<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/people/jessica-craig-phd.html" dsn="people"><first_name>Jessica</first_name><last_name>Craig, Ph.D.</last_name><prefixes/><pronouns/><post_nominals/><title-1>Associate Professor</title-1><title-2>Director of Graduate Programs</title-2><title-3/><title-4/><department>Criminal Justice</department><type/><email>Jessica.Craig@unt.edu</email><phone>940-565-3464</phone><image><img src="/images/default/files/images/facstaff/15_454_jessicacraig023a.jpg" alt="Jessica Craig, Ph.D."/></image><office>Chilton Hall 273A</office><address/><office-hours/><primary-research-interests><p>Developmental/life course criminology and juvenile justice, the impact of child maltreatment and other traumatic experiences on delinquent and criminal behavior, identifying protective factors for offending, issues related to desistance from crime</p></primary-research-interests><research-keywords>Trauma, Desistance, Junvenile Justice, Propensity-score matching, Offending, HLM, regression techniques, structural equation modeling, Delinquency</research-keywords><research-areas>Development,Trauma,Marginalized Groups| Equity| and Social Justice</research-areas><advisor/><advisor-for/><advisor-to/><advising-specialty/><faculty-profile>http://facultyinfo.unt.edu/faculty-profile?query=Jessica%20Craig&amp;type=name&amp;profile=jmc0680</faculty-profile><research-page>No</research-page><other-information/><hps-expert>Yes</hps-expert><PAHS_Department>- None -</PAHS_Department><other-areas-of-expertise/><tags><tag>Criminal Justice</tag></tags><types/><departments><department>Criminal Justice</department></departments><research-areas-list><research-area>Development</research-area><research-area>Trauma</research-area><research-area>Marginalized Groups,  Equity,  and Social Justice</research-area></research-areas-list><main-content>
Broadly, I am interested in developmental/life course criminology and juvenile justice. Specific topics include the impact of child maltreatment and other traumatic experiences on delinquent and criminal behavior, identifying protective factors for offending, and issues related to desistance from crime.


Primary Research Interests: 
Developmental/life course criminology and juvenile justice, the impact of child maltreatment and other traumatic experiences on delinquent and criminal behavior, identifying protective factors for offending, issues related to desistance from crime
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