Robert Lytle Source Confirmed

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Associate Professor

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

faculty

10 h-index 25 pubs 298 cited

Research Areas

Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Crime Victimization and Consequences Social Media and Communication Law and Policy Analysis Behavioral and Psychological Studies Social and Intergroup Psychology Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Robert Lytle is an Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where his research utilizes qualitative and quantitative methods to examine societal responses to crime. His work focuses on criminal justice policy processes, institutional and community corrections, and the outcomes of these policies. He also investigates desistance processes and trajectories for various offender populations.

Lytle's current research interests include inmate institutional behavior, factors contributing to parole and probation success, public punitiveness, and the policy development surrounding state-level correctional and sex offense laws. He is a Co-Principal Investigator on an NSF-funded REU Site grant totaling $324,987, focused on the scope and consequences of hate crime victimization in the South. His publication record includes studies on bystander apathy in the social media era, variations in mandatory reporting laws, public perceptions of sexual assault proceedings, and police perceptions among different citizen groups.

With an h-index of 10 and 298 total citations across 25 publications, Lytle leads a research group and collaborates with researchers such as Heather K. Hudson from the University of Central Arkansas.

Metrics

  • h-index: 10
  • Publications: 25
  • Citations: 298

Selected Publications

  • Differences in police perceptions between native- and foreign-born US citizens (2025) DOI
  • Examining community perceptions of the police post 2020: the role of civic attitudes, experiences and socio-demographic traits (2025) DOI
  • Politics, knowledge, and sexual assault: public perceptions of Trump-era Title IX proceedings (2022) DOI
  • Do I Report This? Understanding Variation in the Content of State Mandatory Reporting Laws (2021) DOI

Federal Grants 1 $324,987 total

NSF Co-PI

REU Site: The Scope and Consequences of Hate Crime Victimization in the South

RSCH EXPER FOR UNDERGRAD SITES $324,987

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Heather K. Hudson University of Central Arkansas 1 shared publication

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