Allison Chappell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Old Dominion University. She is also Co-Director of the Institute for Community Justice. She earned a Ph.D. in Sociology (with a concentration in Criminology and Deviance) from the University of Florida in 2005.

Research Interests

Policing
Sociology of Law                                                                           
Organizational Behavior
Juvenile Delinquency/Juvenile Justice
Inequality (Race, Gender, Class) 

Selected Publications

Chappell, Allison T., & Alex R. Piquero. (2004). "Applying Social Learning Theory to Police Misconduct." Deviant Behavior 25 (2): 89-108.

Chappell, Allison T., John M. MacDonald, & Patrick W. Manz. (2006). "The Organizational Determinants of Police Arrest Decisions." Crime and Delinquency 52 (2): 287-306.

Chappell, Allison T. (2007). "Community Policing: Is Field Training the Missing Link?" Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management 30 (3): 498-517.

Chappell, Allison T. (2008). "Police Academy Training: Comparing Across Curricula." Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management 31 (1): 36-56.

Payne, Brian K., & Allison T. Chappell. (2008). "Using Student Samples in Criminological Research." Journal of Criminal Justice Education 19 (2): 177-194.

Chappell, Allison T. (2009). "The Philosophical versus Actual Adoption of Community Policing: A Case Study. Criminal Justice Review 34 (1): 5-28.

Chappell, Allison T., & Sarah A. Gibson. (2009). "Community Policing and Homeland Security: Friend or Foe?" Criminal Justice Policy Review 20: 326-343.

Chappell, Allison T., & Lonn Lanza-Kaduce. (2010). Police Academy Socialization: Understanding the Lessons Learned in a Paramilitary-Bureacratic Organization." Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, doi: 10.1177/0891241609342230.