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2008

 

Amato, Paul R. and Jacob Cheadle. 2008.  “Parental Divorce, Marital Conflict, and Children’s Behavior Problems: A Comparison of Adopted and Biological Children.” Social Forces 86:1139-1161.

Booth, A., Rustenbach, E., & McHale, S. 2008. Early family transitions and depressive symptom changes from adolescence to early adulthood. 2008. Journal of Marriage and Family, 70, 3-14.

Browning, Christopher R., Lori A. Burrington, Tama Leventhal, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn.  2008. “Neighborhood Structural Disadvantage, Collective Efficacy, and Adolescent Sexual Risk Behavior.”  Journal of Health and Social Behavior 49(3):269-285.

Scott L. Feld and Richard B. Felson.  2008. “Gender Norms and Retaliatory Violence Against Spouses and Acquaintances.”  Journal of Family Issues. (May) 29:692-703.

Richard B. Felson, Brent Teasdale and Keri Burchfield. 2008. “The Influence of Being Under the Influence: Alcohol Effects on Adolescent Violence." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency.  (May)  45: 119-141.

Silver, E., Felson, R. B., & VanEseltine, M. 2008. The relationship between mental health problems and violence among criminal offenders.  Criminal Justice and Behavior. (April) 35:405-426.

Greenman, Emily and Yu Xie. 2008. “Double Jeopardy?  The Interaction of Race and Gender on Earnings in the U.S.” Social Forces 86(3): 1217-1244.

Greenman, Emily and Yu Xie.  2008. “Is Assimilation Theory Dead?  The Effect of Assimilation on Adolescent Well-Being.” Social Science Research 37(1): 109-137.

Lee, B.A., Reardon, S.F., Firebaugh, G., Farrell, C.R., Matthews, S.A. and O’Sullivan, D.  (2008). “Beyond the Census Tract: Patterns and Determinants of Racial Segregation at Multiple Geographic Scales.”

Siennick, Sonja E., and D. Wayne Osgood. 2008. “A Review of Research on the Impact on Crime of Transitions to Adult Roles.” In The Long View of Crime: A Synthesis of Longitudinal Research, Akiva M. Liberman, Ed., p. 161-187. New York: Springer.

Ruback, R. B., & Singh, P.  (2008).  Inequity in Hindu-Muslim riots: A test of two biases.  Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 4, 982-998.

Silver, E., Felson, R., and VanEseltine, M. Mental Health Problems and Violence: A Longitudinal Analysis of Retrospective Data. Criminal Justice and Behavior 35:406-426.

Mortimer, Jeylan T., Michael Vuolo, Jeremy Staff, Sara Wakefield and Wanling Xie. 2008. “Tracing the Timing of ‘Career’ Acquisition in a Contemporary Youth Cohort.” Work and Occupations 35:44-84

Kramer, John H. and Jeffery T. Ulmer.  Sentencing Guidelines:  Lessons from Pennsylvania.  Boulder, CO:  Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2008.

Buelow, Victoria and Jennifer Van Hook.  “Timely Immunization Series Completion Among Children of Immigrants.”  Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 10(1): 37-44.

 

2007

 

K.S. Lee, D.F. Alwin, & P.A. Tufiş. 2007. Beliefs About Women’s Labor in the Reunified Germany, 1991 to 2004. European Sociological Review, 23, Sept.

Bradatan, Cristina, and Glenn Firebaugh. 2007. “History, population policies, and fertility decline in Eastern Europe.” Journal of Family History 32:179-92.

Lundy, Garvey, and G. Firebaugh. “Peer relations and school resistance: Does oppositional culture apply to race or to gender?” The Journal of Negro Education 74 (Summer):233-45.

Amato, Paul R. AStrengthening Marriage is an Appropriate Social Policy Goal.Journal of PolicyAnalysisand Management 26:952-956, 961-963.

Amato, Paul R. and Rebecca Maynard. 2007. Decreasing Nonmarital Births and Strengthening Marriage to Reduce Poverty. Future of Children 17:117-142.

Amato, Paul R., and Bryndl Hohmann-Marriott. 2007. A Comparison of High and Low-Distress Marriages that End in Divorce. Journal of Marriage and Family 69:621-638.

Amato, Paul R. 2007. Transformative Processes in Marriage: Some Thoughts from a Sociologist. Journal of Marriage and Family 69:305-309.

Sobolewski, Juliana and Paul R. Amato. 2007. Parents' Discord and Divorce, Parent-Child Relationships, and Subjective Well-Being in Early Adulthood: Is Feeling Close to Two Parents Always Better than Feeling Close to One?@ Social Forces 85: 1105-1124.

Booth, A., Granger, D., Mazur, A., & Kivlighan, K. 2007. Testosterone and Social Behavior, Social Forces, 85, 167-191.

King, Ryan, Michael Massoglia and Ross MacMillan. 2007. “The Context of Marriage and Crime: Gender, the Propensity to Marry, and Offending in Early Adulthood.” Criminology, 45:33-65.

Massoglia, Michael and Christopher Uggen. 2007.  “Subjective Desistance and the Transition to Adulthood.”  Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 23: 90-103.

Dodoo, Francis, Urban-Rural Differences in the Socioeconomic Deprivation-Sexual Behavior Link in Kenya (with Eliya M.Zulu and Alex C. Ezeh, African Population and Health Research Center). Social Science and Medicine 64(5): 1019-31.

Dodoo, Francis, Cohabitation, Marriage, and ‘Sexual Monogamy’ in Urban Poor Contexts: The Case of Nairobi Slums (with Megan Klein Hattori, University of Maryland). Social Science and Medicine 64(5): 1067-78.

Staff, Jeremy and Jeylan T. Mortimer. “Educational and Work Strategies from Adolescence to Early Adulthood: Consequences for Educational Attainment.” Social Forces 85:1169-1194.

Lee, Jennifer C. and Jeremy Staff.  “When Work Matters: The Varying Impact of Adolescent Work Intensity on High School Drop-out.” Sociology of Education 81:

St. Pierre, Tena L., D. Wayne Osgood, Sonja E. Siennick, Tina J. Kauh, and Frances F. Burden. 2007. “Project ALERT with Outside Leaders: What Leader Characteristics are Important for Success.” Prevention Science 8(1): 51-64.

 

2006

 

L.A. Wray, D.F. Alwin, T. Manning, R.J. McCammon & L.E. Best. 2006. Social Status, Risky Health Behaviors, and Diabetes in Middle-aged and Older Adults. Journal of Gerontology:Social Sciences, 61, S290-S298.

D.F. Alwin, J.L. Felson, E.T. Walker & P.A. Tufiş. 2006. Measuring Religious Identities in Surveys. Public Opinion Quarterly, 70, 530-564.

Catherine Riegle-Crumb, George Farkas, and Chandra Muller.  “The Role of Gender and Friendship in Advanced Course-Taking.”  Sociology of Education 79 (July): 206 – 228.

Laura Tach and George Farkas.  “Learning-Related Behaviors, Cognitive Skills, and Ability Grouping When Schooling Begins.”  Social Science Research 35 (4) (December): 1048 – 1079.

Hook, Jennifer. Care in context: Men’s unpaid work in 20 countries, 1965-2003.  American Sociological Review, 71(4): 639-660.

Martin, Molly A. “Family Structure and Income Inequality in Families with Children: 1976 to 2000.” Demography, 43: 421-445.

Stanley, Scott, Paul R. Amato, Howard Markman, and Christine Johnson. 2006. APremarital Education,
Marital Quality, and Marital Stability. Journal of Family Psychology 20:117-126.

Hawkins, Daniel, Paul R. Amato, and Valarie King. 2006. Parent-Adolescent Involvement: The Relative Influence of Parent Gender and Residence. Journal of Marriage and Family 68:125-136.

Amato, Paul R. and Tamara Afifi. 2006. AFeeling Caught Between Parents: Long-Term Consequences for Parent-Child Relationships and Psychological Well-Being. Journal of Marriage and Family 68:222-235.

Schoen, Bob, Stacy J. Rogers, and Paul R. Amato. 2006. Wives' Employment and Spouses' Marital Happiness: Assessing the Direction of Influence Using Longitudinal Couple Data. Journal of Family Issues 25:506-528.

Moorman, S., and Booth, A. 2006. Women’s romantic relationships after widowhood. Journal of Family Issues, 27, 1281-1304.

Updegraff, K. Booth, A., and Thayer, Shawna. 2006. The role of family relationship quality and testosterone levels in adolescents’ peer experience: A biosocial Analysis. Family Psychology, 20, 21-29.

De Jong, Gordon F., “Measuring State TANF Policy Variation and Change After Reform.” Social Science Quarterly. 87(2006):755-781. (with Deborah Graefe, Shelley Irving and Tanja St. Pierre)

 De Jong, Gordon F., “The Whole is the Sum of Its Parts: Theory, Technique, and Measurement Science Applied to TANF Rules.” Social Science Quarterly 87 (2006):818-827.  (with  Deborah Graefe and Shelley Irving.)

De Jong, Gordon F., AWork Disability and Migration in the Early Years of Welfare Reform. PopulationResearch and Policy Review  25 (2006): 353-368. (with Deborah Graefe and Dee May)

 De Jong, Gordon F., “Ethnic Identities, Language and Economic Outcomes of Dominicans in a New Destination.” Social Science Quarterly. 87 (2006): 1088-1099. (with Leif Jensen, Jeffrey Cohen, Almeida Jacqueline Toribio, and Leila Rodriguez).

Pearson, Jennifer, Chandra Muller and Michelle L. Frisco. (2006). “Parental Involvement, Family Structure, and Adolescent Sexual Decision-Making.” Sociological Perspectives.

White, L. K., J.  McQuillan, A. L.  Greil and D. R. Johnson. “Infertility: testing a helpseeking model,” Social Science & Medicine. 62:1031-1041.

Matsueda, Ross L., Derek A. Kreager and David Huizinga. 2006. “Deterring Delinquents: A Rational Choice Model of Theft and Violence.” American Sociological Review 71(1):95-122.

Massoglia, Michael. 2006. “Desistance or Displacement? The Changing Patterns of Criminal Offending from Adolescence to Adulthood.” The Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 22:215-239.

Haynie, D. L., Silver, E, and Teasdale, B. Neighborhood Characteristics, Peer Influence, and Adolescent Violence. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 22:147-169.

Silver, E.. Understanding the Relationship between Mental Disorder and Violence: The Need for a Criminological Perspective. Law and Human Behavior 30:685-706.

Skeem, J., Silver, E., Appelbaum, P., and Tiemann, J. Suicidal Behavior After Psychiatric Hospital Discharge: Implications for Risk Assessment and Management. Behavioral Sciences and the Law 24: 731-746.

Monahan, J., Steadman, H., Appelbaum, P., Grisso, T., Mulvey, E., Roth, L., Robbins, P., Banks, S., and Silver, E. The classification of violence risk. Behavioral Sciences and the Law 24:721-730.

Fisher, B., Silver, E., and Wolff, N. Beyond Criminalization: Toward a Criminologically Informed Framework for Mental Health Policy and Services Research. Administration and Policy in Mental Healthand Mental Health Services Research 33:544-557.

Steffensmeier, Darrell and Jeffery T. Ulmer.  “Black and White Control of Numbers Banking in Black Communities, 1970-2000.” American Sociological Review 71(1):123-156.

Ulmer, Jeffery T. and Darrell Steffensmeier.  “Reply to Lee:  Is there No Place for Culture in a Sociology of Illegal Enterprise?” American Sociological Review 71(1):162-166.

Ulmer, Jeffery and Mindy S. Bradley.  “Variation in Trial Penalties Among Serious Violent Offenses.” Criminology 44(3):631-670.

Dodoo, Francis, On the Brain Drain of Africans to America: Some Methodological Observations (with Baffour K. Takyi and Jesse R. Mann, University of Akron). Perspectives on Global Development and Technology 5(3):155-162.

Grim, Brian J. and Roger Finke.  "International Religion Indexes: Government Regulation, Government Favoritism, and Social Regulation of Religion." Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion. 2 (2006) Article 1: www.religjournal.com.

Finke, Roger, Matt Bahr and Chris Scheitle.  “Toward Explaining Congregational Giving.” Social Science Research 35: 620-641. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2005.04.001

Landale, Nancy S., R.S. Oropesa, and Cristina Bradatan. AHispanic Families in the United States: Family Structure and Process in an Era of Family Change.@  Pp. 138-178 in Marta Tienda (ed.) Hispanics and the Future of America.  Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

Landale, Nancy S., Bridget K. Gorman, and R.S. Oropesa. ASelective Migration and Infant Mortality Among Puerto Ricans.@  Maternal and Child Health Journal 10: 351-360.

Felson, Richard B. and Jeremy Staff. “Explaining the Academic Performance-Delinquency Relationship.” Criminology 44:299-319.

King, V., & Sobolewski, J.M. Nonresident Fathers’ Contributions to Adolescent Well-Being.  Journal of Marriage and Family, 68, 537-557.

King, V. The Antecedents and Consequences of Adolescents’ Relationships With Stepfathers and Nonresident Fathers.  Journal of Marriage and Family, 68, 910-928.

Graham, Kathryn, Sharon Bernards, and D. Wayne Osgood.  “Bad nights or bad bars? Multi-level analysis of environmental predictors of aggression in late-night large-capacity bars and clubs.” Addiction 101(11): 1569-1680.

Graham, Kathryn, D. Wayne Osgood, Samantha Wells, and Tim Stockwell. “To What Extent is Intoxication Associated with Aggression in Bars? A Multilevel Analysis.” Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 67(3): 382-390.

Kim, Ji-Yeon, Susan M. McHale, D. Wayne Osgood, and Ann C. Crouter. “Longitudinal Course and Family Correlates of Sibling Relationships from Childhood Through Adolescence.” Child Development 77(6): 1746-1761

Robert Schoen and Yen-hsin Alice Cheng, “Partner Choice and the Differential Retreat from Marriage,” Journal of Marriage and Family, 68(Feb 2006): 1-10.

Robert Schoen, “Insights from Parity Status Life Tables for the 20th Century U.S.”, Social Science Research, 35(2006): 29-39.

Robert Schoen and Vladimir Canudas-Romo, “Timing Effects on Divorce: 20th Century Experience in the United States,” Journal of Marriage and Family, 68(Aug 2006): 749-58.

Robert Schoen and Vladimir Canudas-Romo,  “Multistate Cohort Models with Proportional Transfer Rates,” Demography, 43(Aug 2006): 547-62.

Van Hook, Jennifer, Susan K. Brown, and Frank D. Bean. “For Love or Money? Welfare Reform and Immigrant Naturalization.” Social Forces 85(2): 643-666.

Van Hook, Jennifer, Weiwei Zhang, Frank D. Bean, and Jeffrey Passel. “Foreign-born Emigration: A New Approach and Estimates Based on Matched CPS Files.” Demography 43 (2): 361-382.

Van Hook, Jennifer and Kelly Stamper Balistreri. “Ineligible Parents, Eligible Children: Food Stamps Receipt, Allotments and Food Insecurity among Children of Immigrants.” Social Science Research 35(1): 228-251.

Darrell Steffensmeier and Stephen Demuth. “Does Gender Modify the Effects of Race-Ethnicity on Criminal Sentencing? Sentences for Male and Female White, Black and Hispanic Defendants.” Journal of Quantitative Criminology 22:241-261.

Darrell Steffensmeier and Ben Feldmeyer. “Are girls more violent today than a generation ago? Probably not.” Sociological Viewpoints (fall): 71-100.

Susan Loeb and D. Steffensmeier. Older male prisoners: Health status, self-efficacy beliefs, and health-promoting behaviors of older male prisoners. Journal of Correctional Health Care, 12(4), 269-278.

Matthews, S. A., Detwiler J. and L. M. Burton. Geoethnography: coupling geographic information analysis techniques with ethnography methods in urban research. Cartographica 40 (4) 75-90.

Richard B. Felson. “Is Violence against women about women or about violence?” Contexts Magazine, vol. 5, issue 2.

Darrell Steffensmeier, Hua Zhong, Jeff Ackerman, Jennifer Schwartz, and Suzanne Agha. “Gender Gap Trends for violent Crimes, 1980-2003: A UCR-NCVS comparison.” Feminist Criminology (1):72-98.

Ruback, R. B., & Bergstrom, M. H. Economic sanctions in criminal justice: Purposes, effects, and implications. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 33, 242-273.

Ruback, R. B., Hoskins, S. N., Cares, A. C., & Feldmeyer, B. Perception and payment of economic sanctions: A survey of offenders. Federal Probation, 26-31.