The College is pleased to announce that Jillian Turanovic is the recipient of the 2019 Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award.

College of Criminology & Criminal Justice Professor Daniel Mears and alumna Dr. Andrea Montes examine privatized corrections in the latest issue of Criminology & Public Policy.

Hate crimes committed by groups are especially likely to result in injuries such as broken bones and missing teeth, according to a new study from Florida State University.

College of Criminology & Criminal Justice undergraduate, Osvaldo Rodriguez, was recently accepted to Harvard Law School, one of the most prestigious law schools in the world.

Five College of Criminology & Criminal Justice graduate students have been nominated for the 2018-19 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.

College of Criminology & Criminal Justice professor Daniel Mears is the recipient of the 2019 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences’ Outstanding Book Award. Dr. Mears received the award for his book, Out-of-Control Criminal Justice.

What do cheese, jeans and wine all have in common? They get better with time. New research from Florida State University finds that’s also true of teenagers’ attitudes toward law enforcement as they become adults.

Concerns that deadly police encounters are fueled by "warrior cops" have led to programs that teach communication and engagement as alternatives to force and control. But do they work? Or are they based on a false premise?

The pros and cons of policing methods have been heavily debated for decades in the United States.

A team of researchers has created a model to measure the differences between two distinct approaches to policing -- the warrior approach and the guardian approach.