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, Jamie Watson. 2006. Towards a Fair and Balanced Assessment of Supermax Prisons. Justice Quarterly
Daniel P. Mears, Avinash S. Bhati. 2006. No Community is an Island: The Effects of Resource Deprivation on Urban Violence in Spatially and Socially Proximate Communities. Criminology
Daniel Maier-Katkin, Birgit Maier-Katkin. 2006. Hannah Arendt, Martin Heidegger and the Politics of Reconciliation. Human Rights Quarterly
Ted Chiricos, William D. Bales. 2006. Unemployment and Punishment: An Empirical Assessment. Criminology
Ted Chiricos, Michael Hogan, Marc Gertz. 2006. Racial Composition of Neighborhood & Fear of Crime. Criminology
Charles Crawford, Ted Chiricos, Gary Kleck. 2006. Race, Racial Threat and Sentencing of Habitual Offenders. Criminology
Ted Chiricos, Kathy Padgett, Marc Gertz. 2006. Fear, TV News and the Reality of Crime. Criminology
Gary Kleck, Ted Chiricos. 2006. Unemployment and Property Crime: A Target-Specific Assessment of Opportunity and Motivation as mediating Factors. Criminology
Eric P. Baumer. 2006. Levels and Predictors of Recidivism: The Malta Experience. Criminology
Eric Baumer, Julie Horney, Richard Felson, Janet L. Lauritsen. 2006. Neighborhood Disadvantage and the Nature of Violence. Criminology
Eric P. Baumer, Richard B. Felson, Steven F. Messner. 2006. Changes in Police Notification for Rape, 1973-2000. Criminology
Eric P. Baumer, Richard B. Felson, Steven F. Messner. 2006. Changes in Police Notification for Rape,1973-2000. Criminology
Matthew S. Crow, William Bales. 2006. Sentencing Guidelines and Focal Concerns: The Effect of Sentencing Policy as a Practical Constraint on Sentencing Decisions. American Journal of Criminal Justice
William G. Doerner, Ronald D. Hunter. 2006. Post-FTO Performance Evaluations of Rookie Police Officers. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice
William G. Doerner. 2006. The Impact of Medical Resources Upon Criminally Induced Lethality: A Further Examination. Criminology