James Unnever, Ph.D. | College of Arts & Sciences | USF Sarasota-Manatee

criminology, race, racism, crime, public opinion, death penalty, aggression, hostile attribution style, sas, mulitple regression, data analysis, logistic regression, causal models

James Unnever, Ph.D.
Professor - Criminology 

Phone:  941-359-4218
Fax:  941-359-4489
Office:  SMC C247
Email: 
unnever@sar.usf.edu

Curriculum Vitae

James D. Unnever (Ph.D. Duke University, 1980) is a Professor of Criminology at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee.  His research generally examines the relationships among race, racism, and crime.  His latest research focuses on whether racial and ethnic intolerance predicts punitive attitudes cross-nationally, factors related to whether the public wants to “get tough” on corporate crime, and the relationship between perceived racial discrimination and delinquency.(more...)  His most recent publications investigate the racial divide in support for capital punishment, progressive religious beliefs and support for the death penalty, the relationship between religious affiliation and punitiveness, Colvin’s differential coercion theory, the relationships among ADHD, low self-control, and bullying and criminal behavior.(hide...)

Research

Dr. Vershawn Young interviewed Dr. Unnever for New Books in African American Studies in reference to his book A Theory of African American Offending.  A link to this interview is now available at the http://newbooksinafroamstudies.com/ web address.
 
Dr. Unnever was interviewed by KPFT-FM in Houston regarding his book A Theory of African American Offending.  Please click here to listen to the interview.

Dr. Unnever has been Ranked 5th in the Country For Authorship in Criminology and Criminal Justice Journals and was recognized in Tampa Bay's Maddux Report Newswire, November 29th 2010. Please click here to go to the article.

Unnever, James D. and Shaun L. Gabbidon  2011.  A Theory of African American Offending.  Routledge

Alex R. Piquero, Francis T. Cullen, James D. Unnever, Nicole L. Piquero, and Jill Gordon (2010). "Never Too
    Late: Public Optimism about Juvenile Rehabilitation."  Punishment and Society 12:187-207.

Teaching

Syllabi from recent semesters. Click on Course Prefix and Number to review course syllabus.
Example CCJ 3701

Courses for Summer 2012
Ref # 53207  CCJ 3621 Sec: 521  Patterns of Criminal Behav 100% Online
    Course meet Summer B:  June 25 - August 3

Courses for Spring 2012

Ref # 24070 CCJ 6705 Sec: 523 Research Methods Criminology, S 9:00am-11:50am
  class meets: 01/14, 03/24, 04/28, 05/05.
Ref # 24069 CCJ 6935 Sec: 522 MACJA Capstone, S 12:00pm-2:50pm
   class meets: 01/14, 03/24, 04/28, 05/05

Courses for Fall 2011

Ref # 85529  CCJ 3701  Sec: 591  Res Meth in Crim Justice I, 100% Online
Ref # 89543  CCJ 4934  Sec: 591  Race, Racism, and Crime, W 6:00pm-8:45pm
Ref # 91525  CCJ 6935  Sec: 521  Capstone Course, S 3:00pm-5:45pm