Nic Swagar

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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.

Research Interests

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

Education

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

Selected Publications

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.

Contact

Email
nswagar@fsu.edu
Office
406 College of Criminology and Criminal Justice BLDG (CRM) Mail Code: 1273
Office Hours

Monday - 1 PM - 3 PM

(or by appointment)

 

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