Student Research Projects

Fall 2018

Background Check and Their Correlations with Recidivism Rates

Opening Eyes: Bringing Awareness of Human Trafficking to UVU

The Perception of Police Officers

Rape Myth Acceptance Among College Students: An Assessment of Utah Valley University

Student Opinions on Police Interrogation

UVU Campus Safety and Firearm Policy

White Collar Crime: Utah's Growing Problem

Spring 2019

Drug Prevalence at UVU

Effectiveness of UVU Campus Police as Perceived by Students

How PTSD Affects an Officer's Home and Work Life

Perception of UVU Students on the Police and Police Body Cameras

Public Opinion of Law Enforcement

Sex Trafficking: What do UVU Students Know?

Why do Offenders Keep Offending?

Summer 2019

Are Sex Offender Registries Used by UVU Students to Prevent Assaults?

Causes of Law Enforcement Attrition in Utah County

Does Drug and Alcohol Addition Have an Effect on Crime?

Human Trafficking

Mass Shooting

Police Body Cameras

Relationship Between Drugs and Crime Among UVU Students and Its Impact

Fall 2017

Effects of Drug and Alcohol to Crime Involvement in Crime at UVU

The Relationship Between Public Perception and Law Enforcement

Unique vs. Cumulative Effects of Physical and Sexual Assault on Patterns of Adolescent Substance Use of Students at UVU

Unreported Crime at UVU

UVU Awareness of Memory Malleability

Spring 2018

Campus Safety

Drugs at UVU

The Homeless Community in the City of Provo

Mental Health Resources for Police Officers

Prevalence of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Sexual Assault at UVU

Student Opinion of the Use of Police Body Cameras

Theft on Campus

White Collar Crime: The Unseen Threat

Summer 2018

The Death Penalty

The Influence the Media has on Peoples' Perceptions of Law Enforcement

Rape Kit Testing

Fall 2016

Domestic Violence Rates and Causes at UVU 

Do UVU Students Understand How Criminals Are Sentenced?

Drug Use at UVU

Sexual Assault at UVU

Violence Towards Police and the Causes

Spring 2017

Police Body Cameras

Bullying at UVU and it's Effect on Student Performance

Domestic Violence

Sexual Assault on Campus

Prescription Drug Use and Its Effect on Academic Performance

Perception of Police

Utah County Law Enforcement & UVU Student Comparative Study

Summer 2017

Gun Control

Police Brutality and Media's Effects on How the Public Perceives It

Are Changes in Utah Retirement System (URS) Pension Plans Contributing to a Shortage of Police Officers?

UVU Student's Attitudes About the Death Penalty