facultyinterests

Faculty Research Interests: Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies

The Research Faculty in the Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies have wide-ranging interests and considerable experience. The following lists research interests of the faculty who have a research component in their work load.

Ken Adams

Police use of force
Juvenile justice
Corrections
Adjudication
Mentally ill inmates

Brandon Applegate

Perceptions of correctional policies
Correctional program evaluation
Urban jail issues
Punishment and rehabilitation policy
Correctional treatment
Juvenile justice
Decision-making

Carol Bast

Legal research and writing
Eavesdropping
Wiretapping
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Robert Bohm

Criminological theory
Criminal justice theory
Criminal justice policy
Capital punishment
Sentencing
Jails and prisons
Corrections policy

Cynthia Brown

Ethics and discretion in justice workforce
Scholarship of teaching and learning
Capital Punishment
Diversity issues in administration of justice
Organizational change and reform
Justice policy

David Fabianic

Criminal justice education
Serial murder
Organized crime
Famous crimes and trials
Criminal profiling
Police management and investigations

Pamela Griset

Terrorism
Criminal sentencing policy
Politics and crime policy
Ethical issues in administration of justice
Criminal courts

Stephen Holmes

Policing
Sex offenders
Suicide and voilent crime
Statistics
Applied research methods
Police use of force

Robert Langworthy

Police organization
Spatial analysis
Environmental criminology
Community and criminal justice
Police use of force

Mark Lanier

Epidemiological criminology
Judicial decision-making
HIV/AIDS social implications and interventions
Human trafficking
Cross-cultural criminology
Research methodology

Karol Lucken

History of punishment
Corrections
Social control
Victimology
Intermediate punishment
Philosophy of punishment
Victim services
Penal reform
Faith-based prison initiatives
Sex offender-civil commitment
Restorative justice
Corrections policy

Sue Mahan

Women offenders
Prison riots
Domestic violence
Community corrections
Jails and prisons

Eugene Paoline

Policing
Police culture
Police use of force
Criminal justice theory
Attitudes of criminal justice practitioners
Administration of criminal justice
Nature of crime
Quantitative methods
Systematic social observation
Police and society
Police management and investigation

Roberto Hugh Potter

Justice system decision-making
Justice system program evaluation
Correctional health
Substances/mental health/harm reduction
Discipline impacts on justice systems research and education
Social realities and justice systems

Kenneth Michael Reynolds

Criminal justice policy
Information technology
Crime analysis
Police and society
Crime mapping
Civil rights
Intelligence analysis
International criminal justice
Therapeutic jurisprudence

Lee Ross

Criminal justice systems
Minorities and the criminal justice system
Crime theory
Domestic violence
Victimology
Scholarship of teaching and learning
Religion and crime
Intimate partner homicide
Critical Race Theory

Joseph Sanborn

Juvenile justice
Criminal procedure
Criminal courts and law
Human rights
Sentencing
Civil rights

Ray Surette

Media, crime and criminal justice
Copycat crimes
CCTV and public surveillance
Crime prevention
Evaluation
Survey research
Statistical analysis
Criminology

Cory Watkins

Crime mapping and analysis
Police technology
Police effectiveness
Police and society
Criminology
Evaluation research

Ross Wolf

Police training
Police administration
University police
International police
Tourism policing
Police and society
Police management and investigating
Ethics
Terrorism
Police use of force

Robert Wood

Administrative law
Entertainment law
World legal systems
Partnerships and corporations
Criminal law

Submit Feedback Contact Webmaster University of Central Florida . Orlando, FL 36109 . 407-823-0171