Criminal Justice

Dr. Leah E. Daigle

Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Office:  1224 UL
Phone:  (404) 413-1037
Email: ldaigle@gsu.edu

Education

• Ph.D. Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati, 2005
• M. S. Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, 1999
• B.A. Criminal Justice, Roanoke College, 1998

Research Interests

• Victimology
• Sexual Victimization
• Life-Course Criminology
• Sex Differences in Crime and Victimization

Selected Publications

• Daigle, L. E., Beaver, K. M., & Hartman, J. L.  A life-course approach to the study of victimization and offending behaviors. Victims and Offenders. In press.
• Wright, J. P., Tibbetts, S. G., & Daigle, L. E. (2008).  Criminals in the making:  Criminality across the life-course. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications
• Daigle, L. E., Fisher, B. S., & Cullen, F. T.  (2008). The Violent and Sexual Victimization of College Women is Repeat Victimization a Problem?”Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 23, 1296-1313.
• Fisher, B. S., Daigle, L. E., & Cullen, F. T. (2008).  Rape against women: What can research offer to guide the development of prevention programs and risk reduction interventions?  Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 24, 163-177. 
• Beaver, K. M., Wright, J. P., DeLisi, M., Daigle, L. E., Swatt, M. L., & Gibson, C. L. (2007). Evidence of a gene X environment interaction in the creation of victimization:  Results from a longitudinal sample of adolescents.  International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 51,  620-645.
• Daigle, L. E., Cullen, F. T., & Wright, J. P. (2007). Gender differences in the predictors of juvenile misconduct: Assessing the generality-specificity debate.  Journal of Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 5, 254-286.
• Daigle, L. E., Fisher, B. S., & Guthrie, P. (2007). Experiencing more than one criminal victimization: What researchers know about its terminology, characteristics, causes, and prevention. In Davis, R. C., Lurigio, A. J., & Herman, S. (Eds.), Victims of Crime, 3rd ed., (pp. 367-395). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
• Fisher, B. S., Daigle, L. E., Cullen, F. T., & Santana, S.A. (2007).  Assessing the efficacy of the protective-action completion nexus for sexual victimizations. Violence and Victims, 22, 18-42.
• Piquero, A. R., Daigle, L. E., Gibson, C., Piquero, N. L., & Tibbetts, S. G. (2007). Are life-course persistent offenders at risk for adverse health outcomes? Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 44, 185-207.
• Pratt, T. C., Cullen, F. T., Blevins, K. R., Daigle, L. E., & Madensen, T. D. (2006). The empirical status of deterrence theory: A meta-analysis.  In Cullen, F. T., Wright, J. P., and Blevins, K. R. (Eds.), Taking stock: The status of criminological theory—Advances in criminological theory, Volume 15 (pp. 367-395). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
• Fisher, B. S., Cullen, F. T., & Daigle, L. E. (2005). The discovery of ‘acquaintance’ rape:  The salience of methodological innovation and rigor. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 20, 493-500.
• Piquero, A. R., MacDonald, J., Dobrin, A., Daigle, L. E., & Cullen, F. T. (2005).  On the relationship between violent recidivism and violent death.  Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 21, 55-71.
• Fisher, B. S., Daigle, L. E., Cullen, F. T., & Turner, M. G. (2003).  Acknowledging sexual victimization as a rape: Results from a national-level study.  Justice Quarterly, 20, 535-574.
• Fisher, B. S., Daigle, L. E., Cullen, F. T., & Turner, M. G. (2003).  Reporting sexual victimization to the police and others: Results from a national-level study of college women.  Criminal Justice and Behavior, 30, 6-38.  
• Pratt, T. C., Cullen, F. T., Blevins, K. R., Daigle, L. E., & Unnever, J. D. (2002). The relationship of ADHD to crime and delinquency: A meta-analysis.  International Journal of Police Science and Management, 4, 344-60.

Courses Taught

• Corrections
• Victimology
• Introduction to Criminal Justice
• Ethics in Criminal Justice
• Criminology

Curriculum Vitae