Daniel Mears

Daniel Mears
Born Daniel Preston Mears
Alma mater Haverford College, University of Texas at Austin
Awards Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences’s Outstanding Book Award (2010)
Scientific career
Fields Criminology
Institutions Florida State University College of Criminology & Criminal Justice
Thesis Evaluating juvenile justice reform: an analysis of prosecutorial discretion and determinate sentencing in Texas

Daniel Preston Mears is an American criminologist, a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology, and the Mark C. Stafford Professor of Criminology at the Florida State University College of Criminology & Criminal Justice. A 2011 ranking of American criminologists ranked Mears as the second most influential in terms of scholarly contributions.[1] His research interests include the popularity of supermax prisons and their effects on recidivism,[2][3] as well as the relationship between immigration and crime.[4][5] He is the author of American Criminal Justice Policy: An Evaluation Approach to Increasing Accountability and Effectiveness (2010, Cambridge University Press), Prisoner Reentry in the Era of Mass Incarceration (2015, Sage Publications), and Out-of-Control Criminal Justice: The Systems Improvement Solution for More Safety, Justice, Accountability, and Efficiency (2017, Cambridge University Press).

References

  1. ↑ "FSU Criminology is No. 1: Professor, College Both Ranked Nation's Best" (Press release). Florida State University. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Tapley, Lance (November–December 2010). "The Worst of the Worst: Supermax Torture in America". Boston Review. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Tsui, Anjali (18 April 2017). "Does Solitary Confinement Make Inmates More Likely To Reoffend?". Frontline. PBS. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Dahl, Julia (27 January 2017). "How big a problem is crime committed by immigrants?". CBS News. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Kingsbury, Kathleen (27 February 2008). "Immigration: No Correlation With Crime". Time. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
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