Biosocial
In Press
Barnes, J.C.
Analyzing the origins of life-course-persistent offending: A consideration of environmental and genetic
influences. Criminal Justice and Behavior.
Barnes, J.C., and Brian B. Boutwell
A demonstration of the generalizability of twin-based research on antisocial behavior. Behavior Genetics.
Barnes, J.C., Brian B. Boutwell, and Kevin M. Beaver
Contemporary biosocial criminology: A systematic review of the literature, 2000-2012. In Handbook of
Criminological Theory, ed. Alex R. Piquero. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Barnes, J.C., Brian B. Boutwell, and Kevin M. Beaver
Genetic and nonshared environmental factors predict handgun ownership in early adulthood. Death
Studies.
Barnes, J.C., Brian B. Boutwell, Kevin M. Beaver, and Chris L. Gibson
Analyzing the origins of childhood externalizing behavioral problems. Developmental Psychology.
Barnes, J.C., Michael Ten Eyck*, Brian B. Boutwell, and Kevin M. Beaver
Indicators of domestic/intimate partner violence are structured by genetic and nonshared environmental
influences. Journal of Psychiatric Research.
Beaver, Kevin M., Brian B. Boutwell, J.C. Barnes, Matt DeLisi, and Michael G. Vaughn
Exploring the genetic origins of adolescent victimization in a longitudinal sample of adoptees. Victims &
Offenders.
Boutwell, Brian B., J.C. Barnes, Raelynn Deaton, and Kevin M. Beaver
On the evolutionary origins of life-course persistent offending: A theoretical scaffold for Moffitt’s
developmental taxonomy. Journal of Theoretical Biology.
Miller, Holly V., and J.C. Barnes
Genetic transmission effects and contact with the criminal justice system: A consideration of three
dopamine polymorphisms. Criminal Justice and Behavior.
2014
Barnes, J.C.
The impact of biosocial criminology on public policy: Where should we go from here? In Criminological
Theory: A Life-Course Approach (2nd Edition), eds. Matt DeLisi and Kevin M. Beaver. Sudbury, MA: Jones
and Bartlett.
2013
Barnes, J.C., and Bruce A. Jacobs
Genetic risk for violent behavior and environmental exposure to disadvantage and violent crime: The case
for gene-environment interaction. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 28(1): 92-120.
Beaver, Kevin M., John Paul Wright, Brian B. Boutwell, J.C. Barnes, Matt DeLisi, and Michael G. Vaughn
Exploring the association between the 2-repeat allele of the MAOA gene promoter polymorphism and
psychopathic personality traits, arrests, incarceration, and lifetime antisocial behavior. Personality and
Individual Differences 54(2): 164-68.
Boutwell, Brian B., J.C. Barnes, and Kevin M. Beaver
Life-course persistent offenders and the propensity to commit sexual assault. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of
Research and Treatment 25(1): 69-81.
2012
Barnes, J.C.
Review of The neurobiology of criminal behavior: Gene-brain-culture interaction, by Anthony Walsh and
Jonathan Bolen. International Criminal Justice Review 22(4): 450-52.
Barnes, J.C., and Kevin M. Beaver
Extending research on the victim-offender overlap: Evidence from a genetically informative analysis.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence 27(16): 3299-3321.
Barnes, J.C. and Kevin M. Beaver
Genetic influences and criminal careers. In Encyclopedia of Adolescence, ed. Roger J.R. Levesque, New
York: Springer.
Barnes, J.C., and Kevin M. Beaver
Marriage and desistance from crime: A consideration of gene-environment correlation. Journal of Marriage
and Family 74(1):19-33.
Barnes, J.C., and Brian B. Boutwell
On the relationship of past to future involvement in crime and delinquency: A behavior genetic analysis.
Journal of Criminal Justice 49(1):94-102.
Barnes, J.C., Brian B. Boutwell, and Kevin M. Beaver
Height in adolescence predicts polydrug use in adolescence and young adulthood. Physiology & Behavior
105(2):522-28.
Barnes, J.C., Brian B. Boutwell, and Kathleen A. Fox
The effect of gang membership on victimization: A behavioral genetic explanation. Youth Violence and
Juvenile Justice 10(3): 227-44.
Barnes, J.C., Brian B. Boutwell, Robert G. Morris, and Todd A. Armstrong
Explaining differential patterns of self-reported delinquency: Evidence from a latent class analysis of
sibling pairs. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 28(3): 254-72.
Beaver, Kevin M., and J.C. Barnes
Admission of drug-selling behaviors are structured by genetic and nonshared environmental factors:
Results from a longitudinal twin-based study. Addictive Behaviors 37(6): 697-702.
Beaver, Kevin M., and J.C. Barnes
Genetic and nonshared environmental factors affect the likelihood of being charged with driving under the
influence (DUI) and driving while intoxicated (DWI). Addictive Behaviors 37(12): 1377-81.
Beaver, Kevin M., Michael G. Vaughn, Matt DeLisi, J.C. Barnes, and Brian B. Boutwell
The neuropsychological underpinnings to psychopathy in a nationally representative and longitudinal
sample. Psychiatric Quarterly 83(2): 145-59.
Boutwell, Brian B., Kevin M. Beaver, J.C. Barnes, and Jamie Vaske
The developmental origins of externalizing behavioral problems: Parental attachment and the role of
gene-environment interplay. Psychiatry Research 197(3): 337-44.
Boutwell, Brian B., Kevin M. Beaver, and J.C. Barnes
More alike than different: Assortative mating and antisocial behaviors, substance use, and criminality in
adulthood. Criminal Justice and Behavior 39(9): 1240-54.
Boutwell, Brian B., Kevin M. Beaver, and J.C. Barnes
Role of breastfeeding in childhood cognitive development: A propensity score matching analysis.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 48(9): 840-45.
Diamond, Brie*, Robert G. Morris, and J.C. Barnes
Individual and group IQ predict inmate violence. Intelligence 40(2): 115-22.
2011
Barnes, J.C., Kevin M. Beaver, and Brian B. Boutwell
Examining the genetic underpinnings to Moffitts developmental taxonomy: A behavioral genetic analysis.
Criminology 49(4): 923-954.
Barnes, J.C., Kevin M. Beaver, and Alex R. Piquero
A test of Moffitt’s hypotheses of delinquency abstention. Criminal Justice and Behavior 38(7):690-709.
Beaver, Kevin M., J.C. Barnes, Joshua S. May*, and Joseph A. Schwartz*
Psychopathic personality traits, genetic risk, and gene-environment correlations. Criminal Justice and
Behavior 38(9):896-912.
Boutwell, Brian B., Cortney A. Franklin, J.C. Barnes, and Kevin M. Beaver
Physical punishment and childhood aggression: The role of gender and gene-environment interplay.
Aggressive Behavior 37(6):559-68.
Miller, Holly V., J.C. Barnes, and Kevin M. Beaver
Self-control and health outcomes in a nationally representative sample. American Journal of Health
Behavior 35(1):15-27.
Shutt, J. Eagle, J.C. Barnes, Kevin M. Beaver, George E. Higgins, and Richard Tewksbury
Does biology underlie the oldest profession? Prostitution and sex disparities in john behavior.
Biodemography and Social Biology 57(2):155-70.
2010
Barnes, J.C. and Kevin M. Beaver
An empirical examination of adolescence-limited offending: A direct test of Moffitts maturity gap thesis.
Journal of Criminal Justice 38(6):1176-85.
Beaver, Kevin M., Matt DeLisi, Michael G. Vaughn, and J.C. Barnes
Monoamine oxidase A genotype is associated with gang membership and weapon use. Comprehensive
Psychiatry 51(2):130-34.
2009
Beaver, Kevin M., J.C. Barnes, Brian B. Boutwell, and Jonathon A. Cooper
The biosocial foundations to antisocial behavior. In Delinquency: Causes, Reduction, and Prevention, eds.
Ozan Sahin and Joseph Maier, New York: Nova Science Publishers.
Beaver, Kevin M., Brain B. Boutwell, J.C. Barnes, and Jonathon A. Cooper
The biosocial underpinnings to adolescent victimization: Results from a longitudinal sample of twins.
Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 7(3):223-38.
Beaver, Kevin M., J. Eagle Shutt, Brian B. Boutwell, Marie Ratchford, Kathleen Roberts, and J.C. Barnes
Genetic and environmental influences on levels of self-control and delinquent peer affiliation: Results from
a longitudinal sample of adolescent twins. Criminal Justice and Behavior 36(1):41-60.
Developmental/Life-course Criminology
In Press
Barnes, J.C., Kristin Lavin*, Christina Mancini, Brian B. Boutwell, Kevin M. Beaver, and Brie Diamond*
Marriage and involvement in crime: A consideration of reciprocal effects in a nationally representative
sample. Justice Quarterly.
2013
Barnes, J.C., Kevin M. Beaver, and Brian B. Boutwell
Average county-level IQ predicts county-level disadvantage and several county-level mortality risk rates.
Intelligence 41(1): 59-66.
2012
Barnes, J.C., and Robert G. Morris
Young mothers, delinquent children: Assessing mediating factors among American youth. Youth Violence
and Juvenile Justice 10(2): 172-89.
Piquero, Alex R., Wesley Jennings, and J.C. Barnes
Violence in criminal careers: A review of the literature from a developmental life-course perspective.
Aggression and Violent Behavior 17(3): 171-79.
2011
Miller, Holly V., J.C. Barnes, and Richard D. Hartley
Reconsidering Hispanic gang membership and acculturation in a multivariate context. Crime &
Delinquency 57(3):331-55.
2010
Barnes, J.C., Kevin M. Beaver, and J. Mitchell Miller
Estimating the effect of gang membership on nonviolent and violent delinquency: A counterfactual
analysis. Aggressive Behavior 36(6):437-57.
2009
DeLisi, Matt, J.C. Barnes, Kevin M. Beaver, and Chris L. Gibson
Delinquent gangs and adolescent victimization revisited: A propensity score matching approach. Criminal
Justice and Behavior 36(8):808-23.
Other Topics
In Press
Barnes, J.C.
Evidence-based criminal justice policy: The importance of the scientific method for program evaluation. In
Encyclopedia of Theoretical Criminology, eds. J. Mitchell Miller, Angela R. Gover, Wesley G. Jennings, and
Christopher J. Schreck. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Kleck, Gary and J.C. Barnes
Deterrence and macro-level perceptions of punishment risks: Is there a collective wisdom? Crime &
Delinquency. (doi: 10.1177/0011128708327569).
Kleck, Gary and J.C. Barnes
Do more police lead to more crime deterrence? Crime & Delinquency. (doi: 10.1177/0011128710382263).
Mancini, Christina, J.C. Barnes, and Daniel P. Mears
It varies from state to state: An examination of sex crime laws nationally. Criminal Justice Policy Review.
Miller, J. Mitchell, Holly V. Miller, & J.C. Barnes
Exploring the link between mentoring program structure and success rates: Results from a national
survey. American Journal of Criminal Justice.
Pacheco, Daniel*, and J.C. Barnes
Sex offender residence restrictions: A systematic review of the literature. In Handbook of Legal and Ethical
Aspects of Sex Offender Treatment and Management, eds. Karen Harrison and Bernadette Rainey. Oxford,
England: Wiley-Blackwell.
Weir, Henriikka* and J.C. Barnes
Wisconsin risk assessment instrument. In Encyclopedia of Community Corrections, eds. Shannon Barton
Bellessa and Geoffrey J. Golson, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
2011
Barnes, J.C.
Place a moratorium on the passage of sex offender residence restriction laws. Criminology & Public Policy
10(2):401-09.
Kleck, Gary and J.C. Barnes
Article productivity among the faculty of criminology and criminal justice doctoral programs, 2005-2009.
Journal of Criminal Justice Education 22(1):43-66.
Piquero, Alex R., Nicole L. Piquero, Marc Gertz, Thomas Baker*, Jason Bratton, and J.C. Barnes
Race, punishment, and the Michael Vick experience. Social Science Quarterly 92(2):535-51.
Young, Jacob T.N., J.C. Barnes, Ryan C. Meldrum, and Frank M. Weerman
Assessing and explaining misperceptions of peer delinquency. Criminology 49(2):599-630.
2010
Barnes, J.C., Megan C. Kurlychek, Holly V. Miller, J. Mitchell Miller, and Robert Kaminski
A partial assessment of South Carolina Project Safe Neighborhoods strategy: Evidence from a sample of
supervised offenders. Journal of Criminal Justice 38(4):383-89.
Mears, Daniel P. and J.C. Barnes
Toward a systematic foundation for identifying evidence-based criminal justice sanctions and their
relative effectiveness. Journal of Criminal Justice 38(4):702-10.
Miller, J. Mitchell, J. Eagle Shutt, and J.C. Barnes
Learning theory: From seminal statements to hybridization. In Criminological Theory: Readings and
Retrospectives, eds. Heith Copes and Volkan Topalli, New York: McGraw Hill.
2009
Barnes, J.C., Tony Dukes, Richard Tewksbury, and Timothy M. De Troye
Analyzing the impact of a statewide residence restriction law on South Carolina sex offenders. Criminal
Justice Policy Review 20(1):21-43.
Barnes, J.C., Holly V. Miller, and J. Mitchell Miller
Identifying leading characteristics associated with juvenile drug court admission and success: A research
note. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 7(4):350-60.
Enriquez, Roger and J.C. Barnes
Principles of criminal law. In 21st Century Criminology: A Reference Handbook, ed. J. Mitchell Miller,
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
2008
Barnes, J.C., J. Mitchell Miller, Holly V. Miller, and Chris Gibson
Juvenile drug court program admission, demeanor and cherry-picking: A research note. American Journal
of Criminal Justice 33(2):166-76.
Shutt, J. Eagle and J.C. Barnes
Reexamining criminal justice star power in a larger sky: A belated response to Rice et al. on sociological
influence in criminology and criminal justice. Journal of Criminal Justice Education 19(2):213-26.
2007
Miller, J. Mitchell, Holly V. Miller, and J.C. Barnes
The effect of demeanor on drug court admission. Criminal Justice Policy Review 18(3):246-59.
