Daniel Mears

Daniel Mears, born in 1966, is an American criminologist and the Mark C. Stafford Professor of Criminology at the Florida State University College of Criminology and Criminal Justice. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology, and a 2011 ranking of American criminologists placed him second in influence for scholarly contributions. His research interests include supermax prisons, immigration and crime, the causes of offending, sentencing, and juvenile and criminal justice policy. His books include American Criminal Justice Policy, which proposes an evaluation approach to increasing accountability and effectiveness, Prisoner Reentry in the Era of Mass Incarceration with Joshua Cochran, and Out-of-Control Criminal Justice, which argues for a systems improvement approach.