Nic Swagar’s research interests include police-suspect encounters, suspect resistance and police use of force, law enforcement officer critical incident stress management, and youth homelessness and crime. He applies a biopsychosocial perspective to his research and teaching and advocates for developing researcher-policymaker partnerships to improve public safety.
Police-suspect encounters | Suspect resistance and police use of force | LEO critical incident stress management | Neighborhoods and crime | Youth homelessness and crime | Research methods and statistics | Biopsychosocial criminology | Translational criminology
Ph.D. 2022, Florida State University; Criminology and Criminal Justice
M.Sc. 2015, Florida State University; Criminology and Criminal Justice
M.A. 2011, Queen’s University; Sociology
B.A. 2007, University of Calgary; Sociology
Brancale, Julie, Thomas G. Blomberg, Sonja Siennick, George B. Pesta, Nic Swagar, Kaylee Noorman, Jonathan Caswell, and Cecilia Chouhy. 2021. “Building Collaborative Evidence-Based Frameworks for Criminal Justice Policy.” Criminal Justice Policy Review 32(8):795-815.
Stults, Brian J. and Nic Swagar. 2020. “The Conditional Effects of Neighborhood Context and Parental Effectiveness on Self-Control.” Crime & Delinquency 67(10): 1459-1490.