Daniel Mears

For the Wisconsin politician, see Daniel Mears (politician).

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.^[1] His research interests include the study of supermax prisons,^[2][3] immigration and crime,^[4][5] causes of offending, sentencing, and juvenile and criminal justice policy.

Daniel Mears
Born	Daniel Preston Mears 1966 (age 58–59)
Alma mater	Haverford College, University of Texas at Austin
Awards	Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences’s Outstanding Book Award (2010 and 2019)
Scientific career
Fields	Criminology
Institutions	Florida State University College of Criminology & Criminal Justice

Published works

Books

Mears is the author of several books.

• Mears, Daniel P. (2010). American Criminal Justice Policy: An Evaluation Approach to Increasing Accountability and Effectiveness (Hardback). New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521762465. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
• Mears, Daniel P.; Cochran, Joshua C. (October 2014). Prisoner reentry in the era of mass incarceration (Paperback). Los Angeles: Sage Publications, Inc. ISBN 9781483316727. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
• Mears, Daniel Preston (September 2017). Out-of-control criminal justice: the systems improvement solution for more safety, justice, accountability, and efficiency (Paperback). New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316614044. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
• Mears, Daniel P.; Cochran, Joshua C. (February 14, 2019). Fundamentals of Criminological and Criminal Justice Inquiry: the science and art of conducting, evaluating, and using research (Hardback). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107193703. Retrieved August 19, 2023.