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Overview

D. Wayne Osgood is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences and psychology, focusing on areas including sociology and political science, safety research, social psychology, law, and general health professions.

Their work addresses several interconnected topics such as crime patterns and interventions, youth development and social support, bullying, victimization, and aggression, community health and development, mental health research topics, crime, illicit activities, and governance, as well as child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development.

Recent publications by D. Wayne Osgood include:

  • "Hanging Out with the Wrong Crowd? The Role of Unstructured Socializing in Adolescents' Specialization in Delinquency and Substance Use" (2020) in the Journal of Quantitative Criminology
  • "Impulsivity, Peers, and Delinquency: A Dynamic Social Network Approach" (2022) in the Journal of Quantitative Criminology
  • "Similarity of friends versus nonfriends in adolescence: Developmental patterns and ecological influences." (2022) in Developmental Psychology
  • "Delinquency, unstructured socializing, and social change: The rise and fall of a teen culture of independence" (2023) in Criminology
  • "Changing contexts: A quasi-experiment examining adolescent delinquency and the transition to high school" (2022) in Criminology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Osgood include:

  • Daniel T. Ragan
  • Derek A. Kreager
  • Brittany N. Freelin
  • Cassie McMillan
  • Diane Felmlee

Their research findings and contributions have been published mainly in the following venues:

  • Journal of Quantitative Criminology
  • Criminology
  • CrimRxiv
  • Developmental Psychology
  • University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Best Publications

  • Changes in Children’s Self-Competence and Values: Gender and Domain Differences across Grades One through Twelve

    Janis E. Jacobs;Stephanie Lanza;D. Wayne Osgood;Jacquelynne S. Eccles

  • Routine Activities and Individual Deviant Behavior

    D. Wayne Osgood;Janet K. Wilson;Patrick M. O'Malley;Jerald G. Bachman

  • CRIMINAL CAREERS IN THE SHORT-TERM: INTRA-INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY IN CRIME AND ITS RELATION TO LOCAL LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES*

    Julie Horney;D. Wayne Osgood;Ineke Haen Marshall

  • Poisson-Based Regression Analysis of Aggregate Crime Rates

    D. Wayne Osgood

  • Reconsidering Peers and Delinquency: How do Peers Matter?

    Dana L. Haynie;D. Wayne Osgood

  • SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION OUTSIDE THE METROPOLIS: AN ANALYSIS OF RURAL YOUTH VIOLENCE*

    D. Wayne Osgood;Jeff M. Chambers

  • The generality of deviance in late adolescence and early adulthood.

    D. Wayne Osgood;Lloyd D. Johnston;Patrick M. O'Malley;Jerald G. Bachman

  • UNSTRUCTURED SOCIALIZING AND RATES OF DELINQUENCY

    D. Wayne Osgood;Amy L. Anderson

  • Vulnerable Populations and the Transition to Adulthood

    D. Wayne Osgood;E. Michael Foster;Mark E. Courtney

  • Examining Trends in Adolescent Environmental Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors Across Three Decades

    Laura Wray-Lake;Constance A. Flanagan;D. Wayne Osgood

  • Cognitive Structure, Theory and Measurement of Individual Differences

    William Abbott Scott;D. Wayne Osgood;Christopher Peterson

  • Longitudinal linkages between sibling relationships and adjustment from middle childhood through adolescence.

    Ji Yeon Kim;Susan M. McHale;Ann C. Crouter;D. Wayne Osgood

  • HEREDITY AND SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES OF DELINQUENCY: A RECONSIDERATION*

    David C. Rowe;D. Wayne Osgood

  • Analyzing multiple-item measures of crime and deviance I: Item response theory scaling

    D. Wayne Osgood;Barbara J. McMorris;Maria T. Potenza

  • Peers and the Emergence of Alcohol Use: Influence and Selection Processes in Adolescent Friendship Networks

    D. Wayne Osgood;Daniel T. Ragan;Lacey Wallace;Scott D. Gest

  • A reappraisal of the overlap of violent offenders and victims.

    Christopher J. Schreck;Eric A. Stewart;D. Wayne Osgood

  • Bad nights or bad bars? Multi-level analysis of environmental predictors of aggression in late-night large-capacity bars and clubs.

    Kathryn Graham;Sharon Bernards;D. Wayne Osgood;Samantha Wells

  • Six Paths to Adulthood: Fast Starters, Parents without Careers, Educated Partners, Educated Singles, Working Singles, and Slow Starters.

    D. Wayne Osgood;Gretchen Ruth;Jacquelynne S. Eccles;Janis E. Jacobs

  • Longitudinal Course and Family Correlates of Sibling Relationships From Childhood Through Adolescence.

    Ji Yeon Kim;Susan M. McHale;D. Wayne Osgood;Ann C. Crouter

  • Gang Resistance Education and Training (Great): Results from the National Evaluation

    Finn Aage Esbensen;D. Wayne Osgood

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark E. Feinberg
Mark E. Feinberg Pennsylvania State University
Kathryn Graham
Kathryn Graham Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Scott D. Gest
Scott D. Gest University of Virginia
Samantha Wells
Samantha Wells Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
James Moody
James Moody Duke University
Finn-Aage Esbensen
Finn-Aage Esbensen University of Missouri–St. Louis
Susan M. McHale
Susan M. McHale Pennsylvania State University
Ann C. Crouter
Ann C. Crouter Pennsylvania State University
Mark T. Greenberg
Mark T. Greenberg Pennsylvania State University
Constance A. Flanagan
Constance A. Flanagan University of Wisconsin–Madison

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