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2986

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

Overview

John K. Cochran is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States. Their research spans several domains within the social sciences and psychology, with a particular focus on sociology, political science, clinical psychology, and social psychology. The scope of their work includes analysis of crime patterns, criminal justice, bullying, victimization, psychopathy, forensic psychiatry, doping in sports, sports and gender dynamics, as well as child abuse and trauma.

Cochran's recent published papers include:

  • An examination of the effects of mental disorders as mitigating factors on capital sentencing outcomes, 2020, Behavioral Sciences & the Law
  • Performance Enhancing Drug Use Among Professional Athletes: Testing the Applicability of Key Theoretical Concepts Derived From Situational Action Theory, 2020, Journal of Sport and Social Issues
  • A Social Learning Model of Antisocial Coaching Behavior, 2020, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
  • Performance-Enhancing Drug Use Among Professional Athletes: A Longitudinal Test of Social Learning Theory, 2020, Crime & Delinquency
  • Race/Ethnicity and the Effects of Prior Case Outcomes on Current Dispositions: Continuity and Change in the Dispositional Careers of Juvenile Offenders, 2020, Justice Quarterly

Throughout their career, Cochran has frequently collaborated with several co-authors. Notable frequent collaborators include Saeed Kabiri, Seyyedeh Masoomeh Shadmanfaat, C. Jordan Howell, Hayden P. Smith, and Caitlyn N. Muniz.

The scientist's work has appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

  • Deviant Behavior
  • Crime & Delinquency
  • Behavioral Sciences & the Law
  • Justice Quarterly
  • Victims & Offenders

Main fields of study for Cochran encompass social sciences and psychology, with subfields emphasizing sociology and political science, clinical psychology, social psychology, economics and econometrics, and gender studies. Their research topics reflect concerns with crime patterns and interventions, criminal justice and corrections analysis, bullying, victimization, aggression, psychopathy, forensic psychiatry, sexual offending, doping in sports, sports, gender and society, and child abuse and trauma.

John K. Cochran was recognized as a Member of the European Academy of Sciences in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Adolescent marijuana use: A test of three theories of deviant behavior

    Ronald L. Akers;John K. Cochran

  • Beyond Hellfire: An Exploration of the Variable Effects of Religiosity on Adolescent Marijuana and Alcohol Use

    John K. Cochran;Ronald L. Akers

  • Academic dishonesty and low self‐control: An empirical test of a general theory of crime

    John K. Cochran;Peter B. Wood;Christine S. Sellers;Wendy Wilkerson

  • Is the Religiosity-Delinquency Relationship Spurious? A Test of Arousal and Social Control Theories:

    John K. Cochran;Peter B. Wood;Bruce J. Arneklev

  • The Influence of Religion on Attitudes toward Nonmarital Sexuality: A Preliminary Assessment of Reference Group Theory*

    John K. Cochran;Leonard Beeghley

  • Religiosity and alcohol behavior: An exploration of reference group theory

    John K. Cochran;Leonard Beeghley;E. Wilbur Bock

  • Religion, punitive justice, and support for the death penalty

    Harold G. Grasmick;John K. Cochran;Robert J. Bursik;M'Lou Kimpel

  • SOCIAL ALTRUISM AND CRIME

    Mitchell B. Chamlin;John K. Cochran

  • DETERRENCE OR BRUTALIZATION? AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF OKLAHOMA'S RETURN TO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT*

    John K. Cochran;Mitchell B. Chamlin;Mark Seth

  • Social Learning Theory and Partner Violence: A Research Note

    Christine S. Sellers;John K. Cochran;Kathryn A. Branch

  • Testing Gottfredson and Hirschi’s “low self-control” stability hypothesis: An exploratory study

    Bruce J. Arneklev;John K. Cochran;Randy R. Gainey

  • Sensation-Seeking and Delinquent Substance Use: An Extension of Learning Theory

    Peter B. Wood;John K. Cochran;Betty Pfefferbaum;Bruce J. Arneklev

  • SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY AND ALCOHOL BEHAVIOR AMONG THE ELDERLY

    Ronald L. Akers;Anthony J. La Greca;John Cochran;Christine Sellers

  • FEAR OF CRIME AND VICTIMIZATION AMONG THE ELDERLY IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMMUNITIES

    Ronald L. Akers;Anthony J. La Greca;Christine Sellers;John Cochran

  • Moral Messages: The Relative Influence of Denomination on the Religiosity-Alcohol Relationship

    E. Wilbur Bock;John K. Cochran;Leonard Beeghley

  • Shame, Embarrassment, and Formal Sanction Threats: Extending the Deterrence/Rational Choice Model to Academic Dishonesty

    John K. Cochran;Mitchell B. Chamlin;Peter B. Wood;Christine S. Sellers

  • BEHIND BARS: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF JOB SATISFACTION, JOB-RELATED STRESS, AND ANXIETY ON JAIL EMPLOYEES’ INCLINATIONS TO QUIT

    Terry G. Byrd;John K. Cochran;Ira J. Silverman;William R. Blount

  • Attribution styles and attitudes toward capital punishment for juveniles, the mentally incompetent, and the mentally retarded

    John K. Cochran;Denise Paquette Boots;Kathleen M. Heide

  • The enduring racial divide in death penalty support

    John K. Cochran;Mitchell B. Chamlin

  • The Effects of Religiosity on Adolescent Self-Reported Frequency of Drug and Alcohol Use:

    John K. Cochran

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathleen M. Heide
Kathleen M. Heide University of South Florida
Richard Dembo
Richard Dembo University of South Florida
Wesley G. Jennings
Wesley G. Jennings University of Mississippi
Steven Belenko
Steven Belenko Temple University
Chris L. Gibson
Chris L. Gibson University of Florida

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