Dissertation Defense Schedule
Academic Excellence
Sharing original dissertation research is a principle to which the University of Delaware is deeply committed. It is the single most important assignment our graduate students undertake and upon completion is met with great pride.
We invite you to celebrate this milestone by attending their dissertation defense. Please review the upcoming dissertation defense schedule below and join us!
PROGRAM | Sociology
The Crux of Context: An examination of How Collateral Consequesnces Legislation Impacts the Desistance Process
By: Erin Kerrison Chair: Ronet Bachman
ABSTRACT
This study makes use of quantitative and qualitative data collected in the NIJ-funded Roads Diverge: Long-Term Patterns of Relapse, Recidivism and Desistance for a Re-Entry Cohort project. This research seeks to reveal the relationship between collateral consequences legislation and continued patterns of substance abuse and offending among a contemporary drug-involved prisoner reentry cohort. Guided by age-graded social control, critical race, and intersectional theoretical frameworks, this study explores the extent to which employment status shapes reoffending outcomes and the degree to which that relationship is conditioned by law and legal institutional practices. In addition, this study investigates whether individuals’ perception of and engagement with this body of law also steers reoffending and substance use relapse. Quantitative offending trajectory records and qualitative life-history analyses are disaggregated by race and gender. Theoretical contributions and policy implications are also discussed.
The Process
Step-by-Step
Visit our “Step-by-Step Graduation Guide” to take you through the graduation process.From formatting your Dissertation to Doctoral Hooding procedures.
Dissertation Manual
Wondering how to set up the format for your paper. Refer to the “UD Thesis/Dissertation Manual” for formatting requirements and more.
Defense Submission Form
This form must be completed two weeks in advance of a dissertation defense to meet the University of Delaware Graduate and Professional Education’s requirements.
