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.

Joshua C. Cochran, Daniel P. Mears. 2013. Social Isolation and Inmate Behavior: A Conceptual Framework for Theorizing Prison Visitation and Guiding and Assessing Research. Journal of Criminal Justice
Daniel P. Mears, Eric A. Stewart, Sonja E. Siennick, Ronald L. Simons. 2013. The Code of the Street and Inmate Violence: Investigating the Salience of Imported Belief Systems. Criminology
Daniel P. Mears, Joshua C. Cochran, Kevin M. Beaver. 2013. Self-Control Theory and Nonlinear Effects on Offending. Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Daniel P. Mears, Joshua C. Cochran. 2013. What is the Effect of IQ on Offending?. Criminal Justice and Behavior
Kevin T. Wolff, Joshua C. Cochran, Eric P. Baumer. 2013. Reevaluating Foreclosure Effects on Crime During the 'Great Recession'. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
Shanna R. Van Slyke, William D. Bales. 2013. Gender Dynamics in the Sentencing of White-Collar Offenders. Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law and Society
William M. Doerner, William G. Doerner. 2013. Collective Bargaining and Job Benefits in Florida Municipal Police Agencies, 2000-2009. American Journal of Criminal Justice
Ryan C. Meldrum, J. C. Barnes, Carter Hay. 2013. Sleep Deprivation, Low Self-Control, and Delinquency: A Test of the Strength Model of Self-Control. Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Ashley B. Barr, Ronald L. Simons, Eric A. Stewart. 2013. Code of the Street and Romantic Relationships: A Dyadic Analysis. Personal Relationships
Mark T. Berg, Eric A. Stewart, Endya Stewart, Ronald L. Simons. 2013. A Multilevel Examination of Neighborhood Social Processes and College Enrollment. Social Problems
Catherine Tuvblad, Kevin Beaver. 2013. Genetic and Environmental Influences on Antisocial Behavior. Journal of Criminal Justice
Brian J. Stults, Christi S. Falco. 2013. Unbalanced Institutional Commitment and Criminal Behavior: An Individual Level Assessment of Institutional Anomie Theory. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice
Thomas Baker, William V. Pelfrey Jr., Laura E. Bedard, Karla Dhungana, Marc Gertz, Kristin Golden. 2013. Female Inmates' Procedural Justice Perceptions of the Police and Courts: Is there a Spill-Over of Police Effects?. Criminal Justice and Behavior
Michael Mondello, Alex R. Piquero, Nicole Leeper Piquero, Marc Gertz, Jake Bratton. 2013. Public Perceptions on Paying Student Athletes. Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics
Krista Flannigan, Eve S. Buzawa, and Aaron D. Buzawa. 2013. Evidence-Based Prosecution: Is it Worth the Cost?. Criminology & Public Policy