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Justin T. Pickett is affiliated with the University at Albany, State University of New York in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the domain of Social Sciences, with a total of 159 publications. These contributions intersect several subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Health, Clinical Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The recurring themes in their work cover a range of topics such as Crime Patterns and Interventions, Social and Intergroup Psychology, Gun Ownership and Violence Research, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, Policing Practices and Perceptions, Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment, and Suicide and Self-Harm Studies.

The researcher has published work extensively in frequent venues including:

  • CrimRxiv
  • Justice Quarterly
  • Criminology
  • Criminology & Public Policy
  • Journal of Experimental Criminology

Notable recent papers by Justin T. Pickett include:

  • The American racial divide in fear of the police, 2022, Criminology
  • Faith in Trump, Moral Foundations, and Social Distancing Defiance during the Coronavirus Pandemic, 2020, Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World
  • Advantages of Matched Over Unmatched Opt-in Samples for Studying Criminal Justice Attitudes: A Research Note, 2020, Crime & Delinquency
  • What does the public want police to do during pandemics? A national experiment, 2021, Criminology & Public Policy
  • Public Support for Policies to Reduce School Shootings: A Moral-Altruistic Model, 2020, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Justin T. Pickett has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Francis T. Cullen, Cheryl Lero Jonson, Amanda Graham, Murat Haner, and Melissa M. Sloan.

In addition to articles, the researcher has contributed to book publications, including titles released by RAND Corporation eBooks and Policy Press. These books include "Direct Incentives May Increase Employment of People With Criminal Records" published in 2023 and "Beyond Bars" also published in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Vulnerable victims, monstrous offenders, and unmanageable risk: Explaining public opinion on the social control of sex crime

    Justin T. Pickett;Christina Mancini;Daniel P. Mears

  • Public Opinion and Criminal Justice Policy: Theory and Research

    Justin T. Pickett

  • Police research, officer surveys, and response rates

    Justin Nix;Justin T. Pickett;Hyunin Baek;Geoffrey P. Alpert

  • RECONSIDERING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERCEIVED NEIGHBORHOOD RACIAL COMPOSITION AND WHITES' PERCEPTIONS OF VICTIMIZATION RISK: DO RACIAL STEREOTYPES MATTER? ∗

    Justin T. Pickett;Ted Chiricos;Kristin M. Golden;Marc G. Gertz

  • The Scary World of Online News? Internet News Exposure and Public Attitudes Toward Crime and Justice

    Sean Patrick Roche;Justin T. Pickett;Marc Gertz

  • Third-person perceptions, hostile media effects, and policing: Developing a theoretical framework for assessing the Ferguson effect

    Justin Nix;Justin T. Pickett

  • CONTROLLING OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN: RACIALIZED VIEWS OF DELINQUENCY AND WHITES' PUNITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD JUVENILE OFFENDERS ∗

    Justin T. Pickett;Ted Chiricos

  • THE LANGUAGE OF STIGMATIZATION AND THE MARK OF VIOLENCE: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE ON THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF CRIMINAL RECORD STIGMA

    Megan Denver;Justin T. Pickett;Shawn D. Bushway

  • THE PRAGMATIC AMERICAN: EMPIRICAL REALITY OR METHODOLOGICAL ARTIFACT?

    Justin T. Pickett;Thomas Baker

  • TOWARD A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF POLITICIZED POLICING ATTITUDES: CONFLICTED CONSERVATISM AND SUPPORT FOR POLICE USE OF FORCE*

    Jasmine R. Silver;Justin T. Pickett

  • TOWARD A BIFURCATED THEORY OF EMOTIONAL DETERRENCE

    Justin T. Pickett;Sean Patrick Roche;Greg Pogarsky

  • HEURISTICS AND BIASES, RATIONAL CHOICE, AND SANCTION PERCEPTIONS*

    Greg Pogarsky;Sean Patrick Roche;Justin T. Pickett

  • Offender Decision-Making in Criminology: Contributions from Behavioral Economics

    Greg Pogarsky;Sean Patrick Roche;Justin T. Pickett

  • On the Social Foundations for Crimmigration: Latino Threat and Support for Expanded Police Powers

    Justin T. Pickett

  • Are Relational Inferences from Crowdsourced and Opt-in Samples Generalizable? Comparing Criminal Justice Attitudes in the GSS and Five Online Samples

    Andrew J. Thompson;Justin T. Pickett

  • ETHNIC THREAT AND SOCIAL CONTROL: EXAMINING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR JUDICIAL USE OF ETHNICITY IN PUNISHMENT

    Brian D. Johnson;Eric A. Stewart;Justin Pickett;Marc Gertz

  • Public (Mis)Understanding of Crime Policy: The Effects of Criminal Justice Experience and Media Reliance

    Justin T. Pickett;Christina Mancini;Daniel P. Mears;Marc Gertz

  • Advantages of Matched Over Unmatched Opt-in Samples for Studying Criminal Justice Attitudes: A Research Note:

    Amanda Graham;Justin T. Pickett;Francis T. Cullen

  • Faith in Trump, Moral Foundations, and Social Distancing Defiance during the Coronavirus Pandemic

    Amanda K. Graham;Francis T. Cullen;Justin T. Pickett;Cheryl Lero Jonson

  • Shared Race/Ethnicity, Court Procedural Justice, and Self‐Regulating Beliefs: A Study of Female Offenders

    Thomas Baker;Justin T. Pickett;Dhara M. Amin;Kristin Golden

  • What does the public want police to do during pandemics? A national experiment

    Justin Nix;Stefan Ivanov;Justin T Pickett

  • Support for Balanced Juvenile Justice: Assessing Views About Youth, Rehabilitation, and Punishment

    Daniel P. Mears;Justin T. Pickett;Christina Mancini

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Gertz
Marc Gertz Florida State University
Francis T. Cullen
Francis T. Cullen University of Cincinnati
Ted Chiricos
Ted Chiricos Florida State University
Shawn D. Bushway
Shawn D. Bushway University at Albany, State University of New York
Eric A. Stewart
Eric A. Stewart Florida State University
Geoffrey P. Alpert
Geoffrey P. Alpert University of South Carolina
Brian D. Johnson
Brian D. Johnson University of Maryland, College Park
J. C. Barnes
J. C. Barnes University of Cincinnati
Christopher G. Ellison
Christopher G. Ellison The University of Texas at San Antonio
Kevin M. Beaver
Kevin M. Beaver Florida State University

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