Matt VanEseltine
Sociologist, Programmer, Data Enthusiast
Writing
2021, preprint:
This pilot demonstrates that substantive evaluations
of even relatively small-scale career development programs
are possible using administrative data from universities with
low burden on specific programs.
2018:
The relative neglect of replication research in criminology is somewhat
surprising […] opportunities for organizing something akin to a
reproducibility project are nothing short of excellent in our
field.
2014:
If marriage affects antisocial behavior by increasing responsibilities,
decreasing leisure time and time with friends, and changing identities
and priorities […] our findings imply that cohabitation does not
do these things.
2013:
Our findings should come as a relief to parents and teachers who may
worry about teenage employment most youth rate their jobs favorably,
even though some jobs are clearly better than others.
2012:
Criminal activity drops significantly following the birth of a first
child. After several years, however, this drop fades. By the time the
child is around age nine, the parent’s crime is, on average, no
different than we would have expected if they had remained
childless.
2011:
Youth involved in intensive work are ‘at risk’ for engaging in
behaviors that may lead to early—or, some might say,
premature—family formation.
2009:
Personal and contextual characteristics pertaining to social bonds,
prior deviant involvement, self-protection, and negative
self-appraisal all were predictive of subsequent tattoo
acquisition.
2008:
Close to half of the likelihood of imprisonment for parolees may be
attributed to parole surveillance.
2008:
Among incarcerated offenders, mental health problems were more
strongly associated with assaultive violence and sexual offenses
than with other types of crimes.
