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Dr. Mark C Stafford

  • Professor - School of Criminal Justice & Criminology
  • Stafford, Mark C. Risk-Taking and Homicide Victimization: A Multi-Level Study. (Funded: 2001). Grant.
  • Stafford, Mark C. Murder, Bereavement, and the Criminal Justice System. (Funded: 2000). Grant.
  • Stafford, Mark C. Ford Foundation Social Science Concepts in Area Studies. (Funded: 1998). Grant.
  • Stafford, Mark C. Washington State University’s Grand-in-Aid – Deterrence Questions, An Experimental Test. (Funded: 1983). Grant.
  • Stafford, Mark C. Evaluation of the Effectiveness of C.A.R.E. (Funded: 2011 - 2013). Grant.
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  • Mears, D. P., & Stafford, M. C. (n.d.). Criminal legal sanctions and the false dichotomy between deterrence and rehabilitation:  Implications for sentencing research and policy. Journal of Criminal Justice, 102(102590).
  • Mears, D., Piquero, A., Rogers, J., Rocque, M., & Stafford, M. C. (n.d.). Deterrence and Desistance:  What’s Known, What Isn’t and What’s Next? In Understanding Desistance:  Contemporary Theoretical Perspectives. Routledge.
  • Goncalves, V. S., & Stafford, M. C. (2025). Unveiling the association between residential permanency and street and cybercrimes in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. International Criminal Justice Review.
  • Mears, D. P., & Stafford, M. C. (2025). Gauging the totality of criminal legal sanctions and punishment:  Implications for research and policy on retribution and deterrence. Punishment and Society, 27(5), 984–1008.
  • Mears, D. P., & Stafford, M. C. (2025). Comprehensive Deterrence Theory: The Science and Policy of Punishment. Cambridge University Press.
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Named Professorship, Florida State University. 2010 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: IEAT-FORD Chair of Criminality , Violence and Public Policy, Institute of Interdisciplinary Advanced Studies at Federal University of Minas Gerais. 2006
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Expert Member - Crime and Justice Research Alliance, Brazilian National Institute of Science and Technology in Criminology. 2022 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Honorary Professor of International Studies, Texas State University. 2020 - Present
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Distinguished Book Award, American Sociological Association's Section on Crime, Law, and Deviance. 2026
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    BSCJ Steering Committee

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    Personnel Committee of the Department of Organization, Workforce, and Leadership Studies

  3. Member

    Summative Evaluation Committee: Dean Chahin

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    University Budget Committee

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    Graduate College Subcommittee to Review Paper Option for Dissertations and Theses

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    Faculty Search Committee

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