I am currently an assistant professor at the University of Mississippi. My work explores children and punishment, examining how children are punished by various social institutions, causes of this punishment, and consequences of punishment. I use secondary data and quasi-experimental approaches to examine the long-term impacts of punishment in childhood on outcomes in adolescence.
Research Interests
Children and Punishment, Juvenile Justice, Quasi-Experimental Methods, Punitive Control
Biography
Dr. Abigail Novak is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies at the University of Mississippi. She received her Ph.D. in Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of Florida. Her research interests include children and punishment, systems and delinquency, early-onset antisocial behavior, and applied quantitative methodologies.
Education
M.S.W Social Work, Florida State University (2015)
Ph.D. Criminology, University of Florida (2020)
In the News
Research News
OXFORD, Miss. – When authority figures punish children for coping or adapting to trauma, it can affect the child for life, according to a new publication from University of Mississippi researcher Abigail Novak.
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