Meghan L Rogers
Biographic Data
| ID | 146507 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meghan L Rogers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meghan L |
| FAMILY NAME | Rogers |
| SIGNATURE | ROGERS M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brown University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6110-5146 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Population Sentiments and Violence: A Study of Emotional Temperature and National Homicide Rates, 2006–2019
The growing literature on the structural and cultural covariates of homicide rates contain few studies of the role of citizens' prevailing sentiments. Yet population sentiments and perceptions of daily life tell us something about societies beyond official measures of economic and demographic structure, and studies show perceptions of things like state legitimacy, civic engagement, and consumer sentiment are associated with national crime rates. …
Longitudinal Associations Between Other-Sex Close Friends and Alcohol Use is a Between-, Not Within-, Person Process
BACKGROUND: Adolescents are more likely to use alcohol if close friends are characterized as majority other-sex. The extent to which the association between proportion of other-sex close friends and adolescent alcohol use is directional and/or reciprocal is unclear. Although evidence is mixed for male adolescents, higher proportion of other-sex close friends is associated with increased risk of alcohol use for female adolescents. METHODS: a multi…
Market orientation and national homicide rates
We studied the influence of market orientation on national homicide rates. Multiple theoretical traditions equate the development and dominance of markets with higher crime rates. Some traditional sociological theoretical claims, however, suggest market expansion should reduce violence. Elias argued that economic interconnectedness demands stable societies, increased sensitivity to others, and self‐control. Durkheim maintained that greater divisi…
Unraveling Gender Equality: Gender Equality Domain-Specific Analysis of Cross-National Female Homicide Victimization
This study investigates the complex relationship between gender equality and female homicide victimization across nations, focusing on both the ameliorative and backlash approaches. By analyzing gender equality across multiple domains, including health, fertility, economic, education, labor, and politics, the research explores how advancements in equality impact female homicide victimization rates within nations. Findings reveal a curvilinear rel…
Trade, Tolerance, and Transformation: How Globalization Reshapes Gender Equality and Female Homicide Victimization
This study examines the relationship between gender equality and female homicide victimization by evaluating how changes in globalization within nations shape this association. Prior research suggests that the relationship evolves from backlash to amelioration over time, but we argue that globalization, rather than time itself, is the structural force driving this shift. Drawing on the doux commerce thesis and the civilizing process, we theorize …
The impact of early childhood adversity on adult cognitive performance: The mediating roles of childhood cognitive ability and educational attainment
Was There a Universal Homicide Increase in 2014 to 2016 and 2019 to 2020
This article explores whether there was a universal increase in homicide victimization in 2014 to 2016 and 2019 to 2020. Although the United States observed increases in homicide victimization in 2014 to 2016 and 2019 to 2002, it is unlikely that all nations observed simultaneous increases in homicide victimization. Therefore, we explore whether countries observed increases in homicide victimization from 2014 to 2016, only part of the time, and b…
Mental Health Status of Rhode Island Middle School and High School Students Before Versus During the Covid ‐19 Pandemic
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected adolescent mental health due to school closures, isolation, family loss/hardships, and reduced health care access. METHODS: We compared adolescent mental health in Rhode Island before versus during the pandemic, separately among middle and high schoolers. This serial cross-sectional study used Youth Risk Behavior Survey data from 2019 and 2021 (N = 7403). Multivariable logistic regression mode…
Not Just Another Test of Institutional Anomie Theory: Assessing Relative Institutional Imbalances
Institutional Anomie Theory (IAT) proposes high violent crime rates are due partially to imbalances in societal institutions, specifically the dominance of the economy over non-economic institutions. Tests of IAT have focused largely on the absolute strength of the economy, which ignores the core argument of institutional imbalance and the possibility that institutional preferences may not be additive and limited. If one institution is strong, it…
Perceived Inequality and Cross-National Homicide Rates
Economic inequality is a persistent structural covariate of cross-national homicide rates. The most common criminological explanation is that perceived inequality creates frustration among individuals at the lower end of the income distribution, this frustration generates latent anger, and this anger occasionally results in violence. There are reasons to question the validity of this explanation. First, the theoretical reasoning of this populatio…
Lethal leverage: False confessions, false pleas, and wrongful homicide convictions in death-eligible cases
Substantial attention to wrongful convictions has been developing since the 1990s. This research examines known cases of exonerations and factors that contribute to known wrongful convictions. The issues explored include false confessions, false guilty pleas, and death jurisdiction that impact known wrongful homicide convictions. Literature shows that false confessions can affect relationships with defense attorneys, jury perceptions, other evide…
Seroprevalence of Sars-CoV-2 Antibodies in Rhode Island From a Statewide Random Sample
Objectives. To characterize statewide seroprevalence and point prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Rhode Island. Methods. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of randomly selected households across Rhode Island in May 2020. Antibody-based and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)–based tests for SARS-CoV-2 were offered. Hispanics/Latinos and African Americans/Blacks were oversampled to ensure adequate represen…
Residential Mobility and Flourishing Among United States School-Age Children, 2011/2012 National Survey of Children’s Health
Maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring antisocial behaviour: Findings from a longitudinal investigation of discordant siblings
BACKGROUND: Although many observational studies have found a strong association between maternal smoking during pregnancy (MSP) and offspring antisocial behaviour, the likelihood that this relationship is causal remains unclear. To comment on the potential causality of this association, the current investigation used a between-within decomposition approach to examine the association between MSP and multiple indices of adolescent and adult antisoc…
How Does Social Protection Influence Cross-National Homicide Rates in OECD Nations
Social protection exhibits a consistent negative association with cross-national homicide rates. However, the specific mechanism through which the two are associated remains untested in spite of competing theoretical claims that include altruism, social control, buffers from market forces, and insulation from the ills associated with poverty. We explore these possible theoretical explanations, focusing on different originating sources (e.g., publ…
A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Association between Percent Young and Cross-National Homicide Rates
Is there an association between the proportion of the population that is young and national homicide rates, and when testing other theories cross-nationally is it necessary to control for this concept? To answer these questions, we carried out an extensive review of the empirical literature and then used data for the years 1999–2004 from a sample of 55 nations to test two predominant hypotheses: Percent young is significantly associated with homi…
Continuum of Mammography Use among US Women: Classification Tree Analysis
As access to primary care providers and health insurance increases with the Affordable Care act, classification tree analyses may help to identify women of high priority for intervention
Primary Prevention of Lead Poisoning: Protecting Children From Unsafe Housing
Objectives. We examined the effects of changes in Rhode Island’s Lead Hazard Mitigation Law in 2005 on children’s blood lead levels. Methods. We used 2005 to 2009 data from Rhode Island’s Lead Elimination Surveillance System; city tax assessor records in Central Falls, Pawtucket, Providence, and Woonsocket, Rhode Island; and records of conformance to the state’s lead hazard mitigation law, to assess the extent to which legislation changes resulte…
Bring a gun to a gunfight: Armed adversaries and violence across nations
The effect of poverty and social protection on national homicide rates: Direct and moderating effects
Pregnant and Moving: Understanding Residential Mobility during Pregnancy and in the First Year of Life using a Prospective Birth Cohort
O2-4.3 Education and coronary heart disease risk: Potential contributions of health literacy, time preference and self-efficacy
Introduction Education is inversely associated with risk for coronary heart disease (CHD), however the contributions of potential explanatory mechanisms including health literacy, time preference and self-efficacy are poorly understood. Objectives were to evaluate whether infrequently measured covariates (health literacy, time preference, self-efficacy) are important explanatory mechanisms for associations between education and CHD risk. Methods …
Parental Smoking and Adolescent Smoking Initiation: An Intergenerational Perspective on Tobacco Control
OBJECTIVE. Adolescence is an important period of risk for the development of lifelong smoking behaviors. Compelling, although inconsistent, evidence suggests a relationship between parental smoking and the risk of smoking initiation during adolescence. This study investigates unresolved issues concerning the strength and nature of the association between parent smoking and offspring smoking initiation. METHODS. We enrolled 564 adolescents aged 12…
Repeat Mammography Screening Among Unmarried Women With and Without a Disability
Ethnic/Racial Disparities in Hospital Procedure Volume for Lung Resection for Lung Cancer
BACKGROUND: Ethnic/racial minorities experience poorer outcomes from lung cancer than non-Hispanic whites. Higher hospital procedure volume is associated with better survival from lung resection for lung cancer. OBJECTIVES: We examined whether (1) ethnic/racial minorities are more likely to obtain lung resections at lower volume hospitals, (2) ethnicity/race is associated with inpatient mortality, (3) hospital volume mediates this association, an…
The effect of poverty and social protection on national homicide rates: Direct and moderating effects
Safer storage of firearms at home and risk of suicide: A study of protective factors in a nationally representative sample
Objective: To estimate the protective effect of storing firearms locked or unloaded, or both, on the risk of suicide by firearms among people with relatively low intention to die. Design and setting: Cross sectional survey. The 1993 National Mortality Followback Survey of 22 957 deaths in the United States, representing 2.2 million people, conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. Participants: Decedent’s next of kin answered questi…
Family Life With Children With Disabilities: The Key Role of Rehabilitation
This study examines the effects of children's medical impairments and functional disabilities and the use of medical care and rehabilitation on three family consequences (job changes, severe financial problems, and sleep disruptions). We use a life course perspective on the interlinked lives of family members, countertransitions, and career contingencies to understand the family impact of child disability. Using data from the 1994 and 1995 Nation…
How Does Social Protection Influence Cross-National Homicide Rates in OECD Nations
Social protection exhibits a consistent negative association with cross-national homicide rates. However, the specific mechanism through which the two are associated remains untested in spite of competing theoretical claims that include altruism, social control, buffers from market forces, and insulation from the ills associated with poverty. We explore these possible theoretical explanations, focusing on different originating sources (e.g., publ…
Bring a gun to a gunfight: Armed adversaries and violence across nations
Market orientation and national homicide rates
We studied the influence of market orientation on national homicide rates. Multiple theoretical traditions equate the development and dominance of markets with higher crime rates. Some traditional sociological theoretical claims, however, suggest market expansion should reduce violence. Elias argued that economic interconnectedness demands stable societies, increased sensitivity to others, and self‐control. Durkheim maintained that greater divisi…
Seroprevalence of Sars-CoV-2 Antibodies in Rhode Island From a Statewide Random Sample
Objectives. To characterize statewide seroprevalence and point prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Rhode Island. Methods. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of randomly selected households across Rhode Island in May 2020. Antibody-based and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)–based tests for SARS-CoV-2 were offered. Hispanics/Latinos and African Americans/Blacks were oversampled to ensure adequate represen…
Maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring antisocial behaviour: Findings from a longitudinal investigation of discordant siblings
BACKGROUND: Although many observational studies have found a strong association between maternal smoking during pregnancy (MSP) and offspring antisocial behaviour, the likelihood that this relationship is causal remains unclear. To comment on the potential causality of this association, the current investigation used a between-within decomposition approach to examine the association between MSP and multiple indices of adolescent and adult antisoc…
A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Association between Percent Young and Cross-National Homicide Rates
Is there an association between the proportion of the population that is young and national homicide rates, and when testing other theories cross-nationally is it necessary to control for this concept? To answer these questions, we carried out an extensive review of the empirical literature and then used data for the years 1999–2004 from a sample of 55 nations to test two predominant hypotheses: Percent young is significantly associated with homi…
Improved Disability Population Estimates of Functional Limitation Among American Children Aged 5–17
Family Life With Children With Disabilities: The Key Role of Rehabilitation
This study examines the effects of children's medical impairments and functional disabilities and the use of medical care and rehabilitation on three family consequences (job changes, severe financial problems, and sleep disruptions). We use a life course perspective on the interlinked lives of family members, countertransitions, and career contingencies to understand the family impact of child disability. Using data from the 1994 and 1995 Nation…
Safer storage of firearms at home and risk of suicide: A study of protective factors in a nationally representative sample
Objective: To estimate the protective effect of storing firearms locked or unloaded, or both, on the risk of suicide by firearms among people with relatively low intention to die. Design and setting: Cross sectional survey. The 1993 National Mortality Followback Survey of 22 957 deaths in the United States, representing 2.2 million people, conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. Participants: Decedent’s next of kin answered questi…
Fast Food Consumption and Breakfast Skipping: Predictors of Weight Gain from Adolescence to Adulthood in a Nationally Representative Sample
Ethnic/Racial Disparities in Hospital Procedure Volume for Lung Resection for Lung Cancer
BACKGROUND: Ethnic/racial minorities experience poorer outcomes from lung cancer than non-Hispanic whites. Higher hospital procedure volume is associated with better survival from lung resection for lung cancer. OBJECTIVES: We examined whether (1) ethnic/racial minorities are more likely to obtain lung resections at lower volume hospitals, (2) ethnicity/race is associated with inpatient mortality, (3) hospital volume mediates this association, an…
Effect of personal cancer history and family cancer history on levels of psychological distress
Parental Smoking and Adolescent Smoking Initiation: An Intergenerational Perspective on Tobacco Control
OBJECTIVE. Adolescence is an important period of risk for the development of lifelong smoking behaviors. Compelling, although inconsistent, evidence suggests a relationship between parental smoking and the risk of smoking initiation during adolescence. This study investigates unresolved issues concerning the strength and nature of the association between parent smoking and offspring smoking initiation. METHODS. We enrolled 564 adolescents aged 12…
Repeat Mammography Screening Among Unmarried Women With and Without a Disability
O2-4.3 Education and coronary heart disease risk: Potential contributions of health literacy, time preference and self-efficacy
Introduction Education is inversely associated with risk for coronary heart disease (CHD), however the contributions of potential explanatory mechanisms including health literacy, time preference and self-efficacy are poorly understood. Objectives were to evaluate whether infrequently measured covariates (health literacy, time preference, self-efficacy) are important explanatory mechanisms for associations between education and CHD risk. Methods …
Pregnant and Moving: Understanding Residential Mobility during Pregnancy and in the First Year of Life using a Prospective Birth Cohort
The effect of poverty and social protection on national homicide rates: Direct and moderating effects
Continuum of Mammography Use among US Women: Classification Tree Analysis
As access to primary care providers and health insurance increases with the Affordable Care act, classification tree analyses may help to identify women of high priority for intervention
Primary Prevention of Lead Poisoning: Protecting Children From Unsafe Housing
Objectives. We examined the effects of changes in Rhode Island’s Lead Hazard Mitigation Law in 2005 on children’s blood lead levels. Methods. We used 2005 to 2009 data from Rhode Island’s Lead Elimination Surveillance System; city tax assessor records in Central Falls, Pawtucket, Providence, and Woonsocket, Rhode Island; and records of conformance to the state’s lead hazard mitigation law, to assess the extent to which legislation changes resulte…
Bring a gun to a gunfight: Armed adversaries and violence across nations
A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Association between Percent Young and Cross-National Homicide Rates
Is there an association between the proportion of the population that is young and national homicide rates, and when testing other theories cross-nationally is it necessary to control for this concept? To answer these questions, we carried out an extensive review of the empirical literature and then used data for the years 1999–2004 from a sample of 55 nations to test two predominant hypotheses: Percent young is significantly associated with homi…
Maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring antisocial behaviour: Findings from a longitudinal investigation of discordant siblings
BACKGROUND: Although many observational studies have found a strong association between maternal smoking during pregnancy (MSP) and offspring antisocial behaviour, the likelihood that this relationship is causal remains unclear. To comment on the potential causality of this association, the current investigation used a between-within decomposition approach to examine the association between MSP and multiple indices of adolescent and adult antisoc…
How Does Social Protection Influence Cross-National Homicide Rates in OECD Nations
Social protection exhibits a consistent negative association with cross-national homicide rates. However, the specific mechanism through which the two are associated remains untested in spite of competing theoretical claims that include altruism, social control, buffers from market forces, and insulation from the ills associated with poverty. We explore these possible theoretical explanations, focusing on different originating sources (e.g., publ…
Residential Mobility and Flourishing Among United States School-Age Children, 2011/2012 National Survey of Children’s Health
Lethal leverage: False confessions, false pleas, and wrongful homicide convictions in death-eligible cases
Substantial attention to wrongful convictions has been developing since the 1990s. This research examines known cases of exonerations and factors that contribute to known wrongful convictions. The issues explored include false confessions, false guilty pleas, and death jurisdiction that impact known wrongful homicide convictions. Literature shows that false confessions can affect relationships with defense attorneys, jury perceptions, other evide…
Seroprevalence of Sars-CoV-2 Antibodies in Rhode Island From a Statewide Random Sample
Objectives. To characterize statewide seroprevalence and point prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Rhode Island. Methods. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of randomly selected households across Rhode Island in May 2020. Antibody-based and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)–based tests for SARS-CoV-2 were offered. Hispanics/Latinos and African Americans/Blacks were oversampled to ensure adequate represen…
Perceived Inequality and Cross-National Homicide Rates
Economic inequality is a persistent structural covariate of cross-national homicide rates. The most common criminological explanation is that perceived inequality creates frustration among individuals at the lower end of the income distribution, this frustration generates latent anger, and this anger occasionally results in violence. There are reasons to question the validity of this explanation. First, the theoretical reasoning of this populatio…
Not Just Another Test of Institutional Anomie Theory: Assessing Relative Institutional Imbalances
Institutional Anomie Theory (IAT) proposes high violent crime rates are due partially to imbalances in societal institutions, specifically the dominance of the economy over non-economic institutions. Tests of IAT have focused largely on the absolute strength of the economy, which ignores the core argument of institutional imbalance and the possibility that institutional preferences may not be additive and limited. If one institution is strong, it…
Was There a Universal Homicide Increase in 2014 to 2016 and 2019 to 2020
This article explores whether there was a universal increase in homicide victimization in 2014 to 2016 and 2019 to 2020. Although the United States observed increases in homicide victimization in 2014 to 2016 and 2019 to 2002, it is unlikely that all nations observed simultaneous increases in homicide victimization. Therefore, we explore whether countries observed increases in homicide victimization from 2014 to 2016, only part of the time, and b…
Mental Health Status of Rhode Island Middle School and High School Students Before Versus During the Covid ‐19 Pandemic
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected adolescent mental health due to school closures, isolation, family loss/hardships, and reduced health care access. METHODS: We compared adolescent mental health in Rhode Island before versus during the pandemic, separately among middle and high schoolers. This serial cross-sectional study used Youth Risk Behavior Survey data from 2019 and 2021 (N = 7403). Multivariable logistic regression mode…
Trade, Tolerance, and Transformation: How Globalization Reshapes Gender Equality and Female Homicide Victimization
This study examines the relationship between gender equality and female homicide victimization by evaluating how changes in globalization within nations shape this association. Prior research suggests that the relationship evolves from backlash to amelioration over time, but we argue that globalization, rather than time itself, is the structural force driving this shift. Drawing on the doux commerce thesis and the civilizing process, we theorize …
Medicine (22 works) · Environmental health (15 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Poison control (12 works) · Demography (11 works) · Homicide (11 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (10 works) · Injury prevention (8 works) · Economics (6 works) · Gerontology (6 works)