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Walter Forrest

Ph.D. Student
wforrest@mailer.fsu.edu
http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~wf02

Education

M.S. 2004, Florida State University; Political Science
B.A. (Hons) 1996, University of Queensland; Government
B.A. 1994, University of Queensland; Government

Courses Taught

  • Criminal and delinquent behavior
  • Minorities, crime, and social policy

Areas of Interest

  • Life-course criminology
  • Theories of crime causation
  • Ethnicity and crime
  • Public opinion
  • Research methods

Major Professor

Dr. Thomas G. Blomberg

Publications

Hay, Carter and Walter Forrest. Forthcoming. "The Effect of Family Poverty on the Chances of Becoming a Serious, Chronic Offender." In The Development of Persistent Criminality, edited by Joanne Savage. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Hay, Carter and Walter Forrest. November 2006. “The Development of Self-Control: Examining Self-Control Theory's Stability Thesis.” Criminology