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Overview

Kevin T. Wolff is affiliated with John Jay College of Criminal Justice in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily focusing on Social Sciences and Psychology, with an emphasis on subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Health, and Social Psychology.

Their work frequently appears in academic venues including the Journal of Criminal Justice, Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, Criminal Justice and Behavior, Police Practice and Research, and Crime & Delinquency.

Key topics central to their research include:

  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence

Selected recent publications illustrate the focus of their academic output:

  • Positive Childhood Experiences (PCE): Cumulative Resiliency in the Face of Adverse Childhood Experiences, 2020, Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice
  • The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Psychopathic Features on Juvenile Offending Criminal Careers to Age 18, 2020, Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice
  • The Interrelationship Between Empathy and Adverse Childhood Experiences and Their Impact on Juvenile Recidivism, 2020, Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice
  • Rushing Gunshot Victims to Trauma Care: The Influence of First Responders and the Challenge of the Geography, 2020, Homicide Studies
  • Clustering of adverse and positive childhood experiences: The nature and correlates of risk and protective factors, 2022, Child Abuse & Neglect

Kevin T. Wolff has collaborated frequently with several coauthors including:

  • Michael T. Baglivio
  • Alex R. Piquero
  • Jessica M. Craig
  • Jonathan Intravia
  • Matt DeLisi

Best Publications

  • The Relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and Juvenile Offending Trajectories in a Juvenile Offender Sample

    Michael T. Baglivio;Kevin T. Wolff;Alexis R Piquero;Nathan Epps

  • The Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Recidivism in a Sample of Juvenile Offenders in Community-Based Treatment

    Kevin T. Wolff;Michael T. Baglivio;Alex R. Piquero

  • Adverse childhood experiences, negative emotionality, and pathways to juvenile recidivism

    Kevin T. Wolff;Michael T. Baglivio

  • Maltreatment, Child Welfare, and Recidivism in a Sample of Deep-End Crossover Youth

    Michael T. Baglivio;Kevin T. Wolff;Alex R. Piquero;Shay Bilchik

  • Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality in Psychiatric Diagnoses and Treatment in a Sample of Serious Juvenile Offenders.

    Michael T. Baglivio;Kevin T. Wolff;Alex R. Piquero;Mark A. Greenwald

  • Predicting Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Importance of Neighborhood Context in Youth Trauma Among Delinquent Youth

    Michael T. Baglivio;Kevin T. Wolff;Nathan Epps;Randy Nelson

  • Evaluating Contemporary Crime Drop(s) in America, New York City, and Many Other Places

    Eric P. Baumer;Kevin T. Wolff

  • Investigating the relationship between social media consumption and fear of crime

    Jonathan Intravia;Kevin T. Wolff;Rocio Paez;Benjamin R. Gibbs

  • Do Social Bonds Buffer the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Reoffending

    Jessica M. Craig;Michael T. Baglivio;Kevin T. Wolff;Alex R. Piquero

  • Investigating the Effects of Media Consumption on Attitudes Toward Police Legitimacy

    Jonathan Intravia;Kevin T. Wolff;Alex R. Piquero

  • Comparison of Multisystemic Therapy and Functional Family Therapy Effectiveness: A Multiyear Statewide Propensity Score Matching Analysis of Juvenile Offenders

    Michael T. Baglivio;Katherine Jackowski;Mark A. Greenwald;Kevin T. Wolff

  • Positive Childhood Experiences (PCE): Cumulative Resiliency in the Face of Adverse Childhood Experiences:

    Michael T. Baglivio;Kevin T. Wolff

  • A Multilevel Examination of Risk/Need Change Scores, Community Context, and Successful Reentry of Committed Juvenile Offenders

    Michael T. Baglivio;Kevin T. Wolff;Katherine Jackowski;Mark A. Greenwald

  • The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Psychopathic Features on Juvenile Offending Criminal Careers to Age 18

    Michael T. Baglivio;Kevin T. Wolff;Matt DeLisi;Katherine Jackowski

  • A Multicity Neighborhood Analysis of Foreclosure and Crime

    Eric P. Baumer;Kevin T. Wolff;Ashley N. Arnio

  • The contemporary foreclosure crisis and US crime rates

    Ashley N. Arnio;Eric P. Baumer;Kevin T. Wolff

  • Effortful control, negative emotionality, and juvenile recidivism: an empirical test of DeLisi and Vaughn’s temperament-based theory of antisocial behavior

    Michael T. Baglivio;Kevin T. Wolff;Matt DeLisi;Michael G. Vaughn

  • Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Gang Involvement Among Juvenile Offenders: Assessing the Mediation Effects of Substance Use and Temperament Deficits:

    Kevin T. Wolff;Michael T. Baglivio;Hannah J. Klein;Alex R. Piquero;Alex R. Piquero

  • The Effects of Neighborhood Context on Exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Among Adolescents Involved in the Juvenile Justice System: Latent Classes and Contextual Effects

    Kevin T. Wolff;Celina Cuevas;Jonathan Intravia;Michael T. Baglivio

  • The Triple Crown of Antisocial Behavior: Effortful Control, Negative Emotionality, and Community Disadvantage

    Kevin T. Wolff;Michael T. Baglivio;Alex R. Piquero;Michael G. Vaughn

  • The Racial and Gender Differences in the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Juvenile Residential Placement

    Haley R. Zettler;Kevin Wolff;Michael Baglivio;Jessica M. Craig

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael T. Baglivio
Michael T. Baglivio University of South Florida
Alex R. Piquero
Alex R. Piquero University of Miami
Matt DeLisi
Matt DeLisi Iowa State University
Eric P. Baumer
Eric P. Baumer Pennsylvania State University
Michael G. Vaughn
Michael G. Vaughn Saint Louis University
Elizabeth Cauffman
Elizabeth Cauffman University of California, Irvine
Laurence Steinberg
Laurence Steinberg Temple University
Paul J. Frick
Paul J. Frick Louisiana State University
Ronald L. Simons
Ronald L. Simons University of Georgia
Jill S. Levenson
Jill S. Levenson Barry University

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