Gabriel T Cesar, Ph.D.

 

 

Dr. Gabriel T. Cesar is an associate professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida Atlantic University. His research centers on social control, juvenile justice and violence. He is developing a series of simulated-reality experiments to examine decision-making during real-time violent interactions. Cesar’s work also examines the intersection of social work and criminology. He has collaborated with system-involved children and families for more than a decade as a research partner, mentor and volunteer, seeking solutions through research, policy and practice.

Cesar’s work has been published in peer-reviewed journals including Crime & Delinquency, Children and Youth Services Review and Journal of Interpersonal Violence, as well as edited volumes including The Oxford Handbook of Offender Decision-Making and The Oxford Handbook of Gangs and Society.