Dr. Egbert Zavala
Chair and Associate Professor
Faculty Profile
Egbert Zavala is a Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at UTEP. He is an El Paso native and UTEP alum, and earned his PhD in Sociology from Kansas State University. His research areas include intimate partner violence, testing criminological theories, victimology/victimization, and deviance. His publications appear in Journal of Family Violence, Crime & Delinquency, Violence & Victims, Journal of Crime and Justice, among others.
Classes Taught:
CRIJ 3300 - Applied Research Methods in CJCRIJ 3321 - Family Violence
CRIJ 4317 – Victimology
CRIJ 4318 - Violence in America
CRIJ 3308 - Juvenile Justice
CRIJ 4314 - Women in Criminal Justice
CRIJ 4390 - Advanced Concepts in Criminal Justice: Deviance
Documents
Publications
Target congruence theory and Latino youth victimization
Applying Differential Coercion and Social Support Theory to Intimate Partner Violence
Applying Differential Coercion and Social Support Theory to Police Officers' Misconduct
The role of religious coping on problematic alcohol consumption by police officers