Nathaniel M Schutten

Biographic Data

ID5721463
NAMENathaniel M Schutten
GIVEN NAMESNathaniel M
FAMILY NAMESchutten
SIGNATURESCHUTTEN N M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity at Albany, State University of New York
ORCID0000-0002-7890-2149
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS18
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • The hidden inhumanity of incarceration

    Open AccessJustin T Pickett, Francis T Cullen et al.ARTICLECriminology & Public Policy2026

  • Toward a Standard Measure of Gun Ownership

    Nathaniel M Schutten, Justin T Pickett et al.ARTICLEJustice Quarterly2026

    One limitation of the literature on gun ownership is a lack of consensus regarding how to operationalize the dependent variable. Consequently, gun measures vary widely across studies, and findings about the prevalence and predictors of gun ownership are inconsistent. In the current study, we endeavor to develop an empirically supported, standard measure of gun ownership. First, utilizing data from a national sample of the U.S. population, we anal…

  • The Right to Keep Arms Secretly? An Experimental Analysis of Popular Support for Public Gun Registries

    Open AccessAlexander L Burton, Nathaniel M Schutten et al.ARTICLECrime & Delinquency2025

    Generally, Americans support the right to bear arms. However, a less studied inquiry is whether the public believes citizens should be allowed to take up arms secretly. We assess if Americans support a public gun registry so that they can know who around them (i.e., in their own neighborhood) owns firearms. To do so, we embedded a split-ballot experiment into a national survey ( n = 1,000) to assess support for registries for either handguns or A…

  • Understanding Gun Ownership in the Twenty-First Century

    Nathaniel M Schutten, Justin T Pickett et al.ARTICLEJustice Quarterly2023

    The gun ownership literature is vast, with dozens of studies seeking to explain who owns guns and why. We build on this literature in two key ways. First, we introduce a new variable into the fold: sensitivity to harm. We theorize that this concern actively inhibits gun ownership. Second, we direct theoretical and empirical attention to a predictor that has frequently been overlooked in the contemporary gun literature even though its timing makes…

  • Punishing Rampage

    Open AccessNathaniel M Schutten, Justin T Pickett et al.ARTICLEJustice Quarterly2022

    School shootings are one of the most salient social problems in America. Most prior research in this area has focused on identifying their causes and evaluating preventive school safety measures. An overlooked issue involves what to do with individuals who plan, attempt, or commit school shootings. Using data from an experiment embedded in a national survey of American adults (N = 1100), this study seeks to answer that question. We examine the pu…

  • Are guns the new dog whistle? Gun control, racial resentment, and vote choice

    Open AccessNathaniel M Schutten, Justin T Pickett et al.ARTICLECriminology2022Cited by: 18References: 139

    Two principal movers of American politics appear increasingly to be connected: racism and guns. The racial content underlying gun rights rhetoric, however, is rarely made explicit during political campaigns. As such, it is possible that espousing pro‐gun messages may be an effective way to surreptitiously court prejudiced voters without transgressing popular egalitarian norms. In other words, gun rights rhetoric may function as a racial dog whist…