Amber Krushas
amberkrushas.bsky.social
Amber Krushas
@amberkrushas.bsky.social
Assistant Prof @ UNLV Department of Criminal Justice. Interests: childhood adversity, human trafficking, victimology, and corrections
🚨 New SpringerBrief in Criminology! Our open access book summarizes over 550 studies on personal recurrent victimization and is now out!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

@tckulig.bsky.social
A Review of Personal Recurrent Victimization
This Open Access brief summarizes the literature on personal recurrent victimization—broadly defined as experiencing more than one victimization.
link.springer.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Reposted by Amber Krushas
Importantly, we advocate for the practical expansion or alteration of visitation policies to ensure the greatest number of visits during a prison stay. Social support systems are crucial across many contexts.
May 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Reposted by Amber Krushas
We find that high-rate visits in the year before release is associated with lower odds of major/minor parole violations in the year after release, but has a lukewarm relationship with misconduct preceding release. We argue that a possible threshold effect is present that requires further attention.
May 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Reposted by Amber Krushas
New recent publication with my stellar co-author Dr. Amber Krushas (@amberkrushas.bsky.social). Are unique patterns of visitation in the months leading up to release related to both within-prison and post-release behavior? It's time to take another look: authors.elsevier.com/a/1l6SoAlNEp...
authors.elsevier.com
May 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🚨 New JQ pub with @tckulig.bsky.social (and Morgan Goslar, MA) explores measurement invariance and latent classes across 10 ACEs among sample of 993 young, non-college educated women. Then, ACE profiles used as correlates for stalking & sexual harassment for White, Black, and Hispanic women.
February 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
New pub with @tckulig exploring consequences of sex trafficking for those with and without disabilities. Victims with disabilities reported more issues for longer periods, but trafficking was associated with serious issues for all victims

50 free copies: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/9VEKC...
Exploring Consequences of Sex Trafficking Victimization Among Individuals with and without Disabilities
Persons with disabilities have historically been neglected in victimization research despite their recognition as a vulnerable population. As such, little is known about the consequences sex traffi...
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January 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM