Assistant Professor
Email: erestivo@nyit.edu

Education

2011: Ph.D., Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University
Dissertation: Once A Criminal, Always a Criminal: How Do Individual Responses to Formal Labeling Affect Future Behavior?  A Comprehensive Evaluation of Labeling Theory.

2008: M.S., Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University
Thesis: Parental Attachment and Deviance: Seeking a More Precise Understanding to this Relationship

2006: B.S., Criminal Justice, University of Central Florida
 

Honors and Grants

Teaching and Research Assistant (Carter Hay, Dan Maier-Katkin, and Sonja Siennick), College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, 2006-2010

Distance Learning Course Development Grant– Assistant to Carter Hay, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee Florida,  Summer 2010

Distance Learning Teaching Assistantship – Carter Hay, Juvenile Delinquency, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee Florida,  Summer 2010

Travel grant awarded by the Congress of Graduate Studies, Florida State University for annual American Society of Criminology meetings, 2008-2010

Assistantship;  Nazi Era Study Abroad Program- Dan Maier Katkin,  Czech Republic, Germany, Austria and Poland for six weeks, Florida State University, Summer 2008

Robert L. Clark Scholarship; Florida State University, Fall 2006
 

Areas of Teaching and Research Interests

• Juvenile Delinquency
• Theories of crime causation
• Family and parenting-related causes of adolescent crime
• Measurement and methods
• Effects of formal punishment on future behavior
   

Publications

Hay, Carter, Xia Wang, Emily Ciaravolo, and Ryan Meldrum. “Inside the Black Box: Identifying the Theoretical Variables that Mediate the Effects of a Comprehensive Intervention on Juvenile Delinquency.” Accepted and Forthcoming at Crime & Delinquency.

Hay, Carter, Ryan C. Meldrum, Emily Ciaravolo, and Walter Forrest. 2010. “Stability and change in risk-seeking: Investigating the effects of an intervention program.” Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 8: 91-106.
 

Works In Progress

Hay, Carter, Brian Stults and Emily Ciaravolo (Restivo). “Suppressing the Harmful Effects of Key Risk Factors of Crime: An Examination of an Experimental Intervention Program.”

Restivo, Emily.  “Considering Variables that May Mediate the Effects of Arrest on Subsequent Involvement in Delinquency.”

Restivo, Emily and Carter Hay. “Considering Social Process Factors That May Moderate the Likelihood of Arrest Following Engagement in Crime.”
 

Professional Presentations

2010  “Considering Social Process Factors That May Moderate the Effects of Formal Labeling on Future Behavior.” Paper presentation at annual 2010 American Society of Criminology meetings in San Francisco.

2010  “Suppressing the Harmful Effects of Key Risk Factors: Results from an Experimental Intervention.” Paper presentation at annual 2010 American Society of Criminology meetings in San Francisco.

2009  “Considering Variables That May Mediate the Effects of Intervention Programs on Delinquency.” Paper presentation at annual 2009 American Society of Criminology meetings in Philadelphia.

2008 “Stability and Change in Risk-Seeking: Investigating the effects of an intervention program.” Paper presentation at annual 2008 American Society of Criminology meetings in St. Louis.

2008  “Parental Attachment and Deviance: Seeking a More Precise Understanding of This Relationship.” Paper presentation at annual 2008 American Society of Criminology meetings in St. Louis.
 

Professional Organizations

Member of the American Society of Criminology (ASC)

Member of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)
 

Teaching Experience

Introduction to Sociology(SOCI101); Fall 2011; New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury

Organized Crime (CRIM354); Fall 2011; New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury

American Urban Minorities (SOCI150); Fall 2011; New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury

Introduction to the Study of Crime (CCJ301); Spring 2011, University of West Florida, Online

Criminal and Delinquent Behavior (CCJ4610); Summer 2010, Florida State University

Teaching Assistant, Fall 2006-Spring 2010, Florida State University:
Substantive Criminal Law (CJL4110)
Research Methods (CCJ4700)
Juvenile Delinquency (CCJ4010)
Crimes Against Humanity (CCJ4938) 
Criminal and Delinquent Behavior (CCJ4610)
 

Service to the Department/University

Academic Advising, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, Fall 2011

Open House Representative, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, Fall 2011

New Graduate Student Orientation Coordinator; College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Spring 2007- current

Program of Instructional Excellence Criminology Associate; Florida State University, Fall 2008- current