Yeungjeom Lee

Professional Preparation

Ph.D. - Criminology, Law & Society
University of Florida - 2018

Research Areas

Research Interests

Developmental Life-Course Criminology

Juvenile Delinquency

Victimization

Comparative Criminology

Publications

Kim, J., &. Lee, Y. (Accepted). Delinquent peers and delinquency: Findings from a longitudinal study of youth. British Journal of Criminology. - publications

Kim, J., Leban, L., Hong, J., & Lee, Y. (Online First). Sex differences in the overlap between bullying perpetration and victimization: A developmental perspective.Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology. - publications

Kim, J., Leban, L., & Lee, Y. (Online First). Theoretical explanations of the development of youth hacking. Crime & Delinquency. - publications

Lee, Y., & Kim, J. (Online First). The converging effects of psychopathic traits and experienced and vicarious victimization of offending: A partial test of Agnew's extension of general strain theory. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology. - publications

Lee, Y., Harris, M., & Kim, J. (2022). Gender differences in cyberbullying victimization from a developmental perspective: An examination of risk and protective factors. Crime & Delinquency, 68 (13-14), 2422-2451. - publications

Kim, J., &. Lee, Y. (2022). Developmental trajectories and predictors ofdeviant peer association. Deviant Behavior, 43(12), 1523-1542. - publications

Kim, J., Cardwell, S., &. Lee, Y. (Online First). Early onset delinquency and violent delinquency in adolescence: The role of abusive parents and delinquent peer associations. Crime & Delinquency. - publications

Kim, J., &. Lee, Y. (Online First). The effects of different types of high school transitions on delinquent friendships and delinquency. Journal of Experimental Criminology. - publications

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Awards

Tory J. Caeti Memorial Award - Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Section, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) [2023]

New Scholar Award - Victimology Section, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) [2023]

Early Career Award - Division of Developmental & Life-Course Criminology, American Society of Criminology (ASC) [2022]

Faculty Poster Award (First Place) - Southern Criminal Justice Association (SCJA) [2020]

The Gene Carte Student Paper Award (Second Place) - American Society of Criminology (ASC) [2018]

Graduate Student Paper Award - International Section, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) [2018]

Gorman Research Methods Award - University of Florida [2018]

Ronald L. Akers Graduate Student Paper Award - University of Florida [2017]

Appointments

Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Dallas [2021–Present]

Assistant Professor
University of Alaska Anchorage [2018–2021]

Presentations

Kim, J., Lee, Y., Leban, L., & Jennings, W. (November 2022). Association between bullying victimization and sexual health: The role of teacher and parental attachment. American Society of Criminology Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

Kim, J., Harris, M., & Lee, Y. (September 2022). The bi-directional relationship between mental health and violent offending: An examination of the mediating role of experienced and witnessed victimization. Southern Criminal Justice Association Conference, Asheville, North Carolina.

Lee, Y., Harris, M., & Kim, J. (March 2022). Gender differences in cyberbullying victimization from a developmental perspective: An examination of risk and protective factors. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

Kim, J., &. Lee, Y. (February 2022). The effects of different types of high school transitions on delinquent friendships and delinquency. Western Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI.

Kim, J., Leban, L., Hong, J., & Lee, Y. (November 2021). Sex differences in the overlap between bullying perpetration and victimization in South Korea: A developmental perspective. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

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Additional Information

Professional activities

Manuscript Reviewer for refereed journals including Criminal Justice Behavior, Justice Quarterly, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Violence and Victims, Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, and Criminal Justice Review.

News Articles

An Interview with the American Society of Criminology’s 2018 Student Paper Award Winners

Meet the Newest Group of Tenured, Tenure-Track Faculty at UT Dallas

The University of Texas at Dallas welcomed 25 new tenured and tenure-track faculty members in 2021, with many of them joining the University this fall.

Affiliations

Professional Membership

American Society of Criminology

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences