Academics

Faculty & Staff

Meghan E. Hollis-Peel, MSc

  • Lecturer of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
  • Telephone: 617-287-6245
  • Fax: 617-287-6288
  • Office Location: Wheatley Hall, Floor 04, Room 00155

Areas of Expertise

Policing, Crime Prevention, Communities and Crime, Social Control, Qualitative/Ethnographic Methods, Crime Mapping, Quantitative Methods and Statistics

Degrees

PhD Northeastern University, Criminology and Justice Policy (ant. January 2013)

Professional Publications & Contributions

  • Hollis, M.E., Felson, M., & Welsh, B.C. (forthcoming). The capable guardian in routine activities theory: A theoretical and conceptual reappraisal. Crime Prevention and Community Safety.

  • Hollis-Peel, M.E. & Welsh, B.C. (2012). What makes a guardian capable? A test of guardianship in action. Security Journal. Advance online publication, August 13, 2012; doi:10.1057/sj.2012.32

  • Welsh, B.C., Braga, A.A., & Hollis-Peel, M.E. (2012). Can “Disciplined Passion” Overcome the Cynical View? An Empirical Inquiry of Evaluator Influence on Police Crime Prevention Program Outcomes. Journal of Experimental Criminology, OnlineFirst Edition, DOI: 10.1007/s11292-012-9153-0.

  • Petrosino, A., Petrosino, C.T., Buehler, J., & Hollis, M.E. (2012). “Scared Straight” and Other Juvenile Awareness Programs for Preventing Juvenile Delinquency, update. Campbell collaboration, Crime and Justice Reviews.

  • Hollis-Peel, M.E., Reynald, D.M. & Welsh, B.C. (2012). Guardianship and crime: An International Comparative Study of Guardianship in Action. Crime, Law, and Social Change, 58(1), 1-14.

  • Welsh, B.C., Lipsey, M.W., Rivara, F.P., Hawkins, J.D., Aos, S., & Hollis-Peel, M.E. (2012). Promoting change, changing lives: Effective prevention and intervention to reduce serious offending in early adulthood. In R. Loeber & D.P. Farrington (Eds.), From Juvenile Delinquency to Adult Crime: Criminal Careers, Justice Policy, and Prevention. New York: Oxford University Press.

  • Hollis-Peel, M.E., Reynald, D.M., van Bavel, M., Elffers, H., and Welsh, B.C. (2011). Guardianship for crime prevention: A critical review of the literature. Crime, Law, and Social Change, 56(1), 53-70.

  • Welsh, B.C., Peel, M.E., Farrington, D.P., Elffers, H., and Braga, A.A. (2011). Research design influence on study outcomes in crime and justice: A partial replication with public area surveillance. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 7 (2), 183-198.

Additional Information

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