Jessica M. Craig

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter

• Malvaso, C., Harris, D., McGee, T.R., Craig, J.M. (2024). The implications of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) research in the treatment and prevention of offending behaviour. Frontiers in Developmental and Life-Course Criminology: Methodological Innovation and Social Benefit. 1 New York City, New York, Routledge.
• Craig, J.M., Connell, N.M. (2018). Secondary data analysis: The effects of military participation on offending. SAGE Research Methods Cases Part 2. SAGE.
• Craig, Jessica M. & Piquero, Alex R.. (2015). Crime and Punishment. The Oxford Handbook of Emerging Adulthood. 543-558. New York, Oxford University Press.
• Craig, Jessica M., Diamond, Brie, & Piquero, Alex R.. (2014). Marriage as an Intervention in the Lives of Criminal Offenders. Effective Interventions in the Lives of Criminal Offenders. 19-37. New York, Springer.

Journal Article

• Trulson, C.R., Craig, J.M., Caudill, J.W., DeLisi, M. (2024). Sometimes they come back: Adult imprisonment of formerly incarcerated serious and violent juvenile offenders. American Journal of Criminal Justice.
• Zettler, H.R., Craig, J.M. (2024). The Prevalence and Impact of Trauma among Participants in a Juvenile Mental Health Court. Criminal Justice and Behavior.
• Guerra, C., Craig, J.M. (2023). Bridging immigrant crime, acculturation, and the life course: A broader perspective. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice. 4 340-361.
• Kim, J., Leban, L., Lee, Y., Craig, J.M. (2023). Direct and Indirect Effects of Parental Influence on the Relation between Violent Offending and Mental Health Problems. American Journal of Criminal Justice. 48 851-870.
• Craig, J.M., Zettler, H.R., Trulson, C.R. (2023). Trauma and Violent Misconduct among Incarcerated Juveniles: The Mediating Role of Mental Health. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology. 9 121-140.
• Craig, J.M., Malvaso, C., Farrington, D. (2023). The Association between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Different Types of Offending Behavior: An Examination across Two Generations of British Male Participants.. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.
• Cartwright, A.D., Craig, J.M. (2022). Empathy and Cognitive Distortions in Sex Offenders Participating in Community Based Treatment. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.
• Trulson, C.R., Craig, J., Caudill, J.W., DeLisi, M. (2022). Violent Institutional Misconduct in the Transition from Juvenile to Adult Correctional Facilities. The Prison Journal. 102 519-541.
• Craig, J., Zettler, H., Trulson, C.R. (2022). What Predicts the Use of Blended Sentences among Eligible Juveniles?: A State-Wide Examination. Criminal Justice Policy Review. 33 (1) 99-115.
• Craig, J.M., Wolff, K., Pierce, K., Zettler, H.R., Baglivio, M. (2022). Childhood Abuse, Neglect, Household Dysfunction, and Juvenile Recidivism: The Mediating Role of Social Bonds. Journal of Criminal Justice.
• Craig, J.M., Wolff, K., Baglivio, M. (2022). Clustering of Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences: The Nature and Correlates of Risk and Protective Factors. Child Abuse & Neglect.
• Zettler, H., Craig, J. (2022). Residentially-Placed Youth and the Adverse Childhood Experiences-Recidivism Relationship: Considering Racial/Ethnic and Sex Differences. American Journal of Criminal Justice.
• Craig, J.M., Zettler, H. (2021). Are the Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Violent Recidivism Offense-Specific?. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. 19 (1) 27-44.
• DeLisi, M., Butler, D., Caudill, J., Craig, J., Trulson, C.R. (2021). 99 Percenters: An Examination of the Misconduct Careers of the Most Violent and Disruptive Incarcerated Delinquents. Aggression and Violent Behavior. 60 1-9.
• Powell, Z., Craig, J.M., Piquero, A.R., Baglivio, M., Epps, N. (2021). Delinquent Youth Concentration and Juvenile Recidivism.. Deviant Behavior. 42 (7) 821-836.
• Craig, J., Wolff, K.T., Baglivio, M.T. (2021). Resilience in Context: The Association between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Cumulative Positive Childhood Experiences among Justice-Involved Youth.. Crime & Delinquency. 67 (11) 1647-1675.
• Craig, J., Stewart, A., Hurren, E. (2021). Are Dual-System Offenders Different? An Examination of Prevalence and Specialization in Criminal Offending and Child Maltreatment Perpetration. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 65 (10-11) 1164-1191.
• Craig, J., Malvaso, C., Farrington, D.P. (2021). All in the family? Exploring the intergenerational transmission of Adverse Childhood Experiences and their effect on offending behavior. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. 19 (3) 292-307.
• Baglivio, M.T., Zettler, H., Craig, J., Wolff, K.T. (2021). Evaluating RNR-based targeted treatment and intervention dosage in the context of traumatic exposure. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. 19 (3) 251-276.
• Craig, J.M., Trulson, C.R., DeLisi, M., Caudill, J. (2020). Toward an Understanding of the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on the Recidivism of Serious Juvenile Offenders. American Journal of Criminal Justice.
• Craig, J.M., Guerra, C., Piquero, A.R. (2020). Immigrant Status, Offending, and Desistance: Do Relationship Characteristics Matter?. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology. 6 67-94.
• Nodeland, B.E., Craig, J.M., Meitl, M. (2020). Team-Based Learning in Criminal Justice: Application-Focused Activities in the Classroom. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching. 31 (3) 135-157.
• Baktir, Y., Icer, M.M., Craig, J.M. (2020). Military and crime: A systematic review of the literature. Deviant Behavior. 41 (2) 233-251.
• Craig, J.M. (2020). Do Adverse Childhood Experiences influence the Desistance Process?. Deviant Behavior. 41 (6) 683-704.
• Trulson, C.R., Craig, J.M., DeLisi, M., Caudill, J. (2020). The Impact of Adult Prison Transfer on the Recidivism Outcomes of Blended Sentenced Juvenile Delinquents. Crime & Delinquency.
• Craig, J.M., Nodeland, B.E., Long, R., Spivey, E. (2020). Student Perceptions of Team-Based Learning in the Criminal Justice Classroom. Journal of Criminal Justice Education. 1-18. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511253.2020.1742756
• Nodeland, B.E., Craig, J. (2019). Perceptions of Legal and Extralegal Punishments for Sexual Harassment in the ‘MeToo’ Era. Deviant Behavior.
• Barbieri, N., Clipper, S.J., Narvey, C., Rude, A., Craig, J.M., Piquero, N.L. Assessing General Strain Theory and Measures of Victimization, 2002-2018. Aggression and Violent Behavior.
• Craig, J.M., Trulson, C.R. (2019). Continuity of the Delinquent Career Behind Bars: Predictors of Violent Misconduct among Female Delinquents. Aggression and Violent Behavior.
• Craig, J.M., Piquero, A.R., Farrington, D.P. (2019). Not all At-Risk Boys have Bad Outcomes: Predictors of Later Life Success. Crime & Delinquency. 66 (3) 392-419.
• Craig, J.M., Zettler, H.R., Wolff, K.T., Baglivio, M.T. (2019). Considering the Mediating Effects of Drug and Alcohol Use, Mental Health, and their Co-Occurrence on the Adverse Childhood Experiences-Recidivism Relationship. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. 17 (3) 219-240.
• Craig, J.M. (2019). The potential mediating impact of future orientation on the ACE-crime relationship. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. 17 (6) 111-128.
• Craig, J.M., Intravia, J., Wolff, K., Baglivio, M. (2019). What can help? Examining levels of substance (non)use as a protective factor in the effect of ACEs on crime.. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. 17 (1) 62-61.
• Craig, J.M. (2019). Extending Situational Action Theory to White-Collar Crime. Deviant Behavior. 40 171-186.
• Craig, J.M., Piquero, A.R., Murray, J., Farrington, D. (2018). A Quasi-Experimental Test of the Effects of Criminal Justice Involvement on Later Mental Health. Journal of Experimental Criminology.
• Craig, J.M., Cartwright, A.D., Baglivio, M.T., Wolff, K.T., Piquero, A.R., Epps, N. (2018). Why They Did It?: Sex Differences in the Impact of Mental Health and Substance Use on Motivations for Offending.”. Crime & Delinquency. 64 (6) 723-757.
• Barbieri, N., Craig, J.M. (2018). Do the Effects of Strain and Religiosity on Criminal Coping Differ by Race and Ethnicity?. Crime & Delinquency. 64 (6) 807-828.
• Zettler, H.R., Wolff, K., Baglivio, M., Craig, J.M., Epps, N. (2018). The Racial and Gender Differences in the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Juvenile Residential Placement. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. 16 (3) 319-337.
• Craig, J.M., Zettler, H., Wolff, K., Baglivio, M. (2018). Considering the mediating effects of drug and alcohol use, mental health, and their co-occurrence on the adverse childhood experiences-recidivism relationship. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. 17 (3) 219-240.
• Craig, J.M., Piquero, A., Farrington, D., Ttofi, M. (2017). A little early risk goes a long bad way: Adverse Childhood Experiences and life-course offending in the Cambridge Study. Journal of Criminal Justice. 53 34-45.
• Craig, J.M., Piquero, A.R., Farrington, D.P. (2017). The Economic Maturity Gap Encourages Continuity in Offending. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology. 3 (4) 380-396.
• Craig, J.M., Baglivio, M.T., Wolff, K.T., Piquero, A.R., Epps, N. (2017). Do Social Bonds Buffer the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Re-offending?. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. 15 (1) 3-20.
• Craig, J.M., Cardwell, S.M., Piquero, A.R. (2017). The Effects of Criminal Propensity and Strain on Later Offending. Crime & Delinquency. 63 (13) 1655-1681.
• Craig, J.M., Piquero, N.L. (2017). Sensational Offending: An Application of Sensation Seeking to White-Collar and Conventional Crimes. Crime & Delinquency. 63 (11) 1363-1382.
• Craig, J.M. (2017). The Effects of Social Concern on White-Collar Offending. Deviant Behavior. 38 (7) 837-854.
• Zettler, H.R., Cardwell, S.M., Craig, J.M. (2017). The gendering effects of co-authorship in criminology & criminal justice research. Other. 30 (1) 30-44.
• Zettler, H., Cardwell, S., Craig, J.M. (2016). The gendering effects of co-authorship in criminology & criminal justice research. Criminal Justice Studies. 30 (1) 30-44.
• Craig, J.M., Piquero, N.L. (2016). The Effects of Low Self-Control and Desire-For-Control on White-Collar Offending: A Replication. Deviant Behavior. 37 (11) 1308-1324.
• Craig, J.M. (2016). Which Bond Matters More?: Assessing the Differential Strengths of Parental Bonding Measures on Adolescent Delinquency Over Time.. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. 14 (3) 225-242.
• Piquero, A.R., Bouffard, J.A., Piquero, N.L., Craig, J.M. (2016). Does Morality Condition the Deterrent Effect of Perceived Certainty Among Convicted Felons?. Crime & Delinquency. 62 (1) 3-25.
• Bouffard, J.A., Craig, J.M., Piquero, A.R. (2015). Comparing Attitudinal and Situational Measures of Self-Control among Felony Offenders. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health. 25 (2) 112-125.
• Craig, J.M., Morris, R.G., Piquero, A.R., Farrington, D.P. (2015). Heavy Drinking Ensnares Adolescents into Crime in Early Adulthood. Journal of Criminal Justice. 43 (2) 142-151.
• Craig, J.M., Connell, N. (2015). The All-volunteer Force and Crime: The Effects of Military Participation on Offending Behavior. Armed Forces and Society. 41 329-351.
• Craig, J.M. (2015). The Effects of Marriage and Parenthood on Offending Levels Over Time among Juvenile Offenders Across Race and Ethnicity. Journal of Crime and Justice. 38 (2) 163-182.
• Piquero, N.L., Piquero, A.R., Craig, J.M., Clipper, S.J. (2013). Assessing Research on Workplace Violence, 2000-2012. Aggression and Violent Behavior. 18 383-394.
• Craig, J.M., Foster, H. (2013). Desistance in the Transition to Adulthood: The Roles of Marriage, Military, and Gender. Deviant Behavior. 34 (3) 208-223.
• Piquero, A.R., Farrington, D.P., Jennings, W.G., Diamond, B., Craig, J.M. (2012). Sex Offenders and Sex Offending in the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development: Prevalence, Frequency, Specialization, Recidivism, and (Dis)continuity over the Life-Course. Journal of Crime and Justice. 35 (3) 412-426.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Fellowship

• Craig, J.M., "Building a Multidisciplinary Pipeline of Researchers in Child Abuse and Neglect: Summer Training Institute for Early Career or Transitioning Scholars," sponsored by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Federal, Funded. ( - 2018).
• Craig, J., "Building a Multidisciplinary Pipeline of Researchers in Child Abuse and Neglect: Summer Training Institute for Early Career or Transitioning Scholars," sponsored by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Federal, Funded. ( - 2018).

Grant - Research

• Zettler, H.R., Craig, J.M., Trahan, A., Watson, W.L., "North Texas Reentry Guide," sponsored by University of Illinois Education Justice Project, Other, $2000 Funded. (2023 - 2023).
• Contractor, A.A. (Principal), Slavish, D. (Supporting), Craig, J. (Supporting), Caldwell, L. (Supporting), Sharma, R. (Supporting), "UNT-Military Health Collaborative," sponsored by University of North Texas Team Grant Mentoring Program, University of North Texas, $4000 Funded. (2020 - 2021).
• Craig, J.M., "CREATE Support Program," sponsored by Office of Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2019 - 2019).
• Craig, J.M., "Sustaining Research Connections through National Conferences," University of North Texas, $1500 Funded. ( - 2017).
• Fritsch, E.J., Trulson, C.R., Belshaw, S., Nodeland, B.E., Craig, J.M., "Mentoring Junior Faculty Team Grant Project: Sustaining Networks through Community Outreach," sponsored by UNT Team Grant, University of North Texas, $2000 Funded. ( - 2016).

Grant - Teaching

• Wood, P.C. (Co-Principal), Bennett, A. (Co-Principal), Zettler, H.R. (Co-Principal), Craig, J.M. (Co-Principal), "International Crime and Justice in the Netherlands (ICJ-Netherlands)," sponsored by Texas International Education Consortium, State, $6000 Funded. (2023 - 2025).
• Zettler, H., Craig, J., Dixon, A., Trahan, A., "Inside-Out Prison Exchange Network Team Mentoring Grant," sponsored by Office of Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
• Craig, J.M. (Principal), Bradetich, J.R. (Co-Principal), Nodeland, B.E. (Supporting), Long, R. (Supporting), Hagan, B.A. (Supporting), "Team Based Learning Collaborative," University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2019 - 2020).
• Craig, J., Nodeland, B.E., Bradetich, J.R., "Online Team-Based Learning Workshop Hosted by UNT’s TBL Ambassadors," sponsored by Office of Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2019 - 2020).
• Bradetich, J.R. (Principal), Craig, J.M. (Co-Principal), Hagan, B.A. (Supporting), Long, R. (Supporting), Shadduck, M. (Supporting), Nodeland, B.E. (Supporting), "Cross-Campus Collaborators," University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2018 - 2019).
• Craig, J.M., Wachter, H.G., Mukherjee, D., "Charn Uswachoke International Development Fund Award," sponsored by Charn Uswachoke International Development, University of North Texas, $2500 Funded. (2018 - 2019).