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Wesley G. Jennings is affiliated with the University of Mississippi in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on social sciences, medicine, and psychology, with significant contributions also spanning subfields such as sociology and political science, clinical psychology, epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and general health topics.

The main topics of Jennings' scholarly work include:

  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending

Jennings has authored several research articles, notable among them:

  • "Domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic - Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis" (2021), published in the Journal of Criminal Justice
  • "The Immediate Impact of COVID-19 on Law Enforcement in the United States" (2020), published in the American Journal of Criminal Justice
  • "A Path from Traditional Bullying to Cyberbullying in South Korea: Examining the Roles of Self-Control and Deviant Peer Association in the Different Forms of Bullying" (2022), published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • "A Review of the Effects of the Violence Against Women Act on Law Enforcement" (2020), published in Violence Against Women
  • "The Immediate Impact of COVID-19 on Law Enforcement in the United States" (2020), also published in CrimRxiv

Their collaborations include frequent coauthors such as Alex R. Piquero, David P. Farrington, Darrick Jolliffe, Nicholas Perez, and Chris Delcher.

Publications by Jennings commonly appear in venues such as:

  • American Journal of Criminal Justice
  • Crime & Delinquency
  • Journal of Criminal Justice
  • Journal of Criminal Justice Education
  • The Encyclopedia of Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice

In addition to journal articles, Jennings has contributed to book publications with Springer Nature, including titles such as "Offending from Childhood to Late Middle Age" (2023) and "Opioid Prescribing Rates and Criminal Justice and Health Outcomes" (2020).

Best Publications

  • On the overlap between victimization and offending: A review of the literature

    Wesley G. Jennings;Alex R. Piquero;Jennifer M. Reingle

  • Domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic - Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Alex R. Piquero;Alex R. Piquero;Wesley G. Jennings;Erin Jemison;Catherine Kaukinen

  • Effects of early family/parent training programs on antisocial behavior and delinquency

    Alex R. Piquero;David P. Farrington;Brandon C. Welsh;Richard E. Tremblay

  • Effects of Early Family/Parent Training Programs on Antisocial Behavior & Delinquency

    Alex R. Piquero;David P. Farrington;Brandon C. Welsh;Richard Tremblay

  • A meta-analysis update on the effects of early family/parent training programs on antisocial behavior and delinquency

    Alex R. Piquero;Wesley G. Jennings;Brie Diamond;David P. Farrington

  • On the number and shape of developmental/life-course violence, aggression, and delinquency trajectories: A state-of-the-art review

    Wesley G. Jennings;Jennifer M. Reingle

  • On the Malleability of Self‐Control: Theoretical and Policy Implications Regarding a General Theory of Crime

    Alex R. Piquero;Wesley G. Jennings;David P. Farrington

  • Cops and cameras: Officer perceptions of the use of body-worn cameras in law enforcement

    Wesley G. Jennings;Lorie A. Fridell;Mathew D. Lynch

  • A Longitudinal Assessment of the Victim-Offender Overlap

    Wesley G. Jennings;George E. Higgins;Richard Tewksbury;Angela R. Gover

  • Evaluating the impact of police officer body-worn cameras (BWCs) on response-to-resistance and serious external complaints: Evidence from the Orlando police department (OPD) experience utilizing a randomized controlled experiment

    Wesley G. Jennings;Mathew D. Lynch;Lorie A. Fridell

  • Dating and intimate partner violence among young persons ages 15–30: Evidence from a systematic review

    Wesley G. Jennings;Chidike Okeem;Alex R. Piquero;Christine S. Sellers

  • Offending from Childhood to Late Middle Age

    David P. Farrington;Alex R. Piquero;Wesley G. Jennings

  • Policing and procedural justice: a state-of-the-art review

    Chirstopher Donner;Jon Maskaly;Lorie Fridell;Wesley G. Jennings

  • Sexual delinquency in racine: does early sex offending predict later sex offending in youth and young adulthood?*

    Franklin E. Zimring;Alex R. Piquero;Wesley G. Jennings

  • Assessing the Impact of Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification On Sex-Offending Trajectories

    Richard Tewksbury;Wesley G. Jennings

  • Violence in criminal careers: A review of the literature from a developmental life-course perspective

    Alex R. Piquero;Wesley G. Jennings;J.C. Barnes

  • A meta-analysis update on the effectiveness of early self-control improvement programs to improve self-control and reduce delinquency

    Alex R. Piquero;Wesley G. Jennings;David P. Farrington;Brie Diamond

  • The Importance of School Attendance: Findings From the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development on the Life-Course Effects of Truancy:

    Michael Rocque;Wesley G. Jennings;Alex R. Piquero;Turgut Ozkan

  • Are Institutions of Higher Learning Safe? A Descriptive Study of Campus Safety Issues and Self‐Reported Campus Victimization among Male and Female College Students

    Wesley G. Jennings;Angela R. Gover;Dagmar Pudrzynska

  • A Path to Serious, Violent, Chronic Delinquency: The Harmful Aftermath of Adverse Childhood Experiences:

    Nicholas M. Perez;Wesley G. Jennings;Michael T. Baglivio

  • Research Note Justice System–Imposed Financial Penalties Increase the Likelihood of Recidivism in a Sample of Adolescent Offenders

    Alex R. Piquero;Wesley G. Jennings

Frequent Co-Authors

David P. Farrington
David P. Farrington University of Cambridge
Rolf Loeber
Rolf Loeber University of Pittsburgh
George E. Higgins
George E. Higgins University of Louisville
Chris L. Gibson
Chris L. Gibson University of Florida
Richard E. Tremblay
Richard E. Tremblay University of Montreal
Nicole Leeper Piquero
Nicole Leeper Piquero University of Miami
Dustin A. Pardini
Dustin A. Pardini Arizona State University
Hector R. Bird
Hector R. Bird Columbia University
John K. Cochran
John K. Cochran University of South Florida
Carol A. Schubert
Carol A. Schubert University of Pittsburgh

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