Daniel Mears

{{Short description|American criminologist}} {{about||the Wisconsin politician|Daniel Mears (politician)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Lead extra info|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox scientist | name = Daniel Mears | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image =  | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Daniel Preston Mears | birth_date = 1966 | birth_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | other_names = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = Criminology | workplaces = Florida State University College of Criminology & Criminal Justice | patrons = | alma_mater = Haverford College, University of Texas at Austin | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor =  | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences’s Outstanding Book Award (2010 and 2019) | signature =  | signature_alt = | website =  | footnotes = | spouse =  | children = | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = | image_upright = | death_cause = | education = | partner =  }} '''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.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://newswise.com/articles/fsu-criminology-is-no-1-professor-college-both-ranked-nation-s-best | title=FSU Criminology is No. 1: Professor, College Both Ranked Nation's Best | publisher=Florida State University | date=25 January 2011 | accessdate=16 June 2017 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> His research interests include the study of supermax prisons,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://bostonreview.net/archives/BR35.6/tapley.php | title=The Worst of the Worst: Supermax Torture in America | work=Boston Review | date=November–December 2010 | accessdate=16 June 2017 |df=mdy-all | author=Tapley, Lance}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/does-solitary-confinement-make-inmates-more-likely-to-reoffend/ | title=Does Solitary Confinement Make Inmates More Likely To Reoffend? | publisher=PBS | work=Frontline | date=18 April 2017 | accessdate=16 June 2017 |df=mdy-all | author=Tsui, Anjali}}</ref> immigration and crime,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/illegal-immigrants-and-crime-how-big-a-problem-is-crime-committed-by-immigrants/ | title=How big a problem is crime committed by immigrants? | work=CBS News | date=27 January 2017 | accessdate=16 June 2017 |df=mdy-all | author=Dahl, Julia}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1717575,00.html | title=Immigration: No Correlation With Crime | magazine=Time | date=27 February 2008 | accessdate=16 June 2017 |df=mdy-all | author=Kingsbury, Kathleen}}</ref> causes of offending, sentencing, and juvenile and criminal justice policy.

== Published works == === Books === Mears is the author of several books. * {{cite book |last1=Mears |first1=Daniel P. |title=American Criminal Justice Policy: An Evaluation Approach to Increasing Accountability and Effectiveness |date=2010 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=New York |isbn=9780521762465 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521762465 |access-date=19 August 2023 |language=en |df=mdy-all |format=Hardback}} * {{cite book |last1=Mears |first1=Daniel P. |last2=Cochran |first2=Joshua C. |title=Prisoner reentry in the era of mass incarceration |date=October 2014 |publisher=Sage Publications, Inc |location=Los Angeles |isbn=9781483316727 |url=https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/prisoner-reentry-in-the-era-of-mass-incarceration/book243248 |access-date=19 August 2023 |language=en |df=mdy-all |format=Paperback}} * {{cite book |last1=Mears |first1=Daniel Preston |title=Out-of-control criminal justice: the systems improvement solution for more safety, justice, accountability, and efficiency |date=September 2017 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=New York |isbn=9781316614044 |url=http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/sociology/criminology/out-control-criminal-justice-systems-improvement-solution-more-safety-justice-accountability-and-efficiency?format=PB |access-date=19 August 2023 |language=en |df=mdy-all |format=Paperback}} * {{cite book |last1=Mears |first1=Daniel P. |last2=Cochran |first2=Joshua C. |title=Fundamentals of Criminological and Criminal Justice Inquiry: the science and art of conducting, evaluating, and using research |date=14 February 2019 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=9781107193703 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/fundamentals-of-criminological-and-criminal-justice-inquiry/30CF1E98036818BCD3DF33709C184BE2 |access-date=19 August 2023 |language=en |df=mdy-all |format=Hardback}}

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== External links == * {{cite web |title=Daniel P. Mears {{!}} College of Criminology & Criminal Justice |url=https://criminology.fsu.edu/faculty-and-staff/daniel-mears |website=criminology.fsu.edu |publisher=Florida State University |access-date=19 August 2023 |language=en |df=mdy-all }} * {{Google Scholar id|mPebGoUAAAAJ}} * {{cite web |title=Daniel P. Mears, Ph.D. (Personal website) |url=http://www.danielpmears.com/ |website=www.danielpmears.com |access-date=19 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707001057/http://www.danielpmears.com/ |archive-date=7 July 2017 |language=en |df=mdy-all |url-status=usurped}}

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