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Jorge Chavez
jchavez@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Curriculum vita
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Professor Chavez’ research focuses on life course perspectives on child maltreatment and adult outcomes, race/ethnicity differences
in the comorbidity of mental health problems and violent behavior, and understanding change and development in violence within
community and neighborhood contexts. Presently, he is investigating spatio-temporal trends in lethal violence across neighborhoods
in the city of Chicago. This work has pioneered the application of a semi-parametric, group-based trajectory methodology and
exploratory spatial data analysis to examine community level violence trajectories and their spatial organization. In addition
his most recent project examines offender attributions regarding deviant behavior, individual processes of social learning,
and community/neighborhood factors that may contribute to intimate partner violence.
Recent Publications:
Griffiths, E., & Chavez, J. M. (2004) “Communities, street guns, and homicide trajectories in Chicago, 1980-1995: Merging
methods for examining homicide trends across space and time.” Criminology, 42(4), 941-978.
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