Elicka Sparks, PhD

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Achievements

Achievements

  • Outstanding Teacher in Arts and Sciences Award (2016)
  • Academy of Outstanding Teachers Award
  • Kappa Sigma Kick-Ass Professor Award for “best lectures” from Florida State University
  • Outstanding Teacher Meritorious Service Award from the University of Missouri
  • 50 Most Frequently Cited Articles in Homicide Studies
  • 50 Most Frequently Cited Articles in Punishment and Society
Areas of Specialty

Areas of Specialty

  • Theory
  • Religion and crime
  • Situational contexts of crime
  • Interpersonal violence
  • Homicide
Publications

Publications

Dr. Sparks recent publications include the books:

  • The Devil You Know: The Surprising Link between Conservative Christianity and Crime (Prometheus)
  • Intimate Partner Violence: Effective Procedure, Policy and Response (Taylor & Francis)

And she is the author of a best-cited article:

  • “Murder as Self Help: Women and Intimate Partner Homicide” (Homicide Studies Vol. 3(1): 30-46.)

She has published in journals such as:

  • Theoretical Criminology
  • Punishment & Society
  • The Sex Offender Law Review
  • International Criminal Justice Review
  • The Justice Professional
  • The Journal of Criminal Justice Education
Courses Taught

Courses Taught

  • Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • Juvenile Procedures
  • Victimology
  • Homicide
  • Female Crime and Delinquency
  • Criminology and Criminal Justice Theory
  • Juvenile Justice
  • Writing in Criminal Justice
  • White Collar Crime
  • Statistics
  • Victimology