Dr. Chrystina Hoffman

• Position: Assistant Professor
• Department: Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies
• Office Location: Building 85, Room 151
• choffman@uwf.edu
• Campus: 850.474.3067
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Biography

Dr. Chrystina Y. Hoffman joined the faculty at the University of West Florida in Fall 2019 and conducts research, broadly, on victimization. Her research has examined questions such as whether children or adolescents who have been bullied experience greater consequences in adulthood, whether international students face the same victimization risk as domestic students, whether experiencing violent victimization impacts future expectations, and what factors motivate or hinder college students’ decisions to intervene.

Hoffman’s work has been published in peer-reviewed publications such as Youth Violence & Juvenile Justice, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Victims & Offenders, and Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice.

Degrees & Institutions

Hoffman received her bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and Psychology with a minor in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She also earned her master’s degree in Criminal Justice at UNCC. She went on to earn her doctorate in Criminal Justice and Criminology from Georgia State University.

Research

• Sexual victimization of college students
• Re-victimization
• Bystander intervention
• Causes and consequences of bully victimization
• Racial disparities
• Victimization of international students

Publications

Hoffman, C. Y., & Daigle, L. E. (2019). Racial and ethnic differences in risk factors for bully victimization. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice.

Daigle, L. E., & Hoffman, C. Y. (2018). Violent victimization and future expectations: Results from a longitudinal study of at-risk youth. Victims & Offenders.

Daigle, L. E., Hoffman, C. Y., & Johnson, L. M. (2018). The extent and risk of violent victimization among international college students enrolled in the United States: A gendered analysis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Hoffman, C. Y., Phillips, M. D., Daigle, L. E., & Turner, M. G. (2017). Adult consequences of repeat bully victimizations: Are children or adolescents more vulnerable to the victimization experience? Youth Violence & Juvenile Justice.

Keywords: victimology; victimization; revictimization; sexual victimization of college students; bully victimization; violent victimization