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In the history of criminology, few studies have been as impactful as the Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study, which aimed to prevent delinquency in young, underprivileged boys.

The idea that punishment of crime is an effective deterrent goes back millennia. Fear of punishment causes people to reduce criminal activity — or commit no crime at all— the thinking goes.

A research faculty member and recipient of numerous national and international policing awards from Florida State University’s College of Criminology & Criminal Justice has been named to the board of directors of the National Policing Institute (NPI). Darrel Stephens is the director of the Policing Research and Policy Institute in the Center for Criminology & Public Policy Research in the College.

A researcher from Florida State University’s College of Criminology & Criminal Justice has been named editor-in-chief of a leading criminology journal. Daniel Mears, Distinguished Research Professor and Mark C. Stafford Professor of Criminology, will lead editorial work for Justice Quarterly, which is published by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Mears will share the editor-in-chief title with Joshua Cochran at the University of Cincinnati. Cochran earned his master’s and doctoral degrees at FSU.

A researcher from Florida State University’s College of Criminology and Criminal Justice is being recognized by one of the field’s leading associations.

A Florida State University researcher is being recognized by the American Society of Criminology (ASC) as one of the top early career scholars in her field.

Associate Professor Joseph Schwartz, of the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, was tapped by Science Magazine to provide insights into a recent study brain trauma's effects on criminal behavior in children.  Read the article here:  Mild brain injuries don't predispose kids to criminal behavior, Danish study suggests

Since the mid-1800s, efforts to identify evidence-based policies in criminology research have been scattershot, leaving a gap between the demand for effective policy and a precise understanding of what it is.

The FSU College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Center for Criminology and Public Policy Research, is collaborating with the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health to make our nation's roads safer.