Dr. Beth Gilmore

Degrees Earned

Prairie View A&M Ph.D., Juvenile Justice

UHD M.S., Criminal Justice

UHD B.S., Criminal Justice

Courses Taught

• Sex Crimes (3000)
• Child Abuse and Neglect (3000)
• Research Methods (3000)
• Criminal Justice Statistics (3000)
• Victimology (3000)
• Juvenile Justice (3000)
• Death Investigation (4000)
• Senior Seminar (4000)

Experience Qualifications

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Buckler, K., & Gilmore, E. L. (accepted 1/28/2018). The Queen and King of the swing: A comparative analysis of the swing votes of Justices O'Connor and Kennedy in criminal procedure cases (1994 to 2015). Criminal Law Bulletin.

Buckler, K., & Gilmore, E. L. (2017). Originalism, Pragmatic Conservatism, and the Living Document judicial philosophies: Explaining variation in U.S. Supreme Court votes in criminal procedure cases for the 1994-2015 terms of court. American Journal of Criminal Justice.

Buckler, K., Gilmore, E. L., Cavanaugh, M. & Fowler, S. (2016). Ideological divisiveness in criminal procedure cases: Measuring variability in United States Supreme Court outcomes. Criminal Justice Review, 41, 409-426.

Buckler, K., & Gilmore, E. L. (2016). Sounding off on U.S. Supreme Court criminal procedure cases: An analysis of published editorials in national print media. Criminal Law Bulletin, 52, 1644-1669.

Ongoing Research Projects:

Gilmore, E. L. (dissertation): Analysis of sentencing differences among male and female sex offenders in Harris and Dallas counties (TX). In draft stage of manuscript.

Gilmore, E. L., & Buckler, K.: Doing death work: An examination of imprinted events and resulting world views and adaptive responses of medical examiner office staff.

Gilmore, E. L., Buckler, K., & Holt, J.: Qualitative interviews with police officers on recent high profile police use of force cases.

Book Chapters/Encyclopedia Entries:

Gilmore, E. L. & Buckler, K. (Submitted 12/2017). Jailhouse lawyers. Lockdown nation: An encyclopedia of controversies and trends in American prisons.

Buckler, K., & Gilmore, E. L. (Submitted 12/2017). Prison riots. Lockdown nation: An encyclopedia of controversies and trends in American prisons.

Buckler, K., & Gilmore, E. L. (Submitted 9/2016). Judicial involvement in prison administration. Lockdown nation: An encyclopedia of controversies and trends in American prisons.

Buckler, K., & Gilmore, E. L. (Submitted 7/2016). Evolving standards of decency. Lockdown nation: An encyclopedia of controversies and trends in American prisons.

Gilmore, E. L., & Buckler, K. (2017). Jailhouse lawyers. The Encyclopedia of Corrections. Wiley.

Conference Papers Presented:

Gilmore, E., Buckler, K., & Holt, J. (2017, November). Blue views: A race-based analysis of police officer responses to recent high profile cases. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Buckler, K., Andrews, B., & Gilmore, E. (2017, November). Texas. Tough or progressive? An examination of reform bills in the Texas legislature. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Buckler, K. & Gilmore, E. (2017, March). Ideological divisiveness in SCOTUS criminal procedure cases: An analysis of the eras of the court. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Kansas City, MO.

Gilmore, E., & Buckler, K. (2017, March). Blue views: A gendered analysis of police officer responses to recent high profile abuse of force allegations. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Kansas City, MO.

Buckler, K., & Gilmore, E. (2016, November). The King and Queen of the swing: An analysis of Justices Anthony Kennedy and Sandra Day O'Connor swing vote criminal procedure cases. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Gilmore, E., & Buckler, K. (2017, November). Blue views: Qualitative interviews with police officers on recent high profile cases and their views of the state of police-community relations. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Gilmore, E., & Buckler, K. (2016, March). Political discourse on Ferguson, MO: An analysis of political cartoons. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Gilmore, E., & Buckler, K. (2016, March). Interviews with medical examiners: The role of gender in professional adaptation. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Denver, CO.

Buckler, K., & Gilmore, E. (2015, November). Ideology on the U.S. Supreme Court: An examination of voting patterns of the justices (1994 to 2014). American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Washington, D. C.

Gilmore, E., & Buckler, K. (2015, November). Doing "death work": An examination of medical examiner professionals' perception and adaptive/reactive responses. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Washington, D. C.

Buckler, K., & Gilmore, E. (2015, March). Sounding off on SCOTUS cases: An examination of variation in intensity of editorializing in the New York Times, Washington Post and USA Today. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.

Gilmore, E., & Buckler, K. (2015, March). The role of gender in sex offender sentencing: An analysis of data from Harris, County, Texas. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.

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AWARDS:

2017, Fall CARES Award: College funds awarded to enable UG student I worked with to travel to ASC conference and present (2017).

2017, Fall Curricular Innovation: Awarded college level funds to incorporate fingerprinting in Criminal Investigations course. Funding for supplies.

2017, Spring Curricular Innovation: Awarded college level funds to incorporate fingerprinting and blood analysis in Criminal Investigations course. Funding for supplies.

2014 University of Houston-Downtown: Graduate Student of the Year Award. Selected as the best graduate student among criminal justice graduate students.