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

Gary Kleck. 2001. Can Owning a Gun Really Triple the Owner's Chances of Being Murdered?. Homicide Studies
Carter Hay. 2001. An Exploratory Test of Braithwaite's Reintegrative Shaming Theory. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
Stewart, Eric A., Ronald L. Simons, and Rand D. Conger. 2000. The Effects of Delinquency and Legal Sanctions on Parenting Behaviors. Families, Crime, and Criminal Justice: Charting the Linkages
Gary Kleck. 2000. Firearms and Crime. Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior
William G. Doerner. 2000. Organizing the Police Response. Contemporary Police Organization and Management: Issues and Trends
Thomas G. Blomberg and Karol Lucken. 2000. American Penology: A History of Control
Daniel P. Mears, Samuel H. Field. 2000. Theorizing Sanctioning in a Criminalized Juvenile Court. Criminology
Daniel P. Mears, Christopher G. Ellison. 2000. Who Buys New Age Materials? Exploring Sociodemographic, Religious, Network, and Contextual Correlates of New Age Consumption. Sociology of Religion
Daniel P. Mears. 2000. Assessing the Effectiveness of Juvenile Justice Reforms: A Closer Look at the Criteria and the Impacts on Diverse Stakeholders. Law & Policy
Scott J. South, Eric P. Baumer. 2000. Deciphering Community and Race Effects on Adolescent Premarital Childbearing. Social Forces
Eric P. Baumer, Steven F. Messner, Richard B. Felson. 2000. The Role of Victim Characteristics in the Disposition of Murder Cases. Justice Quarterly
Richard B. Felson, Eric P. Baumer and Steven F. Messner. 2000. Acquaintance Robbery. Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency
Laura E. Bedard and Marc Gertz. 2000. Differences in Community Standards for the Viewing of Heterosexual and Homosexual Pornography. International Journal of Public Opinion Research
Richard D. Alba, John R. Logan, Brian J. Stults. 2000. How Segregated are Middle-Class African Americans?. Social Problems
Richard D. Alba, John R. Logan, Brian J. Stults. 2000. The Changing Neighborhood Contexts of the Immigrant Metropolis. Social Forces