Kevin Beaver
Assistant Professor
850-644-9180
kbeaver@fsu.edu
Education
Ph.D. 2006, University of Cincinnati; Criminal Justice
MS. 2001, University of Cincinnati; Criminal Justice
BA. 2000, Ohio University; Sociology
Courses Taught
- Alternatives to Incarceration
- Criminal Careers
- Criminal Justice Statistics
- Human Behavior
- Introduction to Criminology
- Life-Course Criminology
Research Interests
- Biosocial criminology
- Genetic/biological correlates of offending
- Life-course/developmental criminology
- Stability of violent behaviors
Select Publications
- Wright, John Paul, Kevin M. Beaver, Matt DeLisi, and Michael G. Vaughn. Forthcoming. “Evidence of Negligible Parenting Influences on Self-Control, Delinquent Peers, and Delinquency in a Sample of Monozygotic Twins.” Justice Quarterly.
- DeLisi, Matt, Kevin M. Beaver, John Paul Wright, and Michael G. Vaughn. Forthcoming. "The Etiology of Criminal Onset: The Enduring Salience of Nature and Nurture." Journal of Criminal Justice.
- Beaver, Kevin M. Forthcoming. "Nonshared Environmental Influences on Adolescent Delinquent Involvement and Adult Criminal Behavior." Criminology.
- Vaughn, Michael G., Matt DeLisi, Kevin M. Beaver, and John Paul Wright. Forthcoming. "Toward a Psychopathology of Self-Control Theory: The Importance of Narcissistic Traits." Behavioral Sciences and the Law.
- Cullen, Francis T., James D. Unnever, John Paul Wright, and Kevin M. Beaver. 2006. “Parenting and Self-Control.” In Erich Goode (ed.), Out of Control? Evaluating the General Theory of Crime. Cambridge, UK: Oxford University Press.
- Wright, John Paul, Francis T. Cullen, and Kevin M. Beaver. 2006. “Does Punishment Work?” In Hugh LaFollette (ed.), Ethics in Practice: An Anthology, 3rd Edition. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers.
- Beaver, Kevin M. and John Paul Wright. 2005. “Evaluating the Effects of Birth Complications on Low Self-Control in a Sample of Twins.” International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 49(4):450-471.
- Beaver, Kevin M. and John Paul Wright. 2005. “Biosocial Development and Delinquent Involvement.” Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 3(2):168-192.
- Maume, Michael O., Graham C. Ousey, and Kevin Beaver. 2005. “Cutting the Grass: A Reexamination of the Link between Marital Attachment, Delinquent Peers, and Desistance from Marijuana Use.” Journal of Quantitative Criminology 21(1):27-53.
- Wright, John Paul and Kevin M. Beaver. 2005. “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(4):1169-1202.
Grants
- The Intersection of Genes, the Environment, and Crime and Delinquency: A Longitudinal Study of Offending, $20,000, awarded by the National Institute of Justice, 2006.
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