Cecilia Chouhy received her Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from University of Cincinnati. Her work focuses on conducting international tests of criminological theories, evaluating the effectiveness of correctional programs, and understanding the sources of public opinion about crime and punishment.
International Tests of Criminological Theories | Effectiveness of Correctional Programs | Public Opinion About Crime and Punishment
Ph.D., 2016, Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati
M.A., 2013, Economics, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
B.A., 2006, Sociology, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Chouhy, Cecilia, Joshua C. Cochran, and Cheryl Lero Jonson (eds.), 2020. Criminal Justice Theory: Explanations and Effects (Advances in Criminological Theory, Volume 27). New York: Routledge.
Chouhy, Cecilia, Francis C. Cullen, and Heejin Lee. 2020. “A Social Support Theory of Desistance” Journal of Developmental & Life-Course Criminology. 6(2): 204-223.
Chouhy, Cecilia and James D. Unnever 2022 “Is Collective Efficacy a Theory of Offending? Unraveling the Relationship between Individual-Level Perceptions of Collective Efficacy and Youth Offending” Justice Quarterly, 39(1): 51–77.
Singer, Alexa J., Cecilia Chouhy, Peter S. Lehmann, Jessica N. Walzak, and Marc Gertz. 2020. “Economic Anxieties, Fear of Crime, and Punitive Attitudes in Latin America” Punishment & Society. 22(2): 181-206.