Hay's research examines the causes of crime and delinquency, particularly causes related to the family environment. His research reveals that the quality of the family environment has important effects on criminal involvement, but these effects are in key respects more complicated than what current theory suggests—they are both indirect (they operate through a variety of different intervening mechanisms) and highly conditional (they vary according to the characteristics of the child and the broader social environment in which he or she lives).
Carter Hay
Associate Professor
850-644-1594
chay@fsu.edu
Education
Ph.D. 1999, The University of Texas at Austin; Sociology
M.A. 1995, The University of Texas at Austin; Sociology
B.A. 1993, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas; Economics
Courses Taught
- Criminal and Delinquent Behavior
- Juvenile Delinquency
- Corrections
- Criminology
- Introductory Sociology
- Demographic and Social Status Predictors of Criminal Behavior (graduate seminar)
- Adolescent Deviance (graduate seminar)
- Criminology (graduate seminar)
- Criminological Theory (graduate seminar)
Research Interests
- Family- and parenting-related causes of adolescent crime
- The development of self-control and its implications for crime
- The application of criminological theory to crime control policy
- The link between public opinion and crime control policy
Select Publications
- Hay, Carter, and Walter Forrest. 2008. “Self-Control and The Concept of Opportunity: The Case for a More Systematic Union.” Criminology 46:1039-1072.
- Hay, Carter and Walter Forrest. 2006. “The Development of Self-Control: Examining Self-Control Theory’s Stability Thesis.” Criminology 44:739-774
- Hay, Carter, Edward Fortson, Dusten Hollist, Irshad Altheimer, and Lonnie Schaible. 2006. “The Impact of Community Disadvantage on the Relationship between the Family and Juvenile Crime.” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 43:326-356.
- Hay, Carter and Michelle M. Evans. 2006. “Has Roe v. Wade Reduced U.S. Crime? Examining the Link between Mother's Pregnancy Intentions and Children’s later Involvement in Law-Violating Behavior.” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 43:36-66.
- Hay, Carter. 2003. “Family Strain, Gender, and Delinquency.” Sociological Perspectives 46:107-135.
- Hay, Carter. 2001. “Parenting, Low Self-Control, and Delinquency: A Test of Self-Control Theory.” Criminology 39:707-736.
Grants
- First Year Assistant Professor Award Program, $13,000, awarded by the Florida State University Council on Research and Creativity, 2004.
- Washington State University Faculty Seed Grant, $7,940, awarded by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, Washington State University, 2002-2003.
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