Field Biosocial criminology | Doctoral advisor John Paul Wright | |
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Thesis The Intersection of Genes, the Environment, and Crime and Delinquency: A Longitudinal Study of Offending (2006) Notable awards American Society of Criminology’s Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award, National Institute of Justice’s Graduate Research Fellowship Books Biosocial Criminology: A Primer, Handbook of Crime Correlates, The Nature and Nurture of, Why Crime?: An Interdisci, Biosocial Criminology + Webco Similar Matt DeLisi, Leon F "Lee" Ellis, John Wright, Matthew Robinson | ||
Kevin M. Beaver (born 1977) is an American criminologist and professor at Florida State University's College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, where he is also the director of the Distance Learning Program.
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Education
Beaver graduated from Ohio University in 2000 with a B.A. in sociology, and received his M.S. in criminal justice in 2001 from the University of Cincinnati. He went on to receive his Ph.D. in criminal justice, also from the University of Cincinnati, in 2006.
Career
Beaver joined the faculty of Northern Kentucky University in 2006 as an instructor in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice. That same year, he joined Florida State as an assistant professor, and became an associate professor in 2010.
Research
Beaver's research focuses on the field of biosocial criminology, including studies on the causes of antisocial behaviors, such as delinquency, which he has said has both genetic and environmental causes. He has also researched the link between parenting behavior and child intelligence.
Editorial activities
Beaver is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Drug Issues.