1st Edition
A Criminologist’s Life Essays in Honor of the Criminological Legacy of Francis T. Cullen
List of Contributors
Preface
Part I: Setting the Stage
1. Becoming a Criminologist
Travis C. Pratt and Cheryl Lero Jonson
Part II: Impact on the Field: A Criminological Giant
2. Reaffirming Rehabilitation and Beyond
Jennifer L. Hartman
3. Social Support Theory: Doing Something for Our Citizens
Liqun Cao and Velmer S. Burton, Jr.
4. White-Collar Crime: Challenging Conventional Wisdom
Michael L. Benson and William A. Stadler
5. College Women’s Sexual Victimization
Bonnie S. Fisher and Leah E. Daigle
6. Meta-Analysis and the Organization of Knowledge
Travis C. Pratt and Jillian J. Turanovic
7. Public Opinion: The Myth of the Punitive Public and Other Lessons
Brandon K. Applegate
8. Criminological Theory
Pamela Wilcox and Robert Agnew
Part III: Mentorship and Leadership: The Human Side of Criminology
9. Mentorship in Graduate School
Teresa C. Kulig and Murat Haner
10. Mentorship as a Junior Faculty Member and Beyond
Cheryl Lero Jonson and Melissa M. Moon
Part IV: In His Own Words
11. My Five Final Lessons
Francis T. Cullen
Biography
Cheryl Lero Jonson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her research interests include the effectiveness and psychological impacts of civilian active assailant protocols, the effect of prison sentences on recidivism, public opinion about gun con- trol, the public’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, and crime in the U.S. National Park System. Her work has appeared in Criminology, Criminology & Public Policy, Justice Quarterly, Crime & Justice: A Review of Research, and Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency.
Travis C. Pratt is a Research Associate with the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute and the Research Director with the Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Department. His work focuses on the sources of criminal behavior and victimization, as well as correctional policy. He is the author of Addicted to Incarceration: Corrections Policy and the Politics of Misinformation in the United States, Thinking About Victimization: Context and Consequences, and over 100 peer-reviewed articles that have appeared in Criminology, Crime and Justice: A Review of Research, and Justice Quarterly.
