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Andrew Davies

Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law

Director of Research, Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center

P.O. Box 750116

Dallas, TX 75275

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

17

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Scholarly Papers (17)

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Investigating Access to Justice, the Rural Lawyer Shortage, and Implications for Civil and Criminal Legal Systems

Working Paper: Research Methods for Rural Criminologists (2022 Forthcoming), UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming, SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 526
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 23 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2021
Lisa R. Pruitt and Andrew Davies
University of California, Davis - School of Law and Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
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criminology, access to justice, rural, geography, legal deserts, indigent defense, legal aid, methods, methodology, conflict of interest

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Government, Law, and Policy Journal: Rural Justice in New York State - Challenges and Recommendations

Government, Law and Policy Journal, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2017
Number of pages: 118 Posted: 22 Mar 2018
Albany Law School - Government Law Center, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, Rural Law Center of New York, Inc., Rural Law Center of New York, Inc., The Legal Project, Independent, Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law, Independent, Independent, Technocracy News, New York State Assembly, Independent, Independent, Independent, Albany Law School, Albany Law School and Independent
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If You Cannot Afford an Attorney, None Will Be Appointed for You: Exploring Rates Of Representation by Counsel in Texas Misdemeanor Courts

8 Journal of Criminal Justice and Law 25 (2025), SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 631
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 17 Jan 2024 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2025
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Access to counsel, Texas, Rural criminal justice, Right to counsel, Legal representation, Legal aid, Indigent defense, Public defenders, Legal assistance to the poor

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The Court is in Recession: On the Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Indigent Defense Spending

Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 449-473, 2021 , SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 488
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 26 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2025
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Indigent defense, Recession, COVID-19, Coronavirus, Budgets, Access to counsel, Local government

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Getting Gideon Right: Eligibility for Appointed Counsel in Texas Misdemeanor Cases

Report. Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center (April 2022), https://doi.org/10.25172/dc.8
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 03 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2023
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Texas criminal law, Appointed counsel, Gideon v. Wainwright, Sixth amendment, Right to counsel, Indigent defense

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Putting Defense on the Agenda: How Public Defender Offices Reshape the Delivery of Indigent Defense in Texas

SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 714
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Dec 2025 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2026
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Indigent defense, Access to counsel, Public defender offices, Texas, Misdemeanor justice, Criminal procedure, Empirical legal research

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Knowing Defense

14 Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law 345 (2017)
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 15 Apr 2017
Janet Moore and Andrew Davies
University of Cincinnati College of Law and Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
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Public Defense, Public Defenders, Indigent Defense, Empirical Research,Mississippi Defenders, Group-Level Assessment

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Privileging Public Defense Research

Forthcoming in Mercer Law Review Vol. 69, No. 3, Spring 2018, Hofstra Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-12
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 19 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2018
Janet Moore, Ellen Yaroshefsky and Andrew Davies
University of Cincinnati College of Law, Hofstra University - Maurice A. Deane School of Law and Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
Downloads 98 (704,534)
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public defense, empirical research, evidentiary privilege, research ethics

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Gideon in the Desert: An Empirical Study of Providing Counsel to Criminal Defendants in Rural Places

Andrew Davies and Alyssa Clark, (2019) “Gideon in the Desert: Providing Counsel to Criminal Defendants in Rural Places.” 71(2) Maine Law Review 245-272.
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 29 Jun 2020
Andrew Davies and Alyssa Clark
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law and Independent
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counsel, rural, Texas, indigent defense

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Autoethnographic Notes on Role-Conflict in Lived Experience: The Case of the Formerly-Incarcerated Researcher

in DCS Handbook on Corrections and Sentencing, Volume 10: Lessons from Lived Experience (Am. Soc’y Criminology, Div. on Corr. & Sentencing, forthcoming)
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 29 Aug 2025
Carlos Sanchez and Andrew Davies
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law and Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
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Autoethnography, Criminal justice, Corrections, Role conflict, Indigent defense, GIDEON project, Lived experience

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Critical Issues and New Empirical Research in Public Defense: An Introduction

14 Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law 337 (2017)
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 15 Apr 2017
Andrew Davies and Janet Moore
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law and University of Cincinnati College of Law
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Symposium, Indigent Defense, Public Defense, Empirical Research, Empirical Scholarship

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Indigent Defense and Gender

SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 664, The Sage Encyclopedia of Crime and Gender (Janet P. Stamatel ed., Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 12 Oct 2024
Andrew Davies and Evangeline Bulick
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law and Southern Methodist University (SMU)
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Indigent defense, Public defenders, Right to counsel, Gender disparities, Legal profession, Lawyers, Feminist jurisprudence

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The ABCs of Racial Disparity : Enforcement of Low-Level Drug Crimes in Dallas County in 2018

Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center (May 2021), https://doi.org/10.25172/dc.6, SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 577
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 Jan 2023
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law, Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center, SMU Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law, TIDC (Texas Indigent Defense Commission) and Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
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Marijuana, Law enforcement, Race, Racial inequity, Dallas county (Tex.), Marijuana prosecution reforms, Criminal law

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Unique New York? Theorizing the Impact of Resources on the Quality of Defense Representation in a Deviant State

Andrew Davies, Giza Lopes, and Alyssa Clark, (2020) “Unique New York? Theorizing the Impact of Resources on the Quality of Defense Representation in a Deviant State.” 31(6) Criminal Justice Policy Review 962-986. https://doi.org/10.1177/0887403419890650.
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 15 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2022
Andrew Davies, Giza Lopes and Alyssa Clark
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Independent
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Public Defense, Criminal Justice Policy, Criminal Justice Reform

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Advances in Measurement of Sex, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation in Surveys

SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 720, 51 ACJS Today 9 (2023)
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 03 Feb 2026
Andrew Davies and Anna Beckley
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law and Southern Methodist University (SMU)
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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) data, federal statistical surveys, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) surveys, OMB guidelines, survey instruments, data collection

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Access to Legal Representation

Encyclopedia of Rural Crime, eds Harkness et al. (2022, Bristol, UK, Bristol University Press)., https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529222036.ch067
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 31 Mar 2026
Andrew Davies and Shelby Sirivore
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law and Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
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Access to Counsel for Defendants in Lower Criminal Courts

Forthcoming in Justice System Journal Available at https://doi.org/10.1080/0098261X.2021.1927267, SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 522
Posted: 15 Sep 2021
Alyssa Clark, Andrew Davies and Karise M. Curtis
Independent, Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Access to counsel, indigent defense, lower criminal courts, judicial decision-making