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Sonja Siennick

Sonja Siennick

Assistant Professor
850-645-9265
325 Hecht House
ssiennick@fsu.edu

Education

Ph.D., 2009, The Pennsylvania State University; Sociology
M.A., 2005, The Pennsylvania State University; Crime, Law, and Justice
B.A., 2001, Purchase College, State University of New York; Psychology

Research Interests

  • Crime and deviance
  • Family relationships
  • Life course
  • Quantitative methods

Select Publications

  • Siennick, Sonja E. 2011. "Tough Love? Crime and Parental Assistance in Young Adulthood." Criminology 49: 163-195. [abstract]
  • Mears, Daniel P., Joshua Cochran, Sonja E. Siennick, and William D. Bales. 2011 (print version forthcoming). "Prison Visitation and Recidivism." Justice Quarterly Online First (doi:10.1080/07418825.2011.583932). [abstract]
  • Siennick, Sonja E. and Jeremy Staff. 2008. “Explaining the Educational Deficits of Delinquent Youths.” Criminology 46: 609–-635. [abstract]
  • Siennick, Sonja E. and D. Wayne Osgood. 2008. “A Review of Research on the Impact on Crime of Transitions into Adult Roles.” In A. Liberman (Ed.), The Long View of Crime: A Synthesis of Longitudinal Research. New York: Springer. [abstract]
  • Siennick, Sonja E. 2007. “The Timing and Mechanisms of the Offending-Depression Link.” Criminology 45: 701–734. [abstract]

Grants

"Examining Adult Sibling Relations and Rivalry in Criminal Context," funded by the Florida State University Council on Research and Creativity ($17,000), 2010.