Biography and education
Lucia Summers is an Associate Professor in the School of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Texas State University. Her research interests include the spatio-temporal patterns of crime, offender spatial decision making, and situational crime prevention. Lucia received her PhD in criminology from University College London in 2012.
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured grants
- Ekin, Tahir (Principal), Tesic, Jelena (Co-Principal), Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Co-Principal), Valles Molina, Damian (Co-Principal), Summers, Lucia (Co-Principal), Hewitt, Barbara A (Supporting), Liu, Xiangping (Supporting), Chang, Carolyn T (Supporting), Mendez, Francis A (Supporting), Irvin, Jennifer A (Supporting), Resendiz, Maria D (Supporting). Expanding AI Curriculum and Infrastructure at Texas State University to Advance Interdisciplinary Research and Grow a Diverse AI Workforce, National Science Foundation, Federal, $400000. (Submitted: June 2023, Funded: January 2024 - December 2025). Grant.
- Summers, Lucia (Principal), Fulton, Lawrence V (Co-Principal), Shallenberger, Alyssa Nicole (Co-Principal). Identification of Sexual Trafficking Photos, Images, and Texts (I_STOPIT), Texas State University, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $30345. (Submitted: February 2022, Funded: March 2022 - June 2022). Grant.
- Medina Ariza, Juan Jose (Principal), Gutiérrez, José Antonio (Co-Principal), Summers, Lucia (Supporting). Victimisation in place: Routine activities, neighbourhood structure, and the spatial distribution of journey to victimisation before and after COVID, Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, Federal, $36325. (Submitted: December 2020, Funded: September 2021 - August 2024). Grant.
- Summers, Lucia. Conference travel award, Texas State University, $800. (Funded: October 2014). Grant.
- Rossmo, Kim (Principal), Summers, Lucia (Co-Principal). Offender Decision-Making: Decision Trees and Displacement, National Institute of Justice, Federal, $377528. (Funded: January 2013 - December 2017). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Summers, L., Shallenberger, A. N., Cruz, J., & Fulton, L. (2023). A multi-input machine learning approach to classifying sex trafficking from online escort advertisements. Machine Learning & Knowledge Extraction, 5(2), 460–472.
- Rossmo, D. K., & Summers, L. (2022). Uncertainty and heuristics in offender decision-making: Deviations from rational choice. Journal of Criminal Justice, 81. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2022.101923
- Rossmo, D. K., & Summers, L. (2021). Bentham and the philosophical nature of preventive policing. International Criminal Justice Review, 31(3), 263–265. https://doi.org/10.1177/1057567718813424
- Rossmo, D. K., & Summers, L. (2021). Offender decision-making and displacement. Justice Quarterly, 38(3), 375–405. https://doi.org/07418825.2019.1666904
- Soto, C., & Summers, L. (2020). Macro-brothels as crime generators: Impact of closure and diffusion of benefits. European Journal of Criminology, 17(3), 247–268. https://doi.org/10.1177/1477370818788011
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor, Texas State University. 2020
- Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Award of Honor, Texas State University Alumni Association. 2020
- Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor, Texas State University. 2019
- Award / Honor Nominee: Dean Nominee for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Service (Assistant Professor/Instructor/Lecturer). 2019
- Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor, Texas State University. 2018
Featured service activities
- Member
Academic Computing Committee
- Other
CoAA Tenure and Promotion Review Group
- Speaker
Hays County Sheriff’s Office Cadet Graduation
- Other
TXST GLOBAL International Initiatives
- Reviewer / Referee
Papers in Applied Geography
- Member
MSCJ Steering Committee