Ethan M. Higgins

Graduate Assistant

About

Ethan Higgins is a doctoral student in the Department of Criminal Justice. He currently is a research assistant working on a grant-funded project evaluating the influence of School Resource Officer’s on school climate. His research interest are varied, but all center on theoretical integration, advancement and emerging ideas. More specifically, research efforts have focused on using qualitative methods to explore criminal justice personnel, criminal justice research practices, narratives of crime and justice, as well as school violence and response. His work has recently been published in Deviant Behavior, Crime Prevention and Community Safety, and the Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology. He currently has papers under review at Critical Criminology, the Psychology of Violence and the Journal of Criminal Justice Education.