Faculty Research
Faculty and students are actively engaged in research on a wide variety of issues pertaining to the causes of crime and the criminal justice response to crime. Faculty within the school are highly successful in securing external funding to support their research, developing research collaborations within the University of Nebraska system, and partnering with community stakeholders to address specific research priorities.
Faculty Research Areas
Specific information about each faculty member's research interests and a recent curriculum vitae detailing his/her research activities can be found by clicking on the relevant faculty member's name below.
Justin Nix, Ph.D. (right) goes over results of a policing study he conducted with doctoral student Brandon Tregle (left).
Announcements
- Samantha Clinkinbeard’s Latest Study to be Published in Justice Quarterly
- Samantha Clinkinbeard, Ph.D. to Receive Honorable Mention for Paper She Co-Authored
- Nix and Tregle Release Results of their 2018 National Police Executive Survey
- Tara Richards, Ph.D., to Present her Research at Congressional Briefing
- Ph.D. Alumna Karyn Sporer Receives Award and Grant
- Policing Expert Justin Nix Participates in Panel Discussion at National Conference for Police Executives
- SCCJ Doctoral Students’ Research is Published in Perspectives on Terrorism
- Under Nebraska Law, Officers Entitled to Tuition Waiver
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