Research

Peter Lehmann
Florida transfers juvenile offenders to adult court at a higher rate than any other state in the nation. A new study conducted by Peter Lehmann, a doctoral candidate at the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice...
Victimology
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice faculty member Dr. Bill Doerner has written a new textbook recently released by Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group. Dr. Doerner wrote the 8th edition of Victimology along with FSU graduate Dr. Steve Lab.
The Amazing Race logo
Join Lambda Alpha Epsilon in funding a rescue operation by competing in the Amazing Race to Freedom Saturday, Feb. 18 at 12:00 p.m. in the FSU Student Life Center.
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Senior couple
Research conducted by the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice on elder financial exploitation was recently featured on Tallahassee CBS affiliate WCTV.
Group conversation at ASC Annual Meeting
Over 60 students and faculty members from the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice attended November’s American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA.
Eppes building
The Justice Department’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) recently awarded FSU’s College of Criminology and Criminal Justice $730,615 to examine the impact of restrictive housing...
Findings on Elder Financial Exploitation Presentation
On Oct. 27, researchers from the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice presented findings and recommendations from their study on elder financial exploitation to residents of Westminster Oaks...
Dan Mears
FSU College of Criminology & Criminal Justice Professor Dan Mears was featured as a guest columnist in the Sept. 10 issue of the Orlando Sentinel. In the article, Dr. Mears addresses the Department of Justice’s unprecedented step of seeking to terminate all federal private-prison contracts. He discusses if the decision is sound, if states should follow suit, and ultimately, the need for credible research. 
elder financial fraud
On Aug. 5, members of the College’s Elder Financial Exploitation Research Team met with the St. Joe Company, a Florida-based real estate developer and manager, to share their findings and make recommendations for a new retirement community currently being developed by St. Joe.
Jennifer Lynne Holmes
Criminology Ph.D. student Jennifer Lynne Holmes did not start out intending to be a criminologist. It was her work with at-risk women and children as a court-appointed special advocate and victim advocate that led her to criminology.