Beaver's research examines the biosocial underpinnings to antisocial behaviors. He has employed behavioral genetic and molecular genetic methodologies to unpack the gene-environmental basis to a range of criminal and delinquent outcomes.
He received this year's American Society of Criminology Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award. The award recognizes his outstanding contributions to the field in just the few years since he received his doctorate. Beaver has published more than 50 articles and more than 15 book chapters and is the author/editor of 7 books, including Biosocial Criminology: A Primer (Kendall/Huent, 2009). His research has appeared in journals as diverse as American Journal of Public Health, Criminology, Journal of Genetic Psychology, and Sexual Abuse.
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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