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Rashaan DeShay

Rashaan DeShay, J.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

817-257-5714 SCHAR 4209 (map link)

Program Affiliations

AddRan College of Liberal ArtsCriminology & Criminal Justice

Education

Ph.D., Criminology, The University of Texas at Dallas (2014)

M.S., Criminology, The University of Texas at Dallas (2012)                    

J.D./Bachelor of Civil Law, Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center (2007)

BS Criminal Justice (Cum Laude), University of North Texas (2004)

Areas of Focus

Decision-making processes of those involved in criminal activity, wrongful convictions, corrections, qualitative methodology

  • Bing, R.L., Abu-Lughod, R., DeShay, R. and Coston, C.T.M. 2022. Trump, race, and the government’s response to Covid-19. Journal of Forensic Science & Criminal Investigation, 15(4). DOI: 10.19080/JFSCI.2022.15.555918

  • DeShay, R.A. 2021. “Take it one day at a time and try to adjust to what’s going on”: Exonerees’ advice to the newly exonerated and future exonerees about life post-release. Criminal Justice Review.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/07340168211059127

  • DeShay, R.A., Vasquez, A.,* and Vieraitis, L.M. 2021. “You gotta have a plan so you won’t get caught”: Managing the Risks of Street Tagging. Deviant Behavior, 42(9), 1112-1129.DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2020.1722339

  • DeShay, R.A., Vieraitis, L.M., Copes, H., Powell, Z.A., and Medrano, J. 2021. Managing courtesy stigma: Women and relationships with men in prison. Criminal Justice Studies, 34(3), 251-267. DOI: 10.1080/1478601X.2021.1966628

  • Gaston, S., Fernandes, A.D., and DeShay, R.A. 2021. A macrolevel study of police killings at the intersection of race, ethnicity, and gender. Crime & Delinquency, 67(8), 1075-1102. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128720977444

  • El Sayed, S.A, DeShay, R.A., Davis, J.B., Knox, K.N.,* and Kerley, K.R. 2020. A blue step forward: An exploratory study of law enforcement perceptions of intimate partner violence in the southern United States. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520966675

  • El Sayed, S.A., Morris, R.G., DeShay, R.A., and Piquero, A.R. 2020. Comparing the rates of misconduct between private and public prisons in Texas. Crime & Delinquency, 66(9), 1217-1241. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128719897236.

  • DeShay, R.A. and Vieraitis, L.M. 2020. “She’s puttin’ pressure on me to do somethin’”: The impact of personal relationships on intermittency in the criminal career. Deviant Behavior, 41(5), 665-682. DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2019.1594265
  • Kerley, K.R., DeShay, R.A., and Copes, H. 2019. Women heroin users and their risk reduction strategies. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 63, 1289-1305. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X18818682
  • Vieraitis, L.M. and DeShay, R.A. Letters from prison: Analyzing the words of the kept. Paper presented at the 2022 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. 
  • Davis, J.B., DeShay, R.A., El Sayed, S.A., Kerley, K.R. Law enforcement perceptions of family violence in the Southern United States. Paper presented at the 2018 Southern Criminal Justice Association annual meeting in Pensacola Beach, Florida.
  • El Sayed, S.A., Morris, R.G., and DeShay, R.A. The effect of exposure to private versus public prison on inmate misconduct. Paper presented at the 2017 Southern Criminal Justice Association annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • Texas Bar Association, Licensed Attorney
  • U.S. District Court, Admitted to practice in Northern District of Texas

Last Updated: November 19, 2024

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