Daniel Ragan

Associate Professor

Education

Ph.D., Sociology, Pennsylvania State University (2015)

Research Interests

Crime, Law, and Social Control, Quantitative Methods, Social Networks

Adolescent Delinquency and Drug Use, Life Course Criminology

Recent/Select Publications:

Ragan, Daniel T. 2020. "Similarity between deviant peers: Developmental trends in influence and selection." Criminology, 58(2), 336-369.

Ragan, Daniel T.  2014.  "Revisiting 'What They Think':  Adolescent Drinking and the Importance of Peer Beliefs," Criminology, 52(3): 488-513

Ragan, Daniel T., D. Wayne Osgood, and Mark E. Feinberg.  2014.  "Friends as a Bridge to Parental Influence: Implications for Adolescent Alcohol Use," Social Forces, 92(3):1061-1085.

Courses:

Causes of Crime and Delinquency

Drugs, Crime, and Social Control

Introduction to Research Methods

Methods of Social Research (graduate)

Social Networks and Crime