Stacy DeCoster

Coster, S. D., & Broidy, L. (2024). Current Perspectives on Female Offending. In Gender and Crime (pp. 32–51). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003305040-3

Zito, R., & De Coster, S. (2023). College Applicants with Criminal Records: The Impact of Race and Offense Types on College Students' Attitudes. Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, Myrtle Beach, SC.

Heimer, K., Malone, S. E., & De Coster, S. (2023). Trends in Women's Incarceration Rates in US Prisons and Jails: A Tale of Inequalities. ANNUAL REVIEW OF CRIMINOLOGY, 6, 85–106. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-criminol-030421-041559

Broidy, L., & De Coster, S. (2022). Gender and Crime: Contemporary Theoretical Perspectives. Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA.

De Coster, S., & Heimer, K. (2022). Techniques of Identity Talk in Reentering Mothers' Self-Narratives: (M)othering and Redemption Narratives. FEMINIST CRIMINOLOGY, 17(1), 3–25. https://doi.org/10.1177/1557085120983444

De Coster, S., Heimer, K., & Sanchagrin, K. (2021, May 25). Impoverished Single Mother Households and Violent Delinquency: Bonding, Negative, and Bridging Social Capital. YOUTH & SOCIETY, Vol. 54. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X211017612

De Coster, S., & Heimer, K. (2021). Unifying Theory and Research on Intimate Partner Violence: A Feminist Perspective. FEMINIST CRIMINOLOGY, 16(3), 286–303. https://doi.org/10.1177/1557085120987615

De Coster, S. (2019). Families and Female Offending. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118929803.ewac0108

De Coster, S., & Crowley, M. (2019). Workplace Deviance: Synergies of Workplace Stresses and Stakes. International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research. Presented at the International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research, New Orleans, LA.

Crowley, M., De Coster, S., Brown, T., & Simpson, C. (2018). "You Feel Almost like You're Less Than Human:” Emotion Management by African American Consumers. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA.

De Coster, S., & Heimer, K. (2018). Defensive (M)othering in Women’s Reentry Identity Narratives. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Canada.

De Coster, S., Zito, R. C., & Lutz, J. (2018). Racisms and Crime. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119113799.ch9

De Coster, S., & Lutz, J. (2018). Reconsidering Labels and Primary Deviance: False Appraisals, Reflected Appraisals, and Delinquency Onset. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN CRIME AND DELINQUENCY, 55(5), 609–648. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022427818771437

Lutz, J., & De Coster, S. (2018). Reconsidering Labels and Primary Deviance: False Appraisals, Reflected Appraisals, and Delinquency Onset. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Thompson, M. T., & De Coster, S. (2018). Sexist Microaggressions and the Gender Gap in Adolescent Depression. Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA.

De Coster, S. (2018). Sisters in crime revisited: bringing gender into criminology. JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION, Vol. 29, pp. 313–316. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511253.2018.1444961

De Coster, S., & Heimer, K. (2017). Choice within constraint: An explanation of crime at the intersections. THEORETICAL CRIMINOLOGY, 21(1), 11–22. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362480616677494

De Coster, S. (2017). Delinquency and depression: A gendered role-taking and social learning perspective. In Social Learning Theory and the Explanation of Crime (pp. 129–150). Retrieved from http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85070341937&partnerID=MN8TOARS

De Coster, S., Sanchagrin, K., & Heimer, K. (2017). Peer Networks of Shared Family Disadvantage: Arenas of Comfort or Crime. Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA.

De Coster, S., & Thompson, M. S. (2017). Race and General Strain Theory: Microaggressions As Mundane Extreme Environmental Stresses. JUSTICE QUARTERLY, 34(5), 903–930. https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2016.1236204

De Coster, S., & Zito, R. C. (2017). The Social Landscape of Intractable Offending Among African-American Males in Marginalized Contexts. PREVENTING CRIME AND VIOLENCE, pp. 113–122. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44124-5_11

De Coster, S. (2016). Can’t Catch a Break: Gender, Jail, Drugs, and the Limits of Personal Responsibility [Review of “Can’t catch a break: Gender, jail, and the limits of personal responsibility, by S. Starr Sered & M. Norton-Hawk]. Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, 45(3), 348–349. https://doi.org/10.1177/0094306116641407nn

De Coster, S., & Crowley, M. (2016). Defiance as Corrective Action: The Interplay between Workplace Stresses and Workplace Stakes. Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, LA.

Zito, R. C., & De Coster, S. (2016). Family Structure, Maternal Dating, and Sexual Debut: Extending the Conceptualization of Instability. JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE, 45(5), 1003–1019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-016-0457-7

Heimer, K., & De Coster, S. (2016). M)othering Narratives: How Women Leaving Prison Construct Motherhood Identities. British Society of Criminology Annual Meetings. Presented at the British Society of Criminology Annual Meetings, Nottingham.

Race and General Strain Theory: Racial Microaggressions as Mundane Extreme Environmental Stresses. (2016). Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA.

De Coster, S. (2015). Agnew’s Criminological Legacy: Negative Experiences and Emotions in Individual and Group Understandings of Behavior. Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA.

Cumley, S. R., Heimer, K., & De Coster, S. (2015). Crime and Gender. In International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition (pp. 132–136). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.45003-8

Lutz, J., & De Coster, S. (2015). Reconsidering Labeling and Primary Deviance: Reflected Appraisals, True Deviants, and the Falsely Accused. Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC.

Brauer, J. R., & De Coster, S. (2015). Social Relationships and Delinquency: Revisiting Parent and Peer Influence During Adolescence. YOUTH & SOCIETY, 47(3), 374–394. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118x12467655

De Coster, S., & Heimer, K. (2014). Gendering Traditional Theories of Crime. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5690-2_69

De Coster, S. (2014). Group Characteristics and General Strain Theory. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5690-2_220

De Coster, S., & Heimer, K. (2014). Intersectional Identities and Violence Among Black and White Females. Annual Meetings of The Southern Sociological Society. Presented at the Annual Meetings of The Southern Sociological Society, Charlotte, NC.

De Coster, S., & Heimer, K. (2014). My Mother/Myself: Constraint and Agency in Incarcerated Women’s Views of Mothering. Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA.

De Coster, S., & Zito, R. C. (2013). MATERNAL ROLES AND ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION: CONDITIONS AND PROCESSES OF INFLUENCE. SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES, 56(1), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1525/sop.2012.56.1.1

De Coster, S., & Heimer, K. (2013). Offending Motherhood: Discussions of Mothering Relationships in Women’s Reentry Identity Narratives. Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA.

De Coster, S. (2013). Peers and Delinquency. W.M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology Social Evening Interdisciplinary Discussion. Presented at the W.M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology Social Evening Interdisciplinary Discussion, NC State University, Raleigh, NC.

De Coster, S., Heimer, K., & Cumley, S. R. (2012). Gender and Theories of Delinquency. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199747238.013.0016

De Coster, S. (2012). Mothers' Work and Family Roles, Gender Ideologies, Distress, and Parenting. SOCIOLOGICAL QUARTERLY, 53(4), 585–609. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1533-8525.2012.01253.x

De Coster, S., & Thompson, M. S. (2012). Mundane Extreme Environmental Stress: Extending General Strain Theory’s Discussion of Race Discrimination and Delinquency. Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, IL.

Coster, S. D. (2012). The Paradox of Youth Violence. Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 41, pp. 675–677. https://doi.org/10.1177/0094306112457769mm

De Coster, S., & Cornell, R. (2010). Early Victimization Theories. In B. Fisher & S. Lab (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412979993.n109

Coster, S., & Zito, R. C. (2010). Gender and general strain theory: The gendering of emotional experiences and expressions. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 26(2), 224–245. https://doi.org/10.1177/1043986209359853

Heimer, K., Coster, S. D., & Unal, H. (2010). Opening the black box: The social psychology of gender and delinquency. Sociology of Crime Law and Deviance, 1, 109–135. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1521-6136(06)07006-0

Brauer, J., & De Coster, S. (2010). Social Relationships and Delinquency: Revisiting Parent and Peer Influence During Adolescence. Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA.

Heimer, K., & De Coster, S. (2010). The gendering of violent delinquency. In F. T. Cullen & R. Agnew (Eds.), Criminological Theory: Past to Present (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Oxford University Press.

De Coster, S., & Heimer, K. (2009). Gendered Identities, Reputations, and The Race Gap in Violence. Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA.

Gender and General Strain Theory: The Gendered Experience of Emotions Linking Stress to Delinquency. (2008). Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, MO.

De Coster, S. (2007). Author Meets Critic – Adolescent Crime: Individual Differences and Lifestyles. Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA.

Brauer, J., & De Coster, S. (2007). Social Learning and Delinquency: Does the Subjective Valuation of Differential Reinforcements Matter? Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA.

De Coster, S., & Heimer, K. (2006). Crime at the intersections: Race, class, gender, and violent offending. In The Many Colors of Crime: Inequalities of Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America (pp. 138–156). Retrieved from http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84900901242&partnerID=MN8TOARS

De Coster, S., & Cornell, R. (2006). Gender, Delinquency and Power-Control: Reconsiderations of Structure and Agency. Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Los Angeles, CA.

De Coster, S. (2006). Girls in Gangs: A Story of Gender Inequality. What Wise Women Need to Know III, sponsored by The Wake County Commission for Women. Keynote presented at the What Wise Women Need to Know III, sponsored by The Wake County Commission for Women, Raleigh, NC.

De Coster, S., & Kort-Butler, L. (2006). How general is general strain theory? Assessing determinacy and indeterminacy across life domains. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN CRIME AND DELINQUENCY, 43(4), 297–325. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022427806291272

De Coster, S., Heimer, K., & Wittrock, S. M. (2006). Neighborhood disadvantage, social capital, street context, and youth violence. SOCIOLOGICAL QUARTERLY, 47(4), 723–753. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1533-8525.2006.00064.x

Heimer, K., & De Coster, S. (2006). The gendering of violent delinquency. In F. T. Cullen & R. Agnew (Eds.), Criminological Theory: Past to Present (3rd ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Roxbury Publishing.

Hiday, A., Virginia, K. J., & De Coster, S. (2005). Childhood Abuse as a Risk Factor for Adult Victimization Among Persons with Severe Mental Illness. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA.

De Coster, S. (2005). [Review of Depression and law violation: Gendered responses to gendered stresses]. SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES, 48(2), 155–187. https://doi.org/10.1525/sop.2005.48.2.155

De Coster, S., & Heimer, K. (2005). Masculinities, Femininities, and Violence: Structural Inequalities and Micro-Level Interactions. Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto.

De Coster, S. (2005). Maternal Employment and Adolescent Problems. Alpha Kappa Delta National Honor Society. Presented at the Alpha Kappa Delta National Honor Society, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.

De Coster, S. (2005). The Family Context of Depression and Delinquency: Reconsiderations of Family Structure and Family Processes. Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Association. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Association, Charlotte, NC.

De Coster, S. (2005). Violent Behavior at the Intersections: Gender, Race, and Violent Delinquency Among Females. Presented at the Departmental Colloquium Series, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.

De Coster, S., & Kort-Butler, L. (2004). How General is General Strain Theory?: Assessing the Specific Domains of Strains and Delinquent Responses. Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Nashville, TN.

De Coster, S. (2004). The Gendered Context of Stress and its Effects on Delinquency Across and Within Gender. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA.

De Coster, S. (2003). Companions in crime, by Mark Warr [Review of Companions in crime, by M. Warr]. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 20(5), 703–704. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075030205010

De Coster, S. (2003). Delinquency and depression: A gendered role-taking and social learning perspective. Advances in Criminological Theory, 11, 129–151.

De Coster, S. (2003). Maternal Employment and Adolescent Problems: Beyond Power-Control Theory. Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Denver, CO.

De Coster, S. (2002). Gender and the Stress Process. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL.

DeCoster, S., Heimer, K., & Wittrock, S. (2002). Violent Delinquency in Context: Integrating Social Capital and Street Culture Perspectives. Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, IL.

De Coster, S. (2001). [Review of Being mentally ill: A sociological theory, 3rd edition]. Contemporary Sociology, 30(1), 90–91.

Heimer, K., & De Coster, S. (2001). Crime and Gender. https://doi.org/10.1016/b0-08-043076-7/02871-0

De Coster, S. (2001). Delinquency and Depression: Gendered Responses to Gendered Stresses. Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA.

Mueller, C., De Coster, S., & Estes, S. B. (2001). Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: Unanticipated Consequences of Modern Social Control in Organizations. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Anaheim, CA.

Mueller, C. W., De Coster, S., & Estes, S. B. (2001). Sexual harassment in the workplace: Unanticipated consequences of modern social control in organizations. Work and Occupations, 28(4), 411–446. https://doi.org/10.1177/0730888401028004003

De Coster, S., & Heimer, K. (2001). The relationship between law violation and depression: An interactionist analysis. Criminology, 39(4), 799–836. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-9125.2001.tb00941.x

De Coster, S., & Heimer, K. (2000). Common Antecedents and Mutual Influences of Law Violation and Depression: Extending Differential Social Control Theory. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C.

De Coster, S. (2000). Mothers’ Roles, Family Processes, and Adolescent Delinquency and Depression. Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA.

De Coster, S. (2000). Neighborhood Marginalization and Individual Violence. Adolescent Health Users Conference. Presented at the Adolescent Health Users Conference, Bethesda, MD.

De Coster, S., & Heimer, K. (1999). Neighborhoods, Networks, and Delinquency. Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada.

De Coster, S., Estes, S. B., & Mueller, C. W. (1999). Routine activities and sexual harassment in the workplace. Work and Occupations, 26(1), 21–49. https://doi.org/10.1177/0730888499026001003

Heimer, K., & De Coster, S. (1999). The gendering of violent delinquency. Criminology, 37(2), 277–318. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-9125.1999.tb00487.x

Heimer, K., & De Coster, S. (1999). Women, Economic Marginalization, and Crime. Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada.

De Coster, S. (1998). Family Types, Delinquency and Depression. Center for Crime and Socio-Legal Studies. Presented at the Center for Crime and Socio-Legal Studies, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

De Coster, S., Estes, S. B., & Mueller, C. W. (1998). Routine Activities and Sexual Harassment in the Workplace. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA.

De Coster, S., & Heimer, K. (1998). Structural Marginalization, Delinquency, and Depression. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Heimer, K., & De Coster, S. (1997). Social Structure, Patriarchal Culture, and the Gendering of Delinquency. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Heimer, K., & De Coster, S. (1996). The Gendered Learning of Violent Delinquency. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY.

De Coster, S., & Heimer, K. (1996). Young Adulthood Crime and Depression: Divergent Outcomes of a Similar Interactionist Trajectory? Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY.

Heimer, K., & De Coster, S. (1992). Gender, Stratification, and Violence. Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Miami, FL.