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

Mark T. Berg, Eric A. Stewart, Christopher J. Schreck, Ronald L. Simons. 2012. Victim-Offender Overlap in Context: Examining the Role of Neighborhood Street Culture. Criminology
Dylan Jackson, Kevin Beaver. 2012. Candidate Genes for Criminal and Delinquent Behavior. Psychology of Adolescence: New Research
Kevin Beaver, J. Eagle Shutt, Michael G. Vaughn, Matt DeLisi, John Paul Wright. 2012. Genetic Influences on Measures of Parental Negativity and Childhood Maltreatment: An Exploratory Study Testing for Gene X Environment Correlations. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
Lindsey Devers, Marc Gertz, Nicole Leeper Piquero, Baruch Kraus. 2012. The Ethnic Typification of Crime and Support for Punitive Attitudes: An Exploratory Analysis of Arabs in Israel. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice
Ryan Meldrum, Carter Hay. 2012. Do Peers Matter in the Development of Self-Control? Evidence from a Longitudinal Multi-Site Sample of Youth. Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Ashley T. Rubin. 2012. The Unintended Consequences of Penal Reform: A Case Study of Transportation in Eighteenth-Century London. Law & Society Review
John Paul Wright, Rebecca Schnupp, Kevin M. Beaver, Matt Delisi, Michael Vaughn. 2012. Genes, Maternal Negativity, and Self-Control: Evidence of a Gene X Environment Interaction. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice
Michael G. Vaughn, Matt DeLisi, Kevin M. Beaver, Brian E. Perron, Arnelyn Abdon. 2012. Toward a Criminal Justice Epidemiology: Behavioral and Physical Health of Probationers and Parolees in the United States. Journal of Criminal Justice
Joseph L. Nedelec, Joseph A. Schwartz, Eric J. Connolly, Kevin M. Beaver. 2012. Exploring the Association Between IQ and Differential Life Outcomes: Results from a Longitudinal Sample of Monozygotic Twins. Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia
Kevin M. Beaver, Joseph L. Nedelec, Meghan W. Rowland, Joseph A. Schwartz. 2012. Genetic Risks and ADHD Symptomatology: Exploring the Effects of Parental Antisocial Behaviors in an Adoption-Based Study. Child Psychiatry & Human Development
J.C. Barnes, Kevin M. Beaver. 2012. Genetic and Non-Shared Environmental Factors Affect the Likelihood of Being Charged with Driving Under the Influence (DUI) and Driving While Intoxicated (DWI). Addictive Behaviors
J.C. Barnes, Kevin M. Beaver, Brian B. Boutwell. 2012. Height in Adolescence Predicts Polydrug Use in Adolescence and Young Adulthood. Physiology & Behavior
J.C. Barnes and Kevin M. Beaver. 2012. Marriage and Desistance from Crime: A Consideration of Gene-Environment Correlation. Journal of Marriage and Family
J.C. Barnes, Kevin M. Beaver. 2012. Extending Research on the Victim-Offender Overlap: Evidence from a Genetically Informative Analysis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence
J.C. Barnes, Kevin. M. Beaver, Brian B. Boutwell. 2012. Life-Course Persistent Offenders and the Propensity to Commit Sexual Assault. Sexual Abuse