How can mass violence impact someone’s life? In this episode we speak with Professor Stephanie DiPietro about her work on life-course criminology, how mass violence experiences impact human development and behavior, and religiously motivated desistance.
Stephanie is an associate professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Missouri—St. Louis. She received her M.A. in Sociology from the George Washington University and her Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research interests center on life course criminology, criminal desistance, and patterns of adaptation (and maladaptation) among immigrant and refugee groups, with a particular focus on violence and delinquency.
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Get in touch with Stephanie:
University of Iowa Website // stephanie-dipietro AT uiowa.edu
These are the articles authored by Stephanie and her coauthor that was discussed in this episode of The Crim Academy:
DiPietro, Stephanie. (2019). Roads diverged: An examination of violent and nonviolent pathways in the aftermath of the Bosnian war. Criminology. [Article Link]
DiPietro, Stephanie, & Dickinson, Timothy. (2021). God is real: Narratives of religiously motivated desistance. Criminology. [Article Link]