MARC G. GERTZ
Personal
Office:
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
634 W. Call Street
The Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1127
Phone: (850) 644-7382
Education
A.B.
1968
M.P.A. 1971
Ph.D. 1976
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Political Science
Baruch College, City University of New York
Department of Political Science, The University of Connecticut,
Storrs, Connecticut
Examination
fields:
Public Law/Judicial Process and Behavior, American Political
Institutions, Political Behavior, Public Administration.
Dissertation:
"Organizational Politics in Felony Cases: Justice in Five
Connecticut Courts." Committee: Professors George F. Cole, Fred
Kort, and David Repass.
Employment
September 1996 to present
Professor, College of
Criminology and Criminal
Justice, The Florida State
University
September 1981 to August 1996
Associate Professor, School of
Criminology, The Florida
State University.
September 1976 to August 1981
Assistant Professor, School of
Criminology, The Florida
State University.
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September 1972 to May 1976
Teaching Assistant,
Department of Political
Science, The University of
Connecticut.
June 1971 to February 1972
Administrative Assistant to
Village Manager, Village of
Scarsdale, New York.
November 1970 to June 1971
Senior Representative, New
York State Narcotic Addiction
Control Commission, White
Plains, N.Y. Director, Drug
Abuse Prevention Center.
September 1969 to October 1970
Public Administration Intern,
County of Westchester, White
Plains, N.Y.
Teaching Areas
Public Law/Judicial Process and Behavior, Administration of Criminal Justice, Public
Administration/Organization Theory, American Political Processes, Research Methods.
Courses Taught:
Undergraduate: “Introduction to the Courts,” “Introduction to Research Methods and
Statistics,” “Juvenile Delinquency,” “Honors in Criminology: Democracy and the
Courts,” “The Courts and Social Policy,” “Honors in Criminology: Criminal Justice: Law
and Politics,” “Pride and Prejudice: Problems of Justice in an Inter-Racial Society,”
“Diversity and Justice,” “ Comparative Criminal Justice.”
Graduate: “Structure and Process of the American Court System,” “Introduction to
Research Methods and Design,” “Crime, Deviance, and Control,” “Courts and Social
Policy,” “Comparative Criminal Justice,” “Applied Statistics I,” ” Seminar in Advanced
Research Methods.”
Doctoral Committees Supervised To Completion
Jerome Black McKean, Sources of Crime Among Metropolitan Areas (1983)
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Byron Roger Johnson, Hellfire and Corrections: Quantitative Study of Florida Prison
Inmates (1984)
Panya Maman, Bail in Thailand: A Cross-Cultural Study (1987)
Robert L. Bing, Plea Bargaining: An Analysis of the Empirical Evidence (1987)
Jimmy J. Williams, Courts and Politics: A Quantitative Analysis of Lawyers and
Criminal Appeal Cases (1989)
Laura B. Myers, A Comparison of Legal and Extra-Legal Factors Affecting Criminal
Court Decision-Making (1990)
Rudy Prine, A Search for Sentencing Uniformity: An Examination of Danish
Jurisprudence(1995)
Detis Tyrone Duhart, Community Policing and the Fear of Crime: Assessment of the
Essential Assumptions (1998)
Tomislav V. Kovandzic, Crime Prevention Through Selective Incapacitation: An
Empirical Assessment of Florida's Habitual Offender Law (1999)
Matthew S. Crow, Florida’s Evolving Sentencing Policy: An Analysis of the Impact of
Sentencing Guidelines Transformations (2005)
Catherine A. Jenks, American Exceptionalism: Public Opinion on Liberty as a Core
American Value (2006)
Lindsey N. Devers, The Ethnic Typification of Crime and Support for Punitive
Attitudes: An Exploratory Analysis of Arabs in Israel (2010)
Thomas R. Baker, Procedural Justice and Legitimacy and Perceptions of Obedience
Among Female Inmates (2012)
Wilson, J. Christie, Civil Liberties in Context: Perceived Threat and Commitment to
Civil Liberties (2013)
Metcalfe, Christi, To Plea or Not To Plea: The Role of the Courtroom Workgroup in
Certain and Efficient Felony Case Processing (2014)
Research Interests
Public Opinion and the Criminal Justice System, Organization Politics and the Courts,
Comparative Courts, Interest Groups and Voting Behavior.
Professional Organizations
American Association of Public Opinion Research
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American Political Science Association
American Society of Criminology
American Society of Public Administration
Institute for Court Management
Law and Society Association
Publications
Leal, Wanda, Marc Gertz, and Alex Piquero, “Are NFL Arrestees Violent Specialists or
High Frequency Offenders or Both?”Deviant Behavior (Forthcoming)
Roche, Sean, Justin Pickett, and Marc Gertz, “The Scary World of Online News? Internet
News Exposure and Public Opinion About Criminal Justice,” Journal of
Quantitative Criminology (Forthcoming)
Mancini, Christina, Thomas Baker, Karla, Dhungana, Kristin Golden, Laura Bedard, and
Marc Gertz, “Examining External Support Received in Prison and Concerns about
Reentry among Incarcerated Women,” Feminist Criminology (Forthcoming)
Stewart, Eric, Ramiro Martinez, Eric Baumer, and Marc Gertz, “The Social Context of
Latino Threat and Punitive Latino Sentiment,” Social Problems (Forthcoming)
Stupi, Elizabeth, Ted Chiricos, and Marc Gertz, “Perceived Criminal Threat from
Undocumented Immigrants: Antecedents and Consequences for Policy
Preferences,” Justice Quarterly (Forthcoming)
Baker, Thomas, Cleary, H., Pickett, J., and Marc Gertz, “Crime Salience and Public
Willingness to Pay for Child Saving and Juvenile Punishment,” Crime and
Delinquency (Forthcoming)
Baker, Thomas, Christi Metcalfe, Tamar Berenblum, Gali Aviv, and Marc Gertz,
“Examining Public Preferences for the Allocation of Resources to Rehabilitative
Versus Punitive Crime Policies,” 26Criminal Justice Policy Review448-462
(2015)
Pickett, Justin, Christina Mancini, Dan Mears, and Marc Gertz,” Public
(Mis)Understanding of Crime Policy: The Effects of Criminal Justice Experience
and Media Reliance,” 26Criminal Justice Policy Review500-522 (2015)
Baker, Thomas, Justin Pickett, J. Amin, K. Dhungana, Marc Gertz, and Laura Bedard,
“Shared Race/Ethnicity, Court Procedural Justice, and Self-Regulating Beliefs: A
Study of Female Offenders,”49 Law & Society Review433-466(June 2015)
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Leal, Wanda, Marc Gertz, and Alex Piquero, “The National Felon League?: A
Comparison of NFL Arrests to General Population Arrests,” 43Journal of
Criminal Justice397-403(2015)
Pickett, Justin, Thomas Baker, Christi Falco Metcalfe, Marc Gertz, and Laura Bedard,
“Superficial Survey Choice: An Experimental Test of a Potential Method for
Increasing Response Rates and Response Quality in Correctional Surveys,”
41Criminal Justice and Behavior 75-90(2014)
Chiricos, Ted, Elizabeth Stupi, Brian Stults, and Marc Gertz, “Undocumented Immigrant
Threat and Support for Social Controls,” 61Social Problems 673-692(2014)
Pickett, Justin, Ted Chiricos, and Marc Gertz, “The Racial Foundations of Whites’
Support for Child Saving,” 44Social Science Research 44-59(2014)
Pickett, Justin, Thomas Baker, Christi Metcalfe, Marc Gertz, and R. Bellandi,”Contact
and Compromise: Explaining Support for Conciliatory Measures in the Context of
Violent Intergroup Conflict,”51 Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
585-619 (2014)
Baker, Thomas, W. Pelfrey, L. Bedard, K. Dhungana, M. Gertz, and K. Golden, “Female
Inmates’ Procedural Justice Perceptions of the Police and Courts: Is There a SpillOver of Police Effects?”41 Criminal Justice and Behavior 144-162 (2014)
Pickett, Justin, Kelly Welch,Ted Chiricos, and Marc Gertz, “Racial Crime Stereotypes
and Offender Juvenility Comparing Public Views about Youth-Specific and
Nonyouth-Specific Sanctions,” 4Race and Justice381-405 (2014)
Gajos, Jamie, Kevin Beaver, Marc Gertz, and Jason Bratton, “Public Opinion of Genetic
and Neuropsychological Contributors to Criminal Involvementr,”25 Journal of
Criminal Justice Education368-385 (2014)
Mears, Daniel, Christina Mancini, Kevin Beaver, and Marc Gertz
“Housing for the “Worst of the Worst” Inmates: Public Support for Supermax
Prisons,”59 Crime and Delinquency 587-615 (2013)
Mears, Dan, Justin Pickett, Kristin, Lavin, Ted Chiricos, and Marc Gertz, “The Effect of
Interracial Contact on Whites’ Perceptions of Victimization Risk and Black
Criminality,” 50Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 272-299 (2013)
Pickett,Justin, Dan Mears, Marc Gertz, and Eric Stewart, “Security at the Expense of
Liberty:A Test of Predictions Deriving From the Culture of Control Thesis,”
59Crime and Delinquency 214-242(March 2013)
Devers, Lindsey, Marc Gertz, Nicole Piquero, and Baruch Kraus, “The Ethnic
Typification of Crime and Support for Punitive Attitudes: An Exploratory
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Analysis of Arabs in Israel,”10Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice 245-266
(2012)
Chiricos, Ted, Kathy Padgett, Jake Bratton, Justin Pickett, and Marc Gertz, “Racial
Threat and Opposition to the Re-Enfranchisement of Ex-Felons,” 1International
Journal of Criminology and Sociology13 -28(2012)
Mondello, Michael, AlexPiquero, Nicole Piquero, Marc Gertz, and Jake Bratton, “Public
Perceptions on Paying Student Athletes,” Sport and Society1-14(2012)
Warren, Patricia, Eric Stewart, Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, and Marc Gertz, “White’s
Residential Preferences: Re-Assessing the Relevance of Criminal and Economic
Stereotypes,”2 Race and Justice 231-249 (2012)
Cole, George F. and Marc Gertz, The Criminal Justice System:Politics and Policies 10th
Edition (Belmont, California: Wadsworth,2012)
Baker, Thomas, Laura Bedard, and Marc Gertz, “The Unique Experience of Female
Offenders,” in Cole and Gertz, The Criminal Justice System 10th Edition (2012)
Piquero, Alex, Nicole Piquero, Marc Gertz, Jason Bratton, and Thomas Loughran,
“Sometimes Ignorance is Bliss: Investigating Citizen Perceptions of the
Certainty and Severity of Punishment,”37 American Journal of Criminal Justice
630-646(2012)
Pickett, Justin, Ted Chiricos, Kristin Lavin, and Marc Gertz, “Reconsidering the
Relationship Between Perceived Neighborhood Racial Composition and Whites”
Perceptions of Victimization Risk: Do Racial Stereotypes Matter?”
50Criminology145-186 (February 2012)
Shelley, Tara, Ted Chiricos, and Marc Gertz, “What about the Environment?Assessing
the Perceived Seriousness of Environmental Crime,” 35International Journal of
Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice 305-323 (2011)
Piquero, Alex, Eric Stewart,Nicole Piquero, Jon Intravia, Marc Gertz, and Jason Bratton,
“Investigating the Determinants of the Street Code and Its Relation to Offending
Among Adults,” 37American Journal of Criminal Justice 19-32 (2011)
Piquero, Alex, Nicole Piquero, Marc Gertz, Jason Bratton, and J.C. Barnes, “Race,
Punishment, and the Michael Vick Experience,”92 Social Science Quarterly
535-551 (2011)
Richard Levy and Marc Gertz, “Is Dietary Practice Now in the Reform Mainstream?” in
Mary Zamore (Ed.), The Sacred Table: Creating a Jewish Food Ethic (New
York: CCAR Press, 2011)
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Johnson, Brian, Eric Stewart, Justin Pickett, and Marc Gertz,
“Ethnic Threat and Social Control: Examining Public Support for Judicial Use of
Ethnicity in Punishment,” 49Criminology441-442 (May 2011)
Piquero, Nicole, Marc Gertz and Jason Bratton, “ Public Attitudes Toward Blame
Worthiness and Control of the Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis,” in Matthew Deflem
(Ed.), Economic Crisis and Crime (London, England: Emerald Group Publishing,
2011)
Kelly Welch, Allison Payne, Ted Chiricos, and Marc Gertz
“The Typification of Hispanics as Criminals and Support for Punitive Crime
Control Policies,” 40Social Science Research 822-840 (2011)
Mancini, Christina, Kelle Barrick, Julia Diponio, and Marc Gertz
“Taxation with Representation:Examining Public Fiscal Support for Diverse
Correctional Policies,” 21Criminal Justice Policy Review 76-97 (2010)
Kleck, Gary, Marc Gertz, and Jason Bratton,
2009 “ Why Do people Support Gun Control?
Alternative Explanations of Support for Handgun Bans,”
Journal of Criminal Justice 37: 496-504 (September/October)
Crow, Matthew and Marc Gertz
2009 “Legal and Democratic Subcultures: Understanding How the Law and
Political Forces Shape Criminal Sentencing,” in G.L. Mays and K.L.
Manning (Eds.), Courts and Justice: A Reader 3rd Edition ( Long Grove,
Il.: Waveland Press)
Costelloe, Mike, Ted Chiricos, and Marc Gertz
2009 “Punitive Attitudes Towards Criminals: Exploring the Relevance of Crime
Salience and Economic Insecurity”
Punishment and Society 11:25-49 (January)
Crow, Matthew and Marc Gertz
2008 “ Sentencing Policy and Disparity: Guidelines and the Influence of Legal
and Democratic Cultures,” Journal of Criminal Justice 36: 362-371
Tittle, Charles, Lisa Broidy, and Marc Gertz
2008 “Strain, Crime, and Contingencies,” Justice Quarterly 25:283-312
Mears, Daniel, Christina Mancini, Marc Gertz, and Jason Bratton
2008 “ Sex Crimes, Children, and Pornography: Public Views and Public
Policy,” Crime and Delinquency 54:532-559 (October)
Holtfreder, Kristy, Shanna Van Slyke, Marc Gertz, and Jason Bratton
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2008 “ Public Perceptions of White-Collar Crime and Punishment,” Journal of
Criminal Justice 36:50-60 (March)
Reisig, Michael, Jason Bratton, & Marc Gertz
2007 “The Construct Validity and Refinement of Process-Based Policing
Measures,” Criminal Justice and Behavior 34:1005-1028 (August)
Mears, Daniel, Carter Hay, Marc Gertz, and Christina Mancini
2007 “Public Opinion and the Foundation of the Juvenile Court,”
Criminology 45:223-257 (February)
Ryan, Scott, Laura Bedard & Marc Gertz
2006 “The Influence of Gender on the Placement of Children with Gay or
Lesbian Adoptive Parents.” Journal of GLBT Family Studies 3:15-34
Welch, Kelly, Jason Bratton & Marc Gertz
2006 “Racial Profiling: The Link Between Equality of Treatment and
Satisfaction with Police Protection.” Law Enforcement Executive Forum
5:15-23.
Hogan, Mike, Ted Chiricos & Marc Gertz
2005 “Economic Insecurity, Blame and Punitive Attitudes.” Justice Quarterly
22:392-411.
Kleck, Gary, Brion Sever, Spencer Li & Marc Gertz
2005 “The Missing Link in General Deterrence Research.” Criminology 43:623660.
Prine, Rudy & Marc Gertz
2005 “The Elusive Search for Uniform Sentencing: A Look at Denmark and
Scotland.” In Fields and Moore (Eds.), Comparative and International
Criminal Justice: Traditional And Nontraditional Systems Of Law And
Control. Long Grove, Ill.: Waveland Press.
George F. Cole, Marc Gertz & Amy Bunger (Eds.)
2005 The Criminal Justice System: Politics and Policies (9th Edition). Belmont,
CA: Wadsworth.
Chiricos, Ted, Kelly Welch & Marc Gertz
2004 “Racial Typification of Crime and Support for Punitive Measures.”
Criminology 42:359-389.
Reprinted in Crime and Criminal Justice, William T. Lyons (Ed.),
Aldershot, Hampshire, U.K. (Ashgate Publishing 2006).
Ryan, Scott D., Laura Bedard, Marc Gertz
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2004
“Florida’s Gay Adoption Ban: What Do Floridians Think?” Journal of
Law and Public Policy 15:261-283.
Crow, Matthew, Tara Shelley, Laura Bedard & Marc Gertz
2004 “Czech Police Officers: An Exploratory Study of Police Attitudes in an
Emerging Democracy.” Policing: An International Journal of Police
Strategies and Management 27:592-614.
Cole, George F., Marc Gertz & Amy Bunger
2003 The Criminal Justice System: Politics and Policies.8th Ed. Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth
Bowman, James S., Marc Gertz, Sally C. Gertz & Russell L. Williams
2003 “Civil Service Reform in Florida State Government: Employee Attitudes
One Year Later.” Review of Public Personnel Administration 23:286-304.
Eschholz, Sarah, Ted Chiricos & Marc Gertz
2003 “Television and Fear of Crime: Program Types, Audience Traits and the
Mediating Effect of Perceived Neighborhood Racial Composition.” Social
Problems 50:395-415.
Tittle, Charles, Jason Bratton & Marc Gertz
2003 “A Test of a Micro-Level Application of Shaming Theory.” Social
Problems 50:592-617.
Eschholz, Sarah, Brenda Blackwell, Marc Gertz & Ted Chiricos
2002 "Race and Attitudes Toward the Police: Assessing the Effects of Watching
‘Reality’ Police Programs." Journal of Criminal Justice. 30:1-15.
Costelloe, Michael T., Ted Chiricos, Jiri Burianek & Marc Gertz
2002 "The Social Correlates of Punitiveness: A Comparison of Czech Republic
and Florida.” Justice System Journal. 23:191-220.
Gertz, Marc, Jeremy Gordon & James Ledbetter
2002 “Overcoming Police Community Value Conflicts: The Usefulness of
Public Opinion Research in Developing Effective Community Policing
Training Programs.” Law Enforcement Executive Forum vol 2.
Gould, Leroy C., Gary Kleck & Marc Gertz
2001 "Crime as Social Interaction." in Stuart Henry, and Mark Lanier (Eds.)
What Is Crime? Controversies Over the Nature of Crime and What to Do
about It. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Reprinted in Stuart Henry and Ross Matseuda, Social Constructionist
Theories of Crime (The Library of Essays in Theoretical Criminology
Thought Series, February, 2015).
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Chiricos, Ted, Ranee McEntire & Marc Gertz
2001 "Perceived Racial and Ethnic Compositions of Neighborhood and
Perceived Risk of Crime." Social Problems 48:322-340.
Gertz, Marc & Laura Bedard
2000 "Differences in Community Standards for the Viewing of Heterosexual
and Homosexual Pornography." International Journal of Public Opinion
Research. 12(3):324-332.
Chiricos, Ted, Kathy Padgett & Marc Gertz
2000 "Fear, T.V. News, and the Reality of Crime." Criminology. 38:755-785.
Reprinted in Toby Miller (Ed.). 2003. Television: Critical
Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies. New York: Routledge.
Bedard, Laura E., Marc Gertz, & Constance Kostelac
1998 "Expanding Social Workers' Perceptions on Multicultural Practice."
International Social Work. 41:71-87.
Kovandzic, Tom, Gary Kleck & Marc Gertz
1998 "Defensive Gun Use: Vengeful Vigilante Imagery Versus Reality: Results
From the National Self-Defense Survey." Journal of Criminal Justice.
26(3):251-258.
Kleck, Gary & Marc Gertz
1998 "Carrying Guns for Protection: Results from the National Self-Defense
Survey." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. 35:193-224.
Chiricos, Ted, Mike Hogan & Marc Gertz
1997 "Racial Composition of Neighborhood and Fear of Crime." Criminology
35:107-132.
Reprinted in Crime (2nd Edition) Robert Crutchfield, George
Bridges, Joseph Weiss, and Charis Kubrin (Eds.) Thousand Oaks,
Ca.: Pine Forge Press, 2000.
Chiricos, Ted, Sara Eschholz & Marc Gertz
1997 "Crime News and Fear: Isolating and Disaggregating the Effects." Social
Problems 44:342-357.
Reprinted in Gary W. Potter and Victor E. Kappeler (eds.)
Constructing Crime: Perspectives on Making News and Social
Problems. Prospect Heights, Illinois: Waveland Press, 1998.
Prine, Rudy, Marc Gertz & Laura Bedard
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1997
"Change in Regime, Social Change, and Incarceration Rates in Hungary."
International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice 21:2332.
Kleck, Gary & Marc Gertz
1997 "The Illegitimacy of One-Sided Speculation: Getting the Defensive Gun
Use Estimate Down." Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 87:14461461.
Prine, Rudy & Marc Gertz
1995 "Denmark's Courts and the Elusive Search for Uniform Sentences" in
Fields and Moore (Eds), Comparative Criminal Justice: Traditional and
Non-Traditional Systems of Law and Control 253-269 (Prospect Heights,
Illinois: Waveland Press, 1995).
Gertz, Marc, Laura Bedard & Will Persons
1995 "Hispanic Perceptions of Youth Gangs: A Descriptive Exploration."
Journal of Gang Research 2:37-49.
Kleck, Gary & Marc Gertz
1995 "Armed Resistance to Crime: The Prevalence and Nature of Self-Defense
With a Gun." Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 86:150-187.
Gertz, Marc & Gould, L.C.
1995 "Fear of Punishment and the Willingness to Engage in Criminal
Behavior." Journal of Criminal Justice 23:377-384.
Gertz, Marc
1995
"Exploring Sentences in Three European Cities." International Journal of
Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice 19:297-312.
Bedard, L., Rudy Prine & Marc Gertz
1994 "Hispanic Perceptions of Crime and Delinquency: A Contemporary
Description." Latino Studies Journal 5:22-39.
Bedard, Laura, Sara Eschholz & Marc Gertz
1994 "Perceptions of Crime and Education within the Hispanic Community and
the Impact on Corrections." Journal of Correctional Education 45:72-80.
Gould, Leroy C. & Marc Gertz
1994 "Race and Gender Effects on Perception of Criminal Events: Testing
Hypotheses From Black's The Behavior of Law." Journal of Correctional
Education 62-70.
Gertz, Marc & Rudy Prine
1993 "DUI Policy: Can the U.S. Learn From Scandinavia?" International
Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice 17:273-280.
Gould, Leroy, Gary Kleck & Marc Gertz
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1992
"The Concept 'Crime' in Criminological Theory and Practice." The
Criminologist 17:3-6.
Gertz, Marc & Laura Myers
1992 "Impediments to Cross - National Research: Problems of Reliability and
Validity." International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal
Justice 16:57-65.
Gertz, Marc
1990
"The Dynamics of Plea Bargaining in Three Countries." Criminal Justice
Review 14:48-63.
Gertz, Marc & Laura B. Myers
1990 "Prosecutorial Decision-Making in the Netherlands: A Research Note."
Journal of Criminal Justice 18:359-368.
Cole, George F., Stanislaw J. Frankowski & Marc Gertz, eds.
1987 Major Criminal Justice Systems: An International and Comparative
Perspective, 2nd Edition (Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publishing Company,
1987).
Gertz, Marc & Edmond True
1986 "Law, Social Science and the Search for Truth." The Justice Professional
2:19-32
Gertz, Marc & Edmond True
1985 “Crime, Polling, and Political Campaigns." Election Politics 3:21-24.
Gertz, Marc & Edmond True
1985 "Social Scientists in the Courtroom: The Frustrations of Two Expert
Witnesses." Courts and Criminal Justice: Emerging Issues (Beverly Hills,
CA: Sage Publications, 1985).
Gertz, Marc & Albert Price
1985 "Variables Influencing Sentencing Severity: Inter Court Differences in
Connecticut." Journal of Criminal Justice 13:131-139.
Berg, B., Edmond True & Marc Gertz
1984 "Police, Riots, and Alienation." Journal of Police Science and
Administration 12:186-190.
Berg, B., Edmond True & Marc Gertz
1984 "Police-Community Relations and Alienation." Police Chief 51:20-23.
Atkins, Burton & Marc Gertz
1982 "The Local Politics of Judicial Selection: Some Views of Law
Enforcement Officials." Judicature 66:39-44.
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Cole, George, Stanislaw J. Frankowski & Marc Gertz
1981 Major Criminal Justice Systems: An International and Comparative
Perspective (Beverly Hills, California: Sage Publishing Company, 1981).
Gertz, Marc
1980
Gertz, Marc
1979
"The Impact of the Prosecutor-Public Defender Interaction on Sentencing:
An Exploratory Typology." Criminal Justice Review 5:43-54.
"Modern Technology's Influence on Research Methods in the Social
Sciences: The Special Case of Judicial Sentencing." Przestepczosc Na
Swiecie 12:115-129.
Gertz, Marc & S. Talarico
1977 "Problems of Reliability and Validity in Criminal Justice Research."
Journal of Criminal Justice 5:217-224.
Reprinted in, Criminal Justice Research: Approaches, Problems
and Policy (Anderson Publishing Co., 1980).
Gertz, Marc
1977
Gertz, Marc
1976
"Influence in Court Systems: The Clerk as Interface." The Justice System
Journal 3:30-37.
Instructor's Manual: The American System of Criminal Justice (North
Scituate, Mass:Duxbury Press, 1976).
Book Reviews
"Too Little, Too Late: McDonald's and Cramer's, Plea Bargaining," 64 Judicature 334
(February, 1981).
Research Papers Presented
"Comparative Justice: A Study of Five Connecticut Courts," Annual Meeting of the New
England Political Science Association, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New
Hampshire, April 9-11, 1976.
"The Impact of the Prosecutor-Public Defender Relationship: An Organizational View of
Sentence Determinations" Annual Meeting of the American Society for Public
Administration, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1977.
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"The Allocation of Negative Values: A Theory of Criminal Justice," (with Kent E.
Portney), Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago,
Illinois, April 1977.
"The Prosecutor-Police Interaction: Organizational and Structural Impediments to Law
Enforcement," (with Franklin Morgan and James D. White), Annual Meeting of the
American Society for Public Administration, Baltimore, Maryland, April 1979.
"Drugs and Politics: Agenda Building and Criminal Justice Reform," Annual Meeting of
the Law and Society Association, Amherst, Massachusetts, June 1981 (with Edmond J.
True).
"Criminal Justice Policy and the Florida Legislature," Annual Meeting of the American
Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C., November 1981 (with Edmond J. True).
"Law, Social Science and Expert Testimony: The Battered Wife Syndrome," Annual
Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Birmingham, Alabama,
November 1983 (with Edmond J. True).
"Law, Social Science and Expert Testimony in Criminal Trials," Annual Meeting of the
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Chicago, Illinois, April 1984 (with Edmond
True).
"Legislatures and Legal Reform: Changes in the Severity of the Criminal Sanction,"
Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1984
(with Edmond True).
"The Subjectivity of Objective Parole Guidelines," Annual Meeting of the Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 1985 (with John Speir, and Edmond
True).
"Social Science Research Methods in the Political Arena," Annual Meeting of the
American Society for Public Administration, Anaheim, California, April, 1986 (with
Edmond True).
"The Impact of Prosecutor Recommendations on Sentencing Decisions in the
Netherlands," Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta,
Georgia, November 1988 (with Laura Myers).
"Sentencing in Three European Cities," Annual Meeting of the American Society for
Public Administration, Miami, Florida, April, 1989.
"A Comparison of Danish Suburban, Urban, and Rural Counties: Commonalities in
Sentencing;" Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans,
Louisiana, November 1992 (with Rudy Prine).
"The Relationship Between Social Disorganization and Fear of Crime: Hispanic
Reactions to Social Disorder." Annual meeting of Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences,
Kansas City, Missouri, March 1993 (with Laura Myers).
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"The Value of Acquiring Comparative Judicial Data: Attitudes of Judges in Denmark,"
Annual Meeting of Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Chicago, Illinois, March 1994
(with Rudy Prine).
"Effects of Interviewer Gender on a Fear of Crime Survey," Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Criminology, Miami, Florida, November 1994 (with Elizabeth Cass
and Theodore G. Chiricos).
"Racial Composition of Neighborhoods and Fear of Crime," Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Criminology, Boston, Massachusetts, November 1995 (with
Theodore G. Chiricos and Mike Hogan).
"Crime News and Fear: Isolating and Disaggregating the Effects," Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Criminology, Boston, Massachusetts, November 1995 (with
Theodore G. Chiricos and Sarah Eschholz).
"Varieties of Televised Crime Discourse: An Assessment of Their Effect on Fear of
Crime," Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois,
November, 1996 (with Ted Chiricos and Sarah Eschholz).
"Super Predators and Popular Consciousness: Has the Fear of Juvenile Crime Caught Up
with the Hype?" Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago,
Illinois, November 1996 (with Ted Chiricos and Kristin Winokur).
"Fear of Crime and Survey Research: Problems and Practices," Invited Lecture, Annual
Meeting of the Justice Research and Statistic Association, Miami, Florida, September,
1997.
"Who Doesn't Know Someone in Jail? Examining the Relationship Between Private,
Parochial, and Public Controls," Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Criminology, San Diego, California, November, 1997 (with Dina Rose and Todd Clear).
"Race, Racial Prejudice and Fear of Crime: An Assessment of the Interaction," Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Diego, California, November 1997
(with Constance Kostelac and Ted Chiricos).
"Economic Insecurity and Punitive Attitudes: An Empirical Test of an EconomyPunishment Link," Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Diego,
California, November 1997 (with Mike Hogan and Ted Chiricos).
"Testing a Fundamental Assumption of Deterrence-Based Crime Control Policy,"
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C., November
1998 (with Gary Kleck and Brion Sever).
"Television and Fear of Crime: Reassessing Audience Mediated Effects," Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C., November 1998
(with Ted Chiricos and Kathy Padgett).
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"Racial and Ethnic Composition of Neighborhood and Fear of Crime," Annual Meeting
of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C., November 1998 (with Ranee
McEntire and Ted Chiricos).
"Fear, Perceived Risk and the Realities of Crime: Assessing the Social Constructions of
Crime Meaning," Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology,
Washington, D.C., November 1998 (with Rhonda Dobbs and Ted Chiricos).
"Fear of Crime and Voting Behavior," Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Criminology, Washington, D.C., November 1998 (with Teri Neyhouse and Tom
Kovandzic).
"Influences of Interviewer Gender on Fear of Crime Response Rates," Annual Meeting
of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada, November 1999 (with Jason
Bratton and Ted Chiricos).
"Women’s Fear of Crime: Is it Fear of Rape?" Annual Meeting of the American Society
of Criminology, San Francisco, California, November 2000 (with Rhonda Dobbs,
Courtney Waid, and Ted Chiricos).
"Problem Programs: Analyzing the Impact of Viewing Specific Programs on Fear of
Crime," Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco,
California, November 2000 (with Sarah Eschholz).
"Economic Insecurity and Punitiveness Toward Crime in the United States and the Czech
Republic," Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco,
California, November 2000 (with Mike Costelloe, Ted Chiricos, Jiri Burianek, and Dan
Maier-Katkin).
"Race Specific Crime Fears and Punitive Attitudes Toward Crime," Annual Meeting of
the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, California, November 2000 (with
Ted Chiricos and Ranee McEntire).
"Analyzing Elderly Population Perception of Risk of Violent Crime Victimization and
Corresponding Risk Limiting Actions," Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Criminology, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2001 (with Abbe Justus and Amy Bunger).
"An Empirical Analysis of Packer: Public Attitudes for Crime Control vs. Due Process,"
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, Georgia, November
2001 (with Amy Bunger).
"Issue Voting and the American Electorate: The Special Case of Fear of Crime," Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2001
(with Amy Bunger, Abbe Justus and Tara Shelley).
"‘Kendra’s Laws’: Measuring Public Support for Compulsory Medication of Mentally Ill
Patients Deemed ‘Potentially Violent,’" Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Criminology, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2001 (with Laura Bedard and Amy Bunger).
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"Economic Insecurity and Punitiveness Toward Welfare, Immigration, and Crime,"
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, Georgia, November
2001 (with Mike T. Costelloe and Ted Chiricos).
"Public Support for White-Collar Crime Prevention Strategies in the Workplace," Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2001
(with Cynthia V. Caravelis and Amy Bunger).
“Employment At Will as Civil Service Reform In Florida,” Florida Labor Lawyers
Conference, Orlando, Florida, October 2002 (with J. Bowman, S. Gertz, and R.
Williams).
“The Service First Initiative in Florida State Government: Reforming—Or Deforming—
State Government?” Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Conference of Public
Administration, Columbia, S.C., October 2002 (with J. Bowman, S. Gertz, and R.
Williams).
“Punitive Attitudes: The Relative Contributions of Crime Salience and Economic
Insecurity,” Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois,
November 2002 (with Ted Chiricos and Mike Costelloe).
“Environmental Threat and Punitive Attitudes Toward Environmental Crime,” Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois, November 2002
(with Ted Chiricos and Tara Shelley).
“Racial Typification and Support for Harsh Punitive Policies,” Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois, November 2002 (with Kelly Welch
and Ted Chiricos).
“Assessing Punishment for Environmental Crime,” Annual Meeting of the American
Society of Criminology, Denver, Colorado, November 2003 (with Tara Shelley and Ted
Chiricos).
“An Empirical Assessment of the Affect of Crime Salience on Attitudes Toward
Crime,Welfare and Immigration,” Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Criminology, Denver, Colorado, November 2003 (with Mike Costelloe and Ted
Chiricos).
“The Racial Typification of Crime,” Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Criminology, Denver, Colorado, November 2003 (with Kelly Welch and Ted Chiricos).
“Policy Implications of Prevalence and Correlates of Support for Victim’s Rights,”
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Denver, Colorado, November
2003 (with Jason Bratton and Kelly Welch).
“Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Civil Liberties:The Public’s Preferences for
Informal Crime Control,” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Las
Vegas, Nevada, March 2004 (with Jason Bratton and Kelly Welch).
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“ An Empirical Assessment of the Effect of Crime Salience on Attitudes Toward Crime,
Welfare and Immigration,” Annual Meeting of the American society of Criminology,
Nashville, Tennessee, November 2004 (with Mike Costelloe and Ted Chiricos).
“ Social Threat and Social Control of Islamic Populations: A Test of Blalock’s Theory,”
Annual Meeting of The American society of Criminology, Nashville, Tennessee,
November 2004 (with Jason Bratton and Christie Wilson).
“Environmental Threat and Social Control,” Annual Meeting of The American society of
Criminology, Nashville, Tennessee, November 2004 (with Tara Shelley and Ted
Chiricos).
“The Real Threat of Terrorism: An Assault on Civil Liberties,” Annual Meeting of the
Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 2005 ( with Cyndy
Caravelis and Jess Tracy).
“Assessment of Procedural and Distributive Justice in Police Research,” Annual Meeting
of the World Congress of Criminology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 2005 ( with
Mike Reisig and Jason Bratton).
“Support for White-Collar Crime Control: Implications for Public Policy,” Annual
Meeting of the World Congress of Criminology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August
2005 (with Kristy Holtfreter, Shanna Van Slyke, and Jason Bratton).
“A Post 9/11 Balancing Act: Individual Rights Versus the State’s Authority,” Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada, November 2005
(with Cyndy Caravelis and Jess Tracy).
“Understandings Dimensions of Environmental Threat and Variations of Social Control,”
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada, November
2005 (with Tara Shelley and Ted Chiricos).
“ Racial Threat and Punitiveness: Opposition to the Restoration of Civil Rights for ExFelons,” Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada,
November 2005 (with Jason Bratton, Kathy Padgett, and Ted Chiricos).
“Perceived and Actual Racial and Ethnic Composition of Neighborhoods and Minority
Threat,” Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Los Angeles,
California. November 2006 ( with Jessamyn Tracy and Ted Chiricos).
“ Racial Threat and Opposition to the Reenfranchisement of Ex-Felons,” Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2007
(with Jason Bratton, Kathy Padgett, and Ted Chiricos).
“Self- and Socially- Imposed Sanction Risk Perception Among Deterrable Offenders,”
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, Missouri, November
2008 (with Sarah Bacon and Jason Bratton).
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“ Perceived Threat from Illegal Immigrants and Popular Support for Punitive Controls,”
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
November 2009 ( With Ted Chiricos and Elizabeth Stupi).
“Perceived Court Fairness in Germany and the United States,” Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 2009 (With
Thomas Baker and William Hauser).
“The Gender Typification of Deviance and the Support for Punitive Attitudes: An
Exploratory Analysis of Arabs in Israel,” Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences, San Diego, California, February 2010 (With Lindsey Devers).
“Racial Stereotypes and Concern About Crime and Terrorism: Comparing Race and
Gender Effects,” Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San
Francisco, California, November 2010 ( With Jodi Lane, Kelly Welch, and James
Meeker).
“Perceptions of Court Fairness: A Comparative Analysis of Germans and Americans,”
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, California,
November 2010 ( With Will Hauser and Thomas Baker).
“Perceived Racial Composition and Perceived Criminal Threat: Examining the
Moderating Effect of Ideology,” Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Criminology, San Francisco, California, November 2010 (With Justin Pickett, Kristin
Lavin, and Jason Bratton).
“Perceived Threats from Illegal Immigrants and Popular Support for Criminal Justice
Policies,” Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco,
California, November 2010 (With Elizabeth Stupi and Ted Chiricos).
“Confirmatory Bias and the Death Penalty,” 4th Annual Congress on Psychology and the
Law, Miami, Florida, March 2011 (With Joyce Carbonell, Christi Falco, and Emily
Gottfried).
“Identifying the Relationship Between Low Self-Control and Identity Theft,” Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington,D.C., November 2011
(With Nicole Piquero and Andrew Ransom).
“Controlling Other People’s Children: Racial Typification of Delinquency and Public
Views About Juvenile Justice,” Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Criminology, Washington, D.C., November 2011 (With Justin Pickett and Ted Chiricos).
“The Ties That Bind: Variation in Self-Reported Community and Social Bonds Among
Female Offenders,” Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology,
Washington, D.C., November 2011 (With Karla Dhungana, Kristin Lavin, Thomas
Baker, and Laura Bedard).
“Variation in Self-Reported Familial and Marital Social Bonds and Among First Time
and Repeat Female Offenders,” Annual Meeting of the American Society of
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Criminology, Washington, D.C., November 2011 (With Kristin Lavin, Karla Dhungana,
Thomas Baker, and Laura Bedard.
“Toward a Theory of Media Effects on Public Knowledge About Criminal Justice,”
Annual Meeting of The American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois, November
2012 (With Justin Pickett, Dan Mears, and Christina Mancini).
“The Impact of Racial Threat on Attitudes about Michael Vick’s Punishment,” Annual
Meeting of The American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois, November 2012
(With Andrew Ranson, Matthew Hasbrpock, Alex Piquero, and Nicole Piquero).
“Is the meaning of Procedural Justice Universal: An Examination of Female Inmates,”
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois, 2012 (With
Thomas Baker,Karla Dhungana, Kristin Golden, and Laura Bedard).
“Perceptions of Juvenile Offending, Racial Stereotypes, and Support for Harsh
Policies,”Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois,
2012 (With Kelly Welch, Justin Pickett, and Ted Chiricos).
“Perceived Criminal Threat, Context, and Punitiveness Toward Illegal Immigrants,”
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois, 2012 (With
Elizabeth Stupi and Ted Chiricos).
“Racial Threat and Its Impact on Punitive Attitudes Toward Michael Vick,” Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois, 2012 (With Andrew
Ranson, Alex Piquero, and Nicky Piquero).
“Media Reliance and Public Knowledge About Criminal Punishment,” Annual Meeting
of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois, 2012 (With Justin Pickett,
Christina Mancini, and Dan Mears).
“Public Opinion of Genetic and Neuropsychological Contributors to Criminal
Behaviors,” Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois,
2012 (With Jamie Gajos, Kevin Beaver, and Jason Bratton.
“Interethnic Contact and Israeli Jews’ Support for Conciliatory Solutions to the IsraeliPalestinian Conflict,” Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta,
Georgia, 2013 (WithJustin Pickett, Thomas Baker, Christi Falco, and Rose Bellandi).
“Net Effects: An Examination of the Influence of Internet Use on Public Views of Crime
and Justice,” Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, Georgia,
2013 (With Sean Rose and Justin Pickett).
“Does NFL Stand for National Felon League? Prevalence and Predictors of NFL Arrests
from 2000-2014” Annual Meeting of The American Society of Criminology,
Washington, D.C. 2015 (With Wanda Leal and Alex Piquero)
“The Impact of Policing Terrorism on Police Legitimacy and Public Cooperation: A
Study of Israeli Jewish Perceptions,” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Denver,
Colorado, March 2016.
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Other Conference Participation
Chairman of Panel, "Should Parole Be Abolished?" 22nd Annual Southern Conference
on Corrections, Tallahassee, Florida, March 1977.
Discussant, "Current Research on the Judicial Process," Annual Meeting of the American
Society of Criminology, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1977.
Program Committee, Annual Meeting of the American Society for Public Administration,
Phoenix, Arizona, April 1978.
Chairman of Panel, "Bio-politics, Crime, and Criminal Justice," Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Criminology, Dallas, Texas, November 1978.
Chairman of Panel, "New Views on Judicial Research," 25th Annual Southern
Conference on Corrections, Tallahassee, Florida, February 1980.
Discussant, "The Use of Elderly Volunteers in the Criminal Justice System," Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, California, November
1980.
Chairman of Panel, "Impact of Legislatures on Criminal Justice Reform," Annual
Meeting of American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C., November 1981.
Chairman of Panel, "Legislatures and the Criminal Justice System," 27th Annual
Southern Conference on Corrections, Tallahassee, Florida, March 1982.
Chairman of Panel, "Social Science as a Public Service," Annual Meetings of the
American Society for Public Administration, Anaheim, California, April, 1986.
Chairman of Panel, "International Criminal Justice Systems: Policy Implications of
Emerging Research," Annual Meeting of Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences,
Chicago, IL, March, 1994.
Chairman of Panel, "Economy, Demography, and Attitudes Toward Crime," Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C., November 1998.
University, Community, and Professional Service
Academic Committee, School of Criminology, The Florida State University, (1977-1978,
1979-1981, 1990-1994; Chairman, 1983-1987, 1993-1994).
Administrative Committee, School of Criminology, The Florida State University, (19761977; Chairman, 1977-1986, 1990-1991).
Congregation Temple Israel, President (1989-1993).
Council of Deans' Honors Task Force, Florida State University (1982).
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Friends of Hillel (President, 1985 to Present).
Grant Review, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (1997).
Grant Review, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2003).
Hillel Foundation (Chairman of Executive Board, 1984-1985).
Honor's Program (Director, School of Criminology, The Florida State University, 19791986).
Master's Comprehensive Examination Committee, School of Criminology, The Florida
State University (1978-1979; Chairman, 1980-1981).
Merit Scholar Faculty Advisor (1980-1993).
Personnel Committee, School of Criminology, The Florida State University (Chairman,
1984-1985).
President's Steering Committee for the United Way, The Florida State University (19771978).
Referee: Journal of Criminal Justice; Law & Society Review; Social Problems; Political
Research Quarterly.
Reviewer, Allyn & Bacon, Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., Little Brown & Co., Random
House, Inc., Simon & Schuster, West Publishing Co.
Senior Book Collection Award Committee, Strozier Library, The Florida State University
(1979-1983).
Teaching Incentive Program Committee (Chairman, School of Criminology, 1995-1996).
URJ, National Board ,Executive Committee,Vice-Chairman;Southeast Region
WUPJ, National Board.
University Committees
Academic Support Services Committee (1982-1986)
Admissions Committee (1981-1985, 2005 to 2008)
Advisory Committee for Student Development (1983-1992)
Athletic Committee (1982-1986)
College Achievement Programs (Chairman, Advisory Board 1985-1991)
Community Outreach Program (Chairman, Executive Board 1991-1992)
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Committee on Faculty Research Support (1989-1991)
Fellowship Selection Committee (1980-1983)
Graduate Policy Committee Ph.D. Review of Economics (1991)
Graduate Policy Committee Ph.D. Review of Higher Education (2001)
Graduate Policy Committee (2008 to Present)
Leadership Awards Selection Committee (1991)
Legislative Host Program (1988-1990)
Police Orals Board (1980-1992)
Promotion and Tenure Committee (1983-1984, 2001 to Present) (Chair, College of
Criminology, 2003 to Present)
Property Survey Committee (1983-1986)
Safety & Security Advisory Committee (1987-1991)
Search Committee, Director of Athletic Academic Advising (1997)
Student Retention Committee (1987-1991)
Student Welfare and Safety Committee (Chairman, Subcommittee on Campus
Environment, 1986)
Task Force on Alcohol Policy (Chairman, 1985)
Task Force on Greek Activities (Chairman, 1983-1984)
Undergraduate Policy Committee (1996-2001)
Welfare Reform Initiative (1997-2002)
Honors and Awards
Gold Key Club Faculty Award (1st Winner, 1984)
ODK
Seminole Leadership Award (1990)
Minority Academic Program's Appreciation Award (1991)
LAE Faculty Appreciation Award (1991)
LAE Faculty Appreciation Award (1992)
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LAE Faculty Appreciation Award (1994)
Teaching Incentive Program Award (1995)
Invited Guest Lectures
"Myth and Reality in the American Court System," National Executive Institute of the
FBI, Quantico, Virginia, February, 1994.
"O.J. Simpson and the American System of Criminal Justice," National Executive
Institute of the FBI, Quantico, Virginia, February 1995.
"Plea Bargaining and the American Criminal Justice System," Department of Sociology,
Charles University, Prague, the Czech Republic, May, 1997.
"Fear of Crime and Survey Research: Problems and Practices," Justice Research and
Statistics Association, Miami, Florida, September, 1997.
"Perceptions of Crime: Methodological Issues," Fifteenth Annual Colloquium,
Department of Criminal Justice, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, March,
1998.
"Courts and Social Science: The Use and Misuse of Statistics," Florida State University
School of Law, March, 1999.
"Fear of Crime and Its Political Implications in the U.S. and Abroad," John Jay School of
Criminal Justice, New York, New York, September 2000.
“Terrorism, Fear, and Public Opinion,” Law Enforcement Executive Development
Seminar, FBI Academy, June 18, 2004.
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