Research

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.

Years of re-labelling the crime rape using different terms such as sexual assault, has led to significant variation in public opinions on the crime’s severity, sparking consequences that can compound victim trauma and reduce perpetrator accountability, a Florida State University researcher has found.

Barely a year since the Capital Region Real Time Crime Center (CRRTCC) opened its tech-driven headquarters at Florida State University, it is already earning accolades and acclaim. Fresh off being named the Center of the Year by the National Real Time Crime Center Association (NRTCCA), officials say the CRRTCC stands at the vanguard of a field that is reshaping law enforcement.

The mission of Florida State University’s College of Criminology & Criminal Justice is to serve the public with research that translates directly into effective policy.

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.