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

Gary Kleck and Kelly Roberts. 2012. What Survey Modes are Most Effective in Eliciting Self-Reports of Criminal or Delinquent Behavior?. Handbook of Survey Methodology
Kovandzic, Tomislav, Mark E. Schaffer, and Gary Kleck. 2012. Gun Prevalence, Homicide Rates and Causality: A GMM Approach to Endogeneity Bias. The Sage Handbook of Criminological Research Methods
Johnson, Kecia and Jacqueline Johnson. 2012. Racial Disadvantage and Incarceration: Sources of Wage Inequality among African American, Latino and White Men. Reinventing Race, Reinventing Racism
Baker, Thomas, Laura Bedard, and Marc Gertz. 2012. The Unique Experience of Female Offenders. The Criminal Justice System (10th Edition)
Cole, George F. and Marc Gertz. 2012. The Criminal Justice System: Politics and Policies (10th Edition)
William G. Doerner. 2012. Introduction to Law Enforcement: An Insider's View (4th Edition)
William G. Doerner and Steven P. Lab. 2012. Victimology (6th Edition)
Lucken, Karol and Thomas G. Blomberg. 2012. American Corrections: Reform without Change. The Oxford Handbook of Sentencing and Corrections
Nedelec, Joseph L., Joseph A. Schwartz, and Kevin M. Beaver. 2012. The Myth of Rational Choice as an Explanation for Criminal Behavior: A Biosocial Critique. Demystifying Crime and Criminal Justice (2nd Edition)
Baumer, Eric P. and Ashley Arnio. 2012. Multi-level Modeling and Criminological Inquiry. The SAGE Handbook of Criminological Research Methods
Thomas G. Blomberg, William D. Bales, Alex R. Piquero. 2012. Is Educational Achievement a Turning Point for Incarcerated Delinquents Across Race and Sex?. Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Thomas G. Blomberg. 2012. Continuing to Advance Criminology and Public Policy. Criminology & Public Policy
Daniel P. Mears, Julie Mestre. 2012. Prisoner Reentry, Employment, Signaling, and the Better Identification of Desisters: Introduction to the Special Issue. Criminology & Public Policy
Daniel P. Mears, Joshua C. Cochran. 2012. U.S. Prisoner Reentry Health Care Policy in International Perspective: Service Gaps and the Moral and Public Health Implications. The Prison Journal
Sonja E. Siennick, Daniel P. Mears, William D. Bales. 2012. Here and Gone: Anticipation and Separation Effects of Prison Visits on Inmate Infractions. Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency