Liberal Arts and Sciences
Abigail Fagan Research Group
Led by Abigail Fagan · Sociology and Criminology & Law
What we study
Dr. Fagan studies juvenile delinquency, drug use and how communities can prevent them, including evaluations of prevention programs such as Communities That Care. Her research has been funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute of Justice.
What working here is like
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Current projects
Community Youth Development Study
A randomized trial examining the effectiveness of Communities That Care in preventing delinquency.
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Recent papers, explained
- The causal impact of older siblings’ academic achievement on younger siblings’ risk for drug use disorder: instrumental variable and propensity score analyses
2026 · Psychological Medicine
Tests whether older siblings' low academic achievement causally increases younger siblings' drug use risk.
- Buffering effects of positive childhood experiences on the association between adolescents' adverse childhood experiences and delinquency: A statewide study
2025 · Child Abuse & Neglect
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- Systems of Change
2024 · Oxford University Press eBooks
Describes a system to help communities use proven crime prevention methods.
- Aggression as a Mediator Between Ineffective Parenting Practices and Adolescent Deviant Behaviors
2024 · Deviant Behavior
Finds that aggression mediates the link between ineffective parenting and adolescent deviance in South Korea.
- The Impact of the Good Behavior Game on Risk for Drug Use Disorder in an Agent-Based Model of Southern Sweden
2023 · Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
Tests whether a school game can reduce drug use in Sweden using a computer model.
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