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Dr. Anthony Walsh

Anthony Walsh

Anthony Walsh received his Ph.D. from Bowling Green State University. He is a professor with special interests in the biological bases of human behavior. His primary interests are criminology, statistics, and criminal justice assessment and counseling.


Updated:  August, 1999

WORK ADDRESS
Department of Criminal Justice Admin.
Boise State University
1910 University Drive
Boise, Idaho 83725-1955
(208) 426-3240
e-mail Tony Walsh Anthony Walsh

CURRENT POSITION
Professor of Criminal Justice

EDUCATION

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.
Degree: Ph.D., August, 1983.
Major: Criminology. Minor: Social Psychology.

University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio.
Degree: M.A., July, 1977.
Major: Medical Sociology

Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Degree: B.A. (Summa Cum Laude), April, 1975.
Majors: Sociology and Psychology. Minor: Biology

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Society of Criminology
European Sociobiological Society
The New York Academy of Sciences
National Sheriff's Association

BOOKS

Human Nature and Love: Biological, Intrapsychic, and Social-Behavioral Perspectives. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1981.

Understanding, Assessing, and Counseling the Criminal Justice Client. Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole, 1988.

Statistics for the Social Sciences With Computer Applications. New York: Harper & Row, 1990.

The Science of Love: Understanding Love and its Effects on Mind and Body. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus, 1991. Second edition, 1996.

Intellectual Imbalance, Love Deprivation and Violent Delinquency:  A Biosocial Perspective. Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas, 1991.

Correctional Assessment, Casework and Counseling. Laurel, MD: American Correctional Association, 1992. Second edition, 1997.

Viva la Difference! A Celebration of the Sexes. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus, (with Grace Walsh), 1993.

Biosociology: An Emerging Paradigm. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1995.

Law and Justice: The Philosophy and Sociology of Law. (with Graig Hemmens). American Correctional Association, 1999.

Global Criminology (With Lee Ellis). Allyn & Bacon, forthcoming.

Essential Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences: A Conceptual Approach. (with Jane Ollenburger). Prentice-Hall (Under review).

Consilient Criminology: Integrating Evolutionary Psychology, Behavior Genetics, and the Neurosciences into Criminological Theory (work in progress)

ARTICLES AND ESSAYS

Walsh, Anthony (1979) "The relation of blood pressure levels to the assimilation of immigrants and intolerance of ambiguity." Journal of Social Psychology, 107:257-265.

Walsh, Anthony (1980) "The prophylactic effect of religion on blood pressure levels Among a sample of immigrants." Social Science and Medicine, 14b:59-63.

Walsh, Anthony (1983). "Neurophysiology, motherhood, and the growth of love." Human Mosaic, 17:51-62.

Walsh, Anthony (1984). "Gender-based differences: A study of probation officers' attitudes about, and recommendations for, felony sexual assault cases." Criminology, 22:371-389.

Walsh, Anthony (1984). "Differential sentencing patterns among felony sex offenders and non-sex offenders." Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 75:443-458.

Walsh, Anthony (1985). "Extralegal factors in felony sentencing: Classes of behavior or classes of people?" Sociological Inquiry, 55:62-82.

Walsh, Anthony (1985). "An evaluation of the effects of adult basic education on rearrest rates among probationers." Journal of Offender Counseling, Services & Rehabilitation, 9:69-76

Walsh, Anthony (1985). "The role of the probation officer in the sentencing process: Independent professional or judicial hack?" Criminal Justice and Behavior, 12:289-303.

Walsh, Anthony (1985). "Ideology and arithmetic: The hidden agenda of sentencing guidelines." Journal of Crime and Justice, 1985, 8:41-62.

Sisca, Sam, Walsh, Anthony, & Walsh, Patricia (1985). "Love deprivation and blood pressure levels among a college population: Apreliminary study." Psychology, 22:63-70.

Walsh, Anthony (1986). "Love and human authenticity in the works of Freud, Marx, and Maslow." Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology, 14:21-26.

Walsh, Anthony (1986). "The effects of immigration, stigma, and stress on biological effective blood pressure levels." International Review of Modern Sociology, 16:353-366.

Walsh, Anthony (1986). "Placebo justice: victim recommendations and offender sentences in sexual assault cases." Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 77:1126-1141. Reprinted in E. Fattah (ed.), Toward a Critical Victimology, 1992, pp. 295-310. St. Martin's Press.

Walsh, Anthony (1986). "Wechsler Performance-verbal discrepancy and anti-social behavior." Journal of Social Psychology, 126:419-20.

Walsh, Anthony (1986)."Becoming 'normal:' Applying differential association theory to the renunciation of tribal stigma." International Journal of Contemporary Sociology, 23:87-111.

Walsh, Anthony (1987). "The sexual stratification hypothesis and sexual assault in light of the changing conceptions of race." Criminology, 25:153-173.

Walsh, Anthony, Beyer, Jerold, & Petee, Thomas (1987). "Love deprivation, Wechsler performance, verbal discrepancy, and violent delinquency" Journal of Psychology, 121:177-184.

Walsh, Anthony (1987). "Distinguishing features of diagnosed psychopaths among convicted sex criminals." Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology, 15:40-42.

Walsh, Anthony (1987). "The presentence process: Variables affecting conservative and liberal officers' decision-making." Journal of Justice Issues, 2:1-17.

Walsh, Anthony (1987). "Teaching understanding and interpretation of logit regression." Teaching Sociology, 15:178-183

Walsh, Anthony & Beyer, Jerold (1987). "Violent crime, sociopathy, and love deprivation among adolescent delinquents" Adolescence, 22:705-717.

Walsh, Anthony, Petee, Thomas, & Beyer, Jerold (1987) "Violent delinquency: an examination of psychopathic typologies." Journal of Genetic Psychology, 148:385-392.

Walsh, Anthony & Petee, Thomas (1987). "Love deprivation and violent juvenile delinquency." Journal of Crime and Justice, 10:45-61.

Petee, Thomas & Walsh, Anthony (1987). "Violent delinquency, race, and the Wechsler performance-verbal discrepancy." Journal of Social Psychology, 127:353-354.

Walsh, Anthony, Petee, Thomas & Beyer, Jerold (1987). "Intellectual imbalance and delinquency: comparing high verbal and high performance IQ delinquents." Criminal Justice and Behavior, 14:370-379.

Walsh, Anthony & Walsh Patricia (1987). "Social support, assimilation, and biological effective blood pressure levels." International Migration Review. 21:577-591.

Walsh, Anthony (1987). "Cognitive functioning and delinquency: Property versus violent offenses." International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 31:285-289.

Walsh, Anthony & Walsh Patricia (1987). "Self-esteem and disease adaptation among multiple sclerosis patients." Journal of Social Psychology, 127:669-671.

Corbin, A. Robert & Walsh, Anthony (1988). "The U.S. Supreme Court and value legitimacy: An experimental approach with older Americans." Sociological Inquiry, 58:75-86.

Walsh, Anthony (1988). "Lessons and concerns from a case study of a 'scientific' molester." Corrective and Social Psychiatry and Journal of Behavior Technology Methods and Therapy, 34:18-23.

Walsh, Anthony (1988). "'The people who own the country ought to govern it:' The Supreme Court, hegemony, and its consequences." Law and Inequality, 5:431-451.

Walsh, Anthony (1989)."Logistic regression and model fit." Teaching Sociology, 17:419-420.

Walsh, Anthony & Walsh, Patricia (1989). "Love, self-esteem, and multiple sclerosis" Social Science and Medicine, 29:793-798.

Walsh, Anthony (1990) "Becoming an American and liking it as functions of social distance and severity of initiation." Sociological Inquiry, 60:177-189.

Walsh, Anthony & Balazs, Grace (1990). "Love, sex, and self-esteem." Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology, 18:37-42.

 Walsh Anthony (1990). "Twice Labeled: The effect of psychiatric labeling on the sentencing of sex offenders." Social Problems, 37:375-389.

Walsh, Anthony (1990). "Illegitimacy, child abuse and neglect, and cognitive development." Journal of Genetic Psychology, 151:279-285.

Walsh, Anthony (1990) "Standing trial versus copping a plea: Is there a penalty?" Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 6:226-236.

Walsh, Anthony (1991) "Race and discretionary sentencing: An analysis of 'obvious' and 'non-obvious' cases." International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 35:7-19.

Walsh, Anthony (1991). "Self-esteem and sexual behavior: Exploring gender differences." Sex Roles, 25:441-450.

Walsh, Anthony (1991). "The biological relationship between sex and love." Free Inquiry, 1991, 11:20-24. Reprinted in Health 92/93, R.Yarian (ed.). Guilford, CT: Dushkin, and in Marriage and the Family, O. Poks (ed.), Guilford, CT: Dushkin.

Walsh, Anthony (1992). "Foundations for understanding human conflict." Review of Sociobiology and and Conflict: Evolutionary Perspectives on Competition, Cooperation, Violence and Warfare. Edited by J. van der Dennen and V. Falker. London: Chapman & Hall. Politics and the Life Sciences, 11:143-144.

Walsh, Anthony (1992). "Genetic and environmental explanations of violent delinquency in advantaged and disadvantaged environments." Aggressive Behavior, 18:187-199.

Walsh, Anthony (1992). "The PV sign in corrections: Is it a useful diagnostic tool?" Criminal Justice and Behavior, 19:372-383

Walsh, Anthony (1992). "Drug use and sexual behavior: Users, experimenters and abstainers." Journal of Social Psychology, 132: 691-693.

Walsh, Anthony (1993). "Love styles, masculinity/femininity, physical attractiveness and sexual behavior: A test of evolutionary theory." Ethology and Sociobiology, 14:25-38.

Walsh, Anthony (1994). "Cassanova and Casanovism." In V. Bullough and B. Bullough (eds.) Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia, New York: Garland Press. pp. 85-86.

Walsh, Anthony (1994)."Castration." In V. Bullough and B. Bullough (eds.) Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia, New York: Garland Press. pp. 86-87.

Walsh, Anthony (1994)."Courtesans." In V. Bullough and B. Bullough (eds.) Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia, New York: Garland Press. p. 152.

Walsh, Anthony (1994)."Hermaphrodites" In V. Bullough and B. Bullough (eds.). Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia, New York: Garland Press. pp. 265-270.

Walsh, Anthony (1994)."Love and Sex." In V. Bullough and B. Bullough (eds.) Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia, New York: Garland Press. pp. 369-373.

Walsh, Anthony (1994)."Monogamy." In V. Bullough and B. Bullough (eds.) Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia, New York: Garland Press. pp. 398-399.

Walsh, Anthony (1994). "Petting." In V. Bullough and B. Bullough (eds.) Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia, New York: Garland Press. pp. 439-441.

Walsh, Anthony (1994)."Polyandry." In V. Bullough and B. Bullough (eds.) Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia, New York: Garland Press. pp. 467-468.

Walsh, Anthony (1994). "Polygyny." In V. Bullough and B. Bullough (eds.) Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia, New York: Garland Press. pp. 468-469.

Walsh, Anthony (1994). "Homosexual and heterosexual child molestation: Case characteristics and sentencing differentials." International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 38:339-353.

Walsh, Anthony (1995). "Parental attachment, drug use, and facultative sexual strategies." Social Biology, 42:95-107.

Marsh, Robert & Walsh, Anthony (1995). "Physiological and psychosocial assessment and treatment of sex offenders: A comprehensive victim-oriented program." Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 22:77-96.

Walsh, Anthony (1995). "Genetic and cytogenetic intersex anomalies: Can they help us to understand gender differences in deviant behavior?" International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology , 39:151-166.

Lindorfer, Kerry & Walsh, Anthony (1996). "Self-victimization disclosures of juvenile sex offenders." Corrective and Social Psychiatry, 42:8-11.

Walsh, Anthony & Ellis, Lee (1997) "The neurobiology of nurturance, evolutionary expectations, and crime control" Politics and the Life Sciences, 16:42-44.

Ellis, Lee & Walsh, Anthony (1997) "Gene-based evolutionary theories in criminology" Criminology, 35:229-276.

Walsh, Anthony (1997). "Methodological individualism and vertical intergration in the social sciences.Behavior and Philosophy, 25:121-136.

Walsh, Anthony (1998). AReligion and hypertension: Testing alternative hypotheses among immigrants.@ Behavioral Medicine. (1998). 24:122-130.

Walsh, Anthony (in press,1999). "Life history theory and female readers of pornography." Personality and Individual Differences.

Walsh, Anthony (in press, 1999) ALife history, sexual strategies, and divorce.@ In J. Bancroft (Ed.). The Role of Theory in Sex Research, pp. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.

Walsh, Anthony (forthcoming) "Evolutionary psychology, behavior genetics, and criminological theory." In Jerome Barkow (Ed.). Evolutionary Psychology Integrates Culture and Society.

Walsh, Anthony (forthcoming). "Sociobiology." In R. Gottesman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Violence in the United States. Charles Scribner's Sons.

Walsh, Anthony (forthcoming). "Rape: Scientific aspects." In R. Gottesman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Violence in the United States. Charles Scribner's Sons.

Walsh, Anthony (forthcoming). ARacism in rape case processing.@ In N. Rafter (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Women and Crime. Oryx Press.

Heck, Cary & Walsh, Anthony (forthcoming). The effects of maltreatments and family structure on minor and serious delinquency. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.

RESEARCH REPORTS

"The LCAPD's GED program and rearrest rates." Prepared for The Lucas County Adult Probation Dept., Toledo, Ohio.

"Prison architecture and the Old Boise Penitentiary." Prepared under a grant from the Idaho Historical Society.

"A statewide study of the juvenile probation officer in Idaho: Who are they and what are their needs?" Prepared under a grant from the Idaho Commission for Children and Youth.

"Evaluation of the Hindman Model of sex offender counseling at SANE." Prepared under a grant from the Meyer Foundation.

PAPERS PRESENTED

"The effects of immigration, stigma, and stress on biological effective blood pressure levels." Presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1985.

"Homosexual and heterosexual child molestation: the similarities, the differences, and societal reaction." Presented at the Annual Idaho Sociological and Political Science Meeting, Pocatello, ID, 1985.

"Race and discriminatory sentencing: a logistic regression analysis." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Anthropological and Sociological Association, Boise, ID, 1987

"Teaching the understanding of logistic regression." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Anthropological and Sociological Association, Boise, ID, 1987.

"Love, self-esteem, and coping among multiple sclerosis patients." Paper presented at the 58th Annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1988.

"Genetic, cytogenetic, and hormonal anomalies and deviant behavior: The male/female continuum." Paper presented atthe 11th International Congress on Criminology, Budapest, Hungary, 1993.

"Shoring up the big three: Improving criminological theories with biosocial concepts."Presented at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting, San Diego, California, November, 1997.

"Life history theory and reproductive strategies." Presented at the Kinsey Institute Symposium on the Role of Theory in Sex Research, Bloomington, Indiana, May 15, 1998.

"What are the favored theories of American Criminologists?" Presented at the annual conference of the Western and PacificAssociation of Criminal Justice Educators, Boise, Idaho, November, 1998.

MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER

Journal of Crime and Justice
Journal of Justice Issues
Justice Quarterly
Social Science and Medicine
Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology
Sex Roles
Journal of Genetic
Psychology
Ethology and Sociobiology
Politics and the Life Sciences
Social Biology

CONSULTING EDITOR

Journal of Genetic Psychology

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Bowling Green State University
Introduction to Sociology
Social Problems
Fitness Activities/Karate

University of Toledo
Introduction to Sociology
Corrections Theory and Practice
Statistical Methods
Fitness Activities/Karate

Boise State University
Research Statistics
Advanced Research Statistics
Law and Justice
Introduction to Criminal Justice
Police and the Community
Community-Based Corrections
Interviewing and Counseling
Advanced Interviewing and Counseling
Public Policy and Criminal Behavior
Psychobiology of Love and Human Behavior
Psychopaths and their Crimes
Senior Tutorial
Independent Study and Internships
Fitness Activities/Soccer

University of Pau (France)
French Intellectuals and Human Nature
The French and American Criminal Justice Systems: A Comparison

GUEST LECTURER

Topic Course Professor
Genes, temperament, and crime Juvenile Delinquency Marty Sheffer
Physiology of violence Sociology of Violence A. Robert Corbin
Topics in correlation and regression Advanced Statistics James Christensen
The U.S. Constitution on the streets History U.S. Constitution Todd Shallat
The biological basis of the family Marriage and the Family A. Robert Corbin
Sex hormones and delinquency Juvenile Delinquency Martin Orr
Genes, environment, and Criminality Psychology of Crime Marty Siedenfeldt
Deception as an evolved strategy for resource acquisition Studies in Interpersonal Communication Dawn Craner

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
Part-time faculty, summers of 1977 and 1978, and spring and summer of 1984.

Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
Assistant professor of criminal justice. August, 1984 - August, 1988.
Associate professor, August, 1988 - 1991.
Professor, August, 1991.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research on blood pressure levels and the assimilation of immigrants for M.A. degree.

Research on the sentencing of sex offenders and the role of the probation officer for Ph.D. degree.

Evaluation research for the Lucas County Adult Probation Department on their GED and alcoholism programs.

Research with graduate student on blood pressure levels and love deprivation.

Research with graduate student on love deprivation, psychopathy, and violence among juvenile probationers in Toledo, Ohio, and Boise, Idaho.

Research on coping strategies among multiple sclerosis patients.

Research with A. R. Corbin on public perceptions of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Research consultant for Dr. H. Meyers' proposed study on violence in Boise's high schools.

Research on sex-based differences in dream content.

Research on effects of childhood attachment on sexual promiscuity and drug abuse.

Research on alcohol and drug abuse among Idaho juveniles (pending).

Research evaluating SANE's (Sexual Abuse Now Ended) juvenile sex offender program under a grant from the Meyer Foundation.

I have taught statistics and research methods and have attended post-doctoral seminars in computer applications and advanced statistical methods.

FIELD EXPERIENCE

Two years as police officer with the Birmingham City Police Department, 1965-1967.

Five and on-half years as a probation officer with the

Lucas County Adult Probation Department, 1979-1984.

Two months as a juvenile detention center guard/counselor with Monroe County Juvenile Authority, 1972.

Six months as a volunteer probation officer with the Lucas County Adult Probation Department, 1978.

One year as a reserve police officer with the Caldwell Police Department, 1986.

COMMUNITY AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Reserve police officer, Caldwell Police Department (1985-1986).
Advisory Board member and Consultant, Sexual Abuse Now Ended (SANE).
Advisory Board member, Warden's Committee for Prison
Education and Internships, Idaho Maximum Security Prison.
BSU soccer coach and faculty advisor (1984 - 1992)
Mountain States Refugee Center. Volunteer teacher of English.
Organized Sexual Assault Awareness Week (1994)
Organized Victim's Rights Week (1995, 1998, 1999)

Committees
Promotion and tenure committee (1986; 1994; 1995; 1996)
Computer lab advisory committee (1990-1991)
Dean's evaluation committee (1991)
Curriculum committee (1991)
Chair, Promotion and Tenure Committe (1992)
President's Salary Equity Committee (1992-1994)
Technology Committee (1992-1993)
Pavillion Commitee (1994-1995)
Honors Committee (1999)

Dr. Anthony Walsh
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