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, Xia Wang, Carter Hay, William D. Bales. 2008. Social Ecology and Recidivism: Implications for Prisoner Reentry. Criminology
Daniel P. Mears, Christina Mancini, Marc Gertz, Jake Bratton. 2008. Sex Crimes, Children, and Pornography: Public Views and Public Policy. Crime & Delinquency
Daniel P. Mears, Jeffrey A. Butts. 2008. Using Performance Monitoring to Improve the Accountability, Operations, and Effectiveness of Juvenile Justice. Criminal Justice Policy Review
Daniel P. Mears. 2008. An Assessment of Supermax Prisons Using an Evaluation Research Framework. The Prison Journal
Daniel P. Mears. 2008. Accountability, Efficiency, and Effectiveness in Corrections: Shining a Light on the Black Box of Prison Systems. Criminology & Public Policy
Daniel P. Mears, Tracey L. Shollenberger, Janeen B. Willison, Colleen E. Owens, Jeffrey A. Butts . 2008. Practitioner Views of Priorities, Policies, and Practices in Juvenile Justice. Crime & Delinquency
Ian O'Donnell, Eric P. Baumer, Nicola Hughes. 2008. Recidivism in the Republic of Ireland. Criminology & Criminal Justice
Eric P. Baumer. 2008. Evaluating the Balance Sheet of Asset Forfeiture Laws: Toward Evidence-Based Policy Assessments. Criminology & Public Policy
Brian J. Stults, Eric P. Baumer. 2008. Assessing the Relevance of Anomie Theory for Explaining Spatial Variation in Lethal Criminal Violence: An Aggregate-Level Analysis of Homicide Within the United States. International Journal of Conflict and Violence
Robert C. Lightfoot, William G. Doerner. 2008. Student Success and Failure in a Graduate Criminology/Criminal Justice Program. American Journal of Criminal Justice
Kristy Holtfreter, Shanna Van Slyke, Jason Bratton, Marc Gertz. 2008. Public Perceptions of White-Collar Crime and Punishment. Journal of Criminal Justice
Charles R. Tittle, Lisa M. Broidy, Marc G. Gertz. 2008. Strain, Crime, and Contingencies. Justice Quarterly
Matthew S. Crow, Marc Gertz. 2008. Sentencing Policy and Disparity: Guidelines and the Influence of Legal and Democratic Cultures. Journal of Criminal Justice
Gary Kleck, J.C. Barnes. 2008. Deterrence and Macro-Level Perceptions of Punishment Risks: Is There a 'Collective Wisdom'?. Crime & Delinquency
Gary Kleck, Shun-Yung Kevin Wang. 2008. They Myth of Big-Time Gun Trafficking and the Overinterpretation of Gun Tracing Data. UCLA Law Review