Daniel Mears

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Daniel Mears
Born
Daniel Preston Mears

1966
Alma mater Haverford College, University of Texas at Austin
Awards Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences’s Outstanding Book Award (2010 and 2019)
Scientific career
Fields Criminology
Institutions Florida State University College of Criminology & Criminal Justice

Daniel Preston Mears (born 1966) 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 study of supermax prisons, [2] [3] immigration and crime, [4] [5] causes of offending, sentencing, and juvenile and criminal justice policy.

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Mears is the author of several books.

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References

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