Chad Posick

Explores the role of theory and research in criminology. Adopts a unique and refreshing approach to criminological theory and focuses on the great debates in criminology from its inception as a field to the present day. Explores the debates that have motivated criminological thought, that have represented turning points in theoretical and empirical trajectories, that have offered mini-paradigm shifts, and that have moved the field forward.

 

Finds that youths who tended to be personally victimized were also likely to witness violence; conversely, youth who disproportionately witnessed violence were relatively unlikely to experience personal victimization.

Utilizes a university sample to explore who seeks counseling for exposure to threatening intimate partner violence.

Shows that the application of the H.E.A.R.T medical model is the most significant and substantial correlate of perceived fairness of police-community interactions and accounts for agency-level differences in perceived fairness.

Suggests that victimization is positively and significantly related to offending in all school contexts but that the relationship between victimization and offending is stronger in non-urban schools than in urban schools. Indicates that negative emotionality may play a key role in unpacking the mechanisms through which context moderates the victim-offender overlap.

Suggests that victimization remains a salient predictor of offending across contexts with overall consistency in its effect on offending. Some cultural indicators were shown to slightly moderate this relationship.

Incorporates empathy into several facets of criminology including the explanations of: lawmaking, lawbreaking (delinquency), and relationships with law enforcement.

Reviews the research on the impact of strains on behavior as well as how strain leads to negative emotions which influence behavior, then analyzes data on a sample of adolescents to explore how strain differentially affects boys and girls and how their response to emotions impacts their individual behavior.

Describes the emotions felt by individuals after their victimization experience, and examines the causes of these emotions and investigates the pathway from these emotions to police reporting.