HFG Distinguished Scholars …Columbia University), Reducing Civilian Injuries in Police Encounters: A Quasi-Experimental Approach James Alan Fox (Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University) and Jacob Stowell (Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University), Exploring…
Desistance from Sexual Offending Across the Life Course Desistance refers to the slowing down or stopping of offending. Although the term is relatively new to those who study sexual aggression, the phenomenon has been a staple of criminological…
HFG Staff …in Homicide Rates?” (Criminology and Public Policy 2019), “Understanding Mexico’s Drug Violence” (Journal of Conflict Resolution 2015), and “Illicit Markets and Violence” (Crime, Law and Social Change 2009). He co-edited…
Characteristics and Determinants of Global Homicide Crime Waves, 1946 to 1998 Difficulties in comparing political and legal systems have long hampered our efforts to estimate cross-national violent crime rates. Adding the requirement that such studies examine trends over time makes the…
Let ‘Em Rot: Understanding Public Punitiveness and Forgiveness Toward Offenders The University of Cambridge Public Opinion Project (UCPOP) is an investigation into individual variation in punitive attitudes towards offenders. We are interested in the psychosocial characteristics of individuals who hold…
The Carjacker’s Perspective: A Qualitative Study of Urban Violence With the exception of homicide, perhaps no offense is more symbolic of contemporary urban violence than carjacking. Carjacking, the taking of a motor vehicle by force or threat of force,…
What Do Historians Have to Say About Violence? …is Associate Professor of History and Criminology at the University of Florida. Thomas W. Gallant is Associate Professor of History at the University of Florida. Both are HFG grantees. Notes…
Creating the Illusion of Impending Death: Armed Robbers in Action …if need be. Richard T. Wright and Scott H. Decker are professors in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. A book based upon…
HFG Helps Launch Working Group on Violent Crime …City of St. Louis London Kite, Duval County (FL) Court Judge Ajima Olaghere, Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice, Temple University Emily Owens, Professor, Dept. of Criminology, Law, and Society, University of…
HFG Fall Internship …field (e.g., International Relations, Political Science, Criminology, English, Communications, Journalism or Management) Firm grasp of social media tools and platforms including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Mailchimp, Hootsuite, etc. Must be computer…
