They Grow Up So Fast. In this episode we speak with Dr. Rebecca Bucci about her work on puberty, adolescent development, and risk perceptions.
Rebecca graduated from Pennsylvania State University’s department of Criminology in August 2021. She is now working as a Postdoctoral Fellow with Rob Sampson on two large projects related to exposure to violence and criminal involvement over the life course. Her interests include communities and crime, adolescent development and delinquency, policing and offender decision making, particularly perceptions of arrest risk. She has published in Criminology and Child Development. Her ongoing work, in addition to her postdoctoral work, is on: 1) the impact of policing on potential offenders’ perceptions of arrest risk and offending, 2) the measurement of perceptions of arrest risk and willingness to offend and how they are impacted by various heuristics, and 3) extending my research on pubertal timing to various related outcomes such as mental health, body image, and tobacco use.
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Get in touch with Rebecca:
Harvard University Website // rebeccabucci AT fas.harvard.edu // Twitter // Personal Website
This is the article authored by Rebecca and her coauthor that was discussed in this episode of The Crim Academy:
Bucci, Rebecca, and Staff, J. (2020). Pubertal timing and adolescent delinquency. Criminology. [Article Link]
Bucci, Rebecca, Staff, J., Maggs, Jennifer, and Dorn, Lorah. (2021). Pubertal timing and adolescent alcohol use: The mediating role of parental and peer influences. Child Development. 92(5). [Article Link]