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Delinquent peer group formation: evidence of a gene x environment correlationKevin M Beaver
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1127, USA
J Genet Psychol 169:227-44. 2008..13-.14) despite controlling for delinquent involvement, self-control, and drug and alcohol use. The authors discuss the importance of using a biosocial framework to examine issues related to adolescent development...- The interaction between genetic risk and childhood sexual abuse in the prediction of adolescent violent behaviorKevin M Beaver
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1127, USA
Sex Abuse 20:426-43. 2008..The effects of childhood sexual abuse and genetic risk as well as the interaction between the two are unrelated to violent delinquency for females. Implications of the study are discussed... - Biosocial influences on fraudulent behaviorsKevin M Beaver
Florida State University, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Tallahassee 32306, USA
J Genet Psychol 170:101-14. 2009..Udry, 2003) revealed a statistically significant Gene x Environment interaction in which the high-MAOA activity allele increased the odds of fraudulent behaviors, but only among male participants with a high number of delinquent peers... - Monoamine oxidase A genotype is associated with gang membership and weapon useKevin M Beaver
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1127, USA
Compr Psychiatry 51:130-4. 2010..At the same time, it is well known that gang members represent some of the most serious violent offenders. Even so, no research has ever examined the association between MAOA and gang membership... - The neuropsychological underpinnings to psychopathic personality traits in a nationally representative and longitudinal sampleKevin M Beaver
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, 634 W Call Street, Tallahassee, FL, 32306 1127, USA
Psychiatr Q 83:145-59. 2012..Third, parental socialization measures had relatively small and inconsistent effects on psychopathic personality traits. Suggestions for future research are offered... - Genetic influences on adolescent eating habitsKevin M Beaver
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1122, USA
Health Educ Behav 39:142-51. 2012..Additional analyses conducted separately for males and females revealed a similar pattern of findings. The authors note the limitations of the study and offer suggestions for future research... - Genetic risks and ADHD symptomatology: exploring the effects of parental antisocial behaviors in an adoption-based studyKevin M Beaver
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, 634 W Call Street, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1122, USA
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 43:293-305. 2012..These results suggest that part of the covariation between ADHD and antisocial behaviors may be the result of genetic factors that have general effects across a range of maladaptive outcomes... - Gene-environment interaction and the intergenerational transmission of parenting: testing the differential-susceptibility hypothesisKevin M Beaver
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, 634 West Call Street, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1127, USA
Psychiatr Q 83:29-40. 2012.... - Genetic influences on being processed through the criminal justice system: results from a sample of adopteesKevin M Beaver
Florida State University, Tallahassee, 32306 1127, USA
Biol Psychiatry 69:282-7. 2011..Behavioral genetic research has revealed that antisocial phenotypes are under genetic influence. This study examines whether genetic factors also affect the odds of being processed through the criminal justice system... - Gender differences in genetic and environmental influences on gambling: results from a sample of twins from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent HealthKevin M Beaver
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1122, USA
Addiction 105:536-42. 2010.... - Resiliency to victimization: the role of genetic factorsKevin M Beaver
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, 634 West Call Street, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1127, USA
J Interpers Violence 26:874-98. 2011..The authors conclude by discussing the complex ways in which genes and the environment can promote resiliency to victimization... - Association between the A1 allele of the DRD2 gene and reduced verbal abilities in adolescence and early adulthoodKevin M Beaver
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, 634 W Call Street, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1127, USA
J Neural Transm 117:827-30. 2010..The results suggest that DRD2 may be related to domain specific cognitive abilities, such as verbal skills... - Genetic risk, parent-child relations, and antisocial phenotypes in a sample of African-American malesKevin M Beaver
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
Psychiatry Res 175:160-4. 2010..These findings point to the possibility that measures of genetic risk that are based on multiple polymorphisms can be employed to examine the gene x environmental basis to antisocial behavioral phenotypes... - A gene X environment interaction between DRD2 and religiosity in the prediction of adolescent delinquent involvement in a sample of malesKevin M Beaver
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Biodemography Soc Biol 55:71-81. 2009..The results of the analyses revealed a gene X environment interaction between the A-1 allele of DRD2 and religiosity in the prediction of adolescent delinquency. Limitations are noted, and the implications of the findings are discussed... - The biosocial correlates of neuropsychological deficits: results from the national longitudinal study of adolescent healthKevin M Beaver
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, 634 West Call Street, Tallahassee, FL 32301, USA
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 54:878-94. 2010..Implications of the findings are noted and discussed... - The intersection of genes and neuropsychological deficits in the prediction of adolescent delinquency and low self-controlKevin M Beaver
Florida State University, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 634 West Call Street, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1127, USA
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 54:22-42. 2010..The theoretical implications of the findings are noted... - Anabolic-androgenic steroid use and involvement in violent behavior in a nationally representative sample of young adult males in the United StatesKevin M Beaver
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1127, USA
Am J Public Health 98:2185-7. 2008.... - A biosocial interaction between prenatal exposure to cigarette smoke and family structure in the prediction of psychopathy in adolescenceKevin M Beaver
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, 634 W Call Street, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1122, USA
Psychiatr Q 81:325-34. 2010..Reasons for this finding are provided and avenues for future research are discussed... - Evidence of a gene x environment interaction in the creation of victimization: results from a longitudinal sample of adolescentsKevin M Beaver
Florida State University, Tallahassee FL 32306 1127, USA
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 51:620-45. 2007..Specifically, DRD2 interacted with delinquent peers to predict victimization. The authors discuss the implications of these findings... - A biosocial explanation of delinquency abstentionBrian B Boutwell
Florida State University, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1127, USA
Crim Behav Ment Health 18:59-74. 2008.... - Desistance from delinquency: the marriage effect revisited and extendedKevin M Beaver
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, 634 West Call Street, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1127, USA
Soc Sci Res 37:736-52. 2008..Third, for males, the genetic polymorphisms interacted with marital status to predict variation in desistance. The findings underscore the importance of using a biosocial perspective to examine factors related to criminal desistance... - A gene-based evolutionary explanation for the association between criminal involvement and number of sex partnersKevin M Beaver
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1127, USA
Biodemography Soc Biol 54:47-55. 2008..Second, DAT1 explains variation in both number of sexual partners and in criminal conduct for males. We speak to the implications of our findings... - Maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy and offspring externalizing behavioral problems: a propensity score matching analysisBrian B Boutwell
College of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX 77341 2296, USA
Int J Environ Res Public Health 7:146-63. 2010..The implications that these findings have for policy and research are discussed... - The effects of nonshared environments on adolescent depression: findings from a sample of monozygotic twinsRyan T Shields
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 1127, USA
J Adolesc Health 48:572-8. 2011.... - Admission of Drug-Selling Behaviors is Structured by Genetic and Nonshared Environmental Factors: Results from a Longitudinal Twin-Based StudyKevin M Beaver
Florida State University, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Hecht House, 634 W Call Street, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1127, United States
Addict Behav 37:697-702. 2012..The remaining variance for both measures was explained by nonshared environmental factors. The implications that these results have for drug research are discussed and avenues for future research are offered...