Zachary Rowan

BIOGRAPHY

Zachary Rowan is an assistant professor in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University. He received his doctorate in criminology from the University of Maryland in 2016 and subsequently completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California, Irvine.

Rowan conducts research broadly focused on juvenile justice, including peer influence, co-offending and group behavior, and life-course and developmental criminology.

AREAS OF INTEREST

Peer influence; co-offending; group behaviour; life-course and developmental criminology; intervention evaluation; juvenile justice.

EDUCATION

BA, MA, PhD (UMD)

NOTE FOR POTENTIAL GRADUATE STUDENTS:

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Selected Publications

Rowan, Z. R. (2023). Co-offending in context: The role of economic hardship. The British Journal of Criminology, 63(1), 201-220.
Rowan, Z. R., Kan, E., Frick, P. J., & Cauffman, E. (2022). Not (Entirely) Guilty: The Role of Co-offenders in Diffusing Responsibility for Crime. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 59(4), 415-448.
Norton, N., & Rowan, Z. R. (2022). The Group Nature of Academic Dishonesty & Diffusion of Responsibility in Online Student Chat Groups. Deviant Behavior, 1-14.
Rowan, Z. R., Appleby, S., & McGloin, J. M. (2022). Situating crime pattern theory into the explanation of co-offending: Considering area-level convergence spaces. The British Journal of Criminology, 62(3), 681-698.
McGloin, J. M., Thomas, K. J., Rowan, Z. R., & Deitzer, J. R. (2021). Can the group disincentivize offending? Considering opt‐out thresholds and decision reversals. Criminology, 59(4), 738-765.

Selected Grants

Probation Officers’ Attributions of Clients and Inequity in the Justice System (2022) - SFU/SSHRC Institutional Grants Program - Co-Investigator - Evan McCuish (SFU)
Building Capacity to Assess Youth Justice and Diversion Programming in British Columbia (2021) - SSRHC Individual Partnership Engage Grants.
Preliminary Evaluation of a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Young Adult Court (2018) - SFU/SSHRC Institutional Grants Program

Recently Taught Courses

CRIM101: Introduction to Criminology
CRIM220: Research Methods in Criminology
CRIM416: Current Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice - Groups and Crime
CRIM800: Criminological Theory I

Courses

This instructor is currently not teaching any courses.

School of Criminology