Research

Journal of Drug Issues (JDI) continues its dedication to providing a professional and scholarly forum centered on the national and international problems associated with drugs, especially illicit drugs. With international contributors and subscribers, JDI is an instrument widely used by research scholars, public policy analysts, and those involved in the day-to-day struggle against the problem of drug abuse.

The project entitled Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Research-Practitioner Partnerships furthers the long-standing and productive partnership between the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Center for Criminology and Public Policy Research in the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University.

The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) received a multi-year grant from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), to develop a system that utilizes data elements from FDOC’s various databases into a unified, real-time data warehouse. The Correctional Operations Trend Analysis System (COTAS) uses historical data to model the probability of incidents of violence occurring in all FDOC facilities in the state (at the facility and inmate levels).

The National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) recently announced the 2010 Winners of the Prevention for a Safer Society (PASS) awards. The awards are made annually to honor and recognize professionals who cover issues and highlight solutions to criminal justice, juvenile justice and child welfare problems. Dr. Daniel P.

On April 19 at the University Faculty Honors Convocation Professor Dan Maier-Katkin will receive awards as one of the University’s Outstanding Undergraduate Teachers as well as the Award for Outstanding Honors Thesis Mentor. Five of Dan’s students have won a total of six of the most prestigious awards for undergraduate theses and research in the last three years including the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Award, and the Kingsbury Award for the outstanding Honors thesis at the University in 2011.

Associate Professor Bill Bales and Karen Mann, the Director of the Center for Criminology & Public Policy Research, have received a subcontract from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) to perform research consulting work on the project, “GPS Monitoring Technologies and Domestic Violence: An Evaluation Study”. This multi-state project was funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice

By Libby Fairhurst, January 2011 FSU CRIMINOLOGY IS NO. 1: PROFESSOR AND COLLEGE BOTH RANKED NATION’S BEST Florida State’s Program Leads Field in Faculty Productivity, External Funding and more TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Renowned criminologist Alex Piquero of Florida State University has won the 2011 Academy Fellow Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), and it’s no wonder. The expert on criminal careers and crime prevention is ranked No. 1 nationally both for scholarly productivity and scholarly impact in his field.

Dr. Daniel Mears, Mark C. Stafford Professor of Criminology, has received a two-year grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, entitled “Monitoring and Assessing the Effectiveness of Juvenile Justice Sanctions.”

Dr. Eric Stewart and Dr. Ramiro Martinez (Florida International University) received grant funding from the National Science Foundation for their proposal entitled, “Collaborative Research: Local Context, Latino Growth and Public Attitudes.” The project examines the determinants of public sentiment toward Latinos in the United States. To better understand these processes, Drs. Stewart and Martinez will analyze national survey data on punitive sentiment towards immigrants and Latinos.

The Russell Sage Foundation has awarded a research grant to Dr. Brian Stults and Dr. John Logan (Brown University) for their project entitled US 2010: America after the First Decade of the New Century. This project continues the Russell Sage Foundation’s long tradition of funding the analysis of key trends in American society every decade using statistical information from the decennial census. Stults and Logan improve on that tradition by building on the strengths of two very different projects.