Dr. Keith F. Durkin | Ohio Northern University

Education:

Ph.D., Sociology, Virginia Tech
M.S., Sociology, Virginia Tech
B.A., Sociology, Marywood College

Teaching Interests:

Criminology
Victimology
Juvenile Delinquency
Occupational Crime and Deviance
Deviant Behavior
Substance Abuse

Awards:

Dr. Durkin currently serves as Editor-In-Chief of the International Journal Sociological Research, as well as an Associate Editor of Deviant Behavior: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Keith is a Past-President of the Mid-South Sociological Association. He has also held positions on the editorial boards of Sociological Inquiry and Sociological Spectrum respectively. His biography is listed in Marquis Who's Who in America (61st and subsequent editions). Dr. Durkin is also a recipient of the Marywood University Alumni Association Recent Graduate Award (2002), as well the Irene Casteel Chair in Education, Professional, and Social Sciences at ONU (2004-05).

Research Interests:

Sexual Predators
Internet Fraud
Substance Abuse

Selected Publications:

JOURNAL ARTICLES

DeLong, Ronald , Keith F. Durkin, and Steven Hundersmarck. 2010 “An Exploratory Analysis of the Cognitive Distortions of a Sample of Men Arrested in Internet Sex Stings.” Journal of Sexual Aggression 16:1-12.

Durkin, Keith F. and Richard Brinkman. 2009. “419 Fraud: A Crime without Boarders in a Postmodern World” International Review of Modern Sociology 35:271-283.

Durkin, Keith F., 2009. “There must be Some Type of Misunderstanding, There Must be Some Kind of Mistake: The Deviance Disavowal Strategies of Men Arrested in Internet Sex Stings” Sociological Spectrum 29:661-676.

Durkin, Keith F., Amber Blackstone, Sabrina Dowd, Shalleigh Franz, and Trevor Eagle. 2009. “The Comparative Impacts of Risk and Protective Factors on Alcohol-Related Problems in a Sample of University Students.” Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 48:1-14.

Durkin, Keith F. 2007. “Show Me the Money: Cybershrews and On-Line Money Masochists.” Deviant Behavior 28:355-378.

Durkin, Keith F. and Allison Leigh Digianantonio. 2007 “Recidivism among Child Molesters: A Brief Overview.” Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 45:249-256.

Durkin, Keith F., Scott E. Wolfe, and Ross May. 2007. “Social Bond Theory and Drunk Driving in a Sample of College Students” College Student Journal, 41:734-744

Hundersmarck, Steven, Keith F. Durkin, and Ron Delong, R. 2007 “Adopting a Classification System for Profiling and Identifying Cognitive Distortions in Internet Predators – A Projective Paper.” Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. 45:257-273

Durkin, Keith F., Craig J. Forsyth, and James F. Quinn. 2006. “Pathological Internet Communities: A New Direction for Sexual Deviance Research in the Postmodern Era.” Sociological Spectrum 26(6):595-606.

Philips, Daniel W., Keith F. Durkin, and Brandon W. Baird. 2006. “Consumers Evaluate Police Officers.” Mental Health Update 7(2):1.

Webeer, Stan, Billy M. Turner, and Keith F. Durkin. 2005. “Positive Intelligence and Media Reduction of Ambiguity: The Hunt for Osama Bin Laden.” International Review of Modern Sociology. 31:131-156.

Durkin, Keith F., Timothy W. Wolfe, and Gregory A. Clark. 2005. “College Students and Binge Drinking: An Application of Social Learning Theory” Sociological Spectrum 25:1-18.

McDonald, William P., Keith F. Durkin, and Mark Pfefer. 2004. “How North American Chiropractors Think and Practice: The Survey of North American Chiropractors” Seminars in Integrative Medicine 2:92-98.

Durkin, Keith F., Timothy W. Wolfe, and Gregory A. Clark. 1999. “Social Bond Theory and Binge Drinking by College Students: A Multivariate Analysis.” College Student Journal 33(3):450-462.

Durkin, Keith F. and Clifton D. Bryant. 1999. “Propagandizing Pederasty: A Thematic Analysis of the On-Line Exculpatory Accounts of Unrepentant Pedophiles.” Deviant Behavior 20(2):103-128.

Durkin, Keith F. 1997. "The Misuse of the Internet by Pedophiles: Implications for Law Enforcement and Probation Practice." Federal Probation 61(3):14-18.

Durkin, Keith F., Timothy W. Wolfe, and Daniel W. Phillips. 1996. "College Students' Use of False Identification to Obtain Alcohol: An Exploratory Analysis." Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education 41(2):92-104.

Durkin, Keith F. and Clifton D. Bryant. 1995. "Log on to Sex: Some Notes on the Carnal Computer and Erotic Cyberspace as an Emerging Research Frontier." Deviant Behavior 16(3):179-200.

BOOK CHAPTERS AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS

Durkin, Keith F. and Denay Patterson. forthcomming. "Cyberbullying, Cyberstalking, and Cyberharassment. The Handbook of Deviance. Edited by Clifton Bryant. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Durkin, Keith F., Scott E. Wolfe, and Kara Lewis. 2010. “Binge Drinking and the Social Bond among College Students.” In Alex Thio, Thomas C. Calhoun, and Addrain Conyers (Eds.), Readings in Deviant Behavior. Sixth Edition. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

Durkin, Keith F. 2009. “Images of Death in Popular Culture.” Pp. 811-813 in Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience. Edited by Clifton D. Bryant and Dennis Peck. Newbury Park, CA : Sage.

Durkin Keith F. and Steven F. Hundersmarck. 2008. “Pedophiles and Child Molesters.” In Erich Goode and D. Angus Vail (Eds.), Extreme Deviance. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.

Durkin, Keith F. and Clifton D. Bryant. 2006. “Online Accounts of Unrepentant Pedophiles.” In Alex Thio and Thomas C. Calhoun (Eds.), Readings in Deviant Behavior, Fourth Edition. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

Durkin, Keith F. and Clifton D. Bryant. 2004. “Log on to Sex”: Some Notes on the Carnal Computer and Erotic Cyberspace", In Ron Matson (Ed.), The Spirit of Sociology. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Durkin, Keith F. 2004. “The Internet as a Milieu for the Management of a Stigmatized Sexual Identity.” Pp. 124-139 in Dennis Waskul (Ed.), Net.SeXXX: Sex, Pornography, and the Internet. New York: Peter Lang.

Durkin, Keith F. 2003. “Death, Dying, the Dead in Popular Culture.” Pp. 43-49 In Clifton D. Bryant (Ed.), Handbook of Death and Dying. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Durkin, Keith F. 2001. “Accounts: Recent Trends and Developments.” Pp. 4-6 in Clifton D. Bryant (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior, Volume I: Historical, Conceptual, and Theoretical Issues. Philadelphia: Brunner-Routledge.

Durkin, Keith F. and Anita M. Bucklin. 2001. “Deviance Avowal and Disavowal.” Pp. 85-87 in Clifton D. Bryant (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior, Volume I: Historical, Conceptual, and Theoretical Issues. Philadelphia: Brunner-Routledge.

Durkin, Keith F. 2001. “Cyberporn and Computer Sex.” Pp. 62-66 in Clifton D. Bryant (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior, Volume III: Sexual Deviance. Philadelphia: Brunner-Routledge .

Durkin, Keith F. 2001. “The Telephone and Sexual Deviance.” Pp. 406-408 in Clifton D. Bryant (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior, Volume III: Sexual Deviance. Philadelphia: Brunner-Routledge.

The following links are national news stories Dr. Durkin contributed to:

Sex Offender Ordained As Minister; Pastor Says He's Been Healed by Jesus (CBS News)
Molesters often strike again (Fox News)
Today's Gumshoes Dust for Fingerprints, Then Read Blogs (Fox News)
If You Think You Can't Be Scammed, Think Again (Newhouse News Service)
Female Child Rapists Generate Less Outrage (ABC News)
Child-porn Arrests: `Shooting Fish In A Barrel' (CBS News)
Criminologist: Jail Time Won't Fix Sexual Offenders (ONN TV)
Underreporting Clouds Attempt to Count Repeat Sex Offenders (Wall Street Journal)
Why Fathers Kill (ABC News)
Recession brings out the scammers (MSN Money)