Seth Fallik, Assistant Professor, and Mara Schiff, Associate Professor, were awarded two of the three 2019 Presidential Awards – Fallik for Research/Scholarship and Schiff for Teaching. Schiff was also the runner-up for...

The study represents one of the most comprehensive assessments of the “dangerousness” of policing to date, and also shows a statistically significant decline in felonious killings of police following the Ferguson effect...

On April 11, 2019, the Criminology and Criminal Justice Graduate Committee hosted its second Brown Bag event for students seeking their Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice (MSCCJ) degree.

While there is a lot of research on the LGBT community’s relationship with police, there is scant research on how they perceive police legitimacy and what predicts their willingness to obey, cooperate, and recognize police...

“Sextortion,” the threatened dissemination of explicit, intimate and embarrassing sexual images without consent, is the fastest-growing cyberthreat to children.

Ross Deuchar, Ph.D., affiliate professor in FAU’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, and 2016/2017 Fulbright scholar-in-residence, just recently published his sixth book, Gangs and Spirituality: Global Perspectives...

Dr. Sameer Hinduja, Professor in the FAU School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking research on the impact of the virtual world and social media on violence and student...

Excerpt below from “Teens Are Cyberbullying Themselves. Why?” written by Sasha Jones for EducationWeek.org and featuring research from Dr. Sameer Hinduja, a professor of criminal justice at Florida Atlantic University.

Excerpt below from “Battling Back from Bullying” which aired on ABC30.com and features research from Dr. Sameer Hinduja, a professor of criminal justice at Florida Atlantic University.

Adam Dobrin, Associate Professor in the FAU School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, was recently voted to the Board of Directors for the Volunteer Law Enforcement Officer Alliance (VLEOA) 501(c)3 charitable organization.