- Jun 8, 2021
New article alert: Legal socialization among dual system youth
Dr. Cavanagh's latest article, titled Attitudes toward legal actors among dual system youth, was recently published in the Journal of...
- May 4, 2021
Dr. Cavanagh awarded MSU CSS Rising Star Research Award
Dr. Caitlin Cavanagh was honored at the MSU College of Social Science Annual Awards with the Rising Star Research Award. This award is...
- Apr 30, 2021
Congratulations, Clare!
Undergraduate research assistant Clare Chie was awarded first place at the 2021 University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF)...
- Apr 12, 2021
Dr. Cavanagh awarded SRCD Early Career Research Contribution Award
Dr. Caitlin Cavanagh was honored at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) biennial meeting with the Early Career Research...
- Mar 2, 2021
New article alert: Youth's Perceived Maturity and Antisocial Behavior
Doctoral student Erica Dalzell's Masters Thesis was recently published in Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, titled...
- Mar 1, 2021
MK is the 2021Grad Student Honoree for Community Engagement Scholarship
Congratulations to doctoral student MK Kitzmiller, who was awarded the 2021 MSU Grad Student Award for Community Engagement Scholarship....
- Dec 3, 2020
Dr. Cavanagh awarded Social & Racial Justice Grant
Dr. Cavanagh was awarded funding from the MSU College of Social Science entitled, Identifying the Critical Trustees for Increasing...
- Nov 18, 2020
Congratulations, MK!
Doctoral student MK Kitzmiller earned the Hiram E. Fitzgerald Engaged Scholar Fellowship. This award supports recipients’ professional...
- Nov 18, 2020
New article alert: Parental incarceration, mental health, and neighborhood disorder
Doctoral student MK Kitzmiller's Masters Thesis was recently published in Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, titled Parental...
- Oct 9, 2020
Congratulations, Clare!
Congratulations are in order for undergraduate research assistant Clare Chie, whose independent research project, "The Role of Protective...
- Oct 9, 2020
Congratulations, Zarria!
Congratulations are in order for undergraduate research assistant Zarria Bronner, whose independent research project, "The Association...
- Oct 1, 2020
New article alert: Testing legal socialization mechanisms for youth legal cynicism
Dr. Cavanagh's latest article, How do Adolescents Develop Legal Cynicism? A Test of Legal Socialization Mechanisms Among Youth Involved...
- Oct 1, 2020
New article alert: Code of the Street and the link between exposure to violence & violent offending
Dr. Cavanagh's latest article, Implications of youths’ perceptions of police bias and the code of the street for violent offending, was...
- Jun 26, 2020
Dr. Cavanagh awarded MSU College of Social Science Small Grant
Dr. Cavanagh was awarded funding from the College of Social Science to examine the impact of the COVID19 global pandemic on the...
- Jun 26, 2020
Welcome, Marina!
Marina Henke, a recent graduate of Bowdoin College, was awarded a post-baccalaureate fellowship to work with Dr. Cavanagh during summer...
- Jun 26, 2020
Dr. Cavanagh awarded NSF RAPID grant
Dr. Cavanagh and co-PI Dr. April Thomas (UTEP) were awarded an NSF RAPID grant to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on...
- Apr 28, 2020
New article alert: Parents' knowledge of the juvenile justice system
Dr. Cavanagh's latest article, Lesson learned? Mothers’ legal knowledge and juvenile rearrests, was recently published in Law and Human...
- Apr 28, 2020
New article alert: Racial/ethnic differences in attitudes toward law enforcement over 40 years
Check out Dr. Cavanagh's latest article, Youth Perceptions of Law Enforcement and Worry About Crime From 1976 to 2016, published in...
- Jan 26, 2020
New article alert: Attitudes toward police among undocumented women by neighborhood
Check out Dr. Cavanagh's latest article, Documentation status, neighborhood disorder, and attitudes toward police and courts among Latina...
- Dec 1, 2019
New article alert!
Check out Dr. Cavanagh's latest article, The role of rearrests in juvenile offenders’ and their mothers’ attitudes toward police,...