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

Alba, Richard D., John R. Logan, Wenquan Zhang, and Brian J. Stults. 1999. Strangers Next Door: Immigrant Groups and Suburbs in Los Angeles and New York. A Nation Divided: Diversity, Inequality, and Community in American Society
Empey, Lamar T., Mark C. Stafford,and Carter Hay. 1999. American Delinquency: Its Meaning and Construction (4th Edition)
William G. Doerner. 1999. Do We Need a War on Crime or Peace in the 'Hood?'. Controversial Issues in Policing
Daniel P. Mears, William R. Kelly. 1999. Assessments and Intake Processes in Juvenile Justice Processing: Emerging Policy Considerations. Crime & Delinquency
Gary Kleck. 1999. BATF Gun Trace Data and the Role of Organized Gun Trafficking in Supplying Guns to Criminals. Saint Louis University Public Law Review
Gary Kleck, Michael Hogan. 1999. A National Case-Control Study of Homicide Offending and Gun Ownership. Social Problems
Richard D. Alba, John R. Logan, Brian J. Stults, Gilbert Marzan and Wenquan Zhang. 1999. Immigrant Groups in the Suburbs: A Reexamination of Suburbanization and Spatial Assimilation. American Sociological Review
William G. Doerner and Steven P. Lab. 1998. Victimology (2nd Edition)
William G. Doerner. 1998. Law Enforcement: An Insider's View
Laura E. Bedard, Marc Gertz, Constance Kostelac. 1998. Expanding Social Workers' Perceptions on Multicultural Practice. International Social Work
Daniel P. Mears, Matthew Ploeger, Mark Warr. 1998. Explaining the Gender Gap in Delinquency: Peer Influence and Moral Evaluations of Behavior. Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency
Daniel P. Mears. 1998. Evaluation Issues Confronting Juvenile Justice Sentencing Reforms: A Case Study of Texas. Crime & Delinquency
Daniel P. Mears. 1998. The Sociology of Sentencing: Reconceptualizing Decision Making Processes and Outcomes. Law & Society Review
Eric P. Baumer, Janet L. Lauritsen, Richard Rosenfeld and Richard Wright. 1998. Influence of Crack Cocaine on Robbery, Burglary, and Homicide Rates: A Cross-City, Longitudinal Analysis. Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency
Tomislav Kovandzic, Gary Kleck, Marc Gertz. 1998. Defensive Gun Use: Vengeful Vigilante Imagery Versus Reality: Results From the National Self-Defense Survey. Journal of Criminal Justice