Matt R. Nobles Curriculum Vitae Contact Information: Washington State University Johnson Tower 801 P. O. Box 644880 Pullman, WA 99164-4880 Phone: (352) 256-4010 (cell) Phone: (509) 335-4075 (office) Fax: (509) 335-7990 E-mail: mnobles@wsu.edu Education 2005-2008 Ph. D. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Major: Criminology, Law & Society Minor: Urban & Regional Planning Certificate: Social Science Research Methodology 2003-2005 M. A. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Major: Criminology, Law & Society 2002-2003 B. A. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Major: Criminology 1997-2001 B. S. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Major: Psychology Minors: Business Administration & Criminology Employment History 2008-Present Assistant Professor Department of Political Science, Criminal Justice Program Washington State University (Pullman) 2007-2008 Research Analyst and Adjunct Instructor Doctoral Program in Criminal Justice Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation Center John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY 2004-2007 Graduate Instructor, Research and Teaching Assistant Department of Criminology, Law & Society, University of Florida 2006-2007 GIS & Crime Analysis Intern, Gainesville Police Department Research Interests Violent and interpersonal crimes; guns and gun policy; communities and crime; GIS and crime mapping; spatial econometrics; computer crime and cybercrime; specialized courts; criminal careers and crime over the life course; criminological theory; quantitative methodology.
Peer-Reviewed Publications Youstin, T. J. & Nobles, M. R. (2009, forthcoming). Residency restrictions: A geospatial analysis of sex offender movement over time. Crime Mapping, 1(1). Nobles, M. R., Fox, K. A., Piquero, N. L., & Piquero, A. R. (2009, forthcoming). Career dimensions of stalking victimization and perpetration. Justice Quarterly, 26. Fox, K. A., Nobles, M. R., & Piquero, A. R. (2009). Gender, crime victimization, and fear of crime. Security Journal, 22(1), 24-39. Piquero, A. R., Piquero, N. L., Terry, K. J., Youstin, T., & Nobles, M. (2008). Uncollaring the criminal: Understanding criminal careers of criminal clerics. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 35(5), 583-599. Manuscripts Under Review Ward, J. T., Nobles, M. R., Youstin, T. J., & Cook, C. L. Placing the neighborhood accessibility-burglary link in social-structural context. Under review at Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2/2009. Patton, C. L., Nobles, M. R., & Fox, K. A. Look who s stalking: Obsessive pursuit and attachment theory. Under review at Journal of Criminal Justice, 2/2009. Youstin, T. J., Nobles, M. R., Ward, J. T., & Cook, C. L. Examining the near-repeat phenomenon. Under review at Journal of Criminal Justice, 2/2009. Nobles, M. R., Youstin, T. J., & Levenson, J. S. The impact of residency restrictions on sex offender recidivism. Under review at Crime & Delinquency, 2/2009. Manuscripts In Progress Ward, J. T., Lanza-Kaduce, L., & Nobles, M. R. Caught in their own speed trap: An examination of police legitimacy and speed enforcement policy. Under review at Criminology & Public Policy, 3/2009. Nobles, M. R., Fox, K. A., Khey, D. N., & Lizotte, A. The whole truth: A geospatial test of the Clery Act. (manuscript in progress). Fox, K. A., Nobles, M. R., & Fisher, B. S. Method behind the madness: A research note on stalking measures. (manuscript in progress). Alvarez-Rivera, L. & Nobles, M. R. Immigrants offend more often than natives, or do they? Examining the link between generational status, acculturation, and crime. (manuscript in progress). Nobles, M. R. & Fox, K. A. Assessing stalking behaviors in a control-balance theory framework. (manuscript in progress). Bouffard, J. & Nobles, M. R. Project on campus guns. (manuscript in progress).
Other Publications Nobles, M. R. (2009, forthcoming). Using GIS to study race, crime, and policing. In M. D. White & S. K. Rice (eds.), Justice Divided: Racial Bias, Profiling, and Policing. New York: NYU Press. Nobles, M. R. (2009, forthcoming). Wolfgang, Marvin E. In J. Wilson (ed.), The Praeger Handbook of Victimology. New York: Praeger. Nobles, M. R. (2009). Review of the book The Global Gun Epidemic: From Saturday Night Specials to AK-47s. International Criminal Justice Review, 19(1), 87-89. Nobles, M. R. (2007). Gun Control. In G. Barak (ed.), Battleground: Criminal Justice. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Conference Presentations Alvarez-Rivera, L., & Nobles, M. R. (2009, March). Attachment to peers and siblings: A look at its effect on deviance among Puerto Ricans. Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts. Youstin, T. J., Nobles, M. R., Cook, C. L., & Ward, J. T. (2009, March). Examining the nearrepeat phenomenon. Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts. Nobles, M. R., Fox, K. A., & Piquero, A. R. (2008, November). Gender, crime victimization, and fear of crime. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri. Nobles, M. R. & Alvarez-Rivera, L. (2008, November). Immigration and offending: Linking generational status, acculturation and crime. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri. Youstin, T. J., Nobles, M. R., & Levenson, J. (2008, November). The impact of residency restrictions on sex offender recidivism. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri. Ward, J. T., Nobles, M. R., & Lanza-Kaduce, L. (2008, March). Caught in their own speed trap: The intersections of speed enforcement policy, police legitimacy and decision acceptance. Paper presented at the Florida Society of the Social Sciences Research Forum, Gainesville, Florida. Youstin, T. J., Ward, J. T., Nobles, M. R., & Schrage, C. L. (2008, March). Neighborhood watch: A spatial re-analysis. Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio. Nobles, M. R., & Fox, K. A. (2007, November). Assessing stalking behaviors in a controlbalance theory framework. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.
Patton, C. L., Nobles, M. R., & Fox, K. A. (2007, November). Stalking and attachment theory. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia. Youstin, T. J. & Nobles, M. R. (2007, November). Combining temporal and geospatial analyses for registered sex offenders in Florida. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia. Nobles, M. R., Gover, A. R., & Kaukinen, C. (2007, March). The spatial distribution of arrests for criminal domestic violence in Lexington, South Carolina. Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington. Youstin, T. J. & Nobles, M. R. (2007, March). Geospatial effects of sex offender residence restrictions. Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington. Ward, J. T. & Nobles, M. R. (2007, March). An empirical analysis of traffic citation quotas and periodicity of issuance. Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington. Nobles, M. R., Gover, A. R., & Kaukinen, C. (2007, March). The spatial distribution of arrests for criminal domestic violence in Lexington, South Carolina. Paper presented at the National Institute of Justice Mapping & Analysis for Public Safety (MAPS) Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Nobles, M. R. (2006, November). Philadelphia s gun court: A preliminary analysis. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California. Nobles, M. R. (2005, November). Law enforcement cadet attitudes toward concealed weapons permitting legislation. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Nobles, M. R. & Alvarez-Rivera, L. (2004, November). The effects of caregiver and sibling criminality on delinquent behavior. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee. Technical Reports and Consulting Nobles, M. R. (2009). Report on Updates to Neighborhood Watch Program GIS Data for the Jacksonville Sheriff s Office. Fox, K. A. & Nobles, M. R. (2008). Student Perceptions of Campus Victim Services: A Needs Assessment for the University of Florida Office of Victim Services. Grants and Awards (* - indicates competitive award) 2008 WSU College of Liberal Arts Faculty Travel Grant* UF Science for Life/Howard Hughes Medical Institute Student Mentor Award* 2007 NIJ Mapping & Analysis for Public Safety (MAPS) Student Presenter Grant*
UF College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Travel Grant* UF Graduate Student Council Travel Grant 2006 UF Graduate Student Council Travel Grant UF Gator Criminology, Law & Society Syndicate Travel Grant 2005 UF Graduate Student Council Travel Grant UF Department of Criminology, Law & Society Travel Grant UF Gator Criminology, Law & Society Syndicate Travel Grant 2004 UF Graduate Student Council Travel Grant UF Department of Criminology, Law & Society Travel Grant UF Gator Criminology, Law & Society Syndicate Travel Grant Teaching Experience Washington State University 2008-Present Faculty Member, Dept. of Political Science, Criminal Justice Program CRJ 201 Nature of Crime (Criminological Theory) CRJ 400 Special Topics in Criminal Justice (Cybercrime) John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY 2008 Adjunct Instructor, Doctoral Program in Criminal Justice CRJ 255 Technology in Criminal Justice University of Florida 2007 Graduate Instructor, Center for Latin American Studies LAS 6293 Design and Methods of Research in Latin America 2006-2007 Graduate Instructor, Department of Criminology, Law & Society CCJ 4604 Criminological Theory Leadership and Service Service to the Discipline Journal Referee Journal of Quantitative Criminology International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology Washington State University 2008 Faculty Advisor, Criminal Justice Club (undergraduate) University of Florida 2006 President, Gator Criminology, Law & Society Syndicate 2006 Steward, University of Florida Graduate Assistants United 2005 President, Gator Criminology, Law & Society Syndicate
2004 Interim President, Gator Criminology, Law & Society Syndicate 2004 Vice President, Gator Criminology, Law & Society Syndicate Professional Associations American Society of Criminology, 2004-present Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, 2005-present Alpha Phi Sigma Criminal Justice Honor Society (Faculty Member), 2009-present Delta Epsilon Iota National Honor Society, 2005-present Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, 2004-present