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. His research interests include the study of
supermax prisons,
immigration and crime
Immigration and crime refers to the relationship between criminal activity and immigrant communities. Research suggests that people tend to overestimate the relationship between immigration and criminality, and that the media tends to erroneously d ...
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causes of offending, sentencing, and juvenile and criminal justice policy.
Published works
Books
Mears is the author of several books.
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Living people
American criminologists
1966 births
Florida State University faculty
University of Texas at Austin alumni
Haverford College alumni
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