John H Boman

Biographic Data

ID285068
NAMEJohn H Boman
GIVEN NAMESJohn H
FAMILY NAMEBoman
SIGNATUREBOMAN J H
AFFILIATIONSBowling Green State University
ORCID0000-0001-8126-1293
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS38
TOTAL CITATIONS120
AUTHOR COUNT38
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX6

  • Assessing the Empirical Evidence of the National Adult Treatment Court Best Practice Standards (2nd Edition)

    Open AccessJamie Vaske, Jamie C Vaske et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice Policy Review2026

    The Adult Treatment Court Best Practice Standards (the “Standards”) were intended to serve as “definitive guidance” for implementing evidence-based practices within the treatment court field. The tone and content of the second edition, published in 2023, differed significantly from those found in the first edition, especially for the section titled “Incentives, Sanctions, and Service Adjustments” (ISSA). Of the 72 claims evaluated from the ISSA s…

  • Schools' tendency towards security: A latent variable approach for identifying security's racialized associations with teacher and school-level outcomes

    Open AccessSamantha Viano, Alyssa Barone et al.ARTICLETeaching and Teacher Education2026

    Expenditures for security in schools are increasing, but we have little understanding how this increased security might affect school staff. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between within-school changes in tendency towards security and staff outcomes using item response theory to measure schools’ latent tendency towards security. This study finds, as security increases, African American teachers report worse student b…

  • Do Peers Protect People or Put Them at Risk of Recidivism? Friendship Quality and Peer Crime Among Justice-Involved Youth

    Open AccessLeanne M Confer, Thomas J Mowen et al.ARTICLECrime & Delinquency2024

    To explore the impact of peer relationships and to expand on theoretical conceptualization of peer relationship quality, the current study uses Pathways to Desistance data to examine the effects of peer quality and peer delinquency in recidivism over time among a sample of 1,272 individuals adjudicated during adolescence. Findings from a series of mixed-effects models demonstrate that peer quality is significantly predictive of increased aggressi…

  • Willingness to change and coming home from prison

    Open AccessKyle J Bares, Thomas J Mowen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Criminal Justice2024References: 52

    This study's purpose is to explore the factors which maximize willingness to change within people as they are released from prison. Using data from a panel of men in the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI) study and a hybrid item response theory approach, a modified graded response model is used to estimate people's overall willingness to change. That estimate serves as the dependent variable in a series of regression models w…

  • Self-Perceptions of Attractiveness and Offending During Adolescence

    Open AccessThomas J Mowen, John H Boman et al.ARTICLECrime & Delinquency2022

    Despite a well-established body of research demonstrating that others’ evaluations of a person’s physical attractiveness carry significant meaning, researchers have largely ignored how self-perceptions of physical attractiveness relate to offending behaviors. Applying general strain theory and using eight waves of panel data from the Adolescent Academic Context Study, we explore how self-perceptions of attractiveness relate to offending as youth …

  • Paranormal Activity: Self-control Theory and Belief in the Paranormal

    Thomas J Mowen, Amanda Heitkamp et al.ARTICLEDeviant Behavior2022Cited by: 6References: 48

    Recent survey data show that belief in the paranormal – including aliens, ghosts, telepathy, mind reading, and unlucky numbers – is widespread in the United States. Given the ubiquitous nature of paranormal beliefs in society, insight into why individuals believe in the paranormal is surprisingly limited. Although the few studies that do exist on this topic show that paranormal beliefs vary somewhat by race/ethnicity, gender, and social class, fe…

  • Carbon Capture, Employment, and Coming Home from Prison

    John H Boman, John H Boman Iv et al.ARTICLEDeviant Behavior2022Cited by: 1References: 36

    Finding and securing employment is a huge challenge for those who have been released from prison. In this paper, we argue that carbon capture technology carries the unique potential to positively impact employment opportunities for those who are undergoing the reentry process. Notably, these careers exist nearly entirely in industries which already employ ex-felons. If carbon capture technology were implemented throughout the United States, our e…

  • Green reentry: Criminal justice reform for a just energy transition

    Open AccessJennie Perey Saxe, John H Boman et al.ARTICLESN Social Sciences2021

  • “Kicking the Can down the Street”: Social Policy, Intimate Partner Violence, and Homicide during the Opioid Crisis

    Chloe Ann Wentzlof, John H Boman et al.ARTICLESubstance Use & Misuse2021

    Background Research has established a strong, positive correlation between homicides and substance use and also between homicides and intimate partner violence (IPV). Additionally, there is a well-known, robust, positive relationship between substance use and IPV. Focusing on the opioid crisis and using county-level panel data, this study investigates the possibility that opioid pill prescription trends, IPV, and homicide are intertwined in a com…

  • Global crime trends during Covid-19

    Open AccessJohn H Boman, Thomas J MowenARTICLENature Human Behaviour2021References: 5

  • Has Covid-19 Changed Crime? Crime Rates in the United States during the Pandemic

    Open AccessJohn H Boman, Owen GallupeARTICLEAmerican Journal of Criminal…2020

  • Examining Change in Family Conflict and Family Violence After Release From Prison

    Open AccessRichard Stansfield, Thomas J Mowen et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2020

    This study examines changes in family conflict and violence among a sample of adult men after release from prison. Using longitudinal panel data on 1,282 men in the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative, cross-lagged dynamic fixed-effects panel data models are used to examine factors that relate to family conflict and family violence perpetrated by men after release from prison. Increased contact with family members during incarceration…

  • (Re)Recognizing the multidimensional roles of family and peers on crime

    Open AccessThomas J Mowen, John H BomanARTICLESociology Compass2020References: 22

    Social scientists have long recognized the salience of family and peers in understanding the etiology of crime and delinquency. Although criminologists universally acknowledge that family and peers can each exert prosocial and antisocial influences on offending behaviors, this area of study has gradually divided into a "good" and "bad" dichotomy. Specifically, family tends to be viewed and measured as a key factor that protects against offending …

  • More than Just a Flock? The Independent and Interdependent Nature of Peer Self-Control on Deviance

    John H Boman, Thomas J MowenARTICLEDeviant Behavior2020Cited by: 3References: 60

    The goal of this study is to test whether a peer's self-control is related to deviance and whether it conditions the extent to which an actor's self-control is related to deviance. To examine these research questions, the study begins by highlighting a series of theoretical inconsistencies in expected direction of peer effects in Gottfredson and Hirschi's self-control theory. Using dyadic data, crime is regressed onto measures of attitudinal and …

  • Deviant Peer Preferences: A Simplified Approach to Account for Peer Selection Effects

    Owen Gallupe, John H Boman et al.ARTICLEDeviant Behavior2020Cited by: 2References: 54

    The goal of this study is to present and validate a simple method for accounting for peer selection on offending based on a respondent's self-reported preferences for friends who engage in criminal behavior. Using primary panel data (n = 611), having a preference for peers who offend (the measure of peer selection) relates positively and significantly to offending behavior. The selection measure, which carries the advantage of being closely align…

  • Animal Abuse among High-Risk Youth: A Test of Agnew's Theory

    Thomas J Mowen, John H Boman et al.ARTICLEDeviant Behavior2020Cited by: 5References: 55

    Concern over animal abuse among policy-makers, law enforcement officials, and the general public remains high. Although research has marked animal abuse as an indicator of a variety of deviant outcomes, fewer projects have examined the correlates of cruelty towards animals. In this study, we apply Agnew’s theory of animal abuse to explore how a wide-range of characteristics relate to deviance towards animals. In support of Agnew’s theory, results…

  • Strain and Depression following Release from Prison: The Moderating Role of Social Support Mechanisms on Substance Use

    Thomas J Mowen, John H Boman et al.ARTICLEDeviant Behavior2020Cited by: 4References: 62

    Research on prison reentry shows that individuals with depression turn to substances to cope with the stress of reintegration. While social support drawn from families, peers, and institutions may help returning individuals avoid substance use, it is unclear how social support might condition the link between depression and substance use. Using longitudinal panel data from the Serious and Violent and Offender Reentry Initiative, results from mixe…

  • Family Matters: Moving Beyond “If” Family Support Matters to “Why” Family Support Matters during Reentry from Prison

    Open AccessThomas J Mowen, Richard Stansfield et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research in Crime and…2019

    OBJECTIVES: Informed by social control and differential coercion and social support theories, we examine how multiple theoretically and methodologically distinct factors of family support relate to reincarceration, substance use, and criminal offending during prison reentry. METHOD: Using four waves of data from the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative, we identified three separate factors of family support-interactional (e.g., providi…

  • Just or bust? Energy justice and the impacts of siting solar pyrolysis biochar production facilities

    Open AccessJennie Perey Saxe, John H Boman et al.ARTICLEEnergy Research & Social Science2019References: 6

  • A national study of sustained use of force complaints in law enforcement agencies

    Open AccessCori Pryor, John H Boman et al.ARTICLEJournal of Criminal Justice2019Cited by: 4References: 45

  • The 'Other Side of The Fence: A Learning- And Control-Based Investigation Of The Relationship Between Deviance And Friendship Quality

    John H Boman, John H Boman Iv et al.ARTICLEDeviant Behavior2019Cited by: 2References: 52

    Utilizing frameworks of social control and differential association theories, this study addresses the extent to which deviance (a predictor) is related to friendship quality (the outcome). Using dyadic data, results demonstrate that the highest estimates of friendship quality come from actors who have non-deviant friends and who also refrain from theft and violence themselves. Shared deviance within the friendship, referred to as 'homophily,' ha…

  • Unpacking the Role of Conflict in Peer Relationships: Implications for Peer Deviance and Crime

    John H Boman, Thomas J MowenARTICLEDeviant Behavior2019Cited by: 3References: 53

    Although criminologists have long recognized the role that peers play in crime, the specific mechanisms responsible for this relationship have been difficult to isolate. Drawing from the perspectives of differential coercion and social support and differential association, we examine how one type of coercion among friends - conflict - moderates the peer deviance/crime relationship. Using dyadic data, greater levels of conflict are related to high…

  • School Security Measures and Longitudinal Trends in Adolescents’ Experiences of Victimization

    Open AccessBenjamin W Fisher, Thomas J Mowen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2018Cited by: 3References: 51

  • A Developmental Perspective on Reentry: Understanding the Causes and Consequences of Family Conflict and Peer Delinquency during Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood

    Open AccessThomas J Mowen, John H BomanARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2018Cited by: 4References: 60

  • Same feathers, different flocks: Breaking down the meaning of ‘behavioral Homophily’ in the etiology of crime

    Open AccessJohn H Boman, Thomas J MowenARTICLEJournal of Criminal Justice2018Cited by: 3References: 57