Faculty Research

Name	Areas of Expertise	Research Areas	Teaching Areas
Bruce Arneklev barnekle@fau.edu	Criminology/Deviance; Social Stratification; Quantitative Methods; Theory Testing	Testing the Effects of Low Self-Control; The Desire to Control Low Self-Control; Curiosity on Criminal and Analogous Behaviors	Methods of Research; Corrections; Law, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System; Understanding Criminal Behavior; Class, Race, and Gender
Cassandra Atkin-Plunk catkinplunk@fau.edu	Policy and Program Evaluation; Corrections; Reentry and Reintegration	Policy and Program Evaluation; Corrections; Reentry and Reintegration	Corrections; Ethics in the Justice System; Capital Punishment
Shawn Backer sbacker2014@fau.edu	Policing; Investigations; Crime Analysis; Police Leadership		Crime Analysis; Criminal Justice Systems
Gabriel T Cesar cesarg@fau.edu	Criminological Theory; Qualitative Methods and Analysis; Law, Policy, and Justice	Social Control; Violence; Youth Development	Criminological Theory; Law and Criminal Procedure; Gangs and Group Process; Capstone (Graduate and Honors)
Frank de la Torre fdelat1@fau.edu	Death Penalty Litigation; Immigration & the CJS; Juvenile Law and Procedure; Florida Stand Your Ground Law; Criminal Procedure		Death Penalty; Judicial Administration; Immigration & the CJS; Issues in Criminal Law; Studying Violence; Ethics & the CJS; Juvenile Administration; Introduction to the CJS
Ross Deuchar ross.deuchar@uws.ac.uk	Gangs, Violence, Desistance, Policing	Gangs, Violence, Desistance, Policing	Youth Culture, Gangs and Violence, Masculinity, Policing
Adam Dobrin adobrin@fau.edu	Policing/Volunteer Policing; Violence; Crime Data; Juvenile Justice	Volunteer Policing; General Policing; Crime Data; Juvenile Justice	Violence; Policing; Crime Theory; Juvenile Justice
Michelle Eliasson meliasson@fau.edu	Victimology; Policing; Qualitative Methodology; Ideal Victim Theory	Criminal Justice Professionals’ Perceptions of Victims; Professionals’ Experiences with Trauma; Researcher Trauma and Safety	Victimology; Victim Advocacy; Human Trafficking; Qualitative Methodology
Wendy Guastaferro wguastaferro@fau.edu	Effective Behavioral Health & Criminal Justice Interventions; Drug Courts; Program Evaluation	Substance Abuse Treatment; Adult and Family Drug Courts; Implementation of Criminal Justice Programs	Criminal Justice Policy; Health and Justice; Courts; Program Evaluation
Sameer Hinduja hinduja@fau.edu	Social Media Misuse; Cybercrime; School Climate and Safety; Youth Mental Health and Well-Being	Social Media Misuse; Cybercrime; School Climate and Safety; Youth Mental Health and Well-Being	Cybercrime; Teens and Technology; Corporate and Information Security; Research Methods
Ricky Langlois rlangloi@fau.edu	White Collar Crime; Policing; Terrorism and Environmental Crime		Criminological Theory; White Collar Crime; Terrorism and Environmental Crime
Ryan C. Meldrum meldrumr@fau.edu	Juvenile Delinquency; Health Criminology; Racial Disparities	Causes and Consequences of Low Self-Control; Sleep and Behavior; Racial Disparities in Youth Punishment	Criminological Theory; Research Methods; Biosocial Criminology
Laisa Abreu Rivera labreurivera@fau.edu	Victimization, Capital Punishment, Immigration, Race, and Crime	Victimization, Capital Punishment, Immigration, Race, and Crime	Corrections, Courts, Research Methods, Comparative Criminology and Criminal Justice
Sigal Rubin rubins@fau.edu	Women and Criminal Justice; Violence in Relationships		Women and Criminal Justice; Violence in Relationships; Law, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System
Mara Schiff mschiff@fau.edu	Restorative Justice; School Safety; Crime in Schools; School Culture and Climate; Racial Disparity in Justice and Education Systems	Restorative Justice; Racial Disparity in Schools and Justice Systems; School Culture, Climate, Safety, and Discipline	Restorative Justice; Ethics; Capstone; Crime in Schools
Lincoln Sloas lsloas@fau.edu	Problem-Solving Courts; Substance Abuse Treatment; Community Corrections	Problem-Solving Courts; Substance Abuse Treatment; Community Corrections
Diana Sun sund@fau.edu	Criminological Theory; White-Collar Crime; Macro-Level Patterns of Crime	Criminological Theory; White-Collar Crime; Macro-Level Patterns of Crime	Law, Crime and the Criminal Justice System