Samantha Kopf

Samantha Kopf photo

Samantha Kopf

  • Position: Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice Program
  • Phone: 419-372-8905
  • Email: skopf@bgsu.edu
  • Address: 258 Health and Human Services

Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 2023

Dr. Kopf's research interests include life-course and developmental criminology, the effects of early life turning points(such as juvenile arrest and victimziation) have on later life outcomes (such as family relationships, employmnet, and civic engagemnet), and victimology.

Recent Publications:

Kopf, S., & Mowen, T. J. (2022). Labeling and high-risk youth: The influence of arrest on family support. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40865-022-00190-2

Kopf, S., & Mowen, T. J. (2022). Family support, family incarceration, and substance use among adjudicated youth across time. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-022-09674-9

Mowen, T. J., Boman, J. H., Kopf, S., & Booth, M. Z. (2021). Self-perceptions of attractiveness and offending during adolescence. Crime & Delinquency. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128720987196

Mowen, T. J., Kopf, S., & Schroeder, R. D. (2020). I still suck at everything: The generality of failure and future arrest. Deviant Behavior, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2020.1741774

Updated: 10/25/2023 09:55AM