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Meg Forney, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor

Department: Criminal Justice

Office: Edison Science Building 339

Phone: 732-263-5376

Email: mforney@monmouth.edu


Dr. Forney received her BA in Psychology and PhD in Criminal Justice from Temple University. Prior to joining the faculty at Monmouth, she worked as a Research and Reform Specialist at the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission. There, she collected, analyzed, and prepared reports of county and state juvenile justice data, made recommendations regarding reform strategies, and trained/educated court staff, law enforcement, and community stakeholders in best practices of juvenile justice reform.

Education

Ph.D., Temple University

M.A., Stockton University

B.A., Temple University

Research Interests

Juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice policy, developmental life-course theories, and the school-to-prison pipeline

Scholarly Articles

Ward, J. T., Forney, M. (2020). Unpacking within- and between-person effects of unstructured socializing and differential association on solo- and co-offending. Journal of Criminal Justice, 70.

Roman, C. G., Forney, M., Hyatt, J. M., Klein, H. J., & Link, N. W. (2019). Law enforcement activities of Philadelphia’s group violence intervention: An examination of arrest, case processing, and probation levers. Policing Quarterly, 23(2), 232-261.

Forney, M., & Ward, J. T. (2019). Identity, peer resistance, and antisocial influence: Modeling direct and indirect causes of desistance. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, 5, 107-135.

Roman, C. G., Link, N. W., Hyatt, J. M., Bhati, A., & Forney, M. (Online, 2018). Assessing the gang-level and community-level effects of the Philadelphia focused deterrence strategy. Journal of Experimental Criminology.

Ward, J. T., McConaghy, M., Bennett, J. Z. (2018). Differential applicability of criminological theories to individuals? The case of social learning vis-à-vis social control. Crime & Delinquency, 64(4), 510-541.

McConaghy, M., & Levy, M. (2015). The impact of gender and early delinquency on reoffending: A life history perspective. Victims and Offenders, 11, 1-34.

Courses

Recently Taught Classes

2024 Fall

  • Seminar in Criminal Justice – CJ 490
  • Senior Research Project in Homeland Security – HLS 490
  • Statistics for Criminal Justice – CJ 211

2024 Summer A

  • Applied Data Analysis in Criminal Justice – CJ 525
  • Homeland Security Research Methods – HLS 315
  • Research Methods – CJ 315
  • Seminar in Criminal Justice – CJ 490
  • Senior Research Project in Homeland Security – HLS 490

2024 Spring

  • Homeland Security Research Methods – HLS 315
  • Research Methods – CJ 315
  • Seminar in Criminal Justice – CJ 490
  • Senior Research Project in Homeland Security – HLS 490
  • Statistics for Criminal Justice – CJ 211

2023 Fall

  • Applied Data Analysis in Criminal Justice – CJ 525
  • Homeland Security Research Methods – HLS 315
  • Research Methods – CJ 315
  • Seminar in Criminal Justice – CJ 490
  • Senior Research Project in Homeland Security – HLS 490

2023 Summer A

  • Applied Data Analysis in Criminal Justice – CJ 525
  • Research Methods – CJ 315

2022 Fall

  • Homeland Security Research Methods – HLS 315
  • Juvenile Justice – CJ 335
  • Research Methods – CJ 315
  • Statistics for Criminal Justice – CJ 211

2022 Summer B

  • Applied Data Analysis in Criminal Justice – CJ 525
  • Homeland Security Research Methods – HLS 315
  • Research Methods – CJ 315

2022 Summer A

  • Statistics for Criminal Justice – CJ 211

2022 Spring

  • Homeland Security Research Methods – HLS 315
  • Research Methods – CJ 315
  • Seminar in Criminal Justice – CJ 490
  • Senior Research Project in Homeland Security – HLS 490
  • Statistics for Criminal Justice – CJ 211

2021 Fall

  • Homeland Security Research Methods – HLS 315
  • Juvenile Justice – CJ 335
  • Research Methods – CJ 315
  • Statistics for Criminal Justice – CJ 211

2021 Summer B

  • Applied Data Analysis in Criminal Justice – CJ 525
  • Homeland Security Research Methods – HLS 315
  • Research Methods – CJ 315
  • Statistics for Criminal Justice – CJ 211

2021 Spring

  • Homeland Security Research Methods – HLS 315
  • Juvenile Justice – CJ 335
  • Research Methods – CJ 315
  • Statistics for Criminal Justice – CJ 211

Frequently Taught Classes

  • Applied Data Analysis in Criminal Justice (CJ 525)
  • Homeland Security Research Methods (HLS 315)
  • Juvenile Justice (CJ 335)
  • Research Methods (CJ 315)
  • Seminar in Criminal Justice (CJ 490)
  • Senior Research Project in Homeland Security (HLS 490)
  • Statistics for Criminal Justice (CJ 211)