Peter T. Tanksley
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View article: Mortality among law enforcement officers in the United States: a population-wide analysis of the National Occupational Mortality Surveillance data, 2020–2023
Mortality among law enforcement officers in the United States: a population-wide analysis of the National Occupational Mortality Surveillance data, 2020–2023 Open
The authors received no funding support for the current work.
View article: To What Are We Inferring? The Widespread Misuse of Inferential Testing in the Most Cited Criminology and Criminal Justice Journals
To What Are We Inferring? The Widespread Misuse of Inferential Testing in the Most Cited Criminology and Criminal Justice Journals Open
Null Hypothesis Significance Testing (NHST) is widely used in criminology and criminal justice journals. Where either random selection of a sample or random assignment to treatment and control groups is absent, the meaning of inferential t…
View article: Active Attacks with Motor Vehicles: A Short Report and Case Study of the 2025 New Year’s Day Attack in New Orleans, LA.
Active Attacks with Motor Vehicles: A Short Report and Case Study of the 2025 New Year’s Day Attack in New Orleans, LA. Open
On New Years Day, 2025, a truck was driven at high speed into a crowd of people in New Orleans, LA, killing 14 and injuring at least 57 others. Though rare, vehicle-based attacks of this sort have a high potential for casualties and are in…
View article: Robust inference and widespread genetic correlates from a large-scale genetic association study of human personality
Robust inference and widespread genetic correlates from a large-scale genetic association study of human personality Open
Personality traits describe stable differences in how individuals think, feel, and behave and how they interact with and experience their social and physical environments. We assemble data from 46 cohorts including 611K-1.14M participants …
View article: Do Polygenic Indices Capture “Direct” Effects on Child Externalizing Behavior Problems? Within-Family Analyses in Two Longitudinal Birth Cohorts
Do Polygenic Indices Capture “Direct” Effects on Child Externalizing Behavior Problems? Within-Family Analyses in Two Longitudinal Birth Cohorts Open
Failures of self-control can manifest as externalizing behaviors (e.g., aggression, rule-breaking) that have far-reaching negative consequences. Researchers have long been interested in measuring children’s genetic risk for externalizing b…
View article: Using risk of crime detection to study change in mechanisms of decision making.
Using risk of crime detection to study change in mechanisms of decision making. Open
Perceptions of crime detection risk (e.g., risk of arrest) play an integral role in the criminal decision-making process. Yet, the sources of variation in those perceptions are not well understood. Do individuals respond to changes in lega…
View article: Self-control is associated with health-relevant disparities in buccal DNA-methylation measures of biological aging in older adults
Self-control is associated with health-relevant disparities in buccal DNA-methylation measures of biological aging in older adults Open
View article: History of incarceration and age-related neurodegeneration: Testing models of genetic and environmental risks in a longitudinal panel study of older adults
History of incarceration and age-related neurodegeneration: Testing models of genetic and environmental risks in a longitudinal panel study of older adults Open
History of incarceration is associated with an excess of morbidity and mortality. While the incarceration experience itself comes with substantive health risks (e.g., injury, psychological stress, exposure to infectious disease), most indi…
View article: Stability of DNA-Methylation Profiles of Biological Aging in Children and Adolescents
Stability of DNA-Methylation Profiles of Biological Aging in Children and Adolescents Open
Background and Objectives Methylation profile scores (MPSs) index biological aging and aging-related disease in adults and are cross-sectionally associated with social determinants of health in childhood. MPSs thus provide an opportunity t…
View article: Guidelines for Evaluating the Comparability of Down-Sampled GWAS Summary Statistics
Guidelines for Evaluating the Comparability of Down-Sampled GWAS Summary Statistics Open
View article: Self-control is associated with health-relevant disparities in buccal DNA-methylation measures of biological aging in older adults
Self-control is associated with health-relevant disparities in buccal DNA-methylation measures of biological aging in older adults Open
Self-control is a personality dimension that is associated with better physical health and a longer lifespan. Here we examined (1) whether self-control is associated with buccal and saliva DNA-methylation (DNAm) measures of biological agin…
View article: Associations of DNA-Methylation Measures of Biological Aging With Social Disparities in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Associations of DNA-Methylation Measures of Biological Aging With Social Disparities in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Open
Children who experience environmental adversities are at increased risk of both internalizing and externalizing disorders. Epigenetic mechanisms may regulate the influence of environmental adversities on mental health. We examined the hypo…
View article: Genetic associations with parental investment from conception to wealth inheritance in six cohorts
Genetic associations with parental investment from conception to wealth inheritance in six cohorts Open
View article: History of incarceration and age-related cognitive impairment: Testing models of genetic and environmental risk in longitudinal panel study of older adults
History of incarceration and age-related cognitive impairment: Testing models of genetic and environmental risk in longitudinal panel study of older adults Open
History of incarceration is associated with an excess of morbidity and mortality. While the incarceration experience itself comes with substantive health risks (e.g., injury, psychological stress, exposure to infectious disease), most inma…
View article: Do polygenic indices capture “direct” effects on child externalizing behavior? Within-family analyses in two longitudinal birth cohorts
Do polygenic indices capture “direct” effects on child externalizing behavior? Within-family analyses in two longitudinal birth cohorts Open
Behaviors and disorders characterized by difficulties with self-regulation, such as problematic substance use, antisocial behavior, and symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), incur high costs for individuals, families…
View article: Guidelines for Evaluating the Comparability of Down-Sampled GWAS Summary Statistics
Guidelines for Evaluating the Comparability of Down-Sampled GWAS Summary Statistics Open
Proprietary genetic datasets are valuable for boosting the statistical power of genome-wide association studies (GWASs), but their use can restrict investigators from publicly sharing the resulting summary statistics. Although researchers …
View article: Socially Stratified Epigenetic Profiles Are Associated With Cognitive Functioning in Children and Adolescents
Socially Stratified Epigenetic Profiles Are Associated With Cognitive Functioning in Children and Adolescents Open
Children’s cognitive functioning and educational performance are socially stratified. Social inequality, including classism and racism, may operate partly via epigenetic mechanisms that modulate neurocognitive development. Following prereg…
View article: Life-Course Persistent Antisocial Behavior and Accelerated Biological Aging in a Longitudinal Birth Cohort
Life-Course Persistent Antisocial Behavior and Accelerated Biological Aging in a Longitudinal Birth Cohort Open
Prior research shows that individuals who have exhibited antisocial behavior are in poorer health than their same-aged peers. A major driver of poor health is aging itself, yet research has not investigated relationships between offending …
View article: Life-Course Persistent Antisocial Behavior and Accelerated Biological Aging in a Longitudinal Birth Cohort
Life-Course Persistent Antisocial Behavior and Accelerated Biological Aging in a Longitudinal Birth Cohort Open
Prior research shows that individuals who have exhibited antisocial behavior are in poorer health than their same-aged peers. A major driver of poor health is aging itself, yet research has not investigated relationships between offending …
View article: Incarceration, polygenic risk, and depressive symptoms among males in late adulthood
Incarceration, polygenic risk, and depressive symptoms among males in late adulthood Open
View article: Socially stratified DNA-methylation profiles are associated with disparities in child and adolescent mental health
Socially stratified DNA-methylation profiles are associated with disparities in child and adolescent mental health Open
Importance Economic and racial inequality is linked to disparities in children’s mental health. Biomarkers that reflect these social disparities are lacking. Objective We examined the hypothesis that salivary DNA-methylation patterns of hi…
View article: Socially stratified epigenetic profiles are associated with cognitive functioning in children and adolescents
Socially stratified epigenetic profiles are associated with cognitive functioning in children and adolescents Open
Children’s cognitive functioning and educational performance are socially stratified. Social inequality, including classism and racism, may operate partly via epigenetic mechanisms that modulate neurocognitive development. Following prereg…
View article: Associations of DNA-methylation and genetic profiles of an inflammatory marker with child and adolescent mental health
Associations of DNA-methylation and genetic profiles of an inflammatory marker with child and adolescent mental health Open
We examine whether salivary DNA-methylation and polygenic scores of an inflammatory marker (hs-CRP) are associated with child and adolescent mental health and whether molecular profiles and mental health phenotypes are socially stratified.…
View article: Identifying psychological pathways to polyvictimization: evidence from a longitudinal cohort study of twins from the UK
Identifying psychological pathways to polyvictimization: evidence from a longitudinal cohort study of twins from the UK Open
The findings suggest polyvictimization is influenced by cognitive/psychological characteristics that individuals carry with them across contexts. Policies aimed at reducing victimization risks should consider interventions that address cog…
View article: The Genome-Wide Study of Human Social Behavior and Its Application in Sociology
The Genome-Wide Study of Human Social Behavior and Its Application in Sociology Open
Recent years have seen a push for the integration of modern genomic methodologies with sociological inquiry. The inclusion of genomic approaches promises to help address long-standing issues in sociology (e.g., selection effects), as well …
View article: Every contact leaves a trace: contact with the criminal justice system, life outcomes, and the intersection with genetics
Every contact leaves a trace: contact with the criminal justice system, life outcomes, and the intersection with genetics Open