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

Eugene V. Morabito, William G. Doerner. 1997. Police Use of Less-Than-Lethal Force: Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) Spray. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management
Gary Kleck, Marc Gertz. 1997. The Illegitimacy of One-Sided Speculation: Getting the Defensive Gun Use Estimate Down. The Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology
Rudy Prine, Marc Gertz, Laura Nagy Bedard. 1997. Change in Regime, Social Change, and Incarceration Rates in Hungary. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice
Raymond B. Vickers. 1996. Open the Vault: The Urgent Need to Abolish Bank Secrecey. Business Library Review: An International Journal
Gary Kleck. 1996. Gun Buy-Back Programs: Nothing Succeeds Like Failure. Under Fire: Gun Buy-Backs, Exchanges and Amnesty Programs
Gary Kleck. 1996. Racial Discrimination in Criminal Sentencing. Crime and Society, Volume III - Readings: Criminal Justice
William G. Doerner and Charles W. Rushing. 1996. Study Guide for the Florida Law Enforcement Officer's Certification Examination
Ted Chiricos. 1996. Moral Panic as Ideology: Race, Drugs, Violence and Punishment in America. Race With Prejudice: Race & Justice in America
Eric P. Baumer and Richard Wright. 1996. Crime Seasonality and Serious Scholarship: A Comment on Farrell and Pease. British Journal of Criminology
Tammy Meredith Poulos, William G. Doerner. 1996. Women in Law Enforcement: The Distribution of Females in Florida Police Agencies. Women & Criminal Justice
Rudy Prine, Marc Gertz. 1996. Denmark's Courts and the Elusive Search for Uniform Sentences. Comparative Criminal Justice: Traditional and Nontraditional Systems of Law and Control
Chester L. Britt, Gary Kleck, David J. Bordua. 1996. Avoidance and Misunderstanding. Law & Society Review
Chester L. Britt, Gary Kleck, David J. Bordua. 1996. A Reassessment of the D.C. Gun Law: Some Cautionary Notes on the Use of Interrupted Time series Designs for Policy Impact Assessment. Law & Society Review
Gary Kleck. 1996. Crime, Culture Conflict and Sources of Support for Gun Control: A Multi-Level Application of the General Social Surveys. American Behavioral Scientist
William G. Doerner and Steven P. Lab. 1995. Victimology