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. 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.

Research Brought to Life

Our mission is to build an intellectual community that is comprised of students, professors, alumni, practitioners, and policy makers. Through our community’s focus on research, education, and service, we seek to bring research to life by directing our academic efforts to make a lasting societal difference, contributing to improving society by reducing the suffering, pain, and cost of crime in all aspects of the criminal justice system. Through these efforts, we seek to create future leaders in our field that possess critical, research, and application skills, helping them succeed in their future careers and achieve their goals to improve society at large.

J. C. Barnes, Brian B. Boutwell, Kevin M. Beaver. 2014. Genetic and Non-Shared Environmental Factors Predict Handgun Ownership in Early Adulthood. Death Studies
John Paul Wright, Mark Alden Morgan, Michelle A. Coyne, Kevin M. Beaver, J.C. Barnes. 2014. Prior Problem Behavior Accounts for the Racial Gap in School Suspensions. Journal of Criminal Justice
Joseph L. Nedelec and Kevin M. Beaver. 2014. The Relationship Between Self-Control in Adolescence and Social Consequences in Adulthood: A Genetically Informative Analysis. Journal of Criminal Justice 42 (May/June):288-298
Jillian Turanovic and Travis C. Pratt. 2013. The Consequences of Maladaptive Coping: Integrating General Strain and Self-Control Theories to Specify a Causal Pathway between Victimization and Offending. Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Daniel P. Mears, Joshua C. Cochran, and Sonja E. Siennick. 2013. Life-Course Perspectives and Prisoner Reentry. Handbook of Life-Course Criminology: Emerging Trends and Directions for Future Research
Gary Kleck. 2013. Deterrence: Actual vs. Perceived Risk of Punishment. Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Kevin M. Beaver and Eric Connolly. 2013. Genetic and Environmental Influences on the Development of Childhood Antisocial Behavior: Current Evidence and Directions for Future Research. Handbook of Life-Course Criminology: Emerging Trends and Directions for Future Research
Kevin M. Beaver and Eric Connolly. 2013. Genetic and Environmental Influences on the Development of Childhood Antisocial Behavior: Current Evidence and Directions for Future Research. Handbook of Life-Course Criminology: Emerging Trends and Directions for Future Research
Baumer, Eric P., Richard Rosenfeld, and Kevin Wolff. 2013. Are the Criminogenic Consequences of Economic Downturns Conditional? Assessing Potential Moderators of the Link Between Adverse Economic Conditions and Crime Rates. Macroeconomic Effects on Youth Violence
Eric P. Baumer, Kimberly H. Martin. 2013. Jurisdictional Climate and the Disposition of Murder Cases. American Journal of Sociology
George B. Pesta, Trinetia Respress, Aline K. Major, Christine Arazan, Terry Coxe. 2013. A Model and Test of Policy Making as Process. Evaluation Review
Thomas G. Blomberg. 2013. Addressing Causal Uncertainty in the Application of Criminological Research to Public Policy. Criminology & Public Policy
Thomas G. Blomberg, Julie Mestre, Karen Mann. 2013. Seeking Causality in a World of Contingency: Criminology, Research, and Public Policy. Criminology & Public Policy
Eric P. Baumer, Ashley N. Arnio, Kevin T. Wolff. 2013. Assessing the Role of Mortgage Fraud, Confluence, and Spillover in the Contemporary Foreclosure Crisis. Housing Policy Debate
Christina Mancini, Daniel P. Mears. 2013. U.S. Supreme Court Decisions and Sex Offender Legislation: Evidence of Evidence-Based Policy. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology