Henriikka Weir

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Henriikka Weir is an Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice in the College of Public Service at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. Dr. Weir received her B.A. in Psychology (2008), M.S. in Criminology (2009), and Ph.D. in Criminology (2013) from the University of Texas at Dallas. Before her career as a scholar, Dr. Weir was a police officer in Texas. Dr. Weir is passionate about children's rights as well as trauma and substance abuse treatment for those involved with the criminal justice system. Dr. Weir mainly teaches criminological theory as well as varied subtopics of violence and victimology at both undergraduate and graduate levels. One of her favorite things is mentoring students.

Dr. Weir is interested in longitudinal outcomes of earlier trauma on subsequent risk of violent interpersonal offending and victimization. More specifically, Dr. Weir's research often focuses on the impact that a specific type of trauma, such as exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) during childhood or a child's own direct experiences of interpersonal violence, has on unique developmental pathways. Dr. Weir is also interested in examining the feedback loops between biological risk factors, which may or may not include an individual's data processing mechanisms (i.e., cognition) as well as their emotional reactions (i.e., feelings), and the person's responses to environmental stimuli. Her research has been published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Violence & Victims, Journal of Criminal Justice and Behavior, Journal of Criminal Justice, Journal of Criminal Justice Education, and Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, among others.

• Violence and victimization
• Childhood maltreatment and intimate partner violence
• Trauma
• Psychopathy
• Biosocial and developmental explanations of crime
• Trajectory modeling (and longitudinal research designs)

Weir, H., and Kaukinen, C. 2019. The violence trajectories associated with dating violence. Violence and Victims, 34(1). DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-16-00131

*Harmon, V. L., Kaukinen, C. Mujkic, E., and Weir, H. 2018. Causes and explanations of suicide terrorism: A systematic review. Journal of Applied Security Research: An International Journal of Police Security Operations & Practices.

Caudill, J. W. & Weir, H. 2018. Psychopathy among juvenile homicide offenders. In Matt DeLisi’s (Ed.) Routledge International Handbook of Psychopathy and Crime.   https://www.hsaj.org/articles/14749

Weir, H. and Kaukinen, C. 2016. Delinquent Effects of Childhood Exposure to Violent Victimization: A Latent Longitudinal Class Analysis. Violence and Crime in the Family. In Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research, 9.

Weir, H. and Kosloski, A. E.  2015. Melding theoretical perspectives: Gendered approach on low resting heart rate, developmental trajectories, and antisocial behavior. Criminal Justice Studies, 28(1). doi:10.1080/1478601X.2015.1004915

Stewart, D. M., Morris, R. G., and Weir, H. 2014. Youth perceptions of the police: Identifying trajectories. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 12(1), 22-39. doi: 10.1177/1541204013480369.

Weir, H. and Orrick, E. 2013. The most prolific female scholars in elite criminology and criminal justice journals, 2000-2010. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 24(3), 273-289. 

Weir, H., Stewart, D. M., and Morris, R. G. 2012. Problematic alcohol consumption by police officers and other protective service employees: A comparative analysis. Journal of Criminal Justice, 40(1), 72-82. 

Weir, H., and Barnes, J.C. 2012. Wisconsin risk assessment instrument. In Shannon Barton-Bellessa and Geoffrey J. Golson (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Community Corrections.           Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Orrick, E., and Weir, H. 2011. The most prolific sole and lead authors in elite criminology and criminal justice journals, 2000-2009. Journal of Criminal Justice and Education, 22(1), 24-42. 

Boots, D. P., Wareham, J., and Weir, H. 2011. Gendered perspectives on depression and antisocial behaviors: An extension of the failure model in adolescent PHDCN girls and boys. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 38(1), 63-84.

Prior to starting her graduate studies in criminology, Henriikka was employed full-time as a police officer in Bedford, Texas, where she first worked as a patrol officer and then as a narcotics investigator.

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