Curriculum Vitae
JOHN PAUL WRIGHT
Professor
School of Criminal Justice
Senior Research Fellow, Center for Criminal Justice Research
Fellow, Arlitt Child and Family Development Research Center
Distinguished Adjunct Professor, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah Saudi Arabia
WORK ADDRESS
School of Criminal Justice
University of Cincinnati
ML 210389
665 Dyer Hall
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0389
Work: (513) 556-5829
Email: [email protected]
HOME ADDRESS
1173 Constitution Drive
Independence, KY 41051
Home: (859) 992-2180
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2013- Present
Professor, School of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati
2000-2012
Associate Professor, School of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati.
1995-2000
Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, East Tennessee
State University.
1993-1995
Adjunct Professor, Department of Justice Studies, Northern Kentucky University.
1993-1995
Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati.
1991-1992
Research Assistant, Graduate School of Nursing, Indiana State University.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Criminal Justice, 1996
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Dissertation: Parental Support and Juvenile Delinquency: A Test of Social Support Theory.
Advisor: Dr. Francis T. Cullen.
M.A., Criminology, 1992
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN
Thesis: Corporate Crime: Community Variability in Prosecution.
Advisor: Dr. Mark S. Hamm.
B.S., Criminology, 1991
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN
HONORS AND AWARDS
Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Cincinnati, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,
2014, 2015
Article of the Year, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, 2013
Division of Criminal Justice Award For Service, University of Cincinnati, 2003.
Mentor of the Year, Graduate Student Society, East Tennessee State University, 1995-96 and 1996-97.
Gavin Distinguished Dissertation Award, College of Education, University of Cincinnati, 1996.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Shover, Neal and John Paul Wright (eds.). (2001). Crimes of Privilege: Readings in White-Collar
Crime. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Cullen, Francis T., John Paul Wright, and Kristie R. Blevins. (2006). Taking Stock: The Status of
Criminological Theory -- Advances in Criminological Theory, vol. 15. New Brunswick, NJ:
Transaction Publishers.
Wright, John Paul, Stephen G. Tibbetts, and Leah E. Daigle. (2008). Criminals in the Making:
Criminality Across the Life Course. Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
--Second Edition (2014).
Ellis, Lee, Kevin M. Beaver, and John Paul Wright. (2009). Handbook of Crime Correlates. London:
Academic.
Wright, John Paul. (2012). Introduction to Criminal Justice. Connecticut: Bridgeport
Education Publishers.
Hess, Karen M., Christine H. Orthmann, and John Paul Wright. (2013). Juvenile Justice, 6th Edition.
Cengage Learning.
Wright, John Paul, Stephen G. Tibbetts, and Leah E. Daigle. 2cd Edition (2014). Criminals in the
Making: Criminality Across the Life Course. Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
Wright, John Paul, and Matt DeLisi. (2015). Conservative Criminology: A Call to Restore Balance in
the Social Sciences. Routledge, New York, NY.
Public Scholarship
Wright, John P., and Matt DeLisi.
“What Criminologists Don’t Say, and Why” The City Journal.
Wright, John P., and Kevin Beaver
“Where are the Faculty? Free Speech and Faculty Silence.” ACJS Today
Wright, John P.
The University as a Total Institution. The Quillette (2017, January 2).
Wright, John P., and Kevin M. Beaver.
“The Academic Game: To Play or Not to Play? That is the Question”. ACJS
Today 4 (September): 19-25.
Wright, John P., and Kevin M. Beaver.
“Advocacy and Objectivity: A Time-Tested Method to Disciplinary Self-Destruction”
ACJS Today 4 (September): 1-14.
Wright, John P., and Kevin M. Beaver.
“For Safety’s Sake, Get Rid of Campus Cops.” Chronicle of Higher Education
LXI (October 17): A56.
Wright, John P., and Kevin M. Beaver.
“Teaching Criminological Taboo.” ACJS Today 39 (September): 1-13.
Beaver, Kevin M. and John P. Wright.
“Reflections on the Ascendancy of Biosocial Criminology.” ACJS Today 38
(May): 1-11.
Forthcoming Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
2017
Pietenpol, Annelise, John Paul Wright, Almosaed, Sameera S. Moghribi, Fawzia S. Bashatah, and Mark
Morgan.
The enforcement of crime and virtue: Predictors of police and Mutaween
encounters in a Saudi Arabian sample of youth. Journal of Criminal Justice.
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
2016
Barnes, J.C., Sarah A. El Sayed, Michael TenEyck, Joseph L. Nedelec, Eric J. Connolly, Joseph A.
Schwartz, Brian B. Boutwell, John P. Wright, Kevin M. Beaver, Nathaniel E. Anderson.
Estimating Relative Stability in Developmental Research: A Critique of Modern
Approaches and a Novel Method. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 1-28.
Beaver, Kevin M., John Paul Wright, Joseph L. Nedelec, Joseph A. Schwartz, J.C. Barnes, Brian
Boutwell, Eric J. Connolly.
Genetic and environmental influences on being expelled and suspended from
school. Personality and Individual Differences, 90: 214-218.
Wright, John P., Kevin M. Beaver, Mark A. Morgan, & Eric J. Connolly.
Political ideology predicts involvement in crime. Personality and Individual
Differences. 106: 236-241.
Wright, John P., Mark A. Morgan, Pedro R. Almeida, Nora F. Almosaed, Sameera S. Moghribi, Fawzia
S. Bashatah.
Malevolent Forces Self-Control, the Dark Triad, and Crime. Youth Violence
and Juvenile Justice,
2015
Barnes, J.C., Cody Jorgensen, Kevin M. Beaver, Brian B. Boutwell, and John P. Wright.
Arrest prevalence in a national sample of adults: The role of sex and
race/ethnicity. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 40(3): 457-65.
Coyne, Michelle, Jamie Vaske, Danielle Boisvert, John P. Wright.
Sex differences in the stability of self-regulation across childhood. Journal of
Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, 1: 4-20.
Sacarellos, Catherine, John Paul Wright, Nora F. Almosaed, Sameera S. Moghribi, Fawzia S. Bashatah,
Mark Morgan.
Crime in the kingdom: The effects of low self-control in a Saudi Arabian
sample of youth. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 14(3): 291-312.
Vaske, Jaime, Danielle Boisvert, John P. Wright.
A Biosocial Understanding of Female Crime, In, Sisters in Crime Revisited:
Bringing Gender Into Criminology: in Honor of Freda Adler. Cullen, F. T.,
Wilcox, P., & Jonson, C. L.
Walsh, Anthony and John P. Wright.
Biosocial criminology and its discontents: A critical realist philosophical
analysis. Criminal Justice Studies, 28(1): 124-140.
Walsh, Anthony, and John P. Wright.
Rage Against reason: Addressing critical critics of biosocial criminology.
Journal of Theoretical Criminology, 7(2): 61-72.
Wright, John Paul, Kevin M. Beaver, and Catherine Sacarellos.
“Three strikes and you’re out: A short but modern history of biosocial
criminology.” In Ruth Triplett (Eds.), The Wiley Handbook of the History and
Philosophy of Criminology.
Wright, John Paul, J.C. Barnes, Brian Boutwell, Joseph A. Schwartz, Eric J. Connolly, Joseph
L. Nedelec, and Kevin M. Beaver.
Mathematical proof is not minutiae and irreducible complexity is not a theory:
A final response to Burt and Simons and a call to criminologists. Criminology,
53(1): 113-20.
2014
Barnes, J.C., Brian B. Boutwell, Kevin M. Beaver, Chris L. Gibson, and John P. Wright.
On the consequences of ignoring genetic influences in criminological research.
Journal of Criminal Justice, 42(6): 471-482.
Barnes, J.C., John Paul Wright, Brian B. Boutwell, Joseph A. Schwartz, Eric J. Connolly, Joseph L.
Nedelec, and Kevin M. Beaver.
Demonstrating the validity of twin research in criminology. Criminology,
52(4): 588-626.
Coyne, Michelle A. and John Paul Wright.
The stability of self-control across childhood. Personality and Individual
Differences, 69: 144-149.
DeLisi, Matt, John Paul Wright
A self-control paradox? The case of sexual homicide offending. In Gerben
Bruinsma and David Weisburd (eds.). Invited chapter for inclusion in
Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. New York: SpringerVerlag. Forthcoming.
Newsome, Jaime, Boisvert, Danielle, Wright, John Paul.
Genetic and environmental influences on the co-occurrence of early academic
achievement and externalizing behavior. Journal of Criminal Justice, 42(1):
45-53.
Wright, John Paul, Mark A. Morgan, Michelle A. Coyne, and Kevin M. Beaver.
Time stable individual differences account for the gap between race and school
suspensions. Journal of Criminal Justice, 42(3): 257-266.
2013
Beaver, Kevin M., John Paul Wright, Brian B. Boutwell, J.C. Barnes, Matt DeLisi, and Michael G.
Vaughn
Exploring the Association between the 2-Repeat Allele of the MAOA Gene
promoter polymorphism and psychopathic personality traits, arrests,
incarceration, and lifetime antisocial behavior. Personality and Individual
Differences, 54 (January): 164-168.
Beaver, Kevin, M., Matt DeLisi, John Paul Wright, Brian B. Boutwell, J.C. Barnes, & Michael G.
Vaughn.
No evidence of racial discrimination in criminal justice processing: Results
from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Personality and
Individual Differences, 55: 29-34.
Boisvert, Danielle, John Paul Wright, Valerie Knopik, & Jamie Vaske.
A twin study of sex differences in self-control. Justice Quarterly, 30: 529-559.
Boisvert, Danielle, Will Stadler, Jamie Vaske, John Paul Wright, & Nelson, M.
The interconnection between intellectual achievement and self-control.
Criminal Justice and Behavior, 40 (1): 80-94.
Coyne, Michelle A. and John Paul Wright
Nature versus nurture. In Oxford Bibliographies in Criminology. Richard
Wright. New York: Oxford University Press, 09-30-13.
Vaske, Jamie, Danielle Boisvert, John Paul Wright, and Kevin M. Beaver.
“A longitudinal analysis of the effects of a DRD4 polymorphism on marijuana
use.” Psychiatry Research, 210 (1): 247-255.
2012
Beaver, Kevin M., Chris L. Gibson, Matt DeLisi, Michael G. Vaughn, and John Paul Wright
The Interaction between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Genetic Factors in
the Prediction of Antisocial Outcomes. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice.
10, 25-40.
Beaver, Kevin M., J. Eagle Shutt, Michael G. Vaughn, Matt DeLisi, and John Paul Wright
Genetic influences on measures of parental negativity and childhood
maltreatment: An exploratory study testing for gene x environment
correlations. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 28 (August):273-292.
Beaver, Kevin M., John Paul Wright, Brian B. Boutwell, J.C. Barnes, Matt DeLisi, and Michael G.
Vaughn
Exploring the association between the 2-repeat allele of the MAOA gene
promoter polymorphism and psychopathic personality traits, arrests,
incarceration, and lifetime antisocial behavior. Personality and Individual
Differences, 54(2), 164-168.
Beaver, Kevin M., John Paul Wright, Matt DeLisi, and Michael G. Vaughn
Dopaminergic polymorphisms and educational achievement: Results
from a longitudinal sample of Americans. Developmental Psychology,
48(4),932-938.
Beaver, Kevin M., Matt DeLisi, Michael G. Vaughn, and John Paul Wright
An interaction between perceived stress and 5HTTLPR genotype in the
prediction of stable depressive symptomatology. American Journal of
Orthopsychiatry. 82(2), 260-266.
Boisvert, D., Vaske, J., Taylor, J., & Wright, J. P.
The effects of differential parenting on sibling differences in self-control
among brother-sister pairs. Criminal Justice Review. 37(1), 5-23.
Boisvert, D., Vaske, J., Wright, J.P., Knopik, V.
Sex differences in criminal behavior: A genetic analysis. Journal of
Contemporary Criminal Justice Issues. 28(3), 293-313.
Boisvert, Danielle, John Paul Wright, Paul V. Knopik, & Jamie Vaske.
Genetic and environmental overlap between low self-control and delinquency.
Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 28(3), 477-507.
Vaske, Jamie, Danielle Boisvert, and John Paul Wright
Genetic and environmental contributions to the relationship between violent
victimization and criminal behavior. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 27(16),
3213-3235.
Vaske, Jamie, Jamie Newsome, and John Paul Wright
The role of 5HTTLPR and childhood neglect on criminal behavior and
substance use for males and females. Developmental Psychopathology, 24,
181-193. .
Vaske, Jamie, Jeffery T. Ward, Danielle Boisvert, and John Paul Wright
The stability of risk-seeking from adolescence to emerging adulthood. Journal
of Criminal Justice, 40, 313-322.
Wright, John Paul and Francis T. Cullen
The future of biosocial criminology: Beyond scholars’ professional ideology.
Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 28(3), 237-253.
Wright, John Paul, Pamela M. McMahon, Claire Daly, and J. Phil Haney
Getting the law involved: A quasi-experiment in early intervention involving
collaboration between schools and the District Attorney’s Office. Criminology
& Public Policy. 11(2), 227-249.
Wright, John Paul, Rebecca Schnupp, Kevin M. Beaver, Michael G. Vaughn, Matt DeLisi, and
Danielle Boisvert
Genes, maternal negativity, and self-control: Evidence of a gene x
environment interaction. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 10(3), 245-260.
2011
Beaver, Kevin M. and John Paul Wright
School-level genetic variation predicts school-level verbal IQ scores: Results
from a sample of American middle and high schools. Intelligence, 39,193-197.
Beaver, Kevin M., and John Paul Wright
The association between county-level IQ and county-level crime rates.
Intelligence, 39, 22-26.
Boisvert, D., Jamie Vaske, Justine Taylor, & John Paul Wright
The effects of differential parenting on sibling differences in self-control and
delinquency among brother-sister pairs. Criminal Justice Review, 37, 5-23.
Boisvert, D., John Paul Wright, Valerie Knopik, & Jamie Vaske.
A twin study of sex differences in self-control. Justice Quarterly. X(X), 1-31.
10.1080/07418825.2011.610762
Chen, Aimin, Ethan Chung, Emily DeFranco, Susan M. Pinney, John Paul Wright, and Kim N. Dietrich
Serum PBDEs and age at menarche in adolescent girls: Analysis of the
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003-2004. Environmental
Research, 111, 831-837.
DeLisi, Matt, Kevin M. Beaver, Kevin A. Wright, John Paul Wright, Michael G. Vaughn, and
Chad R. Trulson
Criminal specialization revisited: A simultaneous quantile regression
approach. American Journal of Criminal Justice 36 ,73-92.
DeLisi, Matt, John Paul Wright, Kevin M. Beaver, and Michael G. Vaughn
Teaching biosocial criminology I: Understanding endophenotypes with
Gottfredson and Hirschi's self-control construct. Journal of Criminal Justice
Education, 22, 360-376.
Vaske, Jamie, John Paul Wright, and Kevin M. Beaver
A dopamine gene (DRD2) distinguishes between offenders who have and have
not been violently victimized. International Journal of Offender Therapy and
Comparative Criminology, 55, 251-267.
Vaske, Jamie, John Paul Wright, Danielle Boisvert, and Kevin M. Beaver
Gender, genetic risk, and criminal behavior. Psychiatry Research, 185, 376381.
2010
Beaver, Kevin M., Matt DeLisi, Michael G. Vaughn, and John Paul Wright
The intersection of genes and neuropsychological deficits in the prediction of
adolescent delinquency and low self-control. International Journal of Offender
Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 54, 22-42.
Beaver, Kevin M., Michael G. Vaughn, John Paul Wright, Matt DeLisi, and Matthew O. Howard
Three dopaminergic polymorphisms are associated with academic achievement
in middle and high school. Intelligence, 38, 596-604.
Beaver, Kevin M., Taylor Hoffman, Ryan T. Shields, Michael G. Vaughn, Matt DeLisi, and John Paul
Wright
Gender differences in genetic and environmental influences on gambling:
Results from a sample of twins from the National Longitudinal Study of
Adolescent Health. Addiction, 105, 536-542.
Beaver, Kevin M., Matt DeLisi, Michael G. Vaughn, and John Paul Wright
Association between the A1 allele of the DRD2 gene and reduced verbal
abilities in adolescence and early adulthood. Journal of Neural Transmission,
117, 827-830.
DeLisi, Matt, Kevin M. Beaver, Michael G. Vaughn, Chad R. Trulson, Anna E. Kosloski, Alan J.
Drury, and John Paul Wright
Personality, gender, and self-control theory revisited: Results from a sample of
institutionalized juvenile delinquents. Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice,
6, 31-46.
DeLisi, Matt, Michael G. Vaughn, Kevin M. Beaver, and John Paul Wright
The Hannibal Lector myth: Psychopathy and verbal intelligence in the
MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment study. Journal of Psychopathology and
Behavioral Assessment, 32, 169-177.
DeLisi, Matt, John Paul Wright, Michael G. Vaughn, and Kevin M. Beaver
Nature and nurture by definition means both: A response to males. Journal of
Adolescent Research, 25, 24-30.
Gibson, Chris L., Jeffrey T. Ward, John Paul Wright, Kevin M. Beaver, and Matt DeLisi
How does gender fit in the measurement of self-control? Criminal Justice and
Behavior, 37, 883-903.
Vaughn, Michael G., John Fu, Matt DeLisi, John Paul Wright, Kevin M. Beaver, Brian E. Perron, and
Matthew O. Howard
Prevalence and correlates of fire-setting in the United States: Results from the
National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.
Comprehensive Psychiatry, 24, 217-223.
Wright, John Paul, Kevin M. Beaver, and Chris L. Gibson
Behavioral stability as an emergent process: Toward a coherence theory of
concentrated personal disadvantage. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 39,
1080-1096.
Wright, John Paul and Kristen Moore
Personality and trait theories of crime. In Oxford Bibliographies in
Criminology. Ed. EIC XXX. New York: Oxford University Press.
2009
Beaver, Kevin M., Matt DeLisi, John Paul Wright, and Michael G. Vaughn
Gene-environment interplay and delinquent involvement: Evidence of direct,
indirect, and interactive effects. Journal of Adolescent Research, 24, 147-168.
DeLisi, Matt, Kevin M. Beaver, Michael G. Vaughn, and John Paul Wright
All in the family: Gene X Environment interaction between DRD2 and criminal
fathers is associated with five antisocial phenotypes. Criminal Justice and
Behavior, 36, 1187-1197.
Vaske, Jamie, Kevin M. Beaver, John Paul Wright, Danielle Boisvert, and Matthew Makarios
Moderating Effects of DRD2 on Depression. Stress and Health, 25, 453-462.
Vaske, Jamie, Kevin M. Beaver, John Paul Wright, Danielle Boisvert, and Rebecca Schnupp
An interaction between DAT1 and having an alcoholic father predicts serious
alcohol problems in a sample of males. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 104,
17-22.
Vaske, Jamie, Matthew Makarios, Danielle Boisvert, Kevin M. Beaver, and John Paul Wright
The interaction of DRD2 and violent victimization on depression: An analysis
by gender and race. Journal of Affective Disorders, 112, 120-125.
Vaske, Jamie, Jamie Newsome, Matthew Makarios, John Paul Wright, Brian Boutwell, and Kevin M.
Beaver
Interaction of 5HTTLPR and marijuana use on property offending. Social
Biology, 55, 93-102.
Vaughn, Michael G., Matt DeLisi, Kevin M. Beaver, and John Paul Wright
DAT1 and 5HTT are associated with pathological criminal behavior in a
nationally representative sample of youth. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 36,
1113-1124.
Vaughn, Michael G., Matt DeLisi, Kevin M. Beaver, and John Paul Wright
Identifying latent classes of behavioral risk based on early childhood
maifestations of self-control. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 7, 16-31.
Wright, John Paul, and Danielle Boisvert
What biosocial criminology offers criminology. Criminal Justice and Behavior,
36, 1228-1240.
Reprinted in Curt R. Bartol and Anne M. Bartol (eds.). Current Perspectives in
Forensic Psychology and Criminal Behavior. (Forthcoming 2011). Thousand
Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Wright, John Paul, Danielle Boisvert, and Jamie Vaske
Blood lead levels in early childhood predict adulthood psychopathy. Youth
Violence and Juvenile Justice, 7, 208-222.
Wright, John Paul
Biosocial criminology. In Oxford Bibliographies in Criminology. Ed.
EIC XXX. New York: Oxford University Press.
2008
Beaver, Kevin M., John Paul Wright, and Anthony Walsh
A gene-based evolutionary explanation for the association between criminal
involvement and number of sex partners. Social Biology, 54, 47-55.
Reprinted in: (2010). Anthony Walsh and Craig Hemmens (Eds.), Introduction to Criminology: A
Text/Reader (2nd Edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, pp. 306-310.
Reprinted in: (2010). Kevin M. Beaver and Anthony Walsh (Eds.), Biosocail Theories of Crime.
Farnham, UK: Ashgate Publishing, pp. 351-360.
Beaver, Kevin M., John Paul Wright, and Matt DeLisi
Delinquent peer group formation: Evidence of a Gene X Environment
Correlation. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 169, 227-244.
Beaver, Kevin M., John Paul Wright, and Michael O. Maume
The effect of school classroom characteristics on low self-control: A multilevel
analysis. Journal of Criminal Justice, 36, 174-181.
Beaver, Kevin M., John Paul Wright, Matt DeLisi, and Michael G. Vaughn
Desistance from delinquency: The marriage effect revisited and extended.
Social Science Research, 37, 736-752.
Beaver, Kevin M., John Paul Wright, Matt DeLisi, and Michael G. Vaughn
Genetic influences on the stability of low self-control: Results from a
longitudinal sample of twins. Journal of Criminal Justice, 36, 478-485.
Beaver, Kevin M., Matt DeLisi, Michael G. Vaughn, John Paul Wright, and Brian B. Boutwell
The relationship between self-control and language: Evidence of a shared
etiological pathway. Criminology, 46, 939-970.
Beaver, Kevin M., Michael G. Vaughn, Matt DeLisi, and John Paul Wright
Anabolic-androgenic steroid use and involvement in violent behavior in a
nationally representative sample of young adult males in the United States.
American Journal of Public Health, 169, 2185-2187.
Boisvert, Danielle, and John Paul Wright
Nonshared environmental influences on sibling differences in externalizing
problem behavior. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 35, 863-878.
DeLisi, Matt, Michael G. Vaughn, Kevin M. Beaver, John Paul Wright, Andy Hochstetler, Anna E.
Kosloski, and Alan J. Drury
Juvenile sex offenders and institutional misconduct: The role of thought
psychopathology. Criminal Behavior and Mental Health, 18, 292-305.
DeLisi, Matt., Kevin M. Beaver, John Paul Wright, and Michael G. Vaughn
The etiology of criminal onset: The enduring saliance of nature and nurture.
Journal of Criminal Justice, 36, 217-223.
Wright, John Paul, Kevin M. Beaver, Matt DeLisi, and Michael G. Vaughn
Evidence of negligible parenting influences on self-control, delinquent peers,
and delinquency in a sample of twins. Justice Quarterly, 25, 544-569.
Wright, John Paul, Kevin M. Beaver, Matt DeLisi, Michael G. Vaughn, Danielle Boisvert, and Jamie
Vaske
Lombroso's legacy: The miseducation of criminologists. Journal of Criminal
Justice Education, 19, 325-338.
Wright, John Paul, Kim Dietrich, M. Douglas Tis, Richard W. Hornung, Stephanie D. Wessel, Bruce P.
Lanphear, Mona Ho, and Mary N. Rae
Association of prenatal and childhood lead concentrations with criminal arrests
in early adulthood. PLoS Medicine, 5, 732-740.
2007
Beaver, Kevin M. and John Paul Wright
A child effects explanation for the association between family risk and
involvement in an antisocial lifestyle. Journal of Adolescent Research, 22, 640664.
Beaver, Kevin M. and John Paul Wright
The stability of low self-control from kindergarten through first grade. Journal
of Crime and Justice, 30, 63-86.
Beaver, Kevin M., John Paul Wright, and Matt DeLisi
Self-control as an executive function: Reformulating Gottfredson and Hirschi's
parental socialization thesis. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 34, 1345-1361.
Reprinted in: (2011). Joseph H. Rankin and Edward Wells (eds.), Social Control and Self-Control
Theories of Crime and Deviance. Farnham, UK: Ashgate Publishing
Beaver, Kevin M., John Paul Wright, Matt DeLisi, Anthony Walsh, Michael G. Vaughn, Danielle
Boisvert, and Jamie Vaske
A gene X gene interaction between DRD2 and DRD4 in the etiology of
conduct disorder and antisocial behavior. Behavioral and Brain Functions 22:
30-38
Beaver, Kevin M., John Paul Wright, Matt DeLisi, Leah E. Daigle, Marc L. Swatt, and Chris L. Gibson
Evidence of a gene X environment interaction in the creation of victimization:
Results from a longitudinal study of adolescents. International Journal of
Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 51, 620-645.
Vaughn, Michael G., Matt DeLisi, Kevin M. Beaver, John Paul Wright, and Matthew O. Howard
Toward a psychopathology of self-control theory: The importance of
narcissistic traits. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25, 803-821.
2005
Beaver, Kevin M. and John Paul Wright
Biosocial development and delinquent involvement. Youth Violence and
Juvenile Justice, 3, 168-192.
Beaver, Kevin M. and John Paul Wright
Evaluating the effects of birth complications on low self-control in a sample of
twins. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative
Criminology, 49, 450-471.
Wright, John Paul and Kevin M. Beaver
Do parents matter in creating self-control in their children? A genetically
informed test of Gottfredson and Hirschi's theory of low self-control.
Criminology, 43, 1169-1202.
Wright, John Paul, David Carter, and Francis T. Cullen
A life-course analysis of military service in Vietnam. Journal of Research in
Crime and Delinquency, 42, 55-83.
2004
Brezina, Timothy, Robert Agnew, Francis T. Cullen, and John Paul Wright
The code of the street: A quantitative assessment of Elijah Anderson's
subculture of violence thesis and its contribution to youth violence research.
Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 2, 303-328.
Wright, John Paul and Francis T. Cullen
Employment, peers, and life-course transitions. Justice Quarterly, 21, 183-205.
2003
Moon, Melissa, Francis T. Cullen, and John Paul Wright
It takes a village: Public willingness to help wayward youths. Youth Violence
and Juvenile Justice, 1, 32-45.
2002
Agnew, Robert, Timothy Brezina, John Paul Wright, and Francis T. Cullen
Strain, personality traits, and crime: Extending general strain theory.
Criminology, 40, 43-72.
Wright, John Paul, Francis T. Cullen, and Nicolas Williams
The embeddedness of adolescent employment and participation in delinquency:
A life course perspective. Western Criminology Review, 4, 1-19.
2001
Gibson, Chris L., John Paul Wright, and Steven G. Tibbetts
Testing the generality of the general theory of crime: The effects of low selfcontrol on social development. Journal of Crime and Justice, 23, 109-134.
Gibson, Chris, and John Paul Wright
Low self-control and coworker delinquency: A research note. Journal of
Criminal Justice, 29, 483-492.
Vander Ven, Thomas M., Francis T. Cullen, Mark A. Carrozza, and John Paul Wright
Home alone: The impact of maternal employment on delinquency. Social
Problems, 48, 236-257.
Wright, John Paul, and Francis T. Cullen
Parental efficacy and delinquent behavior: Do control and support matter?.
Criminology, 39, 677-705.
Wright, John Paul, Francis T. Cullen, and Jeremy T. Miller
Family social capital and delinquent involvement. Journal of Criminal Justice,
29, 1-9.
Wright, John Paul, Francis T. Cullen, Robert S. Agnew, and Timothy Brezina
"The root of all evil"?: An exploratory study of money and delinquent
involvement. Justice Quarterly, 18, 239-268.
2000
Moon, Melissa, Jody Sundt, John Paul Wright, and Francis T. Cullen
Is child-saving dead? Public support for juvenile rehabilitation. Crime and
Delinquency, 46, 38-60.
Moon, Melissa, John Paul Wright, Francis T. Cullen, and Jennifer Pealer
Putting kids to death: Specifying public support for juvenile capital
punishment. Justice Quarterly, 17, 663-684.
Wright, John Paul, and Francis T. Cullen
Juvenile involvement in occupational delinquency. Criminology, 38, 863-896.
1999
Cullen, Francis T., John Paul Wright, and Mitchell B. Chamlin
Social support and social reform: A progressive crime control agenda. Crime
and Delinquency, 45, 188-207.
Whitehead, John T., Michael B. Blankenship, and John Paul Wright
Elite versus citizen attitudes on capital punishment: Incongruity between the
public and policymakers. Journal of Criminal Justice, 27, 249-258.
1998
Cullen, Francis T., John Paul Wright, Shayna Brown, Melissa Moon, Michael B. Blankenship, and
Brandon Applegate
Public support for early intervention programs: Implications for a prograssive
policy agenda. Crime and Delinquency, 44, 187-204.
1997
Cullen, Francis T., Nicolas Williams, and John Paul Wright
Work conditions and juvenile delinquency: Is youth employment
criminogenic? Criminal Justice Policy Review, 8, 119-144.
Wright, John Paul, Francis T. Cullen, and Nicolas Williams
Working while in school and delinquent involvement: Implications for social
policy. Crime and Delinquency, 43, 203-221.
Cullen, Francis T., Paul Gendreau, G. Roger Jarjoura, and John Paul Wright
Crime and the bell curve: Lessons from intelligent criminology. Crime and
Delinquency, 43, 387-411.
Reprinted in Richard C. Monk (ed.). Taking Sides: Clashing Views on
Controversial Issues in Crime and Criminology. 1998. New York, NY:
McGraw-Hill.
1996
Williams, Nicolas, Francis T. Cullen, and John Paul Wright
Labor market participation and youth crime: The neglect of 'working' in
delinquency research. Social Pathology, 2, 195-217.
1995
Wright, John Paul, Francis T. Cullen, and Michael B. Blankenship
The social construction of corporate violence: Media coverage of the Imperial
Food products fire. Crime and Delinquency, 41, 20-36.
Reprinted in M. David Ermann and Richard J. Lundman (eds.). Corporate and
governmental deviance : Problems of organizational behavior in contemporary
society. 1996. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
1993
Applegate, Brandon K., John Paul Wright, Francis T. Cullen, R. Gregory Dunaway, and John D.
Wooldredge
Victim-offender race and support for capital punishment: A factorial design
approach. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 18, 95-115.
Chapters in Edited Volumes and Other Publications
Coyne, Michelle A., Wright, John P.
2015
Biosocial Approaches: Crime. In: James D. Wright (editor-in-chief),
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd
edition, Vol 2. Oxford: Elsevier. pp. 670–675.
Beaver, Kevin M., Michael G. Vaughn, Matt DeLisi, John Paul Wright, Richard P. Wiebe,
2014
Harrington Cleveland, and Anthony Walsh.
The heritability of common risk and protective factors to crime and
delinquency. In Matt DeLisi and Kevin M. Beaver (Eds.), Criminological
Theory: A Life-Course Approach (2nd Edition). Burlington, MA: Jones and
Bartlett, pp. 99-114.
Wright, John P. and Mark A. Morgan.
2014
Human biodiversity and the egalitarian fiction. In, On the origins of criminal
behavior and criminality: The nature versus biosocial debate in Criminology,
ed. Kevin M. Beaver, J.C. Barnes, and Brian B. Boutwell. Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage.
Wright, John Paul, & Jamie Newsome.
2014
Neurology and neurochemistry of antisocial behavior. In G.
Bruinsma & D. Weisburd (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal
Justice. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.
Wright, John Paul, Jamie Newsome, and Michelle Coyne.
2014
G ≠ 0: Understanding families from a biosocial perspective. In Matt DeLisi
(Eds.), Biosocial Theories of Crime.
Wright, John Paul, Kristan A. Moore, and Jamie Newsome
2013
The molecular genetics of crime. In K. M. Beaver and A. Walsh (eds.), The
Ashgate Research Companion to Biosocial Theories of Crime. Farnham, UK:
Ashgate Publishing.
Beaver, Kevin M., John Paul Wright, and Matt DeLisi
2012
The Racist Teacher Revisited: Race and Social Skills in a Nationally
Representative Sample of American Children In Frank Columbus (ed.),
Classrooms: Management, Effectiveness, and Challenges. New York, NY:
Nova Science Publishers. Pp. 115-132.
Wright, John Paul
2012
Biography of Francis T. Cullen. In J. Mitchell Miller, The Encyclopedia of
Theoretical Criminology. Blackwell Wiley Publishing. Forthcoming.
Wright, John Paul and Kevin M. Beaver
2012
Do families matter? In Francis T. Cullen and Pamela Wilcox (eds.), Oxford
Handbook of Criminological Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Forthcoming.
Wright, John Paul
2011
Prenatal insults and the development of persistent criminal behavior. In Matt
DeLisi & Kevin M. Beaver (eds.), p. 51-67. Criminological theory: A lifecourse approach. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.
DeLisi, Matt, Anna E. Kosloski, Alan J. Drury, Michael G. Vaughn, Kevin M. Beaver, and John Paul
Wright
2010
Never desisters: A descriptive study of the life-course-persistent offender. In
Matt DeLisi and Kevin M. Beaver (eds.). Criminological Theory: A LifeCourse Approach. Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
DeLisi, Matt, Kevin M. Beaver, Michael G. Vaughn, and John Paul Wright
2010
Biological/Biosocial Theories. In Heith Copes and Volkan Topalli (eds.), p.
Criminological Theory: Readings and Retrospectives. New York, NY:
McGraw-Hill.
DeLisi, Matt, John Paul Wright, Michael G. Vaughn, and Kevin M. Beaver
2009
Copernican criminology. The Criminologist, 34(1): 14-16.
Vaughn, Michael G., Matt DeLisi, Kevin M. Beaver, and John Paul Wright
2009
Psychopathic personality features and the child welfare system: Implications
for prevention of problems over the life-course. In Steven J. Quintero (ed.), p.
151-156. Child Welfare Issues and Perspectives. New York, NY: Nova Science
Publishers.
Wright, John Paul and Kevin M. Beaver
2009
A systematic approach to understanding human variability in serious, persistent
offending. In Joanna Savage (ed.). The Development of Persistent Criminality.
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Wright, John Paul, and Danielle Boisvert
2009
Intelligence and Crime. In J.M. Miller (Ed.), 21st Century Criminology: A
Reference Handbook (pp.93-99). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Wright, John Paul
2009
Inconvenient truths: Race and crime. In Anthony Walsh and Kevin M. Beaver
(eds.), p. 137-153. Biosocial Criminology: New Directions in Theory and
Research. New York, NY: Routledge.
Cullen, Francis T., James D. Unnever, John Paul Wright, and Kevin M. Beaver
2008
Parenting and self-control. In Erich Goode (ed.), p. 61-74. Out of Control:
Assessing the General Theory of Crime. Stanford, CA: Stanford University
Press.
Wright, John Paul and Kevin M. Beaver
2008
The behavioral genetics of predatory criminal behavior. In Matt DeLisi and
Peter J. Conis (eds.), p. 33-48. Violent Offenders: Theory, Research, Public
Policy, and Practice. Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Reprinted in (2012): Matt DeLisi and Peter J. Conis (eds.), Violent Offenders: Theory, Research, Public
Policy, and Practice (2nd Edition). Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers,
pp. 109-123.
Wright, John Paul, Danielle Boisvert, Kim Dietrich, and M. Douglas Ris
2008
The ghost in the machine and criminal behavior: Criminology for the 21st
century. In Anthony Walsh and Kevin M. Beaver (eds.), p. 73-89. Biosocial
Criminology: New Directions in Theory and Research. New York, NY:
Routledge.
Wright, John Paul, Francis T. Cullen, and Kevin M. Beaver
2007
Does punishment work?. In Hugh LaFollette (ed.), p. 531-543. Ethics in
Practice: An Anthology, 3rd edition. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers.
Wright, John Paul
2006
The Imperial Foods processing plant fire. In Jurg Gerber and Eric L. Jensen
(eds.). Encyclopedia of White-Collar Crime. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Cullen, Francis T., John Paul Wright, Paul Gendreau, and D. A. Andrews
2003
What correctional treatment can tell us about criminological theory:
Implications for social learning theory. In Ronald L. Akers and Gary F. Jensen
(eds.), p. 339-362. Social Learning Theory and the Explanation of Crime: A
Guide for the New Century--Advances in Criminological Theory, vol. 11. New
Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
Cullen, Francis T. and John Paul Wright
2002
Criminal justice in the lives of American adolescents. In Jeylan Mortimer and
Reed Larson (eds.), p. 88-128. The Changing Adolescent Experience: Societal
Trends and the Transition to Adulthood. Cambridge, NY: Cambridge
University Press.
Wright, John Paul
2002
Premature affluence, rational choice and delinquency: Examining the darker
side of affluence. In Alex Piquero and Steve Tibbetts (eds.), p. 137-161.
Rational Choice and Criminal Behavior: Recent Research and Future
Challenges. New York, NY: Routledge.
Wright, John Paul, Francis T. Cullen, and John D. Wooldredge
2000
Parental support and juvenile delinquency. In Greer Litton Fox and Michael L.
Benson (eds.), p. 139-161. Families, Crime, and Criminal Justice:
Contemporary Perspectives on Family Research, vol. 2. Greenwich, CT: JAI
Press.
Wright, John Paul
1999
Corporate violence in the age of industrialism. In Ronald Gottesman (ed.), p.
312-317. Violence in America: An Encyclopedia, vol. 1. New York, NY:
Charles Scribner's Sons.
Cullen, Francis T. and John Paul Wright
1997
Liberating the anomie-strain theory paradigm: Implications from social support
theory. In Nikos Passas and Robert Agnew (eds.), p. 187-206. Assessing the
Anomie-Strain Tradition. Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press.
Cullen, Francis T. and John Paul Wright
1996
Two futures in American corrections. In Brendan Maguire and Polly F. Radosh
(eds.), p. 198-219. The Past, Present, and Future of American Criminal Justice.
New York, NY: General Hall.
Wright, John Paul, Francis T. Cullen, and Michael B. Blankenship
1996
Chained factory fire exits: Media coverage of a corporate crime that killed 25
workers. In M. David Ermann and Richard J. Lundman (eds.), p. 290-304.
Corporate and governmental deviance : problems of organizational behavior
in contemporary society. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Wright, John Paul, and Lawrence F. Travis III
1996
Work release. In Marilyn McShane and Frank P. Williams (eds.), p. 236-237.
The Encyclopedia of American Corrections. New York, NY: Garland.
Cullen, Francis T., John Paul Wright, and Brandon K. Applegate
1995
Control in the community: The limits of reform? In Alan Harland (ed.), p. 69116. What Works in Community Corrections: Evaluating the Supply and
Defining the Demand. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Manuscripts Under Review
Gibson, Chris, Kevin Beaver, John Paul Wright, JC Barnes, and Brian Boutwell. A multilevel study of
neighborhood intelligence and violence. Psychological Sciences.
Gibson, Chris, John Paul Wright, Leah E. Daigle, Marc L. Swatt, and Kevin M. Beaver
Gender and self-control: Should Grasmick et al.'s items be used for males and females? Journal
of Quantitative Criminology. Revise and resubmit.
Higgins, George E., Kevin M. Beaver, Matt DeLisi, John Paul Wright, Michael G. Vaughn, and J. Eagle
Shutt
A first step in understanding the developmental trajectories of twin offending. International
Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. Revise and resubmit.
Vaske, Jamie, Brian B. Boutwell, Kevin M. Beaver, and John Paul Wright
5HTT interacts with marijuana use to predict violent criminal behavior for females. Journal of
Psychiatric Research. Revise and resubmit.
Vaske, Jamie, Matthew Makarios, Danielle Boisvert, Kevin M. Beaver, and John Paul Wright
An extension of the victimization pathway hypothesis to include genetic effects. Feminist
Criminology. Revise and resubmit.
Vaske, Jamie, Matthew Makarios, Brian B. Boutwell, Kevin M. Beaver, and John Paul Wright
The role of 5HTTLPR X marijuana use on criminal behavior. Journal of Adolescence.
REPORTS
2010
Report to the 28th Judicial District of Kansas. An assessment and rewrite of the juvenile
comprehensive plan.
2010
Report to the 19th Judicial District of Kansas. An assessment and rewrite of the juvenile
comprehensive plan.
2008
Report to the 5th Judicial District of Kansas. An assessment and rewrite of the juvenile
comprehensive plan.
2002
John Paul Wright, David Carter, and Brenda Vose. “Families and schools acting
together: Final report.” For Brown County, Ohio Juvenile Court.
1997
Wright, John Paul and Vanessa Price. "The high cost of adolescent employment: Results
from the Tri-Cities Adolescent Employment Survey." For Johnson City School Board,
Carter County School Board, Washington County School Board.
1996
John Paul Wright, Jill Fleury, Shayna Brown, and David Holleran. "Public attitudes on
crime in Tennessee: Pragmatic crime policy."
1995
John Paul Wright, Yolander G. Hurst, Jody Sundt, and Edward Latessa. “The Cincinnati
curfew ordinance: A preliminary report.”
1995
Wright, John Paul, Yolander G. Hurst, Jody Sundt, and Edward Latessa. “The Cincinnati
curfew ordinance: An empirical examination of arrest rates.”
PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS
Invited Presentations/Lectures
October 2015. “The development of serious violence across time and generation.” Association of Ohio
Community Corrections.
October 2015. “Bias in Expert Knowledge.” Ohio Department of Corrections.
June 2015. “Recognizing the Humanity of Biosocial Criminology.” Keynote Address. European Society
of Criminology. Porto, Portugal.
March 2015. “Lead and Criminal Behavior Out to Three Decades of Life.” Keynote Address. University
of Rochester Medical Center Conference on Lead Research.
June 2014. “The Benefits of Quantitative Analyses for Education.” Keynote Address. School of
Education Conference on Assessment in Higher Education.
November 2011. “The unfolding of serious, violent criminality.” Invited lecture for the State of Ohio
Department of Corrections. Ohio.
August 2011. “Why conservatives should care about criminal justice.” Invited lecture at the State
Policy Network Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington.
October, 2010. “Predatory human behavior: Causes, correlates and consequences.” Presented to the
Kansas Association of Court Services Officers in Wichita, KS.
September, 2009. “The development of offending behavior.” Presented to State of Indiana Probation
Conference.
July, 2009. “Getting the law involved: Results from the Early Intervention Prosecutors Program.”
Presented to the National Juvenile Judge's Conference in Chicago, IL.
June, 2009. “The development of criminal behavior.” Presented to the Governor's Conference on
Corrections in Wichita, KS.
August, 2008. “Adolescent brain development: Implications for treatment and control.” Presented to the
Nebraska Juvenile Justice Association.
May, 2008. “Etiology of juvenile offending across the life-course.” Presented to the Urban League.
September, 2007. “Lead and adult criminal behavior.” Presented to the 14th Annual New York
Conference on Lead in New York.
December, 2006. “Delinquency prevention.” Presented to the Indiana Youth Services.
October, 2006. “What works with offenders?” Presented to the Nebraska Probation.
June, 2006. “The criminal mind: Bridging the gap between mental health and corrections.” Presented to
the ASPIN Educational Network.
March, 2006. “Assessing RECLAIM Ohio.” Invited panelist at the Rethinking Juvenile Justice
Conference in Columbus, OH.
October, 2005. “What works with adolescent offenders?” Presented to the PACT in Indiana.
September, 2005. “Effective interventions and evidence based practices.” Presented to the Federal
Probation and United States Court Services in California.
July, 2005. “How lead affects adult crime.” Presented to the East Tennessee State University in Johnson
City, TN.
July, 2005. “What works, what doesn't, and why.” Presented to the Multi-county Juvenile Assistance
Program in Stark County, OH.
June, 2005. “The development of offending and effective correctional intervention.” Presented to the
RECLAIM Ohio 2005, Ohio Department of Youth Services in Columbus, OH.
March, 2005. “Adolescent offenders and their treatment.” Presented to the The Ohio State University,
John Glenn Policy Institute in Columbus, OH.
November, 2004. “Lead in two generations.” Presented to the Division of Criminal Justice Brown Bag
Series.
October, 2004. “Lead and the intergenerational transmission of rime.” Presented to the University of
Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Environmental Health.
October, 2004. “Linking our understanding of the development of crime to effective interventions.”
Presented to the International Community Corrections Conference in Cincinnati, OH.
September, 2004. “Understanding the science of what works.” Presented to the South Dakota
Department of Corrections.
June, 2004. “What works, what doesn't, and why.” Presented to the Pennsylvania Department of
Corrections and Division of Families in.
May, 2004. “Linking the development of offending to effective correctional intervention.” Presented to
the Indiana Judicial Center.
March, 2001. “Comorbidity in problem behavior and its relationship to juvenile treatment.” Presented to
the Division of Youth Services, State of Ohio in Columbus, OH.
October, 2000. “Known patterns of development into delinquency: A new direction in juvenile justice
policy.” Presented to the West Central Juvenile Justice Symposium.
November, 1999. “What correctional treatment has to teach criminological theory?” With Francis T.
Cullen. Invited panelists at the American Society of Criminology in Toronto, Canada.
October, 1998. “What students and criminals have in common.” Presented to the University Productions
"Last Lecture Series" in Cincinnati, OH.
August, 1998. “Social support and social reform: A progressive crime control agenda.” Presented to the
American Sociological Association in San Francisco, CA.
November, 1996. “Parental support and delinquent behavior: The limits of control theory.” Presented to
the American Society of Criminology in Chicago, IL.
April, 1995. “A review of the evidence concerning the application of capital sentencing and the
administration of capital punishment.” Presented to the Lions Club in Johnson City, TN.
Conference Presentations (Hundreds)
November, 2012. “The stability of self-regulation in early childhood.” With Michelle Coyne. Presented
to the American Society of Criminology in Chicago, NY.
November, 2008. “Genetic growth curve analyses on the development of low self-control.” With
Danielle Boisvert, Kevin M. Beaver, and Jaime Vaske. Presented to the American Society of
Criminology in St. Louis, MO.
November, 2008. “The relationship between self-control and language: Evidence of a shared etiological
pathway.” With Kevin M. Beaver, Matt DeLisi, Michael G. Vaughn, and Brian Boutwell. Presented to
the American Society of Criminology in St. Louis, MO.
November, 2008. “An interaction between DRD2 and criminal father is associated with six antisocial
phenotypes.” With Matt DeLisi, Kevin M. Beaver, and Michael G. Vaughn. Presented to the American
Society of Criminology in St. Louis, MO.
November, 2008. “The dopaminergic system is associated with low self-control and interacts with
family risk.” With Rebecca Schnupp. Presented to the American Society of Criminology in St. Louis,
MO.
November, 2008. “A biosocial liability model model of antisocial behavior: An exploratory test on a
sample of adolescents.” With Michael G. Vaughn, Kevin M. Beaver, and Matt DeLisi. Presented to the
American Society of Criminology in St. Louis, MO.
November, 2008. “Child behavioral outcomes in the context of Sampson and Laub's age-graded theory
of informal social control.” With Rebecca Schnupp and Danielle Boisvert. Presented to the American
Society of Criminology in St. Louis, MO.
November, 2008. “5HTT moderates the effects of marijuana use on serious criminal behavior for
females.” With Jaime Vaske, Matthew Makarios, Brian Boutwell, and Kevin M. Beaver. Presented to
the American Society of Criminology in St. Louis, MO.
March, 2008. “Danger in Cincinnati: An overview of the Cincinnati Lead Study.” With Kim N.
Dietrich, M. Douglas Ris, Richard W. Hornung, Stephanie D. Wessel, Bruce P. Panphear, Mona Ho,
Mary N. Rae, and Stephen E. Brown. Presented to the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in
Cincinnati, OH.
November, 2007. “IQ and low self-control.” With Danielle Boisvert. Presented to the American Society
of Criminology in Atlanta, GA.
November, 2007. “Gender differences in a gene-environment interaction predicting depression in young
adults.” With Jaime Vaske, Danielle Boisvert, and Kevin M. Beaver. Presented to the American Society
of Criminology in Atlanta, GA.
November, 2007. “Child behavioral outcomes in the context of general strain theory.” With Rebecca
Schnupp and Jaime Vaske. Presented to the American Society of Criminology in Atlanta, GA.
March, 2007. “A child effects explanation for the association between family risk and involvement in an
antisocial lifestyle.” With Kevin M. Beaver. Presented to the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in
Seattle, WA.
March, 2007. “Genetic antecedents of career criminality: An exploratory empirical assessment with a
national sample.” With Matt DeLisi and Kevin M. Beaver. Presented to the Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences in Seattle, WA.
March, 2007. “Evidence of negligible parenting influences on self-control, delinquent peers, and
delinquency in a sample of monozygotic twins.” With Kevin M. Beaver and Matt DeLisi. Presented to
the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in Seattle, WA.
March, 2007. “A child effects explanation for the association between family risk and involvement in an
antisocial lifestyle.” With Kevin M. Beaver. Presented to the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in
Seattle, WA.
November, 2006. “Evidence of a gene X environment interaction in the creation of victimization:
Results from a longitudinal sample of adolescents.” With Kevin M. Beaver, Leah E. Daigle, Marc L.
Swatt, and Chris Gibson. Presented to the American Society of Criminology in Los Angeles, CA.
November, 2006. “Genetic and environmental contributors to associating with delinquent peers:
Evidence of a gene X environment correlation.” With Kevin M. Beaver and Matt DeLisi. Presented to
the American Society of Criminology in Los Angeles, CA.
November, 2006. “Neuropsychological deficits are predictive of childhood levels of low self-control.”
With Kevin M. Beaver. Presented to the American Society of Criminology in Los Angeles, CA.
November, 2006. “Biosocial development and adolescent employment: Beyond the selection/causation
debate.” With Kevin M. Beaver. Presented to the American Society of Criminology in Los Angeles,
CA.
November, 2006. “The biosocial development of persistent offending: A human systems approach.”
With Kevin M. Beaver. Presented to the American Society of Criminology in Los Angeles, CA.
November, 2006. “Gene X environment interaction and low self-control.” With Rebecca Schnupp.
Presented to the American Society of Criminology in Los Angeles, CA.
November, 2006. “Genetic contributions to alcohol related problems by gender and race.” With Jaime
Vaske. Presented to the American Society of Criminology in Los Angeles, CA.
November, 2006. “Emotional indicators of low self-control.” With Jaime Vaske. Presented to the
American Society of Criminology in Los Angeles, CA.
November, 2006. “Non-shared environmental influences and sibling differences in problem behavior.”
With Danielle Boisvert. Presented to the American Society of Criminology in Los Angeles, CA.
November, 2004. “The intergenerational transmission of crime: The lead effect reconsidered.” With
Kim N. Dietrich and M. Douglas Ris. Presented to the American Society of Criminology in Nashville,
TN.
November, 2004. “The social constructions of dead beat dads.” With Stephen Brown. Presented to the
American Society of Criminology in Nashville, TN.
November, 2004. “Do parents matter in creating self-control in their children.” With Kevin M. Beaver.
Presented to the American Society of Criminology in Nashville, TN.
April, 2004. “The ABC's of misconduct: Antisocial behavior in children.” With Kevin M. Beaver.
Presented to the Ohio Criminal Justice Research Conference in Columbus, OH.
March, 2004. “Evaluating the effects of birth complications on low self-control using a sample of
twins.” With Kevin M. Beaver. Presented to the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in Las Vegas,
NV.
March, 2004. “The reproduction of concentrated personal advantage.” With Kevin M. Beaver.
Presented to the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in Las Vegas, NV.
November, 2003. “Toward a unified theory of behavioral stability.” With Kevin M. Beaver and Chris
Gibson. Presented in Denver, CO.
March, 2003. “The stability of low self-control from childhood to young adulthood: A longitudinal
analysis.” With Kevin M. Beaver and Chris Gibson. Presented to the Academy of Criminal Justice
Sciences in Boston, MA.
November, 2002. “Physicality and delinquent involvement: Does size matter?.” With Kevin M. Beaver.
Presented to the American Society of Criminology in Chicago, IL.
November, 2002. “Family social capital across the life-course.” With David E. Carter. Presented to the
American Society of Criminology in Chicago, IL.
November, 2002. “The birds, the bees, and delinquency.” With Shawn Minor. Presented to the
American Society of Criminology in Chicago, IL.
August, 2002. “Criminal justice in the lives of adolescents.” Presented to the American Sociological
Association in Chicago, IL.
February, 2002. “Does size matter? Physicality and delinquent involvement.” With Kevin M. Beaver.
Presented to the University of Cincinnati Spring Research Conference in Cincinnati, OH.
March, 2001. “A life-course analysis of peer development.” With David E. Carter and John
Wooldredge. Presented to the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in Washington, DC.
November, 2000. “Parents, peers and developmental trends.” With Kim Verhegee. Presented to the
American Society of Criminology in San Francisco, CA.
November, 2000. “Rich man's war, poor man's battle: A life-course analysis of the effects of military
service during Vietnam.” With David E. Carter. Presented to the American Society of Criminology in
San Francisco, CA.
November, 2000. “Testing Bandura's social learning model.” With Steven Haas, Patricia Van Voorhis,
and Paul Mazerolle. Presented to the American Society of Criminology in San Francisco, CA.
November, 1999. “Is child-saving dead? Public support for juvenile rehabilitation.” With Melissa
Moon, Jody Sundt, and Francis T. Cullen. Presented to the American Society of Criminology in
Toronto, Canada.
November, 1999. “Juvenile involvement in occupational delinquency.” With Francis T. Cullen.
Presented to the American Society of Criminology in Toronto, Canada.
March, 1999. “Putting kids to death: Specifying public support for juvenile capital punishment.” With
Melissa Moon, Francis T. Cullen, and Jennifer Pealer. Presented to the Academy of Criminal Justice
Sciences in Orlando, FL.
March, 1999. “"The root of all evil": Money and delinquent involvement.” With Francis T. Cullen,
Robert S. Agnew, and Tim Brezina. Presented to the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in Orlando,
FL.
November, 1998. “Early work experiences and delinquency.” Presented to the American Society of
Criminology in Washington, DC.
March, 1998. “Elite vs. citizen attitudes on capital punishment: Do legislators know what Joan Q.
Public thinks?” Presented to the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in Albuquerque, NM.
March, 1998. “Delinquency and single parent families: An examination of direct parental controls,
family risk factors, and parental social support.” Presented to the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
in Albuquerque, NM.
March, 1998. “Adolescent mothers and delinquency in their children.” Presented to the Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences in Albuquerque, NM.
November, 1997. “The embeddedness of adolescent employment and participation in delinquency: A
life-course perspective.” Presented to the American Society of Criminology in San Diego, CA.
October, 1997. “A life-course approach to adolescent delinquency.” Presented to the Annual Tennessee
Social Work Conference in Johnson City, TN.
November, 1995. “What's love got to do with it? Parental support and juvenile delinquency: A social
capital approach.” Presented to the American Society of Criminology in Boston, MA.
March, 1995. “Controlling crime through time: The effects of Cincinnati's adolescent curfew.” With
Yolandar Hurst and Jody Sundt. Presented to the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in Boston, MA.
March, 1994. “The effects of institutional experiences on inmate attitudes toward incarceration.” With
John Wooldredge. Presented to the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in Chicago, IL.
November, 1993. “Control in the community: The limits of reform?.” With Francis T. Cullen and
Brandon Applegate. Presented to the International Association of Residential and Community
Alternatives Conference in Philadelphia, PA.
October, 1993. “The social construction of corporate violence.” With Francis T. Cullen. Presented to the
American Society of Criminology in Phoenix, AZ.
October, 1993. “Victim-offender race and support for capital punishment: A factorial design approach.”
With Brandon Applegate, Francis T. Cullen, R. Gregg Dunaway, and John Wooldredge. Presented to
the American Society of Criminology in Phoenix, AZ.
October, 1991. “The dichotomy of white-collar crime.” Presented to the Academy of Criminal Justice
Sciences in Pittsburgh, PA.
FUNDED RESEARCH
2009. “Juvenile comprehensive plan for the 28th Judicial Distict of Kansas.” Funded for $15,500.
2009. “Juvenile comprehensive plan for the 19th Judicial Distict of Kansas.” Funded for $15,500.
2008. “Juvenile comprehensive strategic plan for Lyon and Chase counties in the state of Kansas.” With
Danielle Boisvert. The Fifth Judicial District Department of Community Corrections. Funded for
$14,700.
Spring, 2006. “A family-linked pilot study: A genome wide screen for main gene effects for an
endophenotype for early onset conduct disorder and alcoholism in adulthood.” With Drew Barzman,
Principle Investigator. UC Regents Grant.
Spring, 2006. “Genetic influences on criminal behavior.” With Kevin M. Beaver. National Institute of
Justice. Funded for $20,000.
Spring, 2005. “Reducing crime in Cincinnati.” With James Frank. State Attorney General's Office.
Requested $116,000.
Spring, 2004. “Reducing crime in Cincinnati.” With James Frank. State Attorney General's Office.
Denied proposal of $120,000.
Spring, 2002. “Family social capital over time.” With David Carter. University of Cincinnati Faculty
Mentor Grant. Funded for $750.
Spring, 2002. “Toward a theory of behavioral stability.” With Kevin M. Beaver. University of
Cincinnati Faculty Mentor Grant. Funded for $750.
Winter, 2001. “Delinquent peer development across the life-course.” With David Carter. University of
Cincinnati Faulty Mentor Grant. Funded for $750.
Spring, 2001. “Neuropsychological risks and the life-course.” With Lisa McCartan. University of
Cincinnati Research Grant. Funded for $4,000.
Winter, 2000. “Criminal potential across the life-course.” With Lisa McCartan. University of Cincinnati
Faculty Mentor Grant. Funded for $750.
Fall, 2000. “Cincinnati lead study.” With Co-principle investigators with M. Douglas Ris and Kim
Dietrich (Cincinnati Children's Hospital and UC Medical Center). National Institute of Health. Funded
for $500,000.
Fall, 1998. “A statewide survey on attitudes concerning juvenile crime and justice.” With Melissa
Moon. East Tennessee State University, Office of Sponsored Programs. Funded for $4,600.
Spring, 1997. “Tri-cities adolescent employment and lifestyle study.” East Tennessee State University,
Office of Sponsored Programs. Funded for $700.
Fall, 1996. “Tennessee crime survey.” East Tennessee State University, Office of Sponsored Programs.
Funded for $2,500.
Summer, 1996. “Family support and juvenile delinquency: The acquisition of social capital.” East
Tennessee State University Professional Development Grant. Denied proposal of $6,000.
December, 1994. “The Cincinnati curfew ordinance: An empirical examination of arrest rates.”
Department of Human Relations in Cincinnati, OH. Funded for $1,200.
July, 1994. “The Cincinnati curfew ordinance: A preliminary report.” Department of Human Relations
in Cincinnati, OH. Funded for $1,200.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
1995-1999
Graduate Program Director.
1996-1999
Chair, Committee on Tenure Standards.
1997-1999
Committee on Non-Thesis Options.
1998-1999
Chair, Departmental Curriculum Committee.
1998-1999
Member, General Education Affairs Committee (GEAC).
1998-1999
Chair, Educational Affairs Committee, College of Arts and Sciences.
1998-1999
Chair, Departmental Search Committee for the Chair's Position.
2000-2001
Chair, Division of Criminal Justice Faculty Search Committee.
2000-2001
Chair, Division of Criminal Justice Speakers Committee.
2000-2001
Member, Division of Criminal Justice Graduate Admissions Committee.
2000-2001
Member, College of Education Assessment and Standards Committee.
2001-2002
Member, Academic Program Committee.
2001-2002
Chair, Division of Criminal Justice Faculty Search Committee.
2002-2007
Director of Undergraduate Program, Division of Criminal Justice.
2003-2009
Treasurer, Board Member of the American Society of Criminology.
2007-2010
CECH Tenure and Promotion Committee.
2005-present
Chair, Graduate Curriculum Committee.
2005-present
Chair, Graduate Student Overview Committee.
2007-2014
Director, Graduate Program in the Division of Criminal Justice.
2012-2013
Assistant Chair, School of Criminal Justice
2016-2017
Chair, CECH Tenure and Promotion Committee
COURSES TAUGHT
Criminology:
White-Collar/Corporate Crime
Criminology
Patterns of Criminal Behavior
Crime Across the Life-Course
Crime Topologies
Juvenile Justice
Juvenile Delinquency
Developmental Criminology
Biosocial Criminology
Corrections:
Corrections in America
Theories of Punishment
Research and Statistics:
Microcomputers as a Research Tool
Criminal Justice Statistics
Research Methods
Behavioral Genetic Modeling
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
American Psychological Association
American Society of Criminology
American Sociological Association
Behavioral Genetics Association
National Council on Crime and Delinquency
Society for the Study of Social Problems
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2006 – 2013 Treasurer, American Society of Criminology
2010 – Chair, Bloch Awards Committee, American Society of Criminology