Research

Faculty in the FIU Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice maintain extensive publication records and conduct research across criminology, criminal justice, and allied disciplines. Below you will find each faculty member's primary research areas, along with external links to their publication profiles.

  • Dr. Ellen Cohn
    Research AreasProfile
    weather and crime, citation analysis, intimate partner violence, history of the criminal justice systemProfile
  • Dr. Stewart D'Alessio
    Research AreasProfile
    terrorism, race and crime, criminal sentencing, criminal justice policyProfile
  • Dr. Jamie Flexon
    Research AreasProfile
    juvenile delinquency, minorities and crime, law and social control, criminal justice policy, capital punishment, psychopathyProfile
  • Dr. Tim Goddard
    Research AreasProfile
    social justice in crime policy, youth offending prevention, neighborhood partnershipsProfile
  • Dr. Rob Guerette
    Research AreasProfile
    situational crime prevention, problem and community-oriented policing, transnational crime, program, and policy evaluationProfile
  • Dr. Suman Kakar
    Research AreasProfile
    human trafficking, comparative law and legal systems, immigration, refugee crisis, lived religions and mindfulness, law enforcement, women empowerment, gender, and crimeProfile
  • Dr. Besiki Kutateladze
    Research AreasProfile
    performance indicators, prosecution, racial justice, equality, rule of lawProfile
  • Dr. Stephen Pires
    Research AreasProfile
    situational crime prevention, GIS, conservation wildlife crime, kidnapping for ransomProfile
  • Dr. Lisa Stolzenberg
    Research AreasProfile
    crime analysis, prosecutor discretion, criminal sentencing, law and policy impact analysis, quantitative analysisProfile
  • Dr. Kristen Zgoba
    Research AreasProfile
    violence, sexual offense legislation, corrections, criminal justice policyProfile