Flexon, Jamie
- Associate Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice , Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs
Overview
overview
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Jamie L. Flexon holds a B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) degree from the University at Albany, State University of New York. Her M.A. and Ph.D. were earned at the School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, a renowned graduate school of criminal justice and criminology studies. While at the University at Albany, Dr. Flexon worked as an editorial assistant and research support specialist (2001-2006) for the Utilization of Justice Statistics Program, SOURCEBOOK of Criminal Justice Statistics at the Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center. The project is housed at the University at Albany and is funded by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice.
Dr. Flexon maintains an active research life. Her research interests involve juvenile delinquency primarily among minority youth, criminal justice issues related to punishment (i.e., capital punishment), and policy evaluation. She has presented numerous papers at professional conferences. Dr. Flexon’s research has also appeared in various outlets including Journal of Criminal Justice, Crime & Delinquency, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, American Journal of Criminal Justice, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, Victims & Offenders, Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, among others. Dr. Flexon is the author of the book, Racial Disparities in Capital Sentencing: Prejudice and Discrimination in the Jury Room (2012) as well as a contributing author to chapters in books, such as Wrongly Convicted, Perspectives on Failed Justice and Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory.
Dr. Flexon is a member of the American Society of Criminology, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Southern Criminal Justice Association, the American Bar Association (ABA) and the Criminal Justice Section of the ABA. Dr. Flexon is also a member of the Racial & Ethnic Justice & Diversity Committee of the ABA. She reviews for various journals including, Crime & Delinquency, Sociological Quarterly, British Journal of Sociology, Criminal Justice and Behavior, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Victims & Offenders, among others, as well as for publishing companies.
Scholarly & Creative Works
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2020Antecedents to Secondary-Like Psychopathy in Noninstitutionalized Youth. JOURNAL OF FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOLOGY.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/14789949.2020.1867620 Web of Science: 000603926100001
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2020Who Would 'Purge'? Low Self-Control, Psychopathy, and Offending in the Absence of Legal Controls. CRIME & DELINQUENCY.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0011128720940953 Web of Science: 000546027200001
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2020The Usual Suspects: Prior Criminal Record and the Probability of Arrest. POLICE QUARTERLY. 24:31-54.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1098611120937304 Web of Science: 000543770600001
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2019The effect of cannabis laws on opioid use. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY. 74:152-159.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.09.013 Web of Science: 000504779500020
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2019Interracial encounters with the police: findings from the NCVS police-public contact survey. JOURNAL OF ETHNICITY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 17:299-320.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/15377938.2019.1646688 Web of Science: 000497960100001
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2017A Hunter's Moon: the Effect of Moon Illumination on Outdoor Crime. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 42:188-197.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12103-016-9351-9 Web of Science: 000394286800011
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2016An examination of police stops and youths' attitudes toward police: Do interracial encounters matter?. JOURNAL OF ETHNICITY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 14.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/15377938.2014.997953 Web of Science: 000384304800002
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2016Callous-Unemotional Traits and Differently Motivated Aggression: An Examination of Variants in a Noninstitutionalized Sample. YOUTH VIOLENCE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE. 14:367-389.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1541204015577000 Web of Science: 000382924000003
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2016Low Self-Control and the Victim-Offender Overlap: A Gendered Analysis. JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE. 31:2052-2076.
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2016Low self-control and the Dark Triad: Disentangling the predictive power of personality traits on young adult substance use, offending and victimization. JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 46:159-169.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2016.05.006 Web of Science: 000382099100015
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2016Parental Low Self-Control, Family Environments, and Juvenile Delinquency. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OFFENDER THERAPY AND COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY. 60:1623-1644.
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2015Evaluating Variant Callous-Unemotional Traits Among Noninstitutionalized Youth: Implications for Violence Research and Policy. YOUTH VIOLENCE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE. 13:18-40.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1541204013519829 Web of Science: 000345601900002
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2015IS PEER DELINQUENCY IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER? Assessing Alternative Operationalizations of Perceptual Peer Delinquency. CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND BEHAVIOR. 42:938-951.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0093854815569729 Web of Science: 000359733600003
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2015The Effect of Hawaii's Ban The Box Law on Repeat Offending. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 40:336-352.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12103-014-9251-9 Web of Science: 000211171200008
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2013Adolescent Psychopathic Traits and Violent Delinquency Additive and Nonadditive Effects With Key Criminological Variables. YOUTH VIOLENCE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE. 11:349-369.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1541204012470850 Web of Science: 000324431300005
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2013Instigating Bystander Intervention in the Prevention of Alcohol-Impaired Driving: Analysis of Data Regarding Mass Media Campaigns. JOURNAL OF STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. 74:205-211.
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2013Susceptibility to Peer Influence, Self-Control, and Delinquency. SOCIOLOGICAL INQUIRY. 83:106-129.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682x.2012.00434.x Web of Science: 000313723200005
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2012Does Self-Control Influence Maternal Attachment? A Reciprocal Effects Analysis from Early Childhood Through Middle Adolescence. JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE CRIMINOLOGY. 28:673-699.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10940-012-9173-y Web of Science: 000310472800006
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2012The Effects of Self-Control, Gang Membership, and Parental Attachment/Identification on Police Contacts Among Latino and African American Youths. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OFFENDER THERAPY AND COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY. 56:218-238.
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2011Cheating the Hangman: The Effect of the Roper v. Simmons Decision on Homicides Committed by Juveniles. CRIME & DELINQUENCY. 57:928-949.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0011128709333726 Web of Science: 000295890600005
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2009Differential effects of an offender-focused crime prevention media campaign. JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 37:608-616.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2009.09.009 Web of Science: 000272404300009
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2009Exploring the dimensions of trust in the police among Chicago juveniles. JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 37:180-189.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2009.02.006 Web of Science: 000265029800009
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Research
research interests
- Criminology (Juvenile Delinquency, Minorities and Crime) | Law and Social Control | Criminal Justice Policy | Capital Punishment
Teaching
teaching activities
- CCJ3628-RVC: Homicide Fall Term 2019
- CCJ3628-RVC: Homicide Spring Term 2019
- CJL4064-RVC: Criminal Justice and the Constitution Fall Term 2019
- CJL4064-RVC: Criminal Justice and the Constitution Spring Term 2019
Contact
full name
- Jamie Flexon
visualizations
publication subject areas
- Criminology & Penology
- Family Studies
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Substance Abuse