Research

FSU’s College of Criminology and Criminal Justice is home to the nation’s number one criminology faculty in the world. Our team of experts is ranked number one in the nation for research productivity and are among the top 10 for grant acquisition, as demonstrated below. Many of our faculty are industry experts and offer extensive research on topics like gun control, biosocial criminology and social control, to name a few.

The list below contains nearly 1,000 peer-reviewed journal articles published by our faculty, many of which are co-authored with former and current graduate students. To the left is our one-of-a-kind filter box, which allows you to filter articles by topic and leverage our expertise for your personal interests and research endeavors. We hope you enjoy learning about criminology as much as we enjoy expanding the field of research.

Lastest Research

Lindsey, Andrea M., Daniel P. Mears, Joshua C. Cochran, William D. Bales and Brian J. Stults. 2015. In Prison and Far From Home: Spatial Distance Effects on Inmate Misconduct. Crime & Delinquency. Online First
Jennifer Copp, Danielle Kuhl, Peggy C. Giordano, Wendy D. Manning, and Monica A. Longmore . 2015. Intimate Partner Violence in Neighborhood Context: The Roles of Structural Disadvantage, Subjective Disorder, and Emotional Distress. Social Science Research, 53, 59-72
Giordano, Peggy C., Jennifer Copp, Monica A. Longmore, and Wendy D. Manning. 2015. Contested Domains, Verbal ‘Amplifiers,’ and Intimate Partner Violence in Young Adulthood. Social Forces, 94(2), 923-951
Daniel P. Mears, and Joshua C. Cochran. 2015. Mass Incarceration and Prisoner Reentry: A Problem That Will Not Go Away. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Today 40:1, 4-10
Daniel P. Mears, Joshua C. Cochran, and Francis T. Cullen. 2015. Incarceration Heterogeneity and its Implications for Assessing the Effectiveness of Imprisonment on Recidivism. Criminal Justice Policy Review 26(7):691-712
Daniel P. Mears, Justin T. Pickett, and Christina Mancini. 2015. Support for Balanced Juvenile Justice: Assessing Views about Youth, Rehabilitation, and Punishment. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 31(3):459-479
Ashley T. Rubin. 2015. The Consequences of Prisoners’ Micro-Resistance. Law & Social Inquiry
Ashley T. Rubin. 2015. Hadar Aviram, Cheap on Crime: Recession-Era Politics and the Transformation of American Punishment. Punishment & Society
Jennifer Copp, Peggy C. Giordano, Monica A. Longmore, and Wendy D. Manning. 2015. Stay/Leave Decision-Making in Non-Violent and Violent Dating Relationships. Violence and Victims, 30(4), 581-599
Girodano, Peggy C. and Jennifer Copp. 2015. ‘Packages’ of Risk: Implications for Determining the Effect of Maternal Incarceration on Child Wellbeing. Criminology and Public Policy, 14(1): 157-168
Ashley T. Rubin. 2015. A Neo-Institutional Account of Prison Diffusion. Law & Society Review, Vol. 49, Issue 2, pp. 365-399
Brian B. Boutwell, J.C. Barnes, and Kevin M. Beaver. 2015. Why We Need a Nature/Nurture Book in Criminology. The Biosocial Vs. Nurture Debate in Criminology: On the Origins of Criminal Behavior and Criminality
Beaver, Kevin M. and Joseph L. Nedelec. 2015. A Biosocial Explanation for Male-Female Differences in Criminal Involvement. The Biosocial Vs. Nurture Debate in Criminology: On the Origins of Criminal Behavior and Criminality
Ashley T. Rubin. 2015. Resistance or Friction: Understanding the Significance of Prisoners' Secondary Adjustments. Theoretical Criminology, Vol. 19, Issue 1, pp. 23-42
Kinsley, K., Hill, L.B., & Maier-Katkin,D.. 2014. A Research Model for Future Library Instruction in Higher Education. New Library World 115, 9/10, 482-495