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.
- Summers, Lucia (Principal), Yuan, Yihong (Co-Principal). Can Hotspot Policing Reduce Emergency Response Times While Preventing Crime? Using Machine Learning to Improve the Effectiveness of Directed Police Patrol, Texas State Center for Analytics and Data Science, Texas State University. (Submitted: December 2023, Funded: 2024 - 2025). 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.
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