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.

Daniel Mears
Born
Daniel Preston Mears

1966
Alma materHaverford College, University of Texas at Austin
AwardsAcademy of Criminal Justice Sciences’s Outstanding Book Award (2010 and 2019)
Scientific career
FieldsCriminology
InstitutionsFlorida State University College of Criminology & Criminal Justice

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Books

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Mears is the author of several books.

  • Mears, Daniel P. (2010). American Criminal Justice Policy: An Evaluation Approach to Increasing Accountability and Effectiveness (Hardback). New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521762465. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
  • Mears, Daniel P.; Cochran, Joshua C. (October 2014). Prisoner reentry in the era of mass incarceration (Paperback). Los Angeles: Sage Publications, Inc. ISBN 9781483316727. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
  • Mears, Daniel Preston (September 2017). Out-of-control criminal justice: the systems improvement solution for more safety, justice, accountability, and efficiency (Paperback). New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316614044. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
  • Mears, Daniel P.; Cochran, Joshua C. (February 14, 2019). Fundamentals of Criminological and Criminal Justice Inquiry: the science and art of conducting, evaluating, and using research (Hardback). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107193703. Retrieved August 19, 2023.

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  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.
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