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  1. Criminology & Criminal Justice
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In the Media

  • New Article Testing Plausible Mechanisms for the Contagion of Street Gang Violence by Dr. Matthew Valasik Published in Network Science
  • Dr. Dewey, Dr. VandeBerg, CCJ Masters Alum Oroz, and Dr. Lockwood-Roberts Publish Study on Prison Staff Responses to Media Representations of Their Work
  • Graduate Student Tori Stuecklen Inspects the State of the Juvenile Justice System In Relation to Social Control for Class Research

Faculty Spotlight

Dr. Adam Lankford recently published a study on the 2016 Dallas and Baton Rouge cop killers, who committed two of the worst targeted attacks on American police officers in recent history — within eleven days of each other.

Category: Research

Dr. Dewey Wins Funding to Support Educational Services in Correctional Settings

  • February 6th, 2023

This project funded graduate students to assist with the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data specific to the grant proposal made by the CEA to the Strada Education

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Categories: Research

Dr. Dewey and Dr. VandeBerg win ORED Funding to Improve Prison Social Climate

  • February 6th, 2023

This project will use participatory action research to accomplish three short-term objectives, with the long-term goal of using data collected to author a book, several articles, and major grant proposals

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Dr. Susan Dewey Partners with Dance Key West

  • February 6th, 2023

Susan Dewey partnered with the professional dance troupe Dance Key West to assist with writing performances based on her work co-authored with incarcerated women. Five company dancers created five solo

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Categories: Department News, Research

Dr. Lankford Publishes New Study on Fame-seeking Mass Shooters Worldwide

  • January 31st, 2023

In his recent study, “The globalization of American mass shootings? An assessment of fame-seeking perpetrators and their influence worldwide”, Dr. Adam Lankford examined fame-seeking mass shooters worldwide who attacked from

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Categories: Research

Dr. VandeBerg Publishes Book on Women in Piracy

  • January 18th, 2023

Drawing from an interdisciplinary body of research and data, Women of Piracy explores how women have been involved in, and impacted by, maritime piracy operations from the 16th century to present day

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Categories: Department News, Research

Dr. Gilmer and Dr. Dewey publish study on ransom piracy in Somalia.

  • November 9th, 2022

Interactions between long-term hostages and their hostages takers is under theorized in criminology. Dr. Gilmer and Dr. Dewey explore testimonials by former Somali piracy hostages to better understand how hostages

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Categories: Research

Dr. Lankford publishes study on 2016 Dallas and Baton Rouge cop killers

  • September 22nd, 2022

Dr. Adam Lankford recently published a study on the 2016 Dallas and Baton Rouge cop killers, who committed two of the worst targeted attacks on American police officers in recent

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Categories: Faculty in the Media, Research, Spotlight

What makes some states more sinful than others? Law? Culture?

  • February 28th, 2022

Dr. Brittany Gilmer recently contributed to an article “2022’s Most Sinful States in America“, where Adam McCann ranks and compares sinfulness across the United States.   What makes some states

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Categories: Faculty in the Media, Research

UA Criminal Justice Professor Ranked No. 1 in U.S.

  • October 5th, 2020

This article was originally published on the UA News site. University of Alabama criminology and criminal justice instructor Douglas Klutz has been named the No. 1 college professor in the United

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Categories: Faculty in the Media, Research

Media and the Public Opinion of Torture

  • September 2nd, 2020

The article was originally published in the College of Arts and Science Desktop News. According to Dr. Erin Kearns, an assistant professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice

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Categories: Faculty in the Media, Research
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