C R Dennison
Biographic Data
| ID | 33294 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C R Dennison |
| GIVEN NAMES | C R |
| FAMILY NAME | Dennison |
| SIGNATURE | DENNISON C R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University at Buffalo, State University of New York |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-6528-6242 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Code of the Street, Intimate Partner Violence, and Emotional Invalidation
Elijah Anderson’s Code of the Street has been central to research on violence, including intimate partner violence (IPV). Yet, the extent to which the invalidation of one’s emotions influences these relationships remains unknown. We use data from 724 Black and Latino adults to examine how street code beliefs relate to IPV, with a focus on emotional invalidation. We find a positive association between street code beliefs and IPV, which disappears …
Adult children's education, parental cognitive health, and the role of selection
The intersecting associations between race and ethnicity, skin color, and perceived unfair treatment by police
This study examines the association between self-identified race and ethnicity, perceived skin color, and ever being unfairly stopped, searched, or questioned by police among a nationally representative sample of Whites, Blacks, Latinos, and other groups. Results show that Non-Latino Blacks and Latinos are more likely to experience unfair police treatment compared with non-Latino Whites. Respondents with medium brown, dark brown, or black skin to…
Adult Children’s Influence on Parental Well-Being
Population aging and widening disparities in healthy aging have increased attention to the social determinants of health and healthy aging. Unfortunately, our emphasis on the social determinants of health in adulthood has lacked the same intergenerational lens that is prominent in research focused earlier in the life course. Our research finds that having a college-educated adult child benefits parents’ health and well-being, particularly for dis…
Dropping out of college and dropping into crime
Although researchers have examined whether dropping out of high school is related to crime, very few have studied college dropouts. It has been argued that dropping out of high school leads to minimal changes in crime since dropouts were already delinquent before leaving school. Among college dropouts, however, individuals who select into college are conceivably least delinquent; therefore, dropping out might indeed represent a negative life cour…
Adult Children’s Educational Attainment and Parent Health in Mid- and Later-Life
This study pays particular attention to selection-related concerns surrounding the association between offspring educational attainment and parent well-being in the United States. These findings are important given the call for investments in children's educational opportunities as promoting both the well-being of adult children and their parents
Self‐reported experiences and consequences of unfair treatment by police
This study uses data from the most recent wave of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (wave V of Add Health) to examine the predictors of experiencing unfair treatment by police. It also considers the degree to which unfair police treatment is associated with a range of social‐psychological and behavioral outcomes in adulthood, including depressive symptoms, self‐efficacy, suicide ideation, and drug use. Finally, this st…
School-Based Resources as Protective Factors from the Influence of Parental Incarceration on Depressive Symptoms
Although research on the deleterious effects of parental incarceration is extensive, few studies have examined factors that may attenuate these consequences. This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health to examine the relationship between experiencing parental incarceration during childhood and depressive symptoms in young adulthood. Most importantly, it considers the degree to which this relationship is…
First- and Continuing-Generation Students, Substance Use, and College Graduation
Graduation from a four-year college is an important potential means of social mobility for those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. For “first-generation” students, the path to a degree is often made more difficult by circumstances such as working long hours and living with parents, as well as an unfamiliar college environment. One concerning aspect of college life is the continuing prevalence of substance use, which has hampered graduation ra…
Multilevel Effects of Parental Incarceration on Adult Children's Neighborhood Disadvantage
Few studies have considered whether the consequences associated with parental incarceration extend beyond the children who experience the event, and whether the influence of parental incarceration varies by the context in which it occurs. This study investigates the multilevel consequences of parental incarceration by examining the relationship between individual- and neighborhood-level rates of parental, maternal, and paternal incarceration and …
The More You Have, The More You Lose: Criminal Justice Involvement, Ascribed Socioeconomic Status, and Achieved SES
In the present study, we examine the relationship between involvement in the criminal justice system and achieved socioeconomic status (SES), as well as the moderating effect of ascribed SES. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, we find a nonlinear relationship between criminal justice involvement and achieved SES, such that deeper involvement leads to increasingly negative consequences on achieved SES. F…
Keeping up with the Joneses?' How Perceived SES Moderates the Relationship between Economic Problems and Instrumental Crime
The present study examined the moderating effects of perceived socioeconomic status (SES) on the relationship between economic problems and instrumental crime. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (N = 14,754), results suggested that the effect of economic problems on crime exhibited an inverted-U-shaped curve. The effect was moderated by perceived SES such that those with the highest levels of perception …
Self‐reported experiences and consequences of unfair treatment by police
This study uses data from the most recent wave of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (wave V of Add Health) to examine the predictors of experiencing unfair treatment by police. It also considers the degree to which unfair police treatment is associated with a range of social‐psychological and behavioral outcomes in adulthood, including depressive symptoms, self‐efficacy, suicide ideation, and drug use. Finally, this st…
The More You Have, The More You Lose: Criminal Justice Involvement, Ascribed Socioeconomic Status, and Achieved SES
In the present study, we examine the relationship between involvement in the criminal justice system and achieved socioeconomic status (SES), as well as the moderating effect of ascribed SES. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, we find a nonlinear relationship between criminal justice involvement and achieved SES, such that deeper involvement leads to increasingly negative consequences on achieved SES. F…
Adult Children’s Educational Attainment and Parent Health in Mid- and Later-Life
This study pays particular attention to selection-related concerns surrounding the association between offspring educational attainment and parent well-being in the United States. These findings are important given the call for investments in children's educational opportunities as promoting both the well-being of adult children and their parents
School-Based Resources as Protective Factors from the Influence of Parental Incarceration on Depressive Symptoms
Although research on the deleterious effects of parental incarceration is extensive, few studies have examined factors that may attenuate these consequences. This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health to examine the relationship between experiencing parental incarceration during childhood and depressive symptoms in young adulthood. Most importantly, it considers the degree to which this relationship is…
Multilevel Effects of Parental Incarceration on Adult Children's Neighborhood Disadvantage
Few studies have considered whether the consequences associated with parental incarceration extend beyond the children who experience the event, and whether the influence of parental incarceration varies by the context in which it occurs. This study investigates the multilevel consequences of parental incarceration by examining the relationship between individual- and neighborhood-level rates of parental, maternal, and paternal incarceration and …
Keeping up with the Joneses?' How Perceived SES Moderates the Relationship between Economic Problems and Instrumental Crime
The present study examined the moderating effects of perceived socioeconomic status (SES) on the relationship between economic problems and instrumental crime. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (N = 14,754), results suggested that the effect of economic problems on crime exhibited an inverted-U-shaped curve. The effect was moderated by perceived SES such that those with the highest levels of perception …
Keeping up with the Joneses?' How Perceived SES Moderates the Relationship between Economic Problems and Instrumental Crime
The present study examined the moderating effects of perceived socioeconomic status (SES) on the relationship between economic problems and instrumental crime. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (N = 14,754), results suggested that the effect of economic problems on crime exhibited an inverted-U-shaped curve. The effect was moderated by perceived SES such that those with the highest levels of perception …
The More You Have, The More You Lose: Criminal Justice Involvement, Ascribed Socioeconomic Status, and Achieved SES
In the present study, we examine the relationship between involvement in the criminal justice system and achieved socioeconomic status (SES), as well as the moderating effect of ascribed SES. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, we find a nonlinear relationship between criminal justice involvement and achieved SES, such that deeper involvement leads to increasingly negative consequences on achieved SES. F…
First- and Continuing-Generation Students, Substance Use, and College Graduation
Graduation from a four-year college is an important potential means of social mobility for those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. For “first-generation” students, the path to a degree is often made more difficult by circumstances such as working long hours and living with parents, as well as an unfamiliar college environment. One concerning aspect of college life is the continuing prevalence of substance use, which has hampered graduation ra…
Multilevel Effects of Parental Incarceration on Adult Children's Neighborhood Disadvantage
Few studies have considered whether the consequences associated with parental incarceration extend beyond the children who experience the event, and whether the influence of parental incarceration varies by the context in which it occurs. This study investigates the multilevel consequences of parental incarceration by examining the relationship between individual- and neighborhood-level rates of parental, maternal, and paternal incarceration and …
School-Based Resources as Protective Factors from the Influence of Parental Incarceration on Depressive Symptoms
Although research on the deleterious effects of parental incarceration is extensive, few studies have examined factors that may attenuate these consequences. This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health to examine the relationship between experiencing parental incarceration during childhood and depressive symptoms in young adulthood. Most importantly, it considers the degree to which this relationship is…
Adult Children’s Educational Attainment and Parent Health in Mid- and Later-Life
This study pays particular attention to selection-related concerns surrounding the association between offspring educational attainment and parent well-being in the United States. These findings are important given the call for investments in children's educational opportunities as promoting both the well-being of adult children and their parents
Self‐reported experiences and consequences of unfair treatment by police
This study uses data from the most recent wave of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (wave V of Add Health) to examine the predictors of experiencing unfair treatment by police. It also considers the degree to which unfair police treatment is associated with a range of social‐psychological and behavioral outcomes in adulthood, including depressive symptoms, self‐efficacy, suicide ideation, and drug use. Finally, this st…
Adult Children’s Influence on Parental Well-Being
Population aging and widening disparities in healthy aging have increased attention to the social determinants of health and healthy aging. Unfortunately, our emphasis on the social determinants of health in adulthood has lacked the same intergenerational lens that is prominent in research focused earlier in the life course. Our research finds that having a college-educated adult child benefits parents’ health and well-being, particularly for dis…
Dropping out of college and dropping into crime
Although researchers have examined whether dropping out of high school is related to crime, very few have studied college dropouts. It has been argued that dropping out of high school leads to minimal changes in crime since dropouts were already delinquent before leaving school. Among college dropouts, however, individuals who select into college are conceivably least delinquent; therefore, dropping out might indeed represent a negative life cour…
The intersecting associations between race and ethnicity, skin color, and perceived unfair treatment by police
This study examines the association between self-identified race and ethnicity, perceived skin color, and ever being unfairly stopped, searched, or questioned by police among a nationally representative sample of Whites, Blacks, Latinos, and other groups. Results show that Non-Latino Blacks and Latinos are more likely to experience unfair police treatment compared with non-Latino Whites. Respondents with medium brown, dark brown, or black skin to…
Adult children's education, parental cognitive health, and the role of selection
Code of the Street, Intimate Partner Violence, and Emotional Invalidation
Elijah Anderson’s Code of the Street has been central to research on violence, including intimate partner violence (IPV). Yet, the extent to which the invalidation of one’s emotions influences these relationships remains unknown. We use data from 724 Black and Latino adults to examine how street code beliefs relate to IPV, with a focus on emotional invalidation. We find a positive association between street code beliefs and IPV, which disappears …
Psychology (11 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (5 works) · Demography (5 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works)