Invited Presentations
- May, 2023, The Role of the Dark web in Facilitating the Illegal Cannabis Market, Invited Speaker, National Institute of Justice Research Conference, U.S. Department of Justice.
- November, 2022, Illegal Marijuana and Drug Related Violent Crime in North Texas, Invited Speaker, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice.
- March, 2020, Got Stress? Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Stress in American Police Officers. Invited Speaker, Police Academy of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic.
- October, 2019, Strangulation Research, Victim Perspectives, and Resources, Invited Speaker, American Association of University Women (AAUW), Fort Worth, TX.
- July, 2019. Strangulation: Research, Victim Perspectives and Resources, Invited Speaker, (with Michelle Morgan), Stop the Violence Conference, Hurst, TX.
- April, 2019. Constrained Agency Theory: Understanding the Kairotic Moment as an Opportunity to Navigate Organizational Impediments in Policing, Invited Speaker, Recruiting, Retaining, and Promoting Women Police Officers: An International Comparison of Challenges and Opportunities for Change Conference, Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford, Canada.
- April, 2019. Strangulation: Research, Victim Perspectives and Resources, Invited Speaker (with Michelle Morgan), Tarrant County Sexual Abuse Advisory Council Annual Conference, Fort Worth, TX.
- April, 2019. Abuse Behavior Inventory, Invited Speaker, One Safe Place Staff Meeting, Fort Worth, TX.
- April, 2019. Client Satisfaction Survey Results, Invited Speaker (with Jonathan Hicks), One Safe Place Staff Meeting, Fort Worth, TX.
- February, 2019. Examining Victim Experiences with Non-Fatal Strangulation, Invited Speaker, One Safe Place Partner Meeting, Fort Worth, TX.
- October, 2018, Examining Victim Experiences with Non-Fatal Strangulation, Invited Speaker (with Katherine Brown and Lacy Hensley), 2018 Research Symposium Victimization, Justice and Healing: From Theory to Practice, Texas Victim Services Association, San Marcos, TX.
- March, 2018, Pharmacy Robbery: The Offender Perspective, Keynote Speaker, Mutual Drug Spring Continuing Education, Raleigh, NC.
- August, 2017, Drug Store Cowboys: Pharmacy Robbery and Burglary, Keynote Speaker,
- Kentucky Board of Pharmacy, Lexington, Kentucky.
- June, 2017, Pharmacy Robbery and Burglary: The Offender Perspective. Invited Keynote Speaker, Axis Communications Safety and Security Preparedness for Health Professionals Symposium, Boston, Massachusetts.
- May, 2017, Pharmacy Robbery and Burglary: The Offender Perspective. Invited Keynote Speaker, Missouri Board of Pharmacy, Independence, MO.
- April, 2017, Clergy Responses to Sexual Abuse. Invited Speaker, Tarrant County Sexual Abuse Advisory Council (TSAC) Annual Conference, Fort Worth, TX.
- April, 2017, Human Trafficking (with Sharece Downey^), Invited Speaker, Department of Social Work, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX.
- February, 2017. Batten Down the Hatches: Pharmacy Robbery and Burglary. Invited Keynote Speaker, Oregon State Pharmacy Association, Eugene, OR.
- November 2016, Drug Store Cowboys: Pharmacy Robbery and Burglary for Controlled Substances. Invited Keynote Speaker, Stanley, Black and Decker and Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy Summit, Oakland, CA.
- October 2016, Drug Store Cowboys: Pharmacy Robbery and Burglary for Controlled Substances. Invited Speaker, the 7th Annual Prescription Drug Abuse Symposium, Indiana Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Task Force, Indianapolis, IN.
- October 2016, Batten Down the Hatches: Offender Decision Research. Invited Keynote Speaker, Loss Prevention and Research Council (LPRC)’s National Impact Conference, Gainesville, University of Florida, FL.
- May 2016, Pharmaceutical Drug Abuse – Batten Down the Hatches! Invited Speaker, National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), San Diego, CA.
- March 2016, Pharmacy Robbery and Burglary: The Offender Perspective. Invited Speaker, the National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit, Atlanta, GA.
- October 2015, Citizen Perspectives on Oil and Gas Activity and State Regulation in Colorado. Invited Speaker (with Tara Opsal^), Panel Discussion on Fracking, Windsor Public Library and Clearview Library District, Windsor, Colorado.
- October 2014, A Sociological Perspective on Oil and Gas Activity. Invited Speaker (with Tara Opsal^), Department of Psychology Brownbag Series, Colorado State University.
- September 2014, Examining Health: A Sociological Perspective. Invited Speaker (with Tara Opsal^), One Health: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Public Health Graduate Seminar (PHBL 692), Colorado School of Public Health and Colorado State University.
- August 2014, Alternative Sentencing Building: Impact of Design. Invited Speaker (with Jeni Cross), Alternative Sentencing, Larimer County, City of Fort Collins, CO.
- May 2014, Is it that Easy? Doing Procedural Justice and Sanctioning Offenders. Invited Speaker, 2014 Colorado Collaborative Justice Conference, Westminster, Colorado.
- June 2013, Pharmacy Crime: The Offender Perspective. Invited Keynote Speaker, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Department of Justice, InfraGard Program, Long Island, New York.
- June 2013, Encouraging Diversity: Women in Policing. Invited Keynote Speaker, 2013 Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP), Grand Junction, Colorado.
- February 2013, Encouraging Diversity: Women in Policing. Invited Speaker and Moderator, 2013 Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP), Denver, Colorado.
- November 2012, Pharmacy Crime: The Offender Perspective. 2012 National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators Annual Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.
- September 2012, Sculpting Your Career with the Use of Career Stepping Stones. Invited Keynote Speaker, 2012 Rocky Mountain Women in Law Enforcement Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado.
- February 2011, Procedural Justice. Invited Speaker, 2011 Colorado State University Extension County and Area Directors Meeting on Effective Engagement in Extension, Grand Junction, Colorado.
- September 2010, Procedural Justice: What Can it Mean for Leaders and Managers. Invited Speaker, 2010 Colorado State University Extension Forum, Fort Collins, Colorado.
- October 2009, Leadership through Communication. Invited Speaker, Panel Session at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado.
- February, August, and November 2009, the Colorado State Patrol’s Leadership Communication Training. Invited Instructor, Golden, Colorado.
- January 2009, the Colorado State Patrol’s Leadership Communication Training for Supervisors. Invited Instructor, Golden, Colorado.
- March and November 2008, the Colorado State Patrol’s Leadership Communication Training. Invited Instructor, Golden, Colorado.
- August and October 2008, the Colorado State Patrol’s Leadership Communication Training for Supervisors. Invited Instructor, Golden, Colorado.
- January 2008, Community Oriented Police Architectural and Environmental Design. Invited Speaker and Facilitator, Milliken Police Department and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of Justice, Milliken, Colorado.
- October 2007, Colorado State Patrol’s Leadership Communication Training. Invited Instructor, Golden, Colorado.
- 2006, Firearm-related Crime Trends and Project Safe Neighborhoods. Invited Speaker, Florida Governor’s Violent Crime and Drug Control Council (VCDCC), Miami, Florida.
- 2005, Project Safe Neighborhoods in the Northern District of Florida. Invited Speaker, U.S. Attorney’s Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee Conference (LECC), Northern District of Florida, Destin, Florida.
Conference Presentations and Papers
*denotes graduate student and ^denotes junior colleague at time of submission
- 2024, Katherine M. Brown, Cortney Franklin, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Intimate Partner Violence-Related Strangulation, Paper to be presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
- 2023, Tara O’Connor Shelley, Katherine M. Brown, and Marissa Hayes*, Hiding in Plain Sight: Frequency of Non-Fatal Strangulation in Intimate Partner Events in North Texas, Paper presented at the 78th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA.
- 2023, Tara O’Connor Shelley, Julie Merriman, Beck Munsey^, Sally Lewis, and He Ping Han, The Community versus the Police. Who has more Depression and Anxiety? Paper presented at the 78th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA.
- 2023, Tara O’Connor Shelley and Olga Semukhina, Buying and Selling Illegal Cannabis through Social Media Platforms, Paper presented at the 78th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA.
- 2023, Olga Semukhina and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Spatial Analysis of Cannabis-Intended Receivers Using Risk Terrain Modeling, Paper presented at the 78th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA.
- 2023, Casey Heath^, Marquis Fomby*, Tara O’Connor Shelley, Organizational Cannibalism: Internal Conflict and Stressors from within Police Organizations, Paper presented at the 78th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA.
- 2023, Tara O’Connor Shelley, Olga Semukhina, and Christopher Copeland^, Illegal Marijuana and Drug Related Violent Crime in North Texas, NIJ Research Panel, Paper presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, National Harbor, MD.
- 2023, Tara O’Connor Shelley, Olga Semukhina, and Christopher Copeland^, Ready to Jump on it: Obtaining Cannabis in Texas in the Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic, Paper presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, National Harbor, MD.
- 2023, Katherine Brown, Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Cortney Franklin, Assessing an Innovative Response to Intimate Partner Violence-Related Strangulation, Paper Presented at the 75th Anniversary Conference, Orlando, FL.
- 2022, Tara O’Connor Shelley, Olga Semukhina, and Christopher Copeland^, Running off on the plug: Inmate views about marijuana and violent crime, Paper presented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA.
- 2022, Tara O’Connor Shelley, Katherine M. Brown, and Samantha Estroso, Maintaining Relationships with Community Partners: Institute for Violence Against Women, Human Trafficking & One Safe Place (OSP), presented at the Center for Educational Excellence Week, Tarleton State University. 2022, Katherine M. Brown, Tara O’Connor Shelley, Juan Salinas, and Kayli Curtis, President’s Fund for Excellence: RELLIS Student Researchers Against Violence (SRAV) and One Safe Place (OSP). Community Engagement and Service-Learning Project, presented at the Center for Educational Excellence Week, Tarleton State University. 2022, Roger Ryan Rider, Sofia Brabham, Olga Semukhina, Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Christopher Copeland^, Dealing Cannabis in the Age of the Dark Web, Paper presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Las Vegas, NV. 2022, Harpreet Dheer-Dixon, Christopher Copeland^, Tara O’Connor Shelley, Olga Semukhina, Law Enforcement Evasion & Techniques Learned From Empire, Paper presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Las Vegas, NV.
- 2021, Christopher Copeland^, Michael Thomas*, Olga Semukhina, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Darkweb Markets: Content Analysis of Vendor Listings from the Cryptonia Cryptomarket, Paper presented at the 76th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, IL.
- 2019, Katherine Brown, Tara O’Connor Shelley, Lacey Hensley, Forensic Evidence and Investigation Implications in Domestic Violence Incidents Involving Non-Fatal Strangulation, Paper presented at the American Academy of Forensic Science Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
- 2018, Tara O’Connor Shelley and Melissa Morabito, The Officer’s WIFE Was Driving the Police Car: The Use of Humor to Navigate the Gendered Institution of Policing, Paper presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA.
- 2018, Samantha Epstein, Kim Kras, Melissa Morabito and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Woman of Justice: Exploring the Career Paths of Female Police and Probation Officers, Paper presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA.
- 2018, MJ Giordano* and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Revenge Porn: The Ultimate Exposure. International Association of Relationship Research Conference, Fort Collins, CO.
- 2018, Tara O’Connor Shelley and Michael Hogan., Contrasting Perceptions of Restorative Justice in a Rural Community, Paper presented at the 2018 Stockholm Criminology Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden.
- 2017, Kimberly Chapman, Melissa B. Padilla, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Domestic Violence Involved Strangulation and Assaults Against Officers, Paper presented at the Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice, Fort Worth, TX.
- 2017, Katherine Brown^, Ms. Lacy Hensley, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Domestic Violence and Non-Fatal Strangulation: Examining Incident Characteristics in Texas, Paper presented at the Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice, Fort Worth, TX.
- 2017, Tara O’Connor Shelley and Katherine Brown^, Domestic Violence and Non-Fatal Strangulation: Examining Victim Experiences in Texas, Paper presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Criminology, Cardiff, Wales.
- 2017, Tara O’Connor Shelley, The American Opioid Crises and the Diversion of Controlled Prescription Drugs, Symposium on Crime, Conflict and Violence in a Global Society, Prague, Czech Republic.
- 2016, Morabito, Melissa and Tara O’Connor Shelley. The Female Police Experience: Understanding the Continuing Challenges. Paper presented at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, LA.
- 2016, Shelley, Tara O’Connor and Michael Hogan. Rural Courts and Justice. Paper presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Criminology, Munster, Germany.
- 2015, Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Michael Hogan and Matthew Tullis*. Hydraulic Fracturing: Understanding Energy Risks and Support for Social Control. Paper presented at the 71st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC.
- 2015, Opsal^, Tara and Tara O’Connor Shelley. Fracking Colorado: Understanding Citizen’s Experiences with and Attitudes towards Environmental Victimization and State Regulation. Paper presented at the 71st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC.
- 2015, Hogan, Michael, Tara Opsal^, and Tara O’Connor Shelley. Environmental Violations in Colorado Oil and Gas Extraction: Patterns, Enforcement, and State-Corporate Crime. Paper presented at the 71st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC.
- 2015, Melissa Schaeffer Morabito and Tara O’Connor Shelley. The Female Police Experience: Understanding the Continuing Challenges. Paper presented at the 71st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC.
- 2015, Shelley, Tara O’Connor. Pharmaceutical Crime and Drug Store Cowboys: The Offender Perspective. Paper presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Criminology, Porto, Portugal.
- 2015, Shelley, Tara O’Connor. Environmental Justice, Procedural Equity and Energy Development in Colorado. Paper presented at the Environmental Governance Working Group Front Range Conference on Environmental Governance Research, Fort Collins, CO.
- 2015, ^Opsal, Tara and Tara O’Connor Shelley. State Responses to Citizen Complaints Regarding Oil and Gas Activity. Paper presented at the Environmental Governance Working Group Front Range Conference on Environmental Governance Research, Fort Collins, CO.
- 2014, Shelley, Tara O’Connor and Tara Opsal^. Environmental Victimization: Citizen Experiences with Oil and Gas Activity. Paper presented at Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Green Criminology Conference, London Southbank University, London, United Kingdom.
- 2014, ^Opsal, Tara and Tara O’Connor Shelley. Energy Crime, Harm, and Problematic State Response in Colorado: A Case of the Fox Guarding the Hen House? Paper presented at the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco.
- 2014, Hogan, Michael, Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Matthew Tullis. Environmental Risk and Punitive Attitudes Toward Clean Air Act Violations. Paper presented at the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco. 2014, Kohm, Steven, Courtney Waid-Linberg, Rhonda Dobbs, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Michael Weinwrath. Punitive Attitudes in Cross-National Comparison: Regional and National Variation in Punitivity Among Canadian and American College Students, Paper presented at the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco. 2013, Hogan, Michael and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Community Court Effectiveness in a Rural Setting. Paper presented at 63rd Annual Meeting for the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), New York. 2013, Hogan, Michael, Adam Mayer, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Public Perceptions of Restorative Justice in a Rural Community. Paper presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta.
- 2013, Dobbs, Rhonda, Courtney Waid-Lindberg, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Public Opinions about Methods of Social Control. Paper presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta.
- 2013, Shelley, Tara O’Connor and Adam Mayer*, It’s Mostly in Your Head’: Environmental Risk Exposure, Risk Perception, Political Ideology and Support for Climate Policy. Paper presented at the 19th Annual International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment (IICE), Portland.
- 2013, Dobbs, Rhonda, Courtney Waid-Lindberg, Steven Kohm, Michael Weinrath, and Tara Shelley, Media Influence on Fear of Rape: A Cross-national Comparison. Paper presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Dallas.
- 2012, Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Paul Stretesky, and Mathew Crow, Camouflage Collar Crime: An Examination of Wildlife Crime and Characteristics of Poachers in Florida. Environmental Crime and its Victims Conference, Delft, The Netherlands.
- 2012, Shelley, Tara O’Connor and D.J. Rogers, Pharmaceutical Robbery: The Offender Perspective, Paper presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago. 2012, Dobbs, Rhonda, Courtney Waid-Linberg, Tara O’Connor Shelley, Steven Kohm, and Michael Weinrath, Fear of Hate Crime Victimization: A Cross-National Perspective, Paper presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago. 2012, Morabito, Melissa and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Gender and Gendered Institutions: A Biographical Exploration of Women’s Experiences Working in Law Enforcement, Paper presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago. 2012, Patten, Ryan, Matthew Crow, Tara O’Connor Shelley, The Nature and Extent of Conservation Policing: A Preliminary Examination of Organization, Mission, and Personnel, Paper presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago. 2011, Hogan, Michael J., Tara O’Connor Shelley, Alex Naday Walker, and Tyler Wilson*, Determinants of Arrest for Narcotics-Targeting Robbery, Paper presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C.
- 2011, Morabito, Melissa Schaefer and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Understanding the Relationship between Unions and the Lagging Progress of Women in Policing, Paper presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C.
- 2011, *Rogers, David J., Tara O’Connor Shelley, and N. Prabha Unnithan, Commuters or Marauders? Using NIBRS Data to Understand Pharmaceutical Crime, Paper presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C.
- 2011, Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Alex Naday Walker, and N. Prabha Unnithan, Features of Pharmaceutical Burglary: An Analysis of RxPatrol, Paper presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C. 2011, Shelley, Tara O’Connor and Alexandra Naday Walker, Understanding the Nature and Extent of Pharmaceutical Robbery and Burglary, Paper presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Criminology, Vancouver, Canada.
- 2011, Weinwrath, Michael, Courtney Waid-Linberg, Rhonda Dobbs, Steven Kohm, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Punitive Attitudes among College Students: A Cross National Comparison, Paper presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C.
- 2011, Stretesky, Paul and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Do Conservation Organizations Influence the Social Production of Natural Resource Violations?, Paper presented at the 2011 Colorado Conference on Earth System Governance: Crossing Boundaries and Building Bridges, Fort Collins, CO.
- 2010, Hogan, Michael J., Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Alexandra Naday Walker, Economic Insecurity and Punitive Attitudes Toward Corporate and White Collar Crime, Paper presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA. 2010, Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Rhonda R. Dobbs, and Courtney A. Waid, Fear and Hate Crime Victimization, Paper presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA. 2010, Unnithan, N. Prabha, Tara O’Connor Shelley, Clair Vaughn-Uding, and Michael J. Hogan, The Influence of Procedural Justice on Citizen Satisfaction with State Police, Paper presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA.
- 2010, Waid, Courtney A., Rhonda R. Dobbs, Steven Kohm, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, The Impact of Media on Fear Among College Students? A Cross National Comparison, Paper presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA.
- 2010, Shelley, Tara O’Connor and Matthew S. Crow, The Occupational Identity and Activities of Conservation Officers, Paper presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Diego, CA.
- 2010, Stretesky, Paul, N. Prabha Unnithan, Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Michael J. Hogan, Forgotten Victims: What Cold Case Families Want From Law Enforcement, Paper presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Diego, CA.
- 2010, Unnithan, N. Prabha, Alexandra Naday Walker*, Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Michael J. Hogan, Unresolved Homicides: A Survey of Local Law Enforcement Agencies, Paper presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Diego, CA.
- 2010, Waid, Courtney A., Rhonda R. Dobbs, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, The Effect of News Media on the Fear of Rape Among Female Undergraduates, Paper presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Diego, CA.
- 2009, Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Courtney A. Waid, and Rhonda R. Dobbs, Media Exposure, Perceptions of the Quality and Credibility of Media Crime Coverage, and Students’ Punitive Attitudes, Paper presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA.
- 2009, Stretesky, Paul, Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Matt S. Crow, The Structural Covariates of Hunting and Fishing Violations in Florida, 2006-2007, Paper presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA.
- 2009, Dobbs, Rhonda R., Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Courtney A. Waid, Explaining Fear of Crime as Fear of Rape Among College Females: An Examination of the Context of Media Across Multiple Campuses in the United States, Paper presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Western Social Science Association, Albuquerque, NM.
- 2009, Crow, Matthew S., and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Camouflage Collar Crime: An Analysis of Fish and Wildlife Arrest Data, Paper presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, MA.
- 2009, Ivković, Sanja Kutnjak and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Use of Excessive Force in a Comparative Perspective, Paper presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, MA.
- 2009, Waid, Courtney A., Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Rhonda R. Dobbs, Media Exposure, Perceptions of the Quality and Credibility of Media Crime Coverage, and Students’ Punitive Attitudes: Framing the Issue, Paper presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Circle of Manitoba and North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND.
- 2008, Unnithan, N. Prabha and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Communication and the Cop: Development and Implementation of a Procedural Justice-Based Training Program for State Troopers, Paper presented at the 64th Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, MO.
- 2008, Waid, Courtney A., Rhonda R. Dobbs, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, The Impact of Media on Fear of Crime: A Comparative Analysis, Paper presented at the 64th Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, MO.
- 2008, Shelley, Tara O’Connor and Matthew S. Crow, Policing in an Environmental Context: Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Division of Law Enforcement, Paper presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Cincinnati, OH.
- 2008, Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Courtney A. Waid, and Rhonda R. Dobbs, Does Internet Usage Influence Punitive Attitudes? An Exploratory Study, Paper presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Cincinnati, OH.
- 2008, Ivković, Sanja Kutnjak and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Comparing Police Supervisor and Line Officer Views About Police Corruption, Paper presented at the Policing in Central and Eastern Europe Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- 2007, Dobbs, Rhonda R., Tara O’Connor Shelley, and Courtney A. Waid, Does Using the World Wide Web Increase Fear Among College Students? A Preliminary Test, Paper presented at the 63rd Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA.
- 2007, *Hughes, Richard, Matt S. Crow, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Police: An Exploratory Study of Traditional and Specialized Policing, Paper presented at the Southern Criminal Justice Association Annual Conference, Savannah, GA.
- 2007, Ivković, Sanja Kutnjak and Tara O’Connor Shelley, The Police Code of Silence in a Comparative Perspective, Paper presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Seattle, WA.
- 2006, Ivković, Sanja Kutnjak and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Comparing the Contours of Police Integrity in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Czech Republic, Paper presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Los Angeles, CA.
- 2006, Ivković, Sanja Kutnjak and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Police Integrity and the Czech Police, with Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Paper presented at the 6th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Tubingen, Germany.
- 2005, Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Ted Chiricos, and Marc Gertz , Dimensions of Environmental Threat and Variations of Social Control, Paper presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada.
- 2005, Ivković, Sanja Kutnjak, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, The Bosnian Police and Police Integrity: A Continuing Story, Paper presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Chicago, IL.
- 2004, Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Ted Chiricos, and Marc Gertz, Environmental Threat and Social Control, Paper presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Nashville, TN.
- 2003, Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Ted Chiricos, and Marc Gertz, Assessing Punishment for Environmental Crime, Paper presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Denver, CO.
- 2002, Shelley, Tara O’Connor, Ted Chiricos, and Marc Gertz, Environmental Threat, Punitive Attitudes and Social Control, Paper presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, IL.
- 2001, Bunger, Amy, Marc Gertz, Abbe Justus, and Tara O’Connor Shelley, Issue Voting and the American Electorate: The Special Case of Fear of Crime, Paper presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA.
- 2000, Shelley, Tara O’Connor and Matt S. Crow, Balancing Power: Police Labor and Management Relations, Paper presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, New Orleans, LA.