Positions

Overview

  • Dr. Leban joined the UAB faculty in 2018. Her research investigates drug/substance use, victimization, and deviant outcomes, with a particular focus on gender and criminological theory. She uses both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to address these issues.

    Dr. Leban is currently working on several projects related to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and victimization, which assess how early experiences of adversity and trauma are related to deviant and negative life outcomes. She is especially interested in factors that foster resilience in the face of harmful experiences.

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title Altmetric
    2021 Changing narratives of intimate partner violence: A longitudinal photo-ethnography 2021
    2021 The Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Gender on Developmental Trajectories of Internalizing and Externalizing Outcomes.  Crime and Delinquency.  67:631-661. 2021
    2021 Are Women Opting Out? A Mixed Methods Study of Women Patrol Officers’ Promotional Aspirations 2021
    2021 Citizen attitudes towards the public release of police body-worn camera video footage 2021
    2021 Criminal Self-Efficacy and Perceptions of Risk and Reward among Women Methamphetamine Manufacturers.  Justice Quarterly.  2021
    2021 The Impact of Childhood School Suspension on Dropout and Arrest in Adolescence: Disparate Relationships by Race and Adverse Childhood Experiences.  Criminal Justice and Behavior.  2021
    2020 Disentangling the links between risk factors and adolescent substance use 2020
    2020 The role of gender in the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and delinquency and substance use in adolescence.  Journal of Criminal Justice.  66. 2020
    2019 “The times have changed, the dope has changed”: Women's cooking roles and gender performances in shake methamphetamine markets*.  Criminology.  57:268-288. 2019
    2017 Cross-Level Theoretical Predictions of Marijuana, Methamphetamine, and Opium Use 2017
    2017 A Comprehensive Investigation of Youth Deviance: Theoretical Distinction by Deviant Behavior Sub-Types 2017
    2016 Adapting to Prison Life: A Qualitative Examination of the Coping Process among Incarcerated Offenders.  Justice Quarterly.  33:943-969. 2016
    2016 Identities, Boundaries, and Accounts of Women Methamphetamine Users.  Justice Quarterly.  33:134-158. 2016
    2014 Who is in control? how women in a halfway house use faith to recover from drug addiction 2014
    2014 Methamphetamine Using Careers of White and Black Women 2014

    Research Overview

  • Victimization
    Drugs & Substance Use
    Gender & Crime

    • Education And Training

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Criminology, University of Florida 2018
  • Master of Arts in Criminology, University of Florida 2015

    • Full Name

  • Lindsay Leban