Welcome
The Department of Criminology was established in 1972, and began offering Master's degrees in 1974. In 1998, it became the second Department in the State of Florida to offer the Ph.D. degree in Criminology.
The faculty consists of well-respected researchers who have contributed to the study of juvenile justice and delinquency, policing, substance use and abuse, macro-level models of criminal behavior, theoretical criminology, criminal ethnography, victimology, and radical criminology. Read more...
Making Lasting Connections
We know the importance of having the right network of colleagues, mentors, and friends. These links will help you set up those networks.
For our former students you can connect with our Doctoral Program Alumni.
Criminology Newsletter
Journals Housed in Our Department
Journal of Crime and Justice
Editor: Michael Leiber Read more...
American Journal of Criminal Justice
Editor: Wesley G. Jennings Read more...
Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management
Editors: Lorie Fridell and Kim Lersch
- Welcome New Criminology Faculty for Fall 2012
The Department of Criminology has hired Rachael Powers as an Assistant Professor. Rachael is a doctoral candidate at the University of Albany in the School of Criminal Justice with a research interest in the area of violent victimization. Dr. Andy Franz was also hired as an Instructor with a vast amount of teaching experience in the areas of state procedural laws, substantive law, organized crime, and environmental crime.
Lisa Landis
