Sylwia J. Piatkowska received her Ph.D. in Sociology from State University of New York at Albany. Her areas of interest include crime and deviance, as well as international and comparative criminology.
Crime and Deviance | Comparative and International Criminology | Advanced Quantitative Methods
Ph.D., 2016, Sociology, State University of New York at Albany
B.A. /M.A., 2006, Sociology, Opole University
Piatkowska, Sylwia J., Steven F. Messner, Colin Gruner, and Eric P. Baumer. 2022. ““New Fiscal Criminology”: Crime Rates and the Structure of Tax Systems” Justice Quarterly 39(2): 304-326.
Sohoni, Tracy, and Sylwia J. Piatkowska. 2022. “Begging for Crime?: The Effect of State Laws Restricting Access to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) on Unsuccessful Completion of Parole.” Crime & Delinquency 68 (11): 2115-2145.
Sohoni, Tracy, Richard Stringer, and Sylwia J. Piatkowska. 2020. “Suspended Licenses, Suspended Lives: The Impact of Drug-Related Driver’s License Suspensions on Traffic Fatalities.” Journal of Crime and Justice 43 (3): 307-322.
Piatkowska, Sylwia J., 2018. “Socio-Economic Development, Economic Fluctuations, and Age-Specific Suicide: A Cross-National Test of the Durkheim, Henry and Short, and Ginsberg Theories.” The Sociological Quarterly. 59(3): 471-494.
Piatkowska, Sylwia J., Lawrence E. Raffalovich, and Steven F. Messner. 2016. “The Impact of Accession to the European Union on Suicide Rates in Eastern Europe: A Cross-National Time-Series Analysis.” International Journal of Comparative Sociology 57(4): 207-230.