Research

FSU’s College of Criminology and Criminal Justice is home to the nation’s number one criminology faculty in the world. Our team of experts is ranked number one in the nation for research productivity and are among the top 10 for grant acquisition, as demonstrated below. Many of our faculty are industry experts and offer extensive research on topics like gun control, biosocial criminology and social control, to name a few.

The list below contains nearly 1,000 peer-reviewed journal articles published by our faculty, many of which are co-authored with former and current graduate students. To the left is our one-of-a-kind filter box, which allows you to filter articles by topic and leverage our expertise for your personal interests and research endeavors. We hope you enjoy learning about criminology as much as we enjoy expanding the field of research.

Lastest Research

Sonja E. Siennick, Jeremy Staff, D. Wayne Osgood, John E. Schulenberg, Jerald G. Bachman, and Matthew VanEseltine. 2014. Partnership Transitions and Antisocial Behavior in Young Adulthood: A Within-Person, Multi-Cohort Analysis. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 51(6): 735-758
Sonja E. Siennick. 2014. Parental Incarceration and Intergenerational Transfers to Young Adults. Journal of Family Issues. OnlineFirst doi: 10.1177/0192513X14550366
Gary Kleck and J. C. Barnes. 2014. Do more police generate more crime deterrence?. Crime and Delinquency 60(5):716-738
Joseph A. Schwartz, Meghan W. Rowland, and Kevin M. Beaver. 2014. A Genetically Informed Test of Cholesterol Level and Self-Control, Depressive Symptoms, Anger Expression, and Internalizing Problems. Journal of Affective Disorders 164 (August):139-147
Nedelec, Joseph L. and Kevin M. Beaver . 2014. Physical Attractiveness as a Phenotypic Marker of Health: An Assessment Using a Nationally Representative Sample of American Adults. Evolution and Human Behavior 35 (November):456-463
Maynard, Brandy, Kevin M. Beaver, Michael G. Vaughn, Matt DeLisi, and Greg Roberts . 2014. Toward A Bioecological Model Of School Engagement: A Biometric Analysis Examining Genetic and Environmental Factors. Social Work Research 38 (September):164-176
May, Joshua S. and Kevin M. Beaver. 2014. The Neuropsychological Contributors to Psychopathic Personality Traits in Adolescence. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 58 (May):265-285
DeLisi, Matt, Alexia Angton, Michael G. Vaughn, Chad R. Trulson, Jonathan W. Caudill, and Kevin M. Beaver. 2014. Not My Fault: Blame Externalization is the Psychopathic Feature Most Associated with Pathological Delinquency among Confined Delinquents. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 58 (December):1415-1430
Connolly, Eric J. and Kevin M. Beaver. 2014. Examining the Genetic and Environmental Influences on Self-Control and Delinquency: Results from a Genetically Informative Analysis of Sibling Pairs. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 29 (March):707-735
Brian B. Boutwell, Scott Menard, J.C. Barnes, Kevin M. Beaver, Todd A. Armstrong, and Danielle Boisvert . 2014. The Role of Gene-Gene Interaction in the Prediction of Criminal Behavior. Comprehensive Psychiatry 55 (April):483-488
Brian B. Boutwell, Kevin M. Beaver, and J.C. Barnes. 2014. The Association of Parent-Reported Lead Exposure with Language Skills and Externalizing Behavioral Problems in Children. Journal of Geography and Natural Disasters 4 (October/November):1-6
Kevin M. Beaver, Christian da Silva Costa, Ana Paula Poersch, Micheli Cristina Freddi, Mônica Celis Stelmach, Eric J. Connolly, and Joseph A. Schwartz . 2014. Psychopathic Personality Traits and their Influence on Parenting Quality: Results from a Nationally Representative Sample of Americans. Psychiatric Quarterly 85 (December):497-511
Kevin M. Beaver, Brian B. Boutwell, and J.C. Barnes. 2014. Social Support or Biosocial Support? A Genetically Informative Analysis of the Social Support Construct and Its Relation to Self-Control. Criminal Justice and Behavior 41 (April):453-470
Beaver, Kevin M., J.C. Barnes, and Brian B. Boutwell. 2014. The 2-Repeat Allele of the MAOA Gene Confers an Increased Risk for Shooting and Stabbing Behaviors. Psychiatric Quarterly 85 (September):257-265
Barnes, J.C., Kristin Lavin, Christina Mancini, Brian B. Boutwell, Kevin M. Beaver, and Brie Diamond. 2014. Marriage and Involvement in Crime: A Consideration of Reciprocal Effects in a Nationally Representative Sample. Justice Quarterly 31 (March/April):229-256