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    Adrian Jones

    Dr. Adrian M. Jones

    Department of Sociology and Criminology
    Associate Professor
    Campus:
    Tuscarawas
    Office Location:
    Science & Advanced Technology Center - ST138
    Contact Information
    Email:
    amjones4@kent.edu
    Phone:
    330-308-7571

    Biography

    Dr. Jones' research is primarily in the area of criminology. As a quantitative researcher, Dr. Jones examines how factors like neighborhood poverty, peer associations, family attachment, and self-control predict adolescent and young adult substance use, delinquency, crime, and, on the other end of the continuum, well-being and pro-social behavior. Currently, he is collaborating with a team of researchers who are looking into how adolescents make healthy transitions into young adulthood. Additionally, Dr. Jones is Vice Chair of Faculty Council and the Honors Coordinator for the Tuscarawas campus. 

    Education

    Ph.D. Sociology, Kent State University, 2012

    Research Methods

    Quantitative

    Publications

    • Jones, Adrian and Dan Fuller. 2024. “The Evolution of a Deviant Label: The Case of the Switchblade Knife.” Deviant Behavior 4(2): 287-299.
    • Jones, Adrian and Richard Adams. 2020. “Neighborhoods, Peers, Self-Control, Ethnicity and Adolescent Tobacco and Alcohol Use: Assessing Invariance.” Merrill Palmer Quarterly. 66(3): 278-307.
    • Jones, Adrian and Richard Adams. 2018. “Examining the Effects of Individual-Level and Neighborhood-Level Characteristics on the Variability of Substance Use Rates and Changes.” Journal of Drug Issues. 48(3): 337-355.
    • Jones, Adrian. 2017. “When in Rome: Testing the Moderating Influence of Neighborhood Composition on the Relationship between Self-Control and Juvenile Offending.” Crime and Delinquency. 63(7): 759-785.

    Documents

    PDF icon CV_2024.pdf

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