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Dr. Jessie Krienert

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Biography

Jessie Krienert is a Professor of Criminal Justice Sciences at Illinois State University. Her areas of research include prison subculture, family violence, and gender issues in correctional and street settings.

Current Courses

CJS 200.002 Contemporary Corrections

CJS 310.001 Correctional Institutions

CJS 499.006 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

CJS 287.001 Independent Study

CJS 400.006 Independent Study

CJS 291.009 Undergraduate Teaching Experience In Criminal Justice Sciences

CJS 200.003 Contemporary Corrections

CJS 499.006 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

CJS 400.008 Independent Study

CJS 300.003 Research Methods

CJS 291.007 Undergraduate Teaching Experience In Criminal Justice Sciences

Teaching Interests & Areas

Research Methods, Corrections, Gender

Research Interests & Areas

Prison Subculture, Family Violence

Ph D Criminal Justice

University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE

MA Criminal Justice

University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska

BS Sociology

Iowa State University
Ames, IA

2024 Outstanding Paper Award

Midwestern Criminal Justice Association & Journal of Crime & Justice
2025

Oustanding Researcher Award

College of Applied Science and Technology
2010

Book, Authored

Fleisher, M., & Krienert, J. The myth of prison rape: Sexual culture in American prisons. Rowman Littlefield Publishers (2009)
Krienert, J. Masculinity and Violence: Testing an Integrated Model. Lambert Academic Publishing (2009)
Krienert, J., & Fleisher, M. Crime and employment: Critical issues in crime reduction for corrections. Alta Mira Press (2004)

Book, Chapter

Walsh, J., Krienert, J., & McNamara, A. Online Education in the Era of Rapid Adoption: Student and Faculty Perceptions of Technology, Individualized Impacts, and Satisfaction. Global Higher Education and the COVID-19 Pandemic. Apple Academic Press (2023): 175-191.
Krienert, J., Walsh, J., & Peuterbaugh, M. Violence in the USA, Sibling. Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer International Publishing (2021): 1-5.
Walsh, J., Krienert, J., & McAdams, S. A retrospective examination of bullying victimisation during high school. Empathy versus Offending, Aggression, and Bullying. Routledge (2021): 211-223.
Walsh, J., & Krienert, J. Innocence Lost: Educator Sexual Misconduct and the Epidemic of Sexually Victimized Students.. Raleigh Blasdell, Laura Krieger-Sample, Michelle Kilburn (EDs), Invisible Victims and the Pursuit of Justice: Analyzing Frequently Victimized Yet Rarely Discussed Populations,. GI Global (2021): 249-273.
Krienert, J., & Walsh, J. Sexual Behavior in Prison. Routledge Handbook on American Prisons. Routledge (2020): 194-208.

Encyclopedia

Krienert, J., & Walsh, J. Infanticide and Neonaticide: Characterization of Mothers Who Kill. Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence. Springer International Publishing (2023): 1-6.
Walsh, J., & Krienert, J. Familicide, Case Characteristics. Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence. Springer International Publishing (2023): 1-3.
Walsh, J., & Krienert, J. Filicide-Suicide. Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence. Springer International Publishing (2023): 1-2.
Acquaviva, B., Krienert, J., & Walsh, J. Convict Social System. Bumgarner, Jeff and Lewandowski, Carla (EDs), Criminal Justice in America: The Encyclopedia of Crime, Law Enforcement, Courts, and Corrections.. ABC-CLIO, LLC (2020)
Acquaviva, B., Krienert, J., & Walsh, J. Homosexuality in Prison. Bumgarner, Jeff and Lewandowski, Carla (EDs), Criminal Justice in America: The Encyclopedia of Crime, Law Enforcement, Courts, and Corrections.. ABC-CLIO, LLC (2020)

Journal Article

Krienert, J., Walsh, J., & Ingold, K. An empirical analysis of sibling sexual abuse: Examining offender, victim, and event characteristics in National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) data, 2018–2022 (2025)
Krienert, J., Walsh, J., & Ingold, K. Communicating sexual health to the incarcerated population: information dissemination in a US sample of inmate handbooks (2025)
Krienert, J., Walsh, J., & Kohls, M. An empirical analysis of the (Un) readability of inmate handbooks (2024)
Krienert, J., Walsh, J., Kevin, C., & Honan, S. Professors Call It Cheating, Students Call It Teamwork: Evolving Norms of Academic Integrity in the Transformative Era of Online Education. (2024)
Walsh, J., Krienert, J., & Ingold, K. A Descriptive Analysis of Siblicide: Examining Ten Years of Incidents Reported in the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), 2013–2022. (2024)

Other

Walsh, J., & Krienert, J. Animal Abuse. Albanese, J. S. (EDs), Encyclopedia of Criminology & Criminal Justice (2014)
Walsh, J., & Krienert, J. Sibling Violence in the U.S.. Michalos, A. C. (EDs), Encyclopedia of Quality of Life Research. Springer (2014)
Kethineni, S., Krienert, J., & Brown, B. Evaluation of the Grant to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders. Illinois State’s Attorney Appellate Prosecutor’s Office (2011)
Fleisher, M., & Krienert, J. Ethno-Methodological Study of the Subculture of Prison Inmate Sexuality in the United States, 2004-2005. ICPSR Data Holdings. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) (2006)
Fleisher, M., & Krienert, J. The culture of prison sexual violence. National Institute of Justice (2006): 333.

Presentations

A Sacrificial Love: Exploring how the mothers of registered sex offenders experience courtesy stigmatization. American Society of Criminology. (2024)
An empirical analysis of the (un)readability of inmate handbooks. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. (2024)
Examining PREA standards in DOC handbooks: Assessing findability, readability, and content. American Society of Criminology. (2024)
Dissemination of Critical Information: Examining the Content and Readability of PREA Messaging for the Inmate Population. American Society of Criminology. (2023)
Sibling Sexual Abuse: An Empirical Analysis of Offender, Victim, and Event Characteristics. American Society of Criminology. (2022)
Online education in the era of rapid adoption: Student and faculty perceptions of “What Works?. American Society of Criminology. (2021)
Cyber-bullying participation roles: Examining the relationships between empathy and psychopathy in a university sample. American Society of Criminology. (2019)
Technological Advances in Academic Dishonesty. National Social Science Association. (2019)
School Bullying Victimization and the Hidden Roles of Healthy Narcissism and Empathy. Measuring Empathy and Behavioural Outcomes. University of Greenwich. (2018)
School Bullying Victimization and the Hidden Roles of Healthy Narcissism and Empathy. Midwestern Criminal Justice Association. (2018)

Grants & Contracts

Innovative Programs for Special Correctional Populations: Assessing the Current State and Disseminating Program Information in an Innovative Way. Bureau of Justice Assistance. Federal.