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. 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.

Research Brought to Life

Our mission is to build an intellectual community that is comprised of students, professors, alumni, practitioners, and policy makers. Through our community’s focus on research, education, and service, we seek to bring research to life by directing our academic efforts to make a lasting societal difference, contributing to improving society by reducing the suffering, pain, and cost of crime in all aspects of the criminal justice system. Through these efforts, we seek to create future leaders in our field that possess critical, research, and application skills, helping them succeed in their future careers and achieve their goals to improve society at large.

Jongyeon Tark, Laura Bedard, Gary Kleck, Dominique Roe-Sepowitz. 2008. Crime Victimization and Divorce. International Review of Victimology
John P. Wright, Kevin M. Beaver, Matt DeLisi, Michael G. Vaughn, Danielle Boisvert, Jamie Vaske. 2008. Lombroso's Legacy: The Miseducation of Criminologists. Journal of Criminal Justice Education
John Wright, Kevin Beaver, Matt Delisi, Michael Vaughn. 2008. Evidence of Negligible Parenting Influences on Self-Control, Delinquent Peers, and Delinquency in a Sample of Twins. Justice Quarterly
Michael G. Vaughn, Christina E. Newhill, Matt DeLisi, Kevin M. Beaver. 2008. An Investigation of Psychopathic Features Among Delinquent Girls: Violence, Theft, and Drug Abuse. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice
Michael G. Vaughn, Christine Litschge, Matt DeLisi, Kevin M. Beaver, Curtis J. McMillen. 2008. Psychopathic Personality Features and Risks for Criminal Justice System Involvement Among Emancipating Foster Youth. Children and Youth Services Review
Matt Delisi, Michael G. Vaughn, Kevin M. Beaver, John Paul Wright, Andy Hochstetler, Anna E. Kosloski, Alan J. Drury. 2008. Juvenile Sex Offenders and Institutional Misconduct: The Role of Thought Psychopathology. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health
Matt DeLisi, Andy Hochstetler, George E. Higgins, Kevin M. Beaver, Christine M. Graeve. 2008. Toward a General Theory of Criminal Justice: Low Self-Control and Offender Noncompliance. Criminal Justice Review
Matt DeLisi, Kevin M. Beaver, John Paul Wright, Michael G. Vaughn. 2008. The Etiology of Criminal Onset: The Enduring Salience of Nature and Nurture. Journal of Criminal Justice
Leah E. Daigle, Kevin M. Beaver, Jennifer L. Hartman. 2008. A Life-Course Approach to the Study of Victimization and Offending Behaviors. Victims & Offenders: An International Journal of Evidence-based Research, Policy, and Practice
Brian B. Boutwell, Kevin M. Beaver. 2008. A Biosocial Explanation of Delinquency Abstention. Criminal Behavior and Mental Health
Kevin M. Beaver, John Paul Wright, Anthony Walsh. 2008. A Gene-Based Evolutionary Explanation for the Association Between Criminal Involvement and Number of Sex Partners. Biodemography and Social Biology
Kevin M. Beaver, John Paul Wright, Michael O. Maume. 2008. The Effect of School Classroom Characteristics on Low Self-Control: A Multilevel Analysis. Journal of Criminal Justice
Kevin M. Beaver, John Paul Wright, Matt DeLisi, Michael G. Vaughn. 2008. Genetic Influences on the Stability of Low Self-Control: Results from a Longitudinal Sample of Twins. Journal of Criminal Justice
Kevin M. Beaver, John Paul Wright, Matt DeLisi, Michael G. Vaughn. 2008. Desistance from Delinquency: The Marriage Effect Revisited and Extended. Social Science Research
Kevin M. Beaver, Matthew G. Vaughn, Matt DeLisi, John Paul Wright. 2008. Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Use and Involvement in Violent Behavior in a Nationally-Representative Sample of Young Adult Males in the United States. American Journal of Public Health