Personal Summary

Dr. Andrew Thompson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Montana. His research focuses on racial and partisan divisions in attitudes towards crime and justice, as well as the impact of police encounters on legal orientations. His work has been published in outlets such as Criminology, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Crime & Delinquency, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, and the Journal of Experimental Criminology. 

Education

Ph.D., Criminal Justice, University at Albany, SUNY

M.A., Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Northern Colorado

B.A., Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Northern Colorado

Publications

Thompson, A. J., Metcalfe, C., & Pickett, J. T. (2023). Should police officers who use force against protesters be punished? Journal of Experimental Criminology. DOI: 10.1007/s11292-023-09589-3

Thompson, A. J., Pickett, J. T., Graham, A. & Cullen, F. (2023). Protest policing, normative alignment, and riot gear: An experiment. Crime And Delinquency. DOI: 10.1177/00111287231189718.

Thompson, A. J., Pickett, J. T., & Intravia, J. (2022). Racial stereotypes, extended criminalization, and support for Breed-Specific Legislation: experimental and observational evidence. Race and Justice, 12(2), 303-321.

Thompson, A. J., & Wilson, T. (2022). Procedural (in) justice as inclusivity and marginalization: Evidence from a longitudinal sample of Mexican-American adolescents. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 59(1), 44-81.

Roche, S. P., Pickett, J. T., Intravia, J., & Thompson, A. J. (2022). On the measurement of subjective apprehension risk. Criminal Justice Review, 47(1), 77-93.

Thompson, A.J. & Pickett, J.T. (2021). Asymmetry in process-based model relationships: A longitudinal study of adjudicated adolescents. Criminology, 59(4), 585-609.  

Thompson, A.J. & Pickett, J.T. (2020). Are relational inferences from crowdsourced and opt-in panels generalizable? Journal of Quantitative Criminology. 36(4), 907–932.

Intravia, J., Thompson, A. J., & Pickett, J. T. (2020). Net legitimacy: Internet and social media exposure and attitudes toward the police. Sociological Spectrum, 40(1), 58–80.

Zakrzewski, W., Wheeler, A.P., & Thompson, A.J. (2019). Cannabis in the capital: Exploring the spatial association between medical marijuana dispensaries and crime. Journal of Crime and Justice 43(1), 1–15

Goodrum, S., Evans, M. K., Thompson, A. J., & Woodward, W. (2019). Learning from a failure in threat assessment: 11 questions and not enough answers. Behavioral Sciences & the Law. 37(4), 353-371

Goodrum, S., Thompson, A. J., Ward, K. C., & Woodward, W. (2018). A case study on threat assessment: Learning critical lessons to prevent school violence. Journal of Threat Assessment and Management, 5(3), 121–136.

Ward, K.C., Kirchner, E., & Thompson, A.J. (2019). Social disorganization and rural/urban crime rates: A county level comparison of contributing factors. International Journal of Rural Criminology, 4(1), 43-65.

Goodrum, S., Woodward, W., & Thompson, A.J. (2017). Sharing information to promote a culture of safety. NASSP (National Association of Secondary School Principals) Bulletin. 10(3), 215-240. 

Ward, K.C., Thompson, A.J., Iannacchione, B, Evans, M.K. (2017). Crimes, laws, and legalization: Perceptions of Colorado dispensary owners and managers. Criminal Justice Policy Review 30(1), 1-24. 

Honors / Awards

SUNY Chancellor’s Distinguished Dissertation Award Honorable Mention (2024) 

University Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award (2023), SUNY Albany 

Eliot H. Lumbard Award for Academic Excellence  (2021), SUNY Albany 

Dean’s Excellence Fellowship (2017), SUNY Albany 

Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice’s Outstanding Graduate Student (2017), University of Northern Colorado

Dean’s Citation for Excellence (2017), Unviersity of Northern Colorado