J.C. Barnes is a professor and director of the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati.

He has two primary areas of research interest. First, his research seeks to identify how genetic and environmental factors combine to impact criminological phenomena. Second, he studies the offender’s decision-making process to understand how offenders choose their targets.

Barnes’s publishing includes Behavior Genetics, Criminology, Developmental Psychology, Journal of Marriage and Family, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Psychological Bulletin, and Psychological Science.