In this episode we speak with Professor Jean McGloin about her work on group offending and the development of the threshold model of collective crime, which “stole from our friends” the idea of the threshold model from Granovetter.
Jean is currently a Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland and Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Education in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences. She received her Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Rutgers University in 2004, where her dissertation focused on street gangs in Newark, New Jersey. Dr. McGloin’s research interests include peer influence, co-offending, and collective behavior.
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Get in touch with Jean:
University of Maryland Website // jmcgloin AT umd.edu
These are the articles authored by Jean and colleagues that were discussed in this episode of The Crim Academy:
McGloin, J. M., & Rowan, Z. R. (2015). A threshold model of collective crime. Criminology, 53(3), 484-512. [Article link]
McGloin, J. M., & Thomas, K. J. (2016). Incentives for collective deviance: Group size and changes in perceived risk, cost, and reward. Criminology, 54(3), 459-486. [Article link]
McGloin, J. M., Thomas, K. J., Rowan, Z. R., & Deitzer, J. R. (2021). Can the group disincentivize offending? Considering opt‐out thresholds and decision reversals. Criminology. [Article link]