Wesley Glenn Jennings (born September 17, 1980) is an American criminologist.

Career

He is currently a professor and department chair in the Department of Criminal Justice & Legal Studies at the University of Mississippi. He was previously a professor and coordinator of the doctoral program in the School of Criminal Justice at Texas State University and associate professor in the Department of Criminology at University of South Florida, where he was also the Department's associate chairman and undergraduate director. He has previously been recognized as the #1 criminologist in the world in a 2012 paper in the ''Journal of Criminal Justice Education''. He is the former editor-in-chief of the ''American Journal of Criminal Justice'' and (with

Lorie Fridell Lorie A. Fridell is an American criminologist known for her research on police, especially regarding racial profiling. She is an associate professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of South Florida (USF), where she has taught si ...

) the co-editor of '' Policing: An International Journal''.

Research

Jennings has studied the effectiveness of police use of

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in Orlando, Florida.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jennings, Wesley Glenn Living people American academic journal editors University of South Carolina alumni University of Florida alumni University of South Florida faculty Texas State University faculty American criminologists 1980 births