Riley Davis, an advanced doctoral student working in the Anger and Traffic Psychology Lab at the University of Southern Mississippi, successfully proposed her dissertation last week. Riley was working in Dr. Ashley Batastini’s Correctional & Forensic Psychology Lab before she took a job at the University of Memphis, and Dr. Batastini continues to supervise Riley’s dissertation work. This is why Riley’s dissertation, “Race, risk, and confinement: An examination of offender race on post-conviction placement and mandated treatment decisions within the context of an actuarial violence risk assessment,” appears to be outside our typical scope.

Riley’s dissertation will build on her master’s thesis and aims to extend the literature on how race may influence legal decisions involving post-conviction placement and perceived risk based on information about dangerousness.

Congratulations to Riley on her successful dissertation proposal!

Tags: culture, forensic psychology