Publications
Books, refereed journal articles, chapters, reviews, reports, and professional resources.
Books & Edited Volumes
Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2024). Bullying Beyond the Schoolyard: Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2016). Bullying Today: Bullet Points and Best Practices. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2015). Bullying Beyond the Schoolyard: Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2014). Words Wound: Delete Cyberbullying and Make Kindness Go Viral. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing.
Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2014). A Leader’s Guide to Words Wound. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing.
Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2012). School Climate 2.0: Preventing Cyberbullying and Sexting One Classroom at a Time. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2012). Cyberbullying Prevention and Response: Expert Perspectives. New York: Routledge.
Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2009). Bullying Beyond the Schoolyard: Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Patchin, J. W. (2006). The Family Context of Childhood Delinquency. New York: LFB Scholarly Publishing.
Refereed Journal Articles
Links open the DOI/publisher page or, where more useful, an authoritative full-text research page.
2026 Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2026). Sextortion and Suicide: Implications for Adolescent Image-Based Abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect, 175. View article →
2026 Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2026). When Sexting Goes Wrong: The Extent of Non-Consensual Sharing and Sextortion Among Teens. Journal of Adolescent Health, 78, 572–579. View article →
2026 Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2026). Vicarious Supervision: Preventing Cyberbullying through Positive Parent-Child Relationships. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 87. View article →
2026 Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2026). Metaverse risks and harms among U.S. youth: Experiences, gender differences, and prevention and response measures. New Media & Society, 28(1), 32–53. View article →
2025 Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2025). Cyberbullying Through the Lens of Trauma: An Empirical Examination of U.S. Youth. BMC Public Health. View article →
2025 Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2025). The role of hope in bullying and cyberbullying prevention. Frontiers in Sociology, 10:1576372. View article →
2024 Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2024). Addressing youth sexting through rational legislation and education. Journal of Adolescent Health, 75(4), 530–532. View article →
2024Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2024). The nature and extent of youth sextortion: Legal implications and directions for future research. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 42(4), 401–416. View article →
2024 Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2024). Adolescent digital self-harm over time: Prevalence and perspectives. Journal of School Violence, 23(4), 542–554. View article →
2023 Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2023). Cyberbullying Among Asian American Youth Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of School Health, 93, 82–87. View article →
2023 Patchin, J. W., Hinduja, S., & Meldrum, R. (2023). Digital Self-Harm and Suicidality Among Adolescents. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 28(1), 52–59. View article →
2022 Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2022). Bullying and cyberbullying offending: The influence of six parenting dimensions among U.S. youth. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 31, 1454–1473. View article →
2022 Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2022). Bias-Based Cyberbullying Among Early Adolescents: The Role of Cognitive and Affective Empathy. Journal of Early Adolescence, 42(9), 1204–1235. View article →
2022 Meldrum, R. C., Patchin, J. W., Young, J. T. & Hinduja, S. (2022). Bullying victimization, depressive symptoms, and digital self-harm: Testing a theoretical model of indirect effects. Deviant Behavior, 43(3), 303–321.
2022 Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2022). Cyberbullying Among Tweens in the United States. Journal of Early Adolescence, 42(3), 414–430. View article →
2021 Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2021). Digital Dating Abuse Among a National Sample of U.S. Youth. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(23–24), 11088–11108. View article →
2020 Lee, C., Patchin, J. W., Hinduja, S., & Dischinger, A. (2020). Bullying and Delinquency: The Impact of Anger and Frustration. Violence and Victims, 35(4), 503–523. View article →
2020 Patchin, J. W., Schafer, J. A., & Jarvis, J. P. (2020). Law Enforcement Perceptions of Cyberbullying: Evolving Perspectives. Policing: An International Journal, 43(1), 137–150. View article →
2020 Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2020). It is Time to Teach Safe Sexting. Journal of Adolescent Health, 66(2), 140–143. View article →
2020 Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2020). Sextortion Among Adolescents: Results from a National Survey of U.S. Youth. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 32(1), 30–54. View article →
2019 Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2019). The Nature and Extent of Sexting Among Middle and High School Students. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48(8), 2333–2343. View article →
2019 Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2019). Connecting Adolescent Suicide to the Severity of Bullying and Cyberbullying. Journal of School Violence, 18(3), 333–346. View article →
2018 Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2018). Deterring teen bullying: Assessing the impact of perceived punishment from police, schools, and parents. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 16(2), 190–207. View article →
2017 Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2017). Digital self-harm among adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 61, 761–766. View article →
2017 Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2017). Cultivating youth resilience to prevent bullying and cyberbullying victimization. Child Abuse & Neglect, 73, 51–62. View article →
2015 Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2015). Defining cyberbullying: Implications for research. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 23, 69–74. View article →
2013 Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2013). Cyberbullying among adolescents: Implications for empirical research. Journal of Adolescent Health, 53(4), 431–432. View article →
2013 Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2013). Social influences on cyberbullying behaviors among middle and high school students. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 42(5), 711–722. View article →
2013 Sabella, R. A., Patchin, J. W., & Hinduja, S. (2013). Cyberbullying myths and realities. Computers in Human Behavior, 29(6), 2703–2711. View article →
2012 Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2012). School-based efforts to prevent cyberbullying. The Prevention Researcher, 19(3), 7–9. View article →
2012 Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2012). Cyberbullying: Neither an epidemic nor a rarity. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 9(5), 539–543.
2011 Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2011). Traditional and nontraditional bullying among youth: A test of general strain theory. Youth & Society, 43(2), 727–751. View article →
2011 Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2011). Cyberbullying: A review of the legal issues facing educators. Preventing School Failure: Alternative Education for Children and Youth, 55(2), 71–78. View article →
2011 Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2011). High-tech cruelty. Educational Leadership, 68(5), 48–52. View article →
2010 Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2010). Cyberbullying and self-esteem. Journal of School Health, 80(12), 614–621. View article →
2010 Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2010). Bullying, cyberbullying, and suicide. Archives of Suicide Research, 14(3), 206–221. View article →
2010 Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2010). Changes in adolescent online social networking behaviors from 2006 to 2009. Computers in Human Behavior, 26, 1818–1821. View article →
2010 Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2010). Trends in online social networking: Youth use of MySpace over time. New Media & Society, 12(2), 197–216. View article →
2008 Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2008). Personal information of adolescents on the Internet: A quantitative content analysis of MySpace. Journal of Adolescence, 31(1), 125–146. View article →
2008 Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2008). Cyberbullying: An exploratory analysis of factors related to offending and victimization. Deviant Behavior, 29(2), 129–156. View article →
2008 Kooi, B. R. & Patchin, J. W. (2008). Neighborhood disadvantage in a moderately-sized city: A SEM analysis. Criminal Justice Studies, 21(4), 325–340. View article →
2007 Ingram, J. R., Patchin, J. W., Huebner, B. M., McCluskey, J. D., & Bynum, T. S. (2007). Family life, peer associations, and serious delinquency: A path analysis. Criminal Justice Review, 32(4), 380–400.
2007Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2007). Offline consequences of online victimization: School violence and delinquency. Journal of School Violence, 6(3), 89–112. View article →
2006 Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2006). Bullies move beyond the schoolyard: A preliminary look at cyberbullying. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 4(2), 123–147. View article →
2006 Patchin, J. W., Huebner, B. M., McCluskey, J. D., Varano, S. P., & Bynum, T. S. (2006). Exposure to community violence and childhood delinquency. Crime & Delinquency, 52(2), 307–332. View article →
2005 Wallace, L. H., Patchin, J. W., & May, J. (2005). Reactions of Victimized Youth: Strain as an Explanation of School Delinquency. Western Criminology Review, 6(1), 104–116. View article →
2004 Varano, S. P., McCluskey, J. D., Patchin, J. W., & Bynum, T. S. (2004). Exploring the drugs-homicide connection. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 20(4), 369–392. View article →
2004 McCluskey, C. P., Bynum, T. S. & Patchin, J. W. (2004). Reducing chronic absenteeism: An assessment of an early truancy initiative. Crime & Delinquency, 50(2), 214–234. View article →
2002 Patchin, J. W. (2002). Bullied youths lash out: Strain as an explanation of extreme school violence. Caribbean Journal of Criminology and Social Psychology, 7(1&2), 22–43.
Book Chapters
Kowalski, R. M., Giumetti, G. W., Patchin, J. W., Cotton, S. R., & Craig, W. (2025). Cyberbullying and Social Media (pp. 433–438). In D. A. Christakis & L. Hale (Eds.), Handbook of Children and Screens: Digital Media, Development, and Well-Being from Birth Through Adolescence. Switzerland: Springer Nature.
Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2014). Cyberbullying Research: Standing On the Shoulders of International Giants (pp. 265–272). In P. Smith & G. Steffgen (Eds.), Cyberbullying Through the New Media: Findings from an International Network. London: Psychology Press.
Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2013). Cyberbullying: What we know and what you can do. In Messineo, M. & Holtzman, M., Sociology in Action, 14th ed. Plymouth, MI: Hayden-McNeil.
Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2012). Cyberbullying May Exacerbate Problems That Can Lead to Suicide (pp. 52–56). In L. Gerdes (Ed.), At Issues: Cyberbullying. New York: Cengage Learning.
Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2012). Preventing Cyberbullying (pp. 167–200). In L. Schrum (Ed.), Educational Technology for School Leaders. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2012). Cyberbullying: An Update and Synthesis of the Research (pp. 13–36). In J. W. Patchin & S. Hinduja (Eds.), Cyberbullying Prevention and Response: Expert Perspectives. New York: Routledge.
Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2012). School Law Enforcement and Cyberbullying (pp. 161–184). In J. W. Patchin & S. Hinduja (Eds.), Cyberbullying Prevention and Response: Expert Perspectives. New York: Routledge.
Burgess-Proctor, A., Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2010). Cyberbullying and online harassment: Reconceptualizing the victimization of adolescent girls (pp. 162–176). In V. Garcia & J. Clifford (Eds.), Female Crime Victims: Reality Reconsidered. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
McCluskey, J., Bynum, T., Varano, S., Huebner, B. M., Patchin, J. W., & Burgess-Proctor, A. (2006). Police organizations and problem solving strategies for juvenile interventions: Identifying crucial elements. In B. Sims & P. Preston (Eds.), Handbook of Juvenile Justice: Theory and Practice (pp. 251–269). New York, NY: Taylor & Francis.
Book Reviews
Patchin, J. W. (2011). Book Review: Truths and Myths of Cyber-bullying: International Perspectives on Stakeholder Responsibility and Children’s Safety, by Shaheen Shariff and Andrew Churchill (Eds.). New Media & Society, 13(4), 683–686.
Patchin, J. W. (2006). Book Review: Fighting Youth Crime: A Comparison Study of Two Little Dragons in Asia, by Alfred Choi & T Wing Lo. International Criminal Justice Review, 16(1), 56–57.
Patchin, J. W. (2002). Book Review: Law and the Language of Identity: Discourse in the William Kennedy Smith Rape Trial, by Gregory M. Matoesian. Contemporary Sociology, 31(4), 478–479.
Reports, Technical Papers & Professional Resources
Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2025). What to do When Your Child is Cyberbullied. Roblox, October 2025. View resource →
Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2025). What to do When Your Child Cyberbullies Others. Roblox, October 2025. View resource →
Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2023). Harassment in TikTok Comments: A Pilot Test of the TikTok Research API. Cyberbullying Research Center, June 30, 2023. View resource →
Patchin, J. W. (2023). Responding to Cyberbullying: Strategies for School Counselors. WSCAlink, January 2023. View resource →
Patchin, J. W. (2022). 7 Ways Parents Can Fight Back Against Cyberbullying. AARP, August 31, 2022. View resource →
Patchin, J. W. (2022). Does Your Kid Want a Cellphone? Volume One, August 2022. View resource →
Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2020). Tween Cyberbullying in 2020. Cyberbullying Research Center and Cartoon Network, September 30, 2020. View resource →
Patchin, J. W. (2020). Has Your Kids’ Screen Time Spiked Because of COVID-19? Don’t Panic. Volume One, April 18, 2020. View resource →
Patchin, J. W. (2019). What an Old School Game Can Teach Us About New Digital Challenges. Chippewa Valley Family, November 7, 2019. View resource →
Patchin, J. W. (2019). The Skinny on Screen Time: Why common sense should outweigh research. Chippewa Valley Family, January/February 2019. View resource →
Patchin, J. W. (2018). At Issue: Should Schools be Required to Intervene When Students Cyberbully Other Students Off-campus? CQ Researcher, 28(5), 113.
Patchin, J. W. (2017). Should Your School Punish Cyberbullying? Junior Scholastic, October 9, 2017.
Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2016). What Do We Really Know About Cyberbullying? National Dropout Prevention Center/Network Newsletter, 25(4), 5.
Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2016). How Librarians and Students Can Work Together To Combat Cyberbullying and Promote Kindness Online. VOYA, 38(6), 28–29.
Patchin, J. W. (2016). Brighten Your Understanding of Anonymous Apps. Chippewa Valley Family, March/April 2016.
Patchin, J. W. (2014). Words wound—for a long time. Teaching Today Wisconsin, Spring 2014.
Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2013). Identifying, Preventing, and Responding to Cyberbullying. Connections, October 2013.
Patchin, J. W., Schafer, J. A., & Hinduja, S. (2013). Cyberbullying and Sexting: Law Enforcement Perceptions. FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, June. View resource →
Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2013). What do we really know about cyberbullying? Teaching Today Wisconsin, Spring 2013.
Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2012). Cyberbullying. The World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago, IL: World Book, Inc.
Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2011). Overview of Cyberbullying. White Paper for the White House Conference on Bullying Prevention. Washington, DC. View resource →
Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2011). Cyberbullying: Identification, Prevention, and Response. Laminated Reference Guide.
Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2011). Cyberbullying: What can you do? The Clergy Journal, 88(2), 3–5.
Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2010). A Student’s Guide to Personal Publishing. Minneapolis, MN: Jostens.
Patchin, J. W. (2010). School climate and cyberbullying. Teaching Today Wisconsin, Spring 2010.
Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2008). Cyberbullying Among Middle Schoolers in Palm Beach County, Florida. Cyberbullying Research Center.
Patchin, J. W. (2006). Bullying moves beyond the schoolyard. Teaching Today Wisconsin, May 2006.
Bynum, T. S., Patchin, J. W., Huebner, B. M., & McCluskey, J. D. (2005). Michigan Juvenile Intervention Initiative Final Report on Project Activities. Michigan State University.
Patchin, J. W. & Keveles, G. N. (2004). Alternatives to Incarceration: An Evidence-Based Research Review. University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension.
Bynum, T. S., Patchin, J. W., McCluskey, J. D., & Huebner, B. M. (2003). Michigan Juvenile Intervention Initiative Fiscal Year 2003 Report on Project Activities. Michigan State University.
Bynum, T. S., McCluskey, J. D., Huebner, B. M., McCluskey, C. P., & Patchin, J. W. (2002). Michigan Juvenile Intervention Initiative Fiscal Year 2002 Report on Project Activities. Michigan State University.
Patchin, J. W. (2002). Fact Sheet: LSD. Michigan Office of Drug Control Policy.
Bynum, T. S., McCluskey, J. D., Huebner, B. M., Varano, S. P., & Patchin, J. W. (2001). Michigan Juvenile Intervention Initiative Fiscal Year 2001 Report on Project Activities. Michigan State University.
Patchin, J. W. (2001). Fact Sheet: Cocaine. Michigan Office of Drug Control Policy.
Bynum, T. S., McCluskey, J. D., Huebner, B. M., Varano, S. P., & Patchin, J. W. (2000). Michigan Juvenile Intervention Initiative Fiscal Year 2000 Report on Project Activities. Michigan State University.
Bynum, T. S., McCluskey, C. P., & Patchin, J. W. (2000). Westside Operation Weed and Seed: An Evaluation of an Early Truancy Initiative. Michigan State University.