Michael Rocque
Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of the Faculty
About
Michael Rocque received his PhD from Northeastern University’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Professor Rocque is from Augusta, Maine and attended the University of Maryland for his Master’s degree. His research interests are criminological theory, racial disparities in the criminal justice system, and desistance from crime.
Education:
BA, University of Maine; MA, University of Maryland; PhD., Northeastern University
Selected Publications:
Rocque, M. (2027). Grow up will you? Maturity, development, and behavior through life. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.
Clark, M, Rocque, M, & Fox, JA. (Forthcoming). Women who kill: An exploratory analysis of female-perpetrated mass shootings. Deviant Behavior.
Rocque, M, Duwe, G, and Clark, VA. (2023). Prison behavior and the self: Exploring the relationship between different forms of identity and prison misconduct. Journal of Crime and Justice. 46(5). 666-681.
Rocque, M., Gerdes, M., Fox, J. A., Duwe, G., & Clark, M. (2023). Averting Tragedy: An Exploration of Thwarted Mass Public Shootings Relative to Completed Attacks. Criminal Justice Review
Posick, C., Rocque, M., & Barnes, J.C. (2021). Fitting the facts of crime: An invitation to biopsychosocial criminology. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.
Rocque, M. (2021). Extending the integrated maturation theory of desistance from crime to childhood and adolescence. Adolescent Research Review