J L Flexon
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 22319 |
|---|---|
| NOME | J L Flexon |
| PRENOMES | J L |
| SOBRENOME | Flexon |
| ASSINATURA | FLEXON J L |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Florida International University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8198-3704 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 50 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Beyond Peer Homophily
Most delinquent behavior occurs within age-homogeneous peer groups. Using incident-level data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), this study reassesses the extent to which contemporary juvenile group offending reflects peer-only networks versus cross-age collaboration. Results show that while juvenile-only groups remain the dominant pattern, approximately one-third of co-offending incidents involve adult participants. Mixed…
The effect of police force size on the reporting of nonphysical injury crime
This study examines the effect of police force size on the reporting of violent crimes, using data from 220 U.S. cities across three time periods (2013, 2016, 2020). Employing a cross-lagged panel model, we investigate the relationship between police presence and citizens’ reporting behavior, distinguishing violent crimes by the presence or absence of physical victim injury. Results indicate no significant cross-lagged effects between police forc…
The Effect of Women’s Incarceration on the Fertility Rate
Various factors, such as income and education, have been adduced to explicate the decline in fertility in the U.S. One underexplored factor potentially contributing to the decrease in fertility is the women’s incarceration rate. Not only has the women’s incarceration rate risen in recent decades, but women tend to be confined during their reproductive years. The results generated in a two-way fixed-effects panel model using four decades of state …
Youth Access to Stolen Handguns
Youth with access to illicit handguns have an enhanced proclivity to engage in armed criminal violence and self-harm. While theft has been identified as a pathway for youth to gain access to handguns, little is known about whether and to what extent stolen guns represent a viable channel toward putting youth and others at risk. To evaluate this, several data sources and methods are used to evaluate whether handgun thefts occurring within proximit…
When Avoidance Backfires
Research suggests that Black citizens who experience an elevated fear of law enforcement frequently engage in avoidance strategies, such as fleeing, when confronted by police. There is also strong reason to speculate that this avoidance behavior commonly transpires when the police officer is White. Problematically, this avoidance strategy may place these citizens at an increased risk for officer use of force as the police seek to subdue fleeing s…
The Minority Penalty
Numerous studies have examined the relationship between racial minorities and police use of force, with many of these studies indicating a direct and positive relationship. However, few studies have assessed the moderation effect of race—how race may amplify the impact of noncompliant behaviors to affect police officers’ decision to use non-lethal force. This study examines this element of amplified influence using insights from the deference nor…
Who Would ‘Purge’? Low Self-Control, Psychopathy, and Offending in the Absence of Legal Controls
The assumption that people are inherently self-interested and that legal controls are needed to prevent crime underlies several criminological perspectives. In the current study, this assumption is tested by having a sample of 500 U.S. adults report on the likelihood they would engage in criminal behavior if all crime were legal on one day each year—a scenario depicted in the 2013 film The Purge. Based on the presumption that at least some indivi…
Interracial encounters with the police
The public regularly encounter law enforcement. In an era of the Blacks Lives Matter movement and associated discord with law enforcement, understanding the contours of police--public relations and its potential consequences are paramount. Using national level data of police stops, we attempt to identify factors that influence attitudes of respect and legitimacy toward the police. Findings reveal that, among other things, race impacts perceptions…
The effect of cannabis laws on opioid use
The Impact of Violent Crime on Obesity
Dwelling in a violence-plagued neighborhood may amplify obesity by engendering psychological distress or by cultivating a sedentary, homebound lifestyle. This relationship is speculated to be especially relevant for black and Hispanic citizens because they are much more likely than whites to live in violence-beleaguered neighborhoods. Results from two multilevel analyses of 12,645 residents living in 34 New York City neighborhoods show that, whil…
An examination of police stops and youths’ attitudes toward police
Little is known about how police–youth experiences influence adolescents' views toward police, particularly when the officer is White and the youth is African American. The contours of this association and its potential consequences are investigated. Using data on police stops culled from a previous study, we use a series of regression analyses to examine the factors that influence juvenile attitudes toward the police among youth having experienc…
Low self-control and the Dark Triad
Containment Theory
Walter C. Reckless formally conceived of containment theory in the early 1960s. Containment theory is a forerunner of contemporary control theories (e.g., self‐control theory) aimed at explaining deviance and delinquency among youth populations. A central premise of containment theory, as with all control theories of crime and delinquency, is that behavior must be controlled, and in the absence of appropriate controls, people will deviate. Though…
Susceptibility to Peer Influence, Self-Control, and Delinquency
The significance of peers during adolescence is well established in the social science literature. However, relatively few studies have devoted attention to susceptibility to peer influence with regard to both its causes and consequences. The current study aims to add to this literature in two ways. First, it investigates the role of self-control in the etiology of susceptibility to peer influence. Second, it examines the independent and interact…
Does Racism Fuel Conviction Proneness Among Non–African Americans? Assessing the Impact of Juror Bias at the Conviction Stage of Capital Trials
Previous theory has attempted to explain the disproportionate application of death sentences to African American defendants. It has been argued that racial prejudice directly and indirectly influences attitudes toward capital punishment, and this ultimately impacts conviction proneness, a tendency to favor conviction over acquittal among capital jurors. In the current research, the 1990 and 1996 General Social Survey are used in a series of multi…
Exploring the dimensions of trust in the police among Chicago juveniles
Differential effects of an offender-focused crime prevention media campaign
Exploring the dimensions of trust in the police among Chicago juveniles
Susceptibility to Peer Influence, Self-Control, and Delinquency
The significance of peers during adolescence is well established in the social science literature. However, relatively few studies have devoted attention to susceptibility to peer influence with regard to both its causes and consequences. The current study aims to add to this literature in two ways. First, it investigates the role of self-control in the etiology of susceptibility to peer influence. Second, it examines the independent and interact…
Low self-control and the Dark Triad
The Impact of Violent Crime on Obesity
Dwelling in a violence-plagued neighborhood may amplify obesity by engendering psychological distress or by cultivating a sedentary, homebound lifestyle. This relationship is speculated to be especially relevant for black and Hispanic citizens because they are much more likely than whites to live in violence-beleaguered neighborhoods. Results from two multilevel analyses of 12,645 residents living in 34 New York City neighborhoods show that, whil…
When Avoidance Backfires
Research suggests that Black citizens who experience an elevated fear of law enforcement frequently engage in avoidance strategies, such as fleeing, when confronted by police. There is also strong reason to speculate that this avoidance behavior commonly transpires when the police officer is White. Problematically, this avoidance strategy may place these citizens at an increased risk for officer use of force as the police seek to subdue fleeing s…
Differential effects of an offender-focused crime prevention media campaign
Exploring the dimensions of trust in the police among Chicago juveniles
Differential effects of an offender-focused crime prevention media campaign
Does Racism Fuel Conviction Proneness Among Non–African Americans? Assessing the Impact of Juror Bias at the Conviction Stage of Capital Trials
Previous theory has attempted to explain the disproportionate application of death sentences to African American defendants. It has been argued that racial prejudice directly and indirectly influences attitudes toward capital punishment, and this ultimately impacts conviction proneness, a tendency to favor conviction over acquittal among capital jurors. In the current research, the 1990 and 1996 General Social Survey are used in a series of multi…
Susceptibility to Peer Influence, Self-Control, and Delinquency
The significance of peers during adolescence is well established in the social science literature. However, relatively few studies have devoted attention to susceptibility to peer influence with regard to both its causes and consequences. The current study aims to add to this literature in two ways. First, it investigates the role of self-control in the etiology of susceptibility to peer influence. Second, it examines the independent and interact…
Containment Theory
Walter C. Reckless formally conceived of containment theory in the early 1960s. Containment theory is a forerunner of contemporary control theories (e.g., self‐control theory) aimed at explaining deviance and delinquency among youth populations. A central premise of containment theory, as with all control theories of crime and delinquency, is that behavior must be controlled, and in the absence of appropriate controls, people will deviate. Though…
An examination of police stops and youths’ attitudes toward police
Little is known about how police–youth experiences influence adolescents' views toward police, particularly when the officer is White and the youth is African American. The contours of this association and its potential consequences are investigated. Using data on police stops culled from a previous study, we use a series of regression analyses to examine the factors that influence juvenile attitudes toward the police among youth having experienc…
Low self-control and the Dark Triad
Interracial encounters with the police
The public regularly encounter law enforcement. In an era of the Blacks Lives Matter movement and associated discord with law enforcement, understanding the contours of police--public relations and its potential consequences are paramount. Using national level data of police stops, we attempt to identify factors that influence attitudes of respect and legitimacy toward the police. Findings reveal that, among other things, race impacts perceptions…
The effect of cannabis laws on opioid use
The Impact of Violent Crime on Obesity
Dwelling in a violence-plagued neighborhood may amplify obesity by engendering psychological distress or by cultivating a sedentary, homebound lifestyle. This relationship is speculated to be especially relevant for black and Hispanic citizens because they are much more likely than whites to live in violence-beleaguered neighborhoods. Results from two multilevel analyses of 12,645 residents living in 34 New York City neighborhoods show that, whil…
Who Would ‘Purge’? Low Self-Control, Psychopathy, and Offending in the Absence of Legal Controls
The assumption that people are inherently self-interested and that legal controls are needed to prevent crime underlies several criminological perspectives. In the current study, this assumption is tested by having a sample of 500 U.S. adults report on the likelihood they would engage in criminal behavior if all crime were legal on one day each year—a scenario depicted in the 2013 film The Purge. Based on the presumption that at least some indivi…
The Minority Penalty
Numerous studies have examined the relationship between racial minorities and police use of force, with many of these studies indicating a direct and positive relationship. However, few studies have assessed the moderation effect of race—how race may amplify the impact of noncompliant behaviors to affect police officers’ decision to use non-lethal force. This study examines this element of amplified influence using insights from the deference nor…
Youth Access to Stolen Handguns
Youth with access to illicit handguns have an enhanced proclivity to engage in armed criminal violence and self-harm. While theft has been identified as a pathway for youth to gain access to handguns, little is known about whether and to what extent stolen guns represent a viable channel toward putting youth and others at risk. To evaluate this, several data sources and methods are used to evaluate whether handgun thefts occurring within proximit…
When Avoidance Backfires
Research suggests that Black citizens who experience an elevated fear of law enforcement frequently engage in avoidance strategies, such as fleeing, when confronted by police. There is also strong reason to speculate that this avoidance behavior commonly transpires when the police officer is White. Problematically, this avoidance strategy may place these citizens at an increased risk for officer use of force as the police seek to subdue fleeing s…
The effect of police force size on the reporting of nonphysical injury crime
This study examines the effect of police force size on the reporting of violent crimes, using data from 220 U.S. cities across three time periods (2013, 2016, 2020). Employing a cross-lagged panel model, we investigate the relationship between police presence and citizens’ reporting behavior, distinguishing violent crimes by the presence or absence of physical victim injury. Results indicate no significant cross-lagged effects between police forc…
The Effect of Women’s Incarceration on the Fertility Rate
Various factors, such as income and education, have been adduced to explicate the decline in fertility in the U.S. One underexplored factor potentially contributing to the decrease in fertility is the women’s incarceration rate. Not only has the women’s incarceration rate risen in recent decades, but women tend to be confined during their reproductive years. The results generated in a two-way fixed-effects panel model using four decades of state …
Beyond Peer Homophily
Most delinquent behavior occurs within age-homogeneous peer groups. Using incident-level data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), this study reassesses the extent to which contemporary juvenile group offending reflects peer-only networks versus cross-age collaboration. Results show that while juvenile-only groups remain the dominant pattern, approximately one-third of co-offending incidents involve adult participants. Mixed…
Psychology (15 obras) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (14 obras) · Criminology (14 obras) · Social Psychology (11 obras) · Law (9 obras) · Political science (9 obras) · Policing Practices and Perceptions (6 obras) · Sociology (6 obras) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (5 obras) · Gender Studies (5 obras)