The Center for Criminology and Public Policy Research

Financial scams targeting older adults have reached a high level of sophistication, posing significant risks to this vulnerable demographic.

Researchers from Florida State University’s College of Criminology and Criminal Justice have published an article in ‘Scientific American’ on the rapidly increasing rates of financial fraud targeting older adults.

Brendan Lantz and the Hate Crime Research and Policy Institute (HCRPI) have received the 2025 Eva Lassman “Take Action Against Hate” Award, presented by Gonzaga University’s Center for the Study of Hate.

Leaders from the Leon County area’s law enforcement agencies and Florida State University gave brief remarks and cut the ribbon on the Capital Region Real Time Crime Center (CRRTCC) on Friday, September 15.

Leaders of the Tallahassee area’s law enforcement agencies will give brief remarks and cut the ribbon on the Capital Region Real-Time Crime Center on Friday, Sept. 15. The Capital Region Real-Time Crime Center (CRRTCC) is a collaboration that brings together the resources of local law enforcement and the nation’s leading criminology researchers in an effort to make the community safer.

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.

A new collaborative research study by FSU College of Criminology & Criminal Justice Professors Joseph A. Schwartz, Sonja E.

A new course at the FSU College of Criminology and Criminal Justice is designed to help eliminate the barriers between research and effective policy and practice. Translational Criminology & Politics (CCJ-6920) is co-instructed by FSU President Emeritus John Thrasher and Dean Thomas Blomberg.

FSU's College of Criminology and Criminal Justice Distinguished Research Professor Daniel Mears co-wrote an op-ed on policing in America, recently published in the Orlando Sentinel. In the op-ed, Dr. Daniel Mears along with Dr. William R. Kelly from the University of Texas in Austin examines why America needs to reevaluate its public safety system.

Florida State University’s College of Criminology & Criminal Justice is pleased to congratulate Associate Professor Marin R. Wenger, who was recently honored by the University with an Undergraduate Teaching Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Major. Dr. Wenger was one of only 10 Florida State University faculty members to receive the award for the 2022-2023 academic year award.