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Nicole Leeper Piquero

Nicole Leeper Piquero

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Psychology

D-Index
45
Citations
7613
World Ranking
6728
National Ranking
3643

Overview

Nicole Leeper Piquero is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States. Their work falls primarily within the social sciences, with a focus on subfields such as sociology and political science, health, information systems, economics and econometrics, and general health professions.

Their research covers multiple intersecting topics including:

  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
  • COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies
  • Sports Analytics and Performance
  • Policing Practices and Perceptions

Nicole Leeper Piquero has published extensively in journals such as Crime & Delinquency, Victims & Offenders, Deviant Behavior, American Journal of Criminal Justice, and Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. This publication record highlights a concentration on criminological and victimology research.

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Staying Home, Staying Safe? A Short-Term Analysis of COVID-19 on Dallas Domestic Violence" (2020), published in American Journal of Criminal Justice
  • "Police Stress and Race: Using General Strain Theory to Examine Racial Differences in Police Misconduct" (2020), published in Crime & Delinquency
  • "Preventing Identity Theft: Perspectives on Technological Solutions from Industry Insiders" (2021), published in Victims & Offenders
  • "The Role of Victim Services for Individuals Who Have Experienced Serious Identity-Based Crime" (2020), published in Victims & Offenders
  • "A Case Study of Domestic Violence Arrests during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Miami-Dade County" (2021), published in Victims & Offenders

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative work include:

  • Alex R. Piquero
  • Justin Kurland
  • Wanda E. Leal
  • Stephen A. Bishopp
  • Stephen V. Gies

Best Publications

  • Generalizing general strain theory: An examination of an offending population

    Nicole Leeper Piquero;Miriam D. Sealock

  • Gender and general strain theory: A preliminary test of Broidy and Agnew's gender/GST hypotheses

    Nicole Leeper Piquero;Miriam D. Sealock

  • Staying Home, Staying Safe? A Short-Term Analysis of COVID-19 on Dallas Domestic Violence.

    Alex R. Piquero;Alex R. Piquero;Jordan R. Riddell;Stephen A. Bishopp;Chelsey Narvey

  • The Influence of Delinquent Peers on Delinquency: Does Gender Matter?.

    Nicole Leeper Piquero;Angela R. Gover;John M. MacDonald;Alex R. Piquero

  • Low self-control, organizational theory, and corporate crime

    Sally S. Simpson;Nicole Leeper Piquero

  • Can general strain theory explain white-collar crime? A preliminary investigation of the relationship between strain and select white-collar offenses

    Lynn Langton;Nicole Leeper Piquero

  • examining the role of differential association and techniques of neutralization in explaining corporate crime

    Nicole Leeper Piquero;Stephen G. Tibbetts;Michael B. Blankenship

  • Does prison strain lead to prison misbehavior? An application of general strain theory to inmate misconduct

    Robert Glenn Morris;Michael L. Carriaga;Brie Diamond;Nicole Leeper Piquero

  • Low Self-Control and Fraud: Offending, Victimization, and Their Overlap

    Kristy Holtfreter;Michael D. Reisig;Nicole Leeper Piquero;Alex R. Piquero

  • Exploring the utility of general strain theory in explaining problematic alcohol consumption by police officers

    Marc L. Swatt;Chris L. Gibson;Nicole Leeper Piquero

  • Research Note: Are Life-Course-Persistent Offenders At Risk for Adverse Health Outcomes?

    Alexis R Piquero;Leah E. Daigle;Chris Gibson;Nicole Leeper Piquero

  • Exploring white-collar crime and the American dream: A partial test of institutional anomie theory

    Andrea Schoepfer;Nicole Leeper Piquero

  • White-Collar Crime and Criminal Careers: Specifying a Trajectory of Punctuated Situational Offending

    Nicole Leeper Piquero;Michael L. Benson

  • Assessing the Violent Offending and Violent Victimization Overlap Among Discharged Psychiatric Patients

    Eric Silver;Alex R. Piquero;Wesley G. Jennings;Nicole L. Piquero

  • Assessing research on workplace violence, 2000–2012

    Nicole Leeper Piquero;Alex R. Piquero;Jessica M. Craig;Stephen J. Clipper

  • Police stress: does department size matter?

    Laure Weber Brooks;Nicole Leeper Piquero

  • Integrating the desire–for–control and rational choice in a corporate crime context

    Nicole Leeper Piquero;M. Lyn Exum;Sally S. Simpson

  • General Strain Theory and White-Collar Crime

    Robert Agnew;Nicole Leeper Piquero;Francis T. Cullen

  • Gender and general strain theory: A replication and exploration of Broidy and Agnew's gender/strain hypothesis among a sample of southwestern Mexican American adolescents

    Wesley G. Jennings;Nicole L. Piquero;Angela R. Gover;Deanna M. Pérez

  • Never too late: Public optimism about juvenile rehabilitation

    Alex R. Piquero;Francis T. Cullen;James D. Unnever;Nicole L. Piquero

Frequent Co-Authors

Wesley G. Jennings
Wesley G. Jennings University of Mississippi
Michael D. Reisig
Michael D. Reisig Arizona State University
David P. Farrington
David P. Farrington University of Cambridge
Carol A. Schubert
Carol A. Schubert University of Pittsburgh
Chris L. Gibson
Chris L. Gibson University of Florida
Terrie E. Moffitt
Terrie E. Moffitt Duke University
Adrian Raine
Adrian Raine University of Pennsylvania
George E. Higgins
George E. Higgins University of Louisville
Eric Silver
Eric Silver Pennsylvania State University
J. C. Barnes
J. C. Barnes University of Cincinnati

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