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

Thomas G. Blomberg. 2011. Confronting Crime with Science. Criminology & Public Policy
Thomas G. Blomberg, William D. Bales, Karen Mann, Alex R. Piquero, Richard A. Berk. 2011. Incarceration, Education and Transition from Delinquency. Journal of Criminal Justice
Daniel P. Mears, Justin Pickett, Kristin Golden, Ted Chiricos, Marc Gertz. 2011. The Effect of Interracial Contact on Whites' Perceptions of Victimization Risk and Black Criminality. Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency
Tara O'Connor Shelley, Ted Chiricos, Marc Gertz. 2011. What About the Environment? Assessing the Perceived Seriousness of Environmental Crime. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice
Kelly Welch, Allison Ann Payne, Ted Chiricos, Marc Gertz. 2011. The Typification of Hispanics as Criminals and Support for Punitive Crime Controls. Social Science Research
Cyndy Caravelis, Ted Chiricos, William D. Bales. 2011. Static and Dynamic Indicators of Minority Threat in Sentencing Outcomes: A Multi-Level Analysis. Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Carter Hay, Xia Wang, Emily Ciaravolo, Ryan C. Meldrum. 2011. Inside the Black Box: Identifying the Variables that Mediate the Effects of a Comprehensive Intervention on Delinquency. Crime & Delinquency
Gary Kleck. 2011. Gun Control After Heller and McDonald: What Cannot be Done and What Ought to be Done. Fordham Urban Law Journal
Gary Kleck, Tomislav Kovandzic, Mark Saber, Will Hauser. 2011. The Effect of Perceived Risk and Victimization Plans to Purchase a Gun for Self-Protection. Journal of Criminal Justice
Michael G. Vaughn, Matt DeLisi, Tracy Gunter, Qiang Fu, Kevin M. Beaver, Brian E. Perron, Matthew O. Howard. 2011. The Severe 5%: A Latent Class Analysis of the Externalizing Spectrum in the United States. Journal of Criminal Justice
Ryan T. Shields, Kevin M. Beaver. 2011. The Effects of Non-shared Environments on Adolescent Depression: Findings from a Sample of Monozygotic Twins. Journal of Adolescent Health
Michael G. Vaughn, Qiang Fu, Stephen J. Wernet, Matt DeLisi, Kevin M. Beaver, Brian E. Perron, Matthew O. Howard. 2011. Psychiatric Correlates of Behavioral Indicators of School Disengagement in the United States. Journal of Criminal Justice
Michael G. Vaughn, Qiang Fu, Stephen J. Wernet, Matt DeLisi, Kevin M. Beaver, Brian E. Perron, Matthew O. Howard. 2011. Characteristics of Abstainers from Substance Use and Antisocial Behavior in the United States. Journal of Criminal Justice
Michael G. Vaughn, Qiang Fu, Kevin M. Beaver, Matt DeLisi, Brian E. Perron, Matthew O. Howard. 2011. The Effects of Childhood Adversity on Bullying and Cruelty to Animals in the United States. Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Michael G. Turnera, Crista M. Livecchi, Kevin M. Beaver, Jeb Booth. 2011. Moving Beyond the Socialization Hypothesis: The Effects of Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy on the Development of Self-Control. Journal of Criminal Justice