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

Daniel P. Mears, J.C. Barnes. 2010. Toward a Systematic Foundation for Identifying Evidence-Based Criminal Justice Sanctions and their Relative Effectiveness. Journal of Criminal Justice
William M. Doerner, William G. Doerner. 2010. Collective Bargaining and Job Benefits: The Case of Florida Deputy Sheriffs. Police Quarterly
John Paul Wright, Kevin M. Beaver, Chris L. Gibson. 2010. Behavioral Stability as an Emergent Process: Toward a Coherence Theory of Concentrated Personal Disadvantage. Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Michael G. Vaughn, Qiang Fu, Matt DeLisi, John Paul Wright, Kevin M. Beaver, Brian E. Perron, Matthew O. Howard. 2010. Prevalence and Correlates of Fire-Setting in the United States: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Comprehensive Psychiatry
Michael G. Vaughn, Qiang Fu, Matt Delisi, Kevin M. Beaver, Brian E. Perron, Matthew O. Howard . 2010. Criminal Victimization and Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders in the United States: Results from the NESARC. Annals of Epidemiology
Michael G. Vaughn, Qiang Fu, Kimberly Bender, Matt DeLisi, Kevin M. Beaver, Brian E. Perron, Matthew O. Howard. 2010. Psychiatric Correlates of Bullying in the United States: Findings from a National Sample. Psychiatric Quarterly
Michael G. Vaughn, Qaauana Fu, Kevin M. Beaver, Matt DeLisi, Brian Perron, and Matthew Howard . 2010. Are Personality Disorders Associated with Social Welfare Burden in the United States? Results from the NESARC. Journal of Personality Disorders
Michael G. Vaughn, Quana Fu, Kevin M. Beaver, Matt DeLisi, Brian Perron, and Matthew Howard . 2010. Are Personality Disorders Associated with Social Welfare Burden in the United States? Results from the NESARC. Journal of Personality Disorders
Chris L. Gibson, Jeffrey T. Ward, John Paul Wright, Kevin M. Beaver, Matt DeLisi. 2010. How Does Gender Fit in the Measurement of Self-Control?. Criminal Justice and Behavior
Matt DeLisi, Kevin M. Beaver, Michael G. Vaughn, Chad R. Trulson, Anna E. Kosloski, Alan J. Drury, John Paul Wright. 2010. Personality, Gender, and Self-Control Theory Revisited: Results from a Sample of Institutionalized Juvenile Delinquents. Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice
Leah E. Daigle, Kevin M. Beaver, Michael G. Turner. 2010. Resiliency Against Victimization: Results from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Journal of Criminal Justice
Brian B. Boutwell and Kevin M. Beaver. 2010. The Role of Broken Homes in the Development of Self-Control: A Propensity Score Matching Approach. Journal of Criminal Justice
Kevin M. Beaver, Michael G. Vaughn, John Paul Wright, Matt DeLisi, Matthew O. Howard. 2010. Three Dopaminergic Polymorphisms are Associated with Academic Achievement in Middle and High School. Intelligence
Kevin M. Beaver, Ashley Sak, Jamie Vaske, Jessica Nilsson. 2010. Genetic Risk, Parent-Child Relations, and Antisocial Phenotypes in a Sample of African-American Males. Psychiatry Research
Kevin M. Beaver, Matt DeLisi, Michael G. Vaughn, J.C. Barnes. 2010. Monoamine Oxidase A Genotype is Associated with Gang Membership and Weapon Use. Comprehensive Psychiatry