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Dr. Timothy Brezina

Associate Professor
Office: 1218 UL
Phone: (404) 413-1031
Email: tbrezina@gsu.edu

Education:

  • Ph.D. Sociology, Emory University, 1996
  • M.A. Sociology, Emory University, 1994
  • B.A. Psychology & Sociology, Mount Mercy College, 1991

Research Interests:

  • Criminological Theory
  • Juvenile Delinquency & Youth Violence
  • Substance Use and Abuse

Selected Publications:

  • Brezina, Timothy and Joanne M. Kaufman. Forthcoming. "What Really Happened in New Orleans? Estimating the Threat of Violence During the Hurricane Katrina Disaster." Justice Quarterly.
  • Brezina, Timothy, ed. Forthcoming. Teaching Criminology, 5th edition. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.
  • Brezina, Timothy. Forthcoming. "Accounting for Variation in the Perceived Effects of Adolescent Substance Use: Steps Towards a Variable Reinforcement Model." Journal of Drug Issues.
  • Brezina, Timothy. Forthcoming. "Recognition Denial, Need for Autonomy, and Youth Violence." New Directions for Youth Development. [Special issue: Youth Violence].
  • Brezina, Timothy. 2008. "What Went Wrong in New Orleans? An Examination of the Welfare Dependency Explanation." Social Problems 55:23-42.
  • Brezina, Timothy and Alex Piquero. 2007. "Moral Beliefs, Isolation from Peers, and Abstention from Delinquency." Deviant Behavior 28:433-465.
  • Brezina, Timothy, Robert Agnew, Francis T. Cullen, and John P. Wright. 2004. “The Code of the Street: A Quantitative Assessment of Elijah Anderson’s Subculture of Violence Thesis and Its Contribution to Youth Violence Research.” Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 2(4):303-328.
  • Brezina, Timothy and Kenisha Winder. 2003. “Economic Disadvantage, Status Generalization, and Negative Racial Stereotyping by White Americans.” Social Psychology Quarterly 66(4):402-418. [Special issue: Race and Racism]. 
  • Brezina, Timothy, Alex Piquero, and Paul Mazerolle. 2001. “Student Anger and Aggressive Behavior in School: An Initial Test of Agnew’s Macro-Level Strain Theory.”  Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 38:362-386.
  • Brezina, Timothy. 2000. “Delinquent Problem-Solving: An Interpretive Framework for Criminological Theory and Research.” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 37:3-30.
  • Brezina, Timothy. 2000. “Delinquency, Control Maintenance, and the Negation of Fatalism.” Justice Quarterly 17:779-803.
  • Brezina, Timothy. 1998. "Adolescent Maltreatment and Delinquency: The Question of Intervening Processes." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 35:71-99.
  • Brezina, Timothy. 1996. "Adapting to Strain: An Examination of Delinquent Coping Responses." Criminology 34:39 60.

Courses Taught:

  • Social Science and the American Crime Problem
  • Juvenile Delinquency
  • Criminology