Professional Bio
I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Criminology and Sociology at the Pennsylvania State University.
I research religious, moral, and ideological causes of crime and health behaviors. I study these topics both at the individual and community levels. I am also interested in the application of machine learning and big social data to understanding these phenomena at scale.
Publications
Block, Ray*, Michael Burnham*, Kayla Kahn*, Rachel Peng*, Jeremy Seeman*, & Christopher Seto*. “Perceived Risk, Political Polarization, and Adherence to COVID-19 Mitigation Guidelines.” Social Science & Medicine 305, 115091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115091
Seto, Christopher. 2021. “Saving Grace? Religious Ecology and Deaths of Despair.” Social Science & Medicine. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114642
Seto, Christopher. 2021. “Religious Identity and Delinquency: Comparing Muslim, Christian and Non-religious Adolescents in the United Kingdom.” British Journal of Criminology. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azab100
Seto, Christopher. 2021. “Understanding Delinquency Among the Spiritual but not Religious.” Sociology of Religion 82(2): 156-178. https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/sraa042
Seto, Christopher & Iman Said. 2020. “Religious Perceptions of Crime and Implications for Punitiveness.” Punishment and Society. 146247452096003. https://doi.org/10.1177/1462474520960038
Staff, Jeremy, Jennifer Maggs, Christopher Seto, Julia Dillavou, & Michael Vuolo. 2020. “Electronic and Combustible Cigarette Use in Adolescence: Links with Adjustment, Delinquency, and Other Substance Use.” Journal of Adolescent Health 66:39-47.
