Meldrum, Ryan Charles

Meldrum, Ryan Charles
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Positions

Associate Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice , Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs

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rmeldrum@fiu.edu

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I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida International University. I received my B.S. in Sociology from Oregon State University and my M.S. and Ph.D. in Criminology from Florida State University. My research foci encompass various aspects of juvenile delinquency and young adult offending, but my current work is concentrated in three areas. First, my research and that of my co-authors focuses on self-control, both it sources and consequences. Second, I have been examining the behavioral and health consequences of a lack of sleep among teenagers. Third, my recent research investigates racial and ethnic disparities in school discipline and juvenile justice sanctioning among youth. My work has been published in outlets including Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Justice Quarterly, Journal of Criminal Justice, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Criminal Justice and Behavior, Crime & Delinquency, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Sleep Health, Intelligence, and Preventive Medicine. For my contributions, I received the 2016 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) New Scholar Award. I was also named a 2016 Florida International University Top Scholar for Research and a 2019 Florida International University Top Scholar for Student Mentorship.

My teaching interests focus primarily on research methods and criminological theory. In addition, I independently developed a course entitled Crime Documentaries, where each week of class students view a documentary film on a topic relevant to criminology and criminal justice, accompanied by corresponding readings. More recently, I developed a course entitled Biosocial Criminology, which utilizes Kevin Beaver's Biosocial Criminology textbook, along with Adrian Raine's The Anatomy of Violence, to teach students about cutting edge cross-disciplinary theory and research on the neural, genetic, and biological underpinnings of antisocial behavior and how these factors intersect with social factors emphasized by various theories of crime.

selected publications

Article
- 2021
  
  Sleep duration, depressive symptoms, and digital self-harm among adolescents. CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/camh.12457 Web of Science: 000632194000001
- 2021
  
  Selection, stability, and spuriousness: Testing Gottfredson and Hirschi's propositions to reinterpret street gangs in self-control perspective. CRIMINOLOGY.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1745-9125.12268 Web of Science: 000607802400001
- 2020
  
  Adolescent Sleep Problems and Susceptibility to Peer Influence. YOUTH & SOCIETY.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0044118X20969024 Web of Science: 000598416300001
- 2020
  
  Bullying Victimization, Negative Emotions, and Digital Self-Harm: Testing a Theoretical Model of Indirect Effects. DEVIANT BEHAVIOR.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2020.1833380 Web of Science: 000579065100001
- 2020
  
  Progressive and Traditional Orientations to Prosecution: An Empirical Assessment in Four Prosecutorial Offices. CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND BEHAVIOR.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0093854820956672 Web of Science: 000567998000001
- 2020
  
  Who 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
- 2020
  
  Upward Departures from Structured Recommendations in Juvenile Court Dispositions: The Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender. JUSTICE QUARTERLY. 37:514-540.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2018.1531143 Web of Science: 000522663400006
- 2020
  
  Sleep duration, handgun carrying, and taking a handgun to school: an analysis of a statewide sample of Florida youth. SLEEP HEALTH. 6:153-158.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2019.11.008 Web of Science: 000528187500005
- 2020
  
  School Start Times, Delinquency, and Substance Use: A Criminological Perspective. CRIME & DELINQUENCY. 66:163-193.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0011128719845147 Web of Science: 000503718900001
- 2020
  
  Low Self-Control and Environmental Harm: A Theoretical Perspective and Empirical Test. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 45:933-954.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12103-019-09514-3 Web of Science: 000505364000001
- 2019
  
  Assessing Similarities and Differences in Self-Control between Police Officers and Offenders. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 45:167-189.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12103-019-09505-4 Web of Science: 000499977100001
- 2019
  
  School Suspension in Florida: The Interactive Effects of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Academic Achievement. JUSTICE QUARTERLY.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2019.1688853 Web of Science: 000498283700001
- 2019
  
  Are Adverse Childhood Experiences Associated With Deficits in Self-Control? A Test Among Two Independent Samples of Youth. CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND BEHAVIOR. 47:166-186.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0093854819879741 Web of Science: 000489396400001
- 2019
  
  Low Self-Control, Social Learning, and Texting while Driving. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 44:191-210.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12103-018-9448-4 Web of Science: 000462444200002
- 2019
  
  Could peers influence intelligence during adolescence? An exploratory study. INTELLIGENCE. 72.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2018.11.009 Web of Science: 000456528300005
- 2019
  
  U.S. public support for the international criminal court: do constitutional considerations matter?. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE AND APPLIED CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 43:357-370.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/01924036.2019.1651748 Web of Science: 000619148000006
- 2018
  
  The association between fetal testosterone and violent behavior: Additional evidence using the 2D:4D digit ratio. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. 134.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2018.06.027 Web of Science: 000442058800044
- 2018
  
  Perceived school safety, perceived neighborhood safety, and insufficient sleep among adolescents. SLEEP HEALTH. 4.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2018.07.006 Web of Science: 000444924900008
- 2018
  
  The Contribution of Maternal and Paternal Self-Control to Child and Adolescent Self-Control: a Latent Class Analysis of Intergenerational Transmission. JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL AND LIFE-COURSE CRIMINOLOGY. 4.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s40865-018-0084-y Web of Science: 000455316100001
- 2018
  
  On the Positive Relationship Between Breastfeeding & Intelligence. DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. 54.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/dev0000537 Web of Science: 000439918200003
- 2018
  
  An Examination of the Criminological Consequences and Correlates of Remorselessness During Adolescence. YOUTH VIOLENCE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE. 16.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1541204017700713 Web of Science: 000433927100002
- 2018
  
  Unstructured Socializing With Peers and Risk of Substance Use: Where Does the Risk Begin?. JOURNAL OF DRUG ISSUES. 48.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0022042618774263 Web of Science: 000434317800010
- 2018
  
  Maternal Knowledge of Adolescent Activity Moderates the Longitudinal Association Between Autonomy and Unstructured Socializing with Peers. JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL AND LIFE-COURSE CRIMINOLOGY. 4.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s40865-017-0071-8 Web of Science: 000435565100003
- 2018
  
  Brain activity, low self-control, and delinquency: An fMRI study of at-risk adolescents. JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 56.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2017.07.007 Web of Science: 000433400300013
- 2018
  
  Low self-control and the adoption of street code values among young adults. JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 56.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2017.07.004 Web of Science: 000433400300014
- 2018
  
  Parental Self-Control and the Development of Male Aggression in Early Childhood: A Longitudinal Test of Self-Control Theory. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OFFENDER THERAPY AND COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY. 62:935-957.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0306624X16662921 PMID: 27511637 Web of Science: 000424647400006
- 2017
  
  Prenatal Exposure to Secondhand Smoke and the Development of Self-Control. JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL AND LIFE-COURSE CRIMINOLOGY. 3.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s40865-016-0038-1 Web of Science: 000442773700001
- 2017
  
  At the End of Their Rope: A Research Note on the Influence of Parental Low Self-Control and Juvenile Delinquency on Parental Exasperation. YOUTH VIOLENCE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE. 15:314-324.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1541204016635258 Web of Science: 000403652500006
- 2017
  
  Early Aggression and Later Delinquency: Considering the Redirecting Role of Good Parenting. YOUTH VIOLENCE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE. 15:374-395.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1541204016631805 Web of Science: 000408393600004
- 2017
  
  General intelligence in friendship selection: A study of preadolescent best friend dyads. INTELLIGENCE. 64:30-35.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2017.07.002 Web of Science: 000412265300004
- 2017
  
  Reassessing the relationship between general intelligence and self-control in childhood. INTELLIGENCE. 60:1-9.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2016.10.005 Web of Science: 000390670000001
- 2017
  
  Unstructured Socializing with Peers and Delinquent Behavior: A Genetically Informed Analysis. JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE. 46:1968-1981.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10964-017-0680-x Web of Science: 000407995500008
- 2016
  
  Can Item-Level Error Correlations Correct for Projection Bias in Perceived Peer Deviance Measures? A Research Note. JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE CRIMINOLOGY. 32:89-102.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10940-015-9255-8 Web of Science: 000371157300005
- 2016
  
  Low Self-Control and the Victim-Offender Overlap: A Gendered Analysis. JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE. 31:2052-2076.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0886260515572471 PMID: 25711616 Web of Science: 000378683600004
- 2016
  
  Low 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
- 2016
  
  Low self-control takes flight: The association between indicators of low self-control and imprudent airline passenger behavior. SOCIAL SCIENCE JOURNAL. 53:444-454.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.soscij.2016.08.005 Web of Science: 000388544700006
- 2016
  
  Parental Low Self-Control, Family Environments, and Juvenile Delinquency. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OFFENDER THERAPY AND COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY. 60:1623-1644.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0306624X15584907 PMID: 25943365 Web of Science: 000382857200003
- 2015
  
  Adolescent Virtual Time Spent Socializing With Peers, Substance Use, and Delinquency. CRIME & DELINQUENCY. 61:1104-1126.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0011128713492499 Web of Science: 000361067400004
- 2015
  
  IS 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
- 2015
  
  Inside the Black Box: Identifying the Variables That Mediate the Effects of an Experimental Intervention for Adolescents. CRIME & DELINQUENCY. 61:243-270.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0011128711398030 Web of Science: 000349598900004
- 2015
  
  On the Potential Implications of Reports of Fictitious Drug Use for Survey Research on Juvenile Delinquency. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OFFENDER THERAPY AND COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY. 59:986-1005.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0306624X14522600 PMID: 24535948 Web of Science: 000357692700005
- 2015
  
  Parental Low Self-Control, Parental Socialization, Young Adult Low Self-Control, and Offending: A Retrospective Study. CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND BEHAVIOR. 42:1183-1199.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0093854815595662 Web of Science: 000361904900006
- 2015
  
  Sleep Deprivation, Low Self-Control, and Delinquency: A Test of the Strength Model of Self-Control. JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE. 44:465-477.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10964-013-0024-4 PMID: 24085558 Web of Science: 000347876100015
- 2015
  
  The Impact of Sleep Duration on Adolescent Development: A Genetically Informed Analysis of Identical Twin Pairs. JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE. 44:489-506.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10964-014-0137-4 PMID: 24915970 Web of Science: 000347876100017
- 2015
  
  UNITED STATES PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT: A MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF ATTITUDES AND ATTRIBUTES. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. 37:739-761.
  Web of Science: 000376819800005
- 2014
  
  SPECIFYING THE SOURCES OF MISPERCEPTIONS OF PEER DEVIANCE A Tale of Two Levels. CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND BEHAVIOR. 41:91-113.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0093854813496998 Web of Science: 000337969900006
- 2014
  
  The behavioral and health consequences of sleep deprivation among U.S. high school students: Relative deprivation matters. PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. 63:24-28.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.03.006 PMID: 24631498 Web of Science: 000336562900005
- 2013
  
  Making Research Methods Concepts Relevant for Students: An Illustrative Study on Low Self-control, Class Attendance, and Student Performance
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10511253.2013.798004
- 2013
  
  Adolescent 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
- 2013
  
  Does Low Self-Control Predict Fictitious Drug Use and Untruthfulness?. DEVIANT BEHAVIOR. 34:242-254.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2012.707555 Web of Science: 000312592700005
- 2013
  
  Maternal versus adolescent reports of self-control: Implications for testing the general theory of crime. JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 41:24-32.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2012.10.003 Web of Science: 000315253400004
- 2013
  
  Negative Cases in the Nexus Between Self-Control, Social Bonds, and Delinquency. YOUTH VIOLENCE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE. 11:3-25.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1541204012447959 Web of Science: 000312004300001
- 2013
  
  Similarities and differences between perceptions of peer delinquency, peer self-reported delinquency, and respondent delinquency: An analysis of friendship dyads. JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 41:395-406.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2013.07.005 Web of Science: 000327228900004
- 2013
  
  Susceptibility 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
- 2012
  
  Student Performance in Research Methods Classes: Assessing the Predictive Validity of the DRAMA Scale
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10511253.2011.590513
- 2012
  
  Changes in self-control during adolescence: Investigating the influence of the adolescent peer network. JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 40:452-462.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2012.07.002 Web of Science: 000310416300002
- 2012
  
  Do Peers Matter in the Development of Self-Control? Evidence from a Longitudinal Study of Youth. JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE. 41:691-703.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10964-011-9692-0 PMID: 21735138 Web of Science: 000304111100002
- 2012
  
  Does 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
- 2011
  
  ASSESSING AND EXPLAINING MISPERCEPTIONS OF PEER DELINQUENCY. CRIMINOLOGY. 49:599-630.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2011.00232.x Web of Science: 000290981900009
- 2010
  
  Traditional bullying, cyber bullying, and deviance: A general strain theory approach
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1043986209359557
- 2010
  
  Bullying Victimization and Adolescent Self-Harm: Testing Hypotheses from General Strain Theory
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10964-009-9502-0 Web of Science: 000276432600002
- 2010
  
  Stability and Change in Risk Seeking: Investigating the Effects of an Intervention Program
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1541204009349398 Web of Science: 000277535500001
- 2009
  
  Reconsidering the Effect of Self-Control and Delinquent Peers Implications of Measurement for Theoretical Significance
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0022427809335171 Web of Science: 000267502000004
- 2008
  
  Beyond parenting: An examination of the etiology of self-control
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2008.04.005 Web of Science: 000257258600006
Book
- 2016
  
  Self-Control and Crime Over the Life Course
  Full Text via DOI: 10.4135/9781483397726
Editorial Material
- 2018
  
  Advances in the study of self-control: Introduction to the special issue. JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2017.11.004 Web of Science: 000433400300001
Review
- 2016
  
  The role of peer delinquency and unstructured socializing in explaining delinquency and substance use: A state-of-the-art review. JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 108-122.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2016.08.001 Web of Science: 000390974900011

research interests

Criminological Theory; Developmental Correlates of Delinquency; Biosocial Criminology; Sleep & Behavior; Prosecutorial Discretion; Punishment of Juveniles