ukraine, Denmark, Guatemala and the United States and the co-founder of Stop Global Violence, a research group that explores the consequences of wars, violent conflicts and traumatic international events.

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Contact Information

(936) 294-3799

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Gender Based Violence International Security Woodrow Wilson International Center Domestic Violence Comparative Justice Criminology Democratic Policing Migration Latin America Program Project Evaluation and Implementation Conflict Ukrainian Society Global Pandemic Ukraine War Case Study, Case Studies Crime Prevention Programs Ethnic Groups Mental Health Report Crime Violent Behavior Contemporary Criminal Justice Occupational Stress Pandemic Times Peer Networks Short Term Evaluation Social Control

List of Publications (11)

In 2023

Forthcoming Iesue, Laura. 2023. "Community-Based Crime Prevention Programs and Central American Migration: A Difference in Differences Analyses." Crime & Delinquency
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Forthcoming Timmer, Anastasiia, Laura Iesue. 2023. "When Ukraine is in Crisis: Understanding the Impact of Trauma on Mental Health and Violent Behavior." Ukrainian Society
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Iesue, Laura, Wayne Pitts, and Christopher Inkpen. 2023. "Fear of Crime and Willingness to Report Crime to the Police: A Case Study of Model Policing in Meta-Mercado, Coatepeque, Guatemala" International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice https://doi.org/10.1080/01924036.2023.2243348
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Iesue, Laura, Jenifer Gonzalez, and Kelly V. Martinez . 2023. "Domestic Violence During COVID-19: Insights from Guatemala." Deflem, Mathieu. (Editor) (2023) Crime and Social Control in Pandemic Times. (Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance, Volume 28.) Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing.
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In 2022

Iesue, Laura. 2022. "Victimization and Mobility Intentions: Accounting for Neighborhood Perceptions in Central American Contexts." Victims & Offenders https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2022.2140728
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Iesue, Laura, Olga Losovska , Anastasiia Timmer, Ali Jawaid 2022. "Who is Suffering Gender-Based Violence in Ukraine? A Snapshot of Household Violence During War and a Global Pandemic." Ukrainian Society 3(82): 52-63. https://doi.org/10.15407/socium2022.03.052
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In 2021

Iesue, Laura, Felicia Casanova, and Alexis Piquero. 2021. "Domestic Violence During a Global Pandemic: Lockdown Policies and their Impacts Across Guatemala." Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 37(4): 37(4) 589-614 https://doi.org/10.1177/10439862211044867
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Riddell, Jordan R., Alex R. Piquero, Catherine Kaukinen, Stephen A. Bishopp, Nicole Leeper Piquero, Chelsey S. Narvey, Laura Iesue. 2021. "Re-opening Dallas: A Short-Term Evaluation of COVID-19 Regulations and Crime." Crime & Delinquency https://doi.org/10.1177/00111287211054718
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Iesue, Laura, Sallie Hughes, Sonia Virginia Moreira, Monica Sousa. 2021. "Risk, Victimization of Journalists, and Coping Strategies in Mexico and Brazil." Sur le Journalisme, About Journalism, Sobre jornalismo. https://doi.org/10.25200/SLJ.v10.n1.2021.439
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Hughes, Sallie, Laura Iesue, Hilda Fernandez de Ortega Barcenas, Judith Cruz Sandoval, Jose Carlos Lozano. 2021. "Coping with Occupational Stress in Journalism: Peer Networks, Advocacy and Strong Professional Identities as Resources." Journalism Studies 22(8): 971-991. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2021.1910543
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Iesue, Laura. 2021. "COVID-19 Lockdowns and Domestic Violence Across Ethnic Groups in Guatemala." In Pathways to Justice: Gender-Based Violence and the Rule of Law. Eds. Beatrice Nice (pp. 140-151). Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Latin America Program. E-text available https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/no-justice-gender-based-violence-and-migration-central-america
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