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Dr. Melanie Palacios Soderstrom

@melsoderstrom.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor & Pre-Law Advisor @ Texas State | PhD in Criminal Justice from UCF | JD from William & Mary | Former public defender | Researcher of juvenile justice, school policing, youth mental health, and practitioner training | 🇵🇷

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Dr. Melanie Palacios Soderstrom @melsoderstrom.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
🚨New pub🚨 with some amazing colleagues exploring prosecutors’ perceptions of police interview practices.
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Prosecutors’ perceptions of the effectiveness of police interview practices
In recent years, there has been a growing push for changes in police interviewing practices. Research has primarily examined law enforcement and public perspectives, leaving a significant gap in un...
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Dr. Melanie Palacios Soderstrom @melsoderstrom.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
My publication in @evidencebasejnl.bsky.social with Jennifer Peck and Kristina Childs @ucf.bsky.social reviewing the evidence base and need for more research in three critical areas of the juvenile justice system: school policing; court decision makers’ perceptions; and risk/needs assessments.
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Where evidence ends: opportunities for advancing juvenile justice system research
Although there have been calls for more evidence-based policies in the juvenile justice system in the United States, there is a lack of empirical evidence to support many of the practices and progr...
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Dr. Melanie Palacios Soderstrom @melsoderstrom.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Thought this was @theonion.com post at first glance. Wow.
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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math
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Dr. Melanie Palacios Soderstrom @melsoderstrom.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🚨New pub🚨 with Drs. Kristina Childs & Jennifer Peck @ucf.bsky.social comparing juvenile arrests in FL occurring at school vs. in the community. Youth arrested at school showed lower criminogenic risk and were younger.
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Youth risk/needs profiles and initial juvenile court outcomes across arrest location: Does being arrested at school matter?
The current study examined differences in the risk/needs profiles and initial juvenile court outcomes between youth arrested at school and those arres…
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name. "These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Now published… We Reject the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Reflexive Qualitative Research - Tanisha Jowsey, Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Deborah Lupton, Michelle Fine, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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We Reject the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Reflexive Qualitative Research - Tanisha Jowsey, Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Deborah Lupton, Michelle Fine, 2025
Four hundred and nineteen experienced qualitative researchers from 32 countries invite readers of Qualitative Inquiry to consider their position on use of gener...
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UCF Football @ucffootball.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Best 50yd Line view in the country 🤩 Launch 💯 in 2025 from the Space Coast! 🚀 ucfknights.photoshelter.com/galleries/C0...
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CrimRxiv @crimrxiv.com · 19/11/2025
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News: "CrimRxiv Consortium joined by Texas State University, School of Criminal Justice and Criminology"
This is an announcement based on the article, "CrimRxiv Consortium joined by Texas State University, School of Criminal Justice and Criminology" (available at https://doi.org/10.21428/cb6ab371.ea5ed2e8). For more information, please refer directly to the article. We create these announcements with the AI tool ElevenLabs. To join CrimRxiv Consortium as an individual, visit https://app.joinit.com/o/crimconsortium.
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Latina/o/x Criminology @latcrim.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
We are continuing our effort with the “LC Scholars on the Market” - Vitoria De Francisco Lopes and Carolina Caliman have great possibilities to contribute your program/department/school! [www.latcrim.org/on-the-market.html]
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Professor Laura Huey @drlaurahuey.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
We’ve had a great year at PPR. Here’s our Q3 performance
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Dr. Melanie Palacios Soderstrom @melsoderstrom.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
After working in the criminal justice system having to deal with crimes against children, I would argue to not post photos on ANY social media accounts. It’s definitely very challenging to not post when you have a cute baby you want to share with world! Grandparents get REAL mad too 🙄
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/10/2025
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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Dr. Kathleen E. Padilla @kepadil.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Today is #NationalLawEnforcementSuicideAwarenessDay I wrote this dedication for my dissertation in 2021. In the 4 years since, another 500 officers have died by suicide. It is for these individuals - these mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, friends - that I do this work. (1/)
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 23/09/2025
'Rapture' comes from the Latin 'rapere' meaning "to seize and carry off." 'Raptor' also comes from 'rapere.' We hope neither carries you off today.
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Dr. Melanie Palacios Soderstrom @melsoderstrom.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
🚨New pub with PhD student @shallen-a.bsky.social (She’s on the job market!) in PPR exploring SROs’ perceptions of selection for the position. It was suggested that being a parent and effective communicator, some law enforcement experience, and an ability to multitask are helpful characteristics.
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‘It takes a special cop to be an SRO’: school resource officers’ perceptions of selection for the position
School resource officers (SROs) play a critical role in U.S. schools, often serving as law enforcement, educators, and counselors. The extant literature emphasizes the importance of SROs’ law enfor...
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Dr. Melanie Palacios Soderstrom @melsoderstrom.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
🚨New publication with awesome co-authors from UCF, South Florida, and Georgia Southern evaluating YMHFA training with public safety professionals🚨 Free access for 50 days!
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Youth mental health first aid training outcomes among public safety professionals serving high-risk youth
This study examined the effectiveness of Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA), an educational training program designed to teach adults how to identi…
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Dr. Melanie Palacios Soderstrom @melsoderstrom.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Latest publication is out today exploring how SROs become involved with student misbehavior and the factors influencing arrest decision-making. 50 free downloads are available!
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‘Being a pain in the ass is not a criminal offense’: a qualitative exploration of school resource officers’ arrest behaviors
Policing research since the 1960s has explored the arrest behaviors of patrol officers. It is unclear whether the findings from this body of research are applicable to a growing subpopulation of la...
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Dr. Melanie Palacios Soderstrom @melsoderstrom.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Wonderful news. Such interesting and impactful articles recently! The editorial team at Police Practice & Research has been wonderful to work with and so understanding and kind when I requested a deadline extension due to having a baby (which was not as common of a response as one would hope😐).
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Dr. Melanie Palacios Soderstrom @melsoderstrom.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
New pub analyzing involuntary commitment examinations of students in a school district that expanded their SRO program. Key takeaway = examinations are another collateral consequence of SRO implementation that should be considered by policymakers/school districts/public. doi.org/10.1080/1538...
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School Policing and Involuntary Commitment Examinations of Students Under Florida’s Baker Act
Research is silent surrounding school resource officers’ (SROs) role in involuntary commitment examinations arising from incidents at school. This study leverages changes to one Florida county’s SR...
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 16/03/2025
Academia's culture of competition breeds this kind of cruelty. Too often, faculty who've suffered in these systems believe that suffering is what made them successful. So, they perpetuate that suffering with their own students, rather than seeing that success doesn't have to be wrought that way.
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Daniel S Lawrence @danslawrence.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
NEW study examining suicidal ideation among law enforcement officers. The big (not surprising) takeaway: improving mental health and responses to PTSD are critical aspects to preventing suicide among this population. More details in thread and links at the end.
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Professor Laura Huey @drlaurahuey.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
The next issue of PPR.
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Police In-Service Training Podcast @policeinservice.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Join me for an illuminating discussion about mental health and wellness services in policing with Dr. Kathleen (Padillahttps://bsky.app/profile/kepadil.bsky.social) from Texas State University at San Marcos.
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Texas State University @txst.edu · 29/01/2025
TXST is officially on BlueSky! Follow us here for an inside look on Bobcat news, student life, and academic updates.
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Dr. Melanie Palacios Soderstrom @melsoderstrom.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
🚨New publication alert!🚨 Using participant observations and interviews with SROs and supervisors, I explored the content and usefulness of SRO training requirements. Three major problems with the training are identified and discussed. Let me know if you need a copy! doi.org/10.1108/PIJP...
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A qualitative exploration of school resource officer training in a Florida school district | Emerald Insight
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Dr. Kathleen E. Padilla @kepadil.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
✨NOW ONLINE: A mixed-methods study on how personal & professional support (especially w/ families) impacts women’s org commitment in policing. Spoiler: More support = more commitment S/O to ASEBP AC/DC for making this possible! Limited free access: bit.ly/4h2dmXO
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Dr. Kathleen E. Padilla @kepadil.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
‼️ New research out with @danslawrence.bsky.social & Jessica Dockstader of CNA We examined suicide rates among LEOs using data collected by First H.E.L.P. & discuss the importance of accurate data collection on the topic Limited free access here: bit.ly/3Eflgyp
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Unveiling the silent battle: suicide rates among law enforcement personnel
Accurately calculating suicide rates among law enforcement officers has been a longstanding challenge. Since 2016, the nonprofit organization First H.E.L.P. has implemented a standardized and rigor...
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Professor Laura Huey @drlaurahuey.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Just out at PPR
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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Qualitative researchers' experiences of methodologically incongruent peer review feedback w/ @ginnybraun.bsky.social @jeffnz.bsky.social @janeemcallaghan.bsky.social @andrealamarre.bsky.social & @joannasemlyen.bsky.social psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
First page of the paper Being really confidently wrong by Victoria Clarke et al.
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Dr. Melanie Palacios Soderstrom @melsoderstrom.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
@latcrim.bsky.social is now on Bluesky and is very kindly featuring me for their Winter Spotlight!
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April Chai @aprilchai12.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
New publication to wrap up the year! In this collaborative study with SFU colleagues, we examined the effects of COVID-19 on intimate partner violence among Metro Vancouver residents, BC. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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A ‘Pandemic within a Pandemic’: Metro Vancouver Women’s Experience with Intimate Partner Violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic - Journal of Family Violence
Purpose COVID-19 public health measures exacerbated intimate partner violence (IPV) exposure among women across the world. In the current study, we examine how provincial restrictions in British Colum...
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April Chai @aprilchai12.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
First time on the job market! I am a dedicated and passionate criminology researcher. Research interests include violent crime, enviro crim, quant methods, policing (investigation & forensics). I am also an NIJGRF recipient. Pls send job postings 🎉 my bio: www.researchgate.net/profile/Apri...
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April CHAI | PhD Candidate | Master of Arts | Texas State University, San Marcos | TxSt | Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology | Research profile
Current research interests include: sex offences, sexual homicide, body disposal patterns, environmental criminology, advanced quantitative methods, criminal investigative methods.
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Dr. Melanie Palacios Soderstrom @melsoderstrom.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Check out my latest open access pub: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Instructors’ challenges facilitating mental health first aid training with law enforcement
Following highly publicized incidents of police responses to individuals with a mental illness, policing executives attempt to placate public outcry by mandating mental health training. However, po...
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jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com · 25/11/2024
I followed some starter packs but still don't get it. I'm into all things related to crime, law, justice, reform, wrongful convictions, the death penalty, second look laws, public defense, and being a professor. Also, podcasting, writing and the NY Giants (ouch). Help me find my people here!
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Dr. Melanie Palacios Soderstrom @melsoderstrom.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Both @dralexpiquero.bsky.social and I were interviewed for this piece about some fluctuations in juvenile crime trends we’re experiencing in central Texas.
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Dr. Melanie Palacios Soderstrom @melsoderstrom.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Before some of you argue that 16 and 17-year-olds are not “children”, know that I represented a 7-year-old during my time as a public defender and saw a child as young as 5 being prosecuted. It was horrifying and so unexpected as a new attorney.
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Dr. Kathleen E. Padilla @kepadil.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Trying to foster connections between emerging, early career, and senior policing scholars! Open to all fields — please share and let me know if you would like to be added! go.bsky.app/GwDMiAc
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 16/11/2024
We're rolling out an update shortly to email verification to prevent harassment and trolling from throwaway accounts. New users may need to verify their account email before they can create a post. Thanks for your understanding!
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Dr. Cait Cavanagh @caitcavanagh.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
I made a Juvenile Justice starter pack! go.bsky.app/JMZs2Kf Please share widely and message me to be included!
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