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Three articles for The Use and Abuse of Police Power in America. ABS-CLIO/Greenword/Praeger (2017) Eidtor: Gina Robertiello. Topics: 4^th Amendment, Gangsters of the 1900’s and Body Cameras.

Four articles for Lockdown Nation: An Encyclopedia of Controversies and Trends in American Prisons.  Lamar University Press (2017). Editors: Vidisha Worley and Robert Worley.  Topics: Alcatraz, Attica, Leavenworth and Legitiamate Penological Interests.

Two appendices for Bachman/Paternoster’s Statistical Methods and Criminal Justice 2/e.  Appendix A is the Worked Examples to accompany the text and Appendix B is an extensive user’s guide for SPSS (computer statistics package).  Both appendices were accepted without revisions and published in 2003 by McGraw-Hill.

Encyclopedia article for  The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior, Taylor and Francis (2000).  Editor: Clifton Bryant.  Topic: the biological aspects of alcoholism.

Ralph, P.H. (1997).  “Self Preservation to Organized Crime: The Evolution of Inmate Gangs.”  Book chapter in Correctional Contexts: Contemporary and Classical Readings, Roxbury Press .

Ralph, P.H. et al. (1996).  “Gang Versus Non-Gang Inmates.”  Book chapter in Gangs in America (Second Edition) for Sage Publication.

Encyclopedia articles for The Encyclopedia of Modern Social Issues, Salem Press (1997).  Editor: Michael Kronenwetter. Topics were abortion clinic murders, halfway houses, prostitution, Tailhook scandal and vigilantism.

Essay on Benjamin Rush contributed to The Prison Encyclopedia (1996).  Editors: Marilyn McShane and Frank Williams.

Ralph, P.H., Hoekstra, R.M., & Brehm, T.R. (1995).  “Community Corrections in Rural Areas: Re-Involving the Community.” Book chapter in Intermediate Sanctions: Sentencing in the 1990s, Anderson Publishing Company.

Hunter, R. J., Ralph, P. H., & Marquart, J.W. (Spring 1993).  “The Death Sentencing of Rapists in Pre-Furman Texas (1942-1971): The Racial Dimension.” 20(3) American Journal of Criminal Law.

Ralph, P.H., Sorensen, J., & Marquart, J.W. (June, 1992).  “The Effects of Legal and Extra-Legal Factors in Sentencing in Pre-Furman Texas.” 9(2) Justice Quarterly.

Ralph, P.H. & Marquart, J.W. (Fall-Winter 1991).  “Gang Violence in Texas Prisons.” LXXI(2) The Prison Journal.

Ralph, P.H. & Marquart, J.W. (December, 1990).  “The Texas Syndicate and the Mexican Mafia: Two Organized Crime Groups within Texas Prisons.” 18 Journal of Police Science, Republic of China.

Seally Research Fellowship, John Jay College of Criminal Justice.  2009-2010.

Technical Assistance Report TA#99C1127  “Admissions to Caseload Risk/Needs Assessment Follow-up Validation Study” for the National Institute of Corrections, U.S. Department of Justice.  Completed June 1999.

Technical Assistance Report TA#97C1107  “Admissions to Caseload Risk/Needs Assessment Follow-up Validation Study” for the National Institute of Corrections, U.S. Department of Justice.  Completed May 1997.

Research Project for the North Dakota Department of Corrections.  Transferred hard file treatment data to a database for all active inmates in North Dakota.  Funded by Minot State University from January 1993 to May 1993.

Technical Assistance Report TA#93  “Proposal for Upgrading the Computer System in the North Dakota Department of Parole and Probation” for the National Institute of Corrections, U.S. Department of Justice.  Completed March 1993.

Technical Assistance Report: TA#92C1140  “Admission to Caseload Risk/Needs Assessment Validation Study” for the National Institute of Corrections, U.S. Department of Justice.  Completed June 23, 1992.

An examination of Prison gang Structure and Activity in Texas.  Funded by Sam Houston State University from June 1, 1990 to August 1990,  co-investigator ($6,000).

“The Impact of Juror Biases in Capital Murder Trials” National Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 2017.

“The Influences of Changing Immigrant Populations on Capital Murder Trials in New York: 1850-1900” National Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC, Nov. 2015.

“The ‘Value’ of the Victim in Capital Murder Trials: A Historical Comparison” National Meeting      of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC, Nov. 2011.

“New York Race and Ethnic Juror dismissals in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries”  National Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 2010.

“The Decency of Death: The Death Penalty, Humanity, and Racial Disparity during the Revolutionary Era, 1750-1850” Paper accepted for presentation at the 2008 Consortium on the Revolutionary Era, 1750-1850 in Huntsville, Alabama for February 28^th, 2008.

“An Examination of the Predisposing Factors which Predict Female Student Success in Non-traditional Degree Fields” American Society of Criminology, Toronto, ON, November 2005.

“Does a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice Really Result in a Well-Prepared Practitioner?” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Las Vegas, NV, March 2004.

“Criminal Justice Degrees at Four-Year Colleges: Are They All the Same?” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Washington, D.C., April 2001.

“An Examination of the Feasibility of Culturally Based Programs in Criminal Justice” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Orlando, FL, March 1999.

“The Effectiveness of Policies Designed to Eliminate Gang Activity” American Society of Criminology, San Diego, CA, November 1997.

“Corrections: Will It Ever Become Proactive?” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Louisville, KY, March 1997.

“Returning to Rehabilitation” with Julie Peffers.  Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Las Vegas, March 1996.

“Family Correlates of Violent Inmate Behavior”  With William McPherson.  Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, March, 1995.

“Texas Prison Gangs.”  With R.J. Hunter & James Marquart.  Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Chicago, March, 1994.

“Roundtable: The Depersonalization of Juvenile Courts: Some Implications of Expanded Juvenile Rights to Due Process.”  Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Chicago, March, 1994.

“Community corrections in a Rural State.”  With Tim Brehm & Richard Hoekstra.  Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Kansas City, March, 1993.

“Correlates of Gang-Related Homicides in Prison.”  With James Marquart.  American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, November, 1992.

“Female Sentencing Patterns in Texas 1980-1989.”  With R.J. Hunter.  Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Pittsburgh, March, 1992.

“Gang Related Violence in Texas Prison.”  Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Pittsburgh, March 1992.

“Control of Prison Gangs.”  American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, November, 1991.

“Homicides in Texas Prisons.”  With James Marquart.  Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Nashville, March, 1991.

“Texas Prison Gangs.”  With James Marquart.  American Society of Criminology, Baltimore, November, 1990.