Matthew "Matt" DeLisi is an American criminologist, author, forensic consultant, and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Iowa State University, where he is also Coordinator of Criminal Justice and a faculty affiliate of the Center for the Study of Violence.
[1] DeLisi's research focuses on multiple areas in the field of criminology, such as career criminals, homicide, temperament, inmate behavior, adverse childhood experiences, developmental psychopathology, psychopathy, and the self-control theory of crime.
[2] He has published studies on the economic costs of murders in the United States[3][4] and on the relationship between violent video games and criminal behavior.
Criminal Justice: Balancing Crime Control and Due Process.
• Robert M. Regoli, John D. Hewitt, and Matt DeLisi.
Delinquency in Society: Youth Crime in the 21st Century, Seventh Edition.
• Robert M. Regoli, John D. Hewitt, and Matt DeLisi.
• Chad R. Trulson, Darin R. Haerle, Jonathan W. Caudill, and Matt DeLisi.
Lost Causes: Blended Sentencing, Second Chances, and the Texas Youth Commission.
• Alexander T. Vazsonyi, Daniel J. Flannery, and Matt DeLisi (Eds.).
The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression, second edition.
• John Paul Wright and Matt DeLisi.
Conservative Criminology: A Call to Restore Balance to the Social Sciences.
• Matt DeLisi and Kevin M. Beaver (Eds.).
American Corrections: Theory, Research, Policy, and Practice.
• Matt DeLisi and Peter J. Conis (Eds.).
Violent Offenders: Theory, Research, Public Policy, and Practice.
DeLisi received numerous awards for teaching excellence and research achievement.
DeLisi has been a Fellow of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences since 2012.