FSU College of Criminology and Criminal Justice researcher Dan Mears, has published a commentary, 'Crime and the Deterrence Myth,' in the Nov. 30 edition of the Orlando Sentinel.
Mears is a Distinguished Research Professor, the Mark C. Stafford Professor of Criminology, and Director of the Corrections Research and Policy Institute in the College’s Center for Criminology and Public Policy Research.
Along with co-author Mark C. Stafford, professor of criminal Justice at Texas State University— and the namesake of the chair which Mears holds— Mears discusses the efficacy of tough-on-crime policies in the commentary.
Click here read Mears' and Stafford's story.
To learn more about Mears' work visit the Corrections Research and Policy Institute.