Education

Ph.D. Criminology- Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA   2018

M.A. Applied Criminology- California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA 2014

B.S. Justice Studies: Forensic Science- California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA  2012  

 

Publications

Kayla G. Jachimowski, Carley J. Pinskey, Austyn Carson*, and Gianna Donate*
LGBTQ+ Hate Crimes: Understanding Victim Reasons for Non-Reporting.
[Special Edition] Crime & Delinquency. [Invited: Forthcoming]

Shavonne Arthurs & Kayla G. Jachimowski. [In-Progress]
Criminal Justice Race/Diversity Curricula.

Kayla G. Jachimowski, Carley J. Smathers*, Lindsey N. Smathers*, and Ryan J.
Lemmon* January 2021 The Impact of Mental Health Resources on Police Officer Action. Journal of Police
and Criminal Psychology, 36, 193-203.

Kayla G. Jachimowski, Ryan J. Lemmon*, and Rachel E. Vanetta* January 2021
Book Chapter: "You Can't Sit with Us: An Application of Social Learning Theory"
In Sarah E. Daly, Theories of Crime Through Popular Culture. Palgrave Macmillan.

Kayla G. Jachimowski and Carley J. Smathers* July 2019
Book Chapter: "Mental Health and CIT in a Prison Setting." In Jonathon A. Cooper
and Kayla G. Jachimowski, A Closer Look at Criminal Justice. Hauppauge, NY:
Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Kayla G. Jachimowski January 2018
The Relationship between Mentally Disordered Inmates, Victimization, and Violence.
Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 57(1), 47-65.
doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2017.1416438

Books
Kayla G. Jachimowski and Jonathon A. Cooper November 2020
Gatekeepers and Street Corner Psychiatrists: Police and Persons with Mental Health
Disorders. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Jonathon A. Cooper and Kayla G. Jachimowski July 2019
A Closer Look at Criminal Justice. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Organizations

The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
The American Society of Criminology
Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences
Alpha Phi Sigma - Alumni/Faculty Member
Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Justice Educators

Presentations

Re-imagining criminal justice programs. Roundtable presented with Timothy Holler,
Shavonne Arthurs, and Jeffery Roth at the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Justice
Educators in Slippery Rock, PA on March 25, 2023.

LGBTQ+ hate crimes: Understanding victim consequences & reasons for non-reporting.
Panel presentation with Austyn Carson* and Gianna Donate* at the Annual Meeting of the
Academy of Criminal Justice Science in National Harbor, MD on March 16, 2023.

Accessibility planning for the rights of people with disabilities engaging with the
juvenile/criminal legal systems. Roundtable presented with Austyn Carson* and Timothy
Holler at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Science in National
Harbor, MD on March 16, 2023.

A Criminological Approach to the Movie Mean Girls. Poster presentation presented with
Rachel E. Vanetta* at the Northeastern Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in
Williamsport, PA on June 6, 2019.

What the flippity flip are we doing? Learning to incorporate the concept of the "flipped
classroom" into undergraduate student driven research opportunities. Workshop presented
with Shavonne Arthurs, and Samantha M. Gavin* at the Northeastern Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in Williamsport, PA on June 6, 2019.

The Impact of Mental Health Resources on Police Officer Action. Panel presentation
presented with Lindsey N. Smathers*, and Carley J. Smathers* at the Annual Meeting of the
Academy of Criminal Justice Science in Baltimore, MD on March 27, 2019. [Chair]

Police Response to Mental Health Calls for Service. Panel presentation presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Science in New Orleans, LA On
February 17, 2018.