Rorie, Melissa

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Senior Research Manager, OMNI Institute

Almost 20 years of experience designing, conducting, supporting, and/or overseeing research projects across a wide variety of topics and incorporating a variety of methodologies, but with particular expertise in quantitative modeling in the criminal justice domain. Skilled quantitative researcher with experience in conducting surveys, systematic reviews/meta-analyses, and randomized experiments as well as analyzing secondary data. Currently leads projects examining opioid abatement strengths and needs for local governments as well as projects examining the intersection of justice and behavioral health. Before joining OMNI, spent nine years as a post-secondary educator. Authored or co-authored 27 peer-reviewed journal articles and 12 book chapters, in addition to serving as sole or lead editor for two books.

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Selected PEER-REVIEWED publications
1. Reed, S., and Rorie, M. (2023). More than ‘male’ and ‘female’: The role of gender identity in white-collar offending intentions. Crime, Law, and Social Change, 80, 79-103. https://doi.org/10.10611-023-10074-1
2. Desmond, S., Rorie, M., and Sohoni, T. (2022). “Working for God: Religion and Occupational Crime and Deviance.” Deviant Behavior. Available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01639625.2021.2022968
3. Rorie, M., Park, S., and West, M. (2022). “Does Structural Choice Theory Predict Immunity as well as Victimization? A Test Using Zero-Inflated Mixed-Effect SEM Analyses of Adolescent Victimizations in South Korea.” International Review of Victimology. Available online: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/02697580211057330
4. Kennedy, J., Rorie, M., and Benson, M. (2021). “COVID-19 Frauds: An Exploratory Study of Victimization During a Global Crisis.” Criminology and Public Policy, 20, 493 - 543.
5. Rorie, M. and West, M. (2020). “Can ‘Focused Deterrence’ Produce More Effective Ethics Codes? An Experimental Study.” Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime 3(1), 33 – 45.
6. Sohoni, T. and Rorie, M. (2019). “The Whiteness of White-Collar Crime: Examining the Role of Race in a Culture of White-Collar Crime.” Theoretical Criminology 25(1), 66 – 87.
7. West, M., Rorie, M., and Cohen, M. (2018, online first). “The “Pliability” of Criminological Analyses: Assessing Bias in Regression Estimates Using Monte Carlo Simulations.” Journal of Quantitative Criminology 36, 371 – 394.
8. Rorie, M., Simpson, S., Cohen, M., and Vandenbergh, M. (2018). “Examining Procedural Justice and Legitimacy in Corporate Offending and Overcompliance.” Law & Policy 40(2), 172 – 195.
9. Rorie, M., Alper, M., Simpson, S., and Schell-Busey, N. (2017). “Using Meta-Analysis when Definitional Ambiguity Reigns: The Case of Corporate Crime.” Criminal Justice Studies 31(1), 38 – 61.
10. Rorie, M. (2017). “Regulating a ‘Pariah Industry’: The Need for a Responsive Approach.” UNLV Gaming Research and Review Journal, 21(1), 69 – 95.
11. Pautz, M., Rinfret, S., and Rorie, M. (2017). “Understanding the Regulatory Thicket: Interactions Among State Environmental Regulators and Environmental Professionals." International Journal of Public Administration, 40(2), 101 – 114.
12. Schell-Busey, N., Simpson, S., Rorie, M., and Alper, M. (2016). “What Works? A Systematic Review of Corporate Crime Deterrence.” Criminology & Public Policy 15(2), 1 - 30.
13. Rorie, M. (2015). “An Integrated Theory of Corporate Environmental Compliance and Overcompliance.” Crime, Law, and Social Change 64(2), 65 – 101.
14. Rorie, M., Rinfret, S., and Pautz, M. (2015). “The Thin Green Line: Examining Environmental Regulation and Environmental Offending from Multiple Perspectives.” International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice 43(4), 586 – 608.
15. Rorie, M., Gottfredson, D.C., Cross, A.B., Wilson, D.M., and Connell, N. (2011). “Structure and Deviancy Training in After-School Programs.” Journal of Adolescence 34: 105 - 117.
16. Gottfredson, D., Cross, A. B., Wilson, D., Rorie, M., & Connell, N. (2010). “Effects of Participation in After-School Programs for Middle School Students: A Randomized Trial.” Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 3(3), 282-313.
17. Wilson, D.M., Gottfredson, D.C., Cross, A.B., Rorie, M., and Connell, N. (2010). “Youth Development in After-School Leisure Activities.” Journal of Early Adolescence 30: 668 - 690.
18. Cross, A.B., Gottfredson, D.C., Wilson, D.M., Rorie, M., and Connell, N. (2010). “Implementation Quality and Positive Experiences in After-School Programs.” American Journal of Community Psychology 45:370 – 380.
19. Gottfredson, D.C., Cross, A.B., Wilson, D.M., Rorie, M., and Connell, N. (2010). “An Experimental Evaluation of the All Stars Prevention Curriculum in a Community After School Setting.” Prevention Science 11(2): 142 – 154.
20. Cross, A.B., Gottfredson, D.C., Wilson, D.M., Rorie, M., and Connell, N. (2009). “The Impact of After- School Programs on the Routine Activities of Middle-School Students: Results from a Randomized, Controlled Trial.” Criminology and Public Policy 8(2): 391 – 412.
SELECTED BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
1. Rorie, M., and van Rooij, B. (eds.) (2022). Measuring Compliance: Assessing Corporate Crime and Misconduct Prevention. Cambridge University Press.
2. van Rooij, B., and Rorie, M. (2022). “Measuring Compliance: The Challenges in Assessing and Understanding the Interaction Between Law and Organizational Misconduct.” Chapter in Rorie, M., and van Rooij, B. (eds.) Measuring Compliance: Assessing Corporate Crime and Misconduct Prevention. Cambridge University Press.
3. Rorie, M. (2022). “Self-report Surveys and Factorial Survey Experiments.” Chapter in Rorie, M., and van Rooij, B. (eds.) Measuring Compliance: Assessing Corporate Crime and Misconduct Prevention. Cambridge University Press.
4. Rorie, M. (2022). “The Use of Randomized Experiments for Assessing Corporate Compliance.” Chapter in Rorie, M., and van Rooij, B. (eds.) Measuring Compliance: Assessing Corporate Crime and Misconduct Prevention. Cambridge University Press.
5. van Rooij, B., and Rorie, M. (2022). “Admitting Noncompliance: Interview Strategies for Assessing Undetected Legal Deviance .” Chapter in Rorie, M., and van Rooij, B. (eds.) Measuring Compliance: Assessing Corporate Crime and Misconduct Prevention. Cambridge University Press.
6. West, M. and Rorie, M. (2022). “Data Simulations as a Means of Improving Compliance Measurement. Chapter in Rorie, M., and van Rooij, B. (eds.) Measuring Compliance: Assessing Corporate Crime and Misconduct Prevention. Cambridge University Press.
7. Rorie, M. (2021). “Observations on European White-Collar Crime Research from the U.S.” Chapter in Nicholas Lord, Eva Inzelt, Wim Huisman, and Rita Faria (eds.), European White-Collar Crime: Exploring the Nature of European Realities. Bristol University Press.
8. Rorie, M., and Schell-Busey, N. (2021). “Deterring Corporate Crime: Assumptions, Evidence, and Criticisms of Current Efforts.” Chapter in B. van Rooij and D. Sokol (eds.) Cambridge Handbook of Compliance. Cambridge University Press.
9. Rorie, M. (ed.) (2019). Handbook of White-Collar Crime. Wiley Publishing.
10. Rorie, M., Simpson, S.S., and Boppre, B. (2018). “Factorial Survey Research in the Study of Regulatory Processes and Administrative Sanctions.” Chapter in W. van Boom, P. Desmet, and P. Mascini (eds.) Empirical Legal Research in Action: Reflections on Methods and Their Applications. Edward Elgar Publishing.
11. Rorie, M. (2018). “Corporate Malfeasance as a Social Problem.” Chapter in A.J. Trevino (ed.) Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems. Cambridge University Press.
12. Rorie, M. (2017). “Experimental Criminology.” Chapter in A. Brisman, E. Carrabine, and N. South (eds.) Routledge Companion to Criminological Theory. Routledge Publishing.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
1. Rorie, M. (2022, July). The Approachable Experiment: How Compliance Practitioners Can Leverage the “Gold Standard” of Research Design. Paper presented at the ComplianceNet Annual Meeting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2. Rorie, M. (2022, March). Interviewed as part of “State of Nevada After Dark: 1,000s are scammed in Nevada every year. What can you do?” Nevada Public Radio: https://knpr.org/knpr/2022-03/state-nevada-after-dark-1000s-are-scammed-nevada-every-year-what-can-you-do
3. Rorie, M. (2022, February) Interviewed as part of “Professors Melissa Rorie and Benjamin van Rooij on Measuring Compliance.” The Human Risk Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/user/human-risk/benjamin- van-rooij-melissa-rorie-on-meas
4. Rorie, M. (2021, November). White-Collar Crime Victimization During a Global Crisis: An Exploratory Study of COVID-19 Frauds. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
5. Rorie, M., and van Rooij, B. (2021, June). Measuring Compliance: The Challenges in Assessing and Understanding the Interaction Between Law and Organizational Misconduct. Paper presented at the 2021 ComplianceNet Annual Meeting, online.
6. Schell-Busey, N., and Rorie, M. (2021, June). Deterring Corporate Crime: Assumptions, Evidence, and Criticisms of Current Efforts. Paper presented at the 2021 ComplianceNet Annual Meeting, online.
7. Rorie, M. (2021, April 23). Don’t Get Mad, Get Wise: A Criminological Journey from Hopelessness to Optimism. Keynote Speech at the Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society Induction Ceremony, Colorado State University – Fort Collins, online.
8. Rorie, M., Sohoni, T., and Reed, S. (2020, September). The Whiteness of White-Collar Crime. Paper presented at the 2020 European Society of Criminology Conference, online.
9. Rorie, M. (2019, November). Policing the Pits: Studying Corporate Gaming Violations from a Criminological Perspective. Paper presented at the 2019 American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
10. Rorie, M. (2019, June). Do You See Yourself Complying? The Use of Visual Measures in Compliance Surveys. Paper presented at the 2019 ComplianceNet Annual Meeting, Villanova, PA.
11. Rorie, M. and van Wingerde, K. (2019, May). Regulating the Gaming Industry Across Time and Place: Support for the Governance Turn in Vice Industries? Paper presented at the 2019 International Gaming Institute Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
12. Rorie, M. (2019, February). Threat Communication and the White-Collar Offender: The Potential for Direct Deterrence Messaging in the Workplace. Paper presented at the 2019 Western Society of Criminology’s Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI.

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