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Drugs, Crime, and the Epigenetics of Hedonic Allostasis (with Hailey Johnson and Jonathan D. Bolen), Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice (2012)
Researchers have found staggering numbers of drug addicts among incarcerated populations and have conceded that...
The Neurobiology of Criminal Behavior: Gene-Brain-Culture Interaction (with Jonathan D. Bolen), Faculty Authored Books (2012)
Explores criminal behaviour from various aspects of Tinbergen's Four Questions. This book examines the neurobiology...
Social Class and Criminal Behavior through a Biosocial Lens (with David G. Mueller), [The Ashgate] Research Companion to Biosocial Theories of Crime (2011)
The relationship between social class (socioeconomic states--SES), and criminal behavior has been central to sociological...
The Stability of Self-Control Among South Korean Adolescents (with Ilhong Yun), International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (2011)
Gottfredson and Hirschi’s General Theory of Crime has been widely tested. Yet, one of their...
Genetic and Environmental Influences in Delinquent Peer Affiliation: From the Peer Network Approach (with Ilhong Yun and Jinseong Cheong), Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice (2011)
Mainstream criminologists have long maintained that delinquent peer group formation is largely a function of...
ADHD and Criminality: A Primer on the Genetic, Neurobiological, Evolutionary, and Treatment Literature for Criminologists (with Catrina M. Schilling and Ilhong Yun), Journal of Criminal Justice (2011)
This paper is a primer on ADHD and its major comorbidities for criminologists unfamiliar with...
Developmental Neurobiology from Embryonic Neuron Migration to Adolescent Synaptic Pruning: Relevance for Antisocial Behavior (with Ilhong Yun), Criminological Theory: A Life-Course Approach (2011)
Feminist Criminology through a Biosocial Lens, Faculty Authored Books (2011)
The gender ratio problem (why always and everywhere males commit more criminal acts than females)...
Law, Justice, and Society: A Sociolegal Introduction (with Craig Hemmens), Faculty Authored Books (2011)
Philosophical and Ideological Underpinnings of Corrections (with Ilhong Yun), Critical Issues in Crime and Justice : Thought, Policy, and Practice (2011)
Social Class and Crime: A Biosocial Approach, Faculty Authored Books (2011)
Social class has been at the forefront of sociological theories of crime from their inception....
The Ashgate Research Companion to Biosocial Theories of Crime (with Kevin M. Beaver), Faculty Authored Books (2011)
In response to exciting developments in genetics, neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, a number of criminologists...
The Heritability of Common Risk and Protective Factors to Crime and Delinquency, American Criminological Society - Annual Meeting (2010)
Is Criminology Moving Toward a Paradigm Shift?: Evidence from a Survey of the American Society of Criminology (with Jonathon A. Cooper and Lee Ellis), Journal of Criminal Justice Education (2010)
Ideology forms and colors our attitudes and values in ways that lead to a tendency...
The Cost of Substance Abuse: The Use of Administrative Data to Investigate Treatment Benefits in a Rural Mountain State (with Peter A. Collins, Jonathon A. Cooper, Brady Horn, Mary K. Stohr, Lisa Bostaph, and Edward T. Baker), Western Criminology Review (2010)
Findings from cost-benefit evaluations have suggested that the cost of substance abuse treatment is covered...
Genes, Evolution, and Crime (with Lee Ellis), Criminological Theory: Past to Present Essential Readings (2010)
Biosocial Theories of Crime (with Kevin M. Beaver), Faculty Authored Books (2010)
Biosocial criminology is an emerging perspective that highlights the interdependence between genetic and environmental factors...
Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology: An Interdisciplinary Approach (with Lee Ellis and Richard D. Hartley), Faculty Authored Books (2010)
The authors offer an interdisciplinary approach of research that anchors on a broader spectrum of...
Biology and Criminology: The Biosocial Synthesis, Faculty Authored Books (2009)
Noted criminologist Anthony Walsh demonstrates how information from the biological sciences both strengthens criminology work...
Biosocial Criminology: New Directions in Theory and Research (with Kevin M. Beaver), Faculty Authored Books (2009)
Designed to bring criminology into the 21st century by showing how leading criminologists have integrated...
Corrections: A Text/Reader (with Mary Stohr and Craig Hemmens), Faculty Authored Books (2009)
Corrections: A Text/Reader provides the best of both worlds - authored text Sections followed by...
Crazy by Design: A Biosocial Approach to the Age-Crime Curve, Biosocial Criminology: New Directions in Theory and Research (2009)
The sudden upsurge in antisocial behavior that occurs among children entering the second decade of...
Criminal Behavior from Heritability to Epigenetics: How Genetics Clarifies the Role of the Environment, Biosocial Criminology: New Directions in Theory and Research (2009)
Biosocial approaches include looking at the contribution of genetic variation to phenotype variation in criminal...
Predicting Public Opinion about Juvenile Waivers (with I-Fang Jan and Jeremy Ball), Criminal Justice Policy Review (2008)
The accountability movement of the juvenile justice system in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
Criminologists’ Opinions about Causes and Theories of Crime and Delinquency: A Follow-Up (with Lee Ellis and Jonathon A. Cooper), The Criminologist (2008)
Differentiating Antisocial Personality Disorder, Psychopathy, and Sociopathy: Evolutionary, Genetic, Neurological, and Sociological Considerations (with Huei-Hsia Wu), Criminal Justice Studies (2008)
This paper examines the separate but overlapping constructs of psychopathy, sociopathy, and antisocial personality disorder...
A Gene‐Based Evolutionary Explanation for the Association Between Criminal Involvement and Number of Sex Partners (with Kevin M. Beaver and John Paul Wright), Biodemography and Social Biology (2008)
Empirical research has revealed a positive relationship between number of sex partners and involvement in...
Introduction to Criminology: A Text/Reader (with Craig Hemmens), Faculty Authored Books (2008)
An interdisciplinary introductory text to Criminology that includes readings and extra material on the accompanying...
Law, Justice, and Society: A Sociolegal Introduction (with Craig Hemmens), Faculty Authored Books (2008)
Law, Justice, and Society is a text designed for use in courses such as Law...
The Promise of Evolutionary Psychology for Criminology: The Examples of Gender and Age (with Kevin M. Beaver), Evolutionary Forensic Psychology: Darwinian Foundations of Crime and Law (2008)
The maladies of sociology are many and grave, so much so that some scholars have...
A Gene × Gene Interaction Between DRD2 and DRD4 is Associated with Conduct Disorder and Antisocial Behavior in Males (with Kevin M. Beaver, John Paul Wright, Matt DeLisi, Michael G. Vaughn, Danielle Boisvert, and Jamie Vaske), Behavioral and Brain Functions (2007)
Background: Antisocial behaviors are complex polygenic phenotypes that are due to a multifactorial arrangement of...
Teaching Statistical Interaction in Anova and Ols Regression in the Context of Ideology in Criminal Justice Processing (with Huei-Hsia Wu), Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology (2007)
Criminology: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Faculty Authored Books (2007)
This unique text offers an interdisciplinary perspective on crime and criminality by integrating the latest...
Evolutionary Psychology and Criminal Behavior, Missing the Revolution: Darwinism for Social Scientists (2006)
Sociological theories of crime should be considered incomplete rather than incorrect, and rather than dropping...
African Americans and Serial Killing in the Media: The Myth and the Reality, Homicide Studies (2005)
There were many expressions of shock and surprise voiced in the media in 2002...
Romance Novels and Female Sexuality: Vicarious Participation? (with Huei-Hsia Wu), Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology (2005)
Seksuele Strategieën en Geweldpleging bij Noord-Amerikaanse Universiteitsstudenten: Een Evolutionair Perspectief (with Lee Ellis and Donald Burke), Tijdschrift voor Criminologie (2005)
The Promise of Evolutionary Psychology for Criminology, Human Behavior and Evolution Society - Annual Meeting (2004)
Ideology: Criminology's Achilles' Heel? (with Lee Ellis), Quarterly Journal of Ideology (2004)
Few things prevent the accumulation of reliable knowledge more surely than ideological intransigence (Blankenship &...
Biosocial Criminology: Challenging Environmentalism's Supremacy (with Lee Ellis), Faculty Authored Books (2003)
In criminology, environmentalism is the assumption that variations in criminal behavior result only from variations...
Crime, Delinquency and Intelligence: A Review of the Worldwide Literature (with Lee Ellis), The Scientific Study of General Intelligence: Tribute to Arthur R. Jensen (2003)
The possibility that intelligence is correlated with criminal behavior has had a long and checkered...
Intelligence and Antisocial Behavior, Biosocial Criminology: Challenging Environmentalism's Supremacy (2003)
This chapter attempts to do three things: (1) to inform the reader about current expert...
Placebo Justice: Victim Recommendations and Offender Sentences in Sexual Assault Cases, The Jury Trial in Criminal Justice (2003)
The Adolescence-Limited/Life-Course Persistent Theory of Antisocial Behavior: What Have We Learned? (with Terrie E. Moffitt), Biosocial Criminology: Challenging Environmentalism's Supremacy (2003)
This chapter reviews ten years of research on a developmental theory that proposes the existence...
The Sex Ratio: A Biosocial Explanation for Racial Variation in Crime Rates, Biosocial Criminology: Challenging Environmentalism's Supremacy (2003)
This chapter explores racial variation in crime rates, concentrating on the relationship between sexual activity...
Gender Differences in Sexual Dreaming, Disinhibition, and Number of Coital Partners, Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology (2002)
Essential Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences: A Conceptual Approach (with Jane C. Ollenburger), Faculty Authored Books (2001)
Evolutionary Psychology and the Origins of Justice, Justice Quarterly (2000)
Justice defines our discipline in both name and substance; yet its origin is a neglected...
The Effects of Maltreatment and Family Structure on Minor and Serious Delinquency (with Cary Heck), International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (2000)
This study explores the influence of maltreatment on serious violent and property delinquency as...
From Law to Order: The Theory and Practice of Law and Justice (with Craig Hemmens), Faculty Authored Books (2000)
Political Ideology and American Criminologists’ Explanations for Criminal Behavior (with Lee Ellis), The Criminologist (1999)
Life History Theory and Female Readers of Pornography, Personality and Individual Differences (1999)
This study explores the possibility that female interest in pornography might signal amore male-like reproductive...
Criminologists’ Opinions about Causes and Theories of Crime (with Lee Ellis), The Criminologist (1999)
Religion and Hypertension: Testing Alternative Explanations Among Immigrants, Behavioral Medicine (1998)
A number of researchers have found that religious commitment has a salutary effect on blood...
Methodological Individualism and Vertical Integration in the Social Sciences, Behavior and Philosophy (1997)
This paper argues against the false dichotomy between reductionism and holism in the social sciences....
Gene-Based Evolutionary Theories in Criminology (with Lee Ellis), Criminology (1997)
In the past 20 years, several theories of criminal (and antisocial) behavior have been proposed...
The Neurobiology of Nurturance, Evolutionary Expectations, and Crime Control (with Lee Ellis), Politics and the Life Sciences (1997)
Bryan Vila has written an excellent analysis and rationale for the implementation of nurturant policies...
Self-Victimization Disclosures of Juvenile Sex Offenders (with Kerry Lindorfer), Corrective and Social Psychiatry and Journal of Behavior Methods and Therapy (1996)
While the rate of convictions has not kept pace with the increased reporting of juvenile...
The Science of Love: Understanding Love & Its Effects on Mind & Body, Faculty Authored Books (1996)
Genetic and Cytogenetic Intersex Anomalies: Can They Help Us to Understand Gender Differences in Deviant Behavior?, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (1995)
Across time and national boundaries males have been shown to be far more sociolegally...
Parental Attachment, Drug Use, and Facultative Sexual Strategies, Social Biology (1995)
It has been asserted that drug use and sexual promiscuity share a common etiology in...
Physiological and Psychosocial Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders: A Comprehensive Victim-Oriented Program (with Robert L. Marsh), Journal of Offender Rehabilitation (1995)
This paper attempts to define the "optimal" sex offender treatment program based on a review...
Homosexual and Heterosexual Child Molestation: Case Characteristics and Sentencing Differentials, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (1994)
This article compares case characteristics and sentencing differentials of homosexual and heterosexual child molesters....
Love Styles, Masculinity/Femininity, Physical Attractiveness, and Sexual Behavior: A Test of Evolutionary Theory, Ethology and Sociobiology (1993)
This study explores sexual behavior, in the form of number of sexual partners, from an...
Vive la Différence: A Celebration of the Sexes (with Grace J. Walsh), Faculty Authored Books (1993)
The P > V Sign in Corrections: Is it a Useful Diagnostic Tool?, Criminal Justice and Behavior (1992)
Doubt has been cast recently on the usefulness of the Wechsler P > V...
Drug Use and Sexual Behavior: Users, Experimenters, and Abstainers, The Journal of Social Psychology (1992)
Genetic and Environmental Explanations of Juvenile Violence in Advantaged and Disadvantaged Environments, Aggressive Behavior (1992)
This study tests the proposition derived from behavioral genetic theory that genetics and environmental variables...
Placebo Justice: Victim Recommendations and Offender Sentences in Sexual Assault, Towards a Critical Victimology (1992)
Self-Esteem and Sexual Behavior: Exploring Gender Differences, Sex Roles (1991)
Previous studies have shown that the relationship between sexual permissiveness and self-esteem fluctuates with the...
Race and Discretionary Sentencing: An Analysis of "Obvious" and "Nonobvious" Cases, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (1991)
This study explores the effects of race on sentencing for 666 felony offenders. I...
Intellectual Imbalance, Love Deprivation, and Violent Delinquency: A Biosocial Perspective, Faculty Authored Books (1991)
Standing Trial versus Copping a Plea: Is There a Penalty?, Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice (1990)
Approximately 90% of all felony criminal defendants across the United States give up their...
Twice Labeled: The Effect of Psychiatric Labeling on the Sentencing of Sex Offenders, Social Problems (1990)
This study explores the effects of a psychiatric referral on the sentencing of sex offenders....
Illegitimacy, Child Abuse and Neglect, and Cognitive Development, The Journal of Genetic Psychology (1990)
This study explored the relationship between illegitimate birth and cognitive development among 513 boys on...
Becoming an American and Liking It as Functions of Social Distance and Severity of Initiation, Sociological Inquiry (1990)
This paper examines the effects of social distance among a sample of immigrants in the...
Love, Self-Esteem, and Multiple Sclerosis (with Patricia A. Walsh), Social Science & Medicine (1989)
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a progressive chronic disease which generally appears in early adulthood. The...
Lessons and Concerns From a Case Study of a 'Scientific' Molester, Corrective and Social Psychiatry and Journal of Behavior Technology Methods and Therapy (1988)
Two lessons gleaned from the case study as presented are that (1) there are young...
The U. S. Supreme Court and Value Legitimacy: An Experimental Approach With Older Americans (with A. Robert Corbin), Sociological Inquiry (1988)
This study was designed to test the designed to test the legitimacy-conferring hypotheses as it...
Understanding, Assessing, & Counseling the Criminal Justice Client, Faculty Authored Books (1988)
Self-Esteem and Disease Adaptation among Multiple Sclerosis Patients (with Patricia A. Walsh), The Journal of Social Psychology (1987)
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a progressive chronic disease that generally appears in early adulthood. Symptoms...
Cognitive Functioning and Delinquency: Property versus Violent Offenses, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (1987)
This study compares means on property and violent offenses broken down by verbal IQ...
Love Deprivation and Violent Juvenile Delinquency (with Thomas A. Petee), Journal of Crime and Justice (1987)
In the elaboration of this relationship we introduce variables of interest to sociologists (class, race,...
Social Support, Assimilation, and Biological Effective Blood Pressure Levels (with Patricia Ann Walsh), International Migration Review (1987)
This study explores the role of social support on blood pressure levels among a sample...
Violent Crime, Sociopathy and Love Deprivation Among Adolescent Delinquents (with Arthur J. Beyer), Adolescence (1987)
Ever since Wechsler observed that the adolescent sociopath characteristically scored higher on the performance section...
Intellectual Imbalance and Delinquency: Comparing High Verbal and High Performance IQ Delinquents (with Thomas A. Petee and Arthur J. Beyer), Criminal Justice and Behavior (1987)
This study compares the degree of delinquency involvement of V > P and P...
Violent Delinquency: An Examination of Psychopathic Typologies (with Arthur J. Beyer and Thomas A. Petee), The Journal of Genetic Psychology (1987)
This study sought to determine the combined effects of psychopathy, low intellectual functioning, and love...
Violent Delinquency, Race, and the Wechsler Performance-Verbal Discrepancy (with Thomas Petee), The Journal of Social Psychology (1987)
Examined the relationship between Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) Performance (P) and Verbal (V) IQ...
Teaching Understanding and Interpretation of Logit Regression, Teaching Sociology (1987)
The teaching of logit regression analysis is much neglected in statistics courses within sociology. This...
Love Deprivation, Wechsler Performance > Verbal Discrepancy, and Violent Delinquency (with Arthur J. Beyer and Thomas A. Petee), Journal of Psychology (1987)
This study explored the relationship among love deprivation, Performance > Verbal discrepancy, and violent crime...
The Sexual Stratification Hypothesis and Sexual Assault in Light of the Changing Conceptions of Race, Criminology (1987)
Recent research examining race-based sentencing has reported anomalous results. It has been argued by Heck...
Wechsler Performance-Verbal Discrepancy and Antisocial Behavior (with Arthur J. Beyer), The Journal of Social Psychology (1986)
Psychologists have been debating the meaning of discrepant scores on the performance and verbal sections...
Love and Human Authenticity in the Works of Freud, Marx, and Maslow, Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology (1986)
The Role of the Probation Officer in the Sentencing Process: Independent Professional or Judicial Hack?, Criminal Justice and Behavior (1985)
This study explores the role of the probation officer in the sentencing process. There...
An Evaluation of the Effects of Adult Basic Education on Rearrest Rates among Probationers, Journal of Offender Counseling, Services, & Rehabilitation (1985)
Compared 50 adult probationers who participated in a GED (general equivalency diploma) preparation program with...
Extralegal Factors in Felony Sentencing: Classes of Behavior or Classes of People?, Sociological Inquiry (1985)
The radical-conflict perspective of criminology stresses that legal sanctions are applied more against classes of...
Ideology and Arithmetic: The Hidden Agenda of Sentencing Guidelines, Crime and Justice (1985)
Five hypothetical reports were given to 8 conservative and 12 liberal (as determined by scores...
Love Deprivation and Blood Pressure Levels Among a College Population: A Preliminary Investigation (with Samuel S. Sisca), Psychology: A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior (1985)
Viewed within the general context of Selye's theory of environmentally induced stress, we tested the...
Differential Sentencing Patterns Among Felony Sex Offenders and Non-Sex Offenders, The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1984)
More than thirty years ago, commentators noted that "there is doubtless no subject on which...