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

Chris L. Gibson, Sara Z. Morris, Kevin M. Beaver. 2009. Secondary Exposure to Violence During Childhood and Adolescence: Does Neighborhood Context Matter?. Justice Quarterly
Kevin M. Beaver, Kristy Holtfreter. 2009. Biosocial Influences on Fraudulent Behaviors. Journal of Genetic Psychology
Kevin M. Beaver, Chris L. Gibson, Wesley G. Jennings, Jeffrey T. Ward. 2009. A Gene X Environment Interaction Between DRD2 and Religiosity in the Prediction of Adolescent Delinquent Involvement in a Sample of Males. Biodemography and Social Biology
Daniel T. Ragan, Kevin M. Beaver. 2009. Chronic Offenders: A Life-Course Analysis of Marijuana Users. Youth & Society
Kevin M. Beaver, Michael G. Vaughn, Matt DeLisi, George E. Higgins. 2009. The Biosocial Correlates to Neuropsychological Deficits: Results from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
Patricia Y. Warren, Donald Tomaskovic-Devey. 2009. Racial Profiling and Searches: Did the Politics of Racial Profiling Change Officer Behavior. Criminology & Public Policy
Patricia Y. Warren, Donald Tomaskovic-Devey. 2009. Racial Profiling and Searches: Did the Politics of Racial Profiling Change Officer Behavior?. Criminology & Public Policy
Jamie Vaske, Jamie Newsome, Matthew Makarios, John Paul Wright, Brian B. Boutwell, Kevin M. Beaver. 2009. Interaction of 5HTTLPR and Marijuana Use on Property Offending. Biodemography and Social Biology
Kevin M. Beaver, Chris L. Gibson, Michael G. Turner, Matt DeLisi, Michael G. Vaughn, and Ashleigh Holand. 2009. The Stability of Delinquent Peer Associations: A Biosocial Test of Warr's Sticky Friends Hypothesis. Crime & Delinquency
Travis C. Pratt. 2008. Rational Choice Theory, Crime Control Policy, and Criminological Relevance. Criminology and Public Policy
Gary Kleck. 2008. Gun Control. The Encyclopedia of Social Problems
William G. Doerner and Steven P. Lab. 2008. Victimology (5th Edition)
Williams, Brian and Billy R. Close. 2008. Perceptions of Bias-Based Policing: Implications for Police Policy and Practice. Racial Divide: Racial and Ethnic Bias in Criminal Justice
Wright, John Paul and Kevin M. Beaver. 2008. The Behavioral Genetics of Predatory Criminal Behavior. Violent Offenders: Theory, Research, Public Policy, and Practice
Walsh, Anthony and Kevin M. Beaver. 2008. The Promise of Evolutionary Psychology for Criminology: The Examples of Gender and Age. Evolutionary Forensic Psychology: Darwinian Foundations of Crime and Law