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Lives in cages: A media analysis of incarceration experiences across generations on the US-Mexico border (2021)
Book Chapter
Mills, J., Velez Oliveira, R., & Gomes, S. (2021). Lives in cages: A media analysis of incarceration experiences across generations on the US-Mexico border. In S. Gomes, M. João Leote de Carvalho, & V. Duarte (Eds.), Incarceration and Generation. Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82276-7

This chapter examines media narratives on the incarceration experiences of migrant families in detention centers on the US–Mexico border. Past literature analyses perceptions of migrants as a whole or focuses on adult detainees, being there is a la... Read More about Lives in cages: A media analysis of incarceration experiences across generations on the US-Mexico border.

Type I and Type II Errors (2021)
Book Chapter
Velez Oliveira, R. (2021). Type I and Type II Errors. In J. Barnes, & D. Forde (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley

Robbery offenders: An exploration of typologies and recidivism (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Velez Oliveira, R., & Beaver, K. (2020, September). Robbery offenders: An exploration of typologies and recidivism. Paper presented at European Society of Criminology Annual Meeting

Research has revealed that there are patterns to offending that can be aggregated into categories or typologies. Despite the large amount of research on typologies of offending, there is a lack of research on robbery offenders. In order to address th... Read More about Robbery offenders: An exploration of typologies and recidivism.

Association between self-reported traumatic brain injury and threat/control-override (2019)
Journal Article
Oliveira, R. V., & Beaver, K. M. (2020). Association between self-reported traumatic brain injury and threat/control-override. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 19(2), 152-164. https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2019.1673517

Prior research has focused on the effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI), psychosis, and threat/control-override (TCO) on violent behavior. There is, however, a lack of research exploring the potential connection between traumatic brain injury (TBI)... Read More about Association between self-reported traumatic brain injury and threat/control-override.

Trends and challenges in the Portuguese penitentiary system: From law to practice (2018)
Journal Article
Gomes, S., Leote De Carvalho, M. J., Oliveira, R. V., & Duarte, V. (2018). Trends and challenges in the Portuguese penitentiary system: From law to practice. Antigone, 1-2(2018), 63-102

This article focuses on the trends and challenges faced by the Portuguese penitentiary system between 2000 and 2017, taking into account the Portuguese Penal Law, penal statistics, national and international reports, and studies regarding the Portugu... Read More about Trends and challenges in the Portuguese penitentiary system: From law to practice.

Occupational characteristics and Burnout Syndrome in Brazilian correctional staff (2016)
Journal Article
Oliveira, R. V., Schneider, V., Bonafé, F. S. S., Maroco, J., & Campos, J. A. D. B. (2016). Occupational characteristics and Burnout Syndrome in Brazilian correctional staff. WORK, 55(1), 215-223. https://doi.org/10.3233/wor-162367

BACKGROUND: In the correctional context, occupational characteristics may contribute to the development of burnout. OBJECTIVE: To compare the scores of Emotional Exhaustion (EE), Cynicism (CY) and Professional Efficacy (PE) of staff members according... Read More about Occupational characteristics and Burnout Syndrome in Brazilian correctional staff.

Causal factors of anxiety symptoms in children (2016)
Journal Article
Valadao Dias, F., Duarte Bonini Campos, J. A., Velez Oliveira, R., Mendes, R., & Maroco, J. (2016). Causal factors of anxiety symptoms in children. Clinical and Experimental Psychology, 2(2), https://doi.org/10.4172/2471-2701.1000131

Aim: The present work aimed to investigate the impact of the child's cognitions associated with ambiguous stimuli that refer to anxiety, both parents' fears and anxiety, and parents' attributions to the child's interpretations of ambiguous stimuli on... Read More about Causal factors of anxiety symptoms in children.

Burnout Syndrome and alcohol consumption in prison employees (2016)
Journal Article
Campos, J. A. D. B., Schneider, V., Bonafé, F. S. S., Oliveira, R. V., & Maroco, J. (2016). Burnout Syndrome and alcohol consumption in prison employees. Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, 19(1), 205-216. https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-5497201600010018

Objective: The aims of this study were to estimate the association between an at-risk drinking pattern and sociodemographic variables, and to compare the mean scores of the factors associated with the Burnout Syndrome, according to the alcohol consum... Read More about Burnout Syndrome and alcohol consumption in prison employees.