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Professor of Criminal Justice & Criminology

Dr. Carson teaches courses on terrorism & homeland security, along with serving as the Director of the Honors College

• Research interests include terrorism and comparative criminology
• Frequently mentors student-led research projects, both at the undergraduate and graduate level, including heading up a National Institute of Justice grant.
• Dr. Carson earned degrees from:

University of Maryland, College Park (2010) Ph.D. in Criminology & Criminal Justice

University of Maryland, College Park (2006) M.A. in Criminology & Criminal Justice

University of Minnesota (2002) B.S. in Child Psychology

Selected publications include:

Carson, J. V., Dierenfeldt, R., & Fisher, D. (2021). Country-level firearm availability and terrorism: A new approach to examining the gun-crime relationship. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 59(4), 449-486.

Carson, J. & Politte, H. (2020). Implicit bias within public reporting: A virtual reality experiment using "suspicious" activity. Crime and Delinquency https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128720981897

Carson, J.V., & Dugan, L. & Yang, S.M (equal authorship). (2020). A comprehensive application of rational choice theory: How costs imposed by, and benefits derived from, the U.S. federal government affect incidents perpetrated by the radical eco-movement. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 36, 701鈥�724. 

Carson, J.V. & Politte, H.*(equal authorship). (2021). The role of implicit bias in public reporting, Crime and Delinquency, 67(12), 2135鈥�2162.

Carson, J. V. (2017). Assessing the effectiveness of high鈥恜rofile targeted killings in the 鈥渨ar on terror.鈥� Criminology & Public Policy, 16 (1), 191-220.

Carson, J. V., Dierenfeldt, R., & Fisher, D. (2021). Country-level firearm availability and terrorism: A new approach to examining the gun-crime relationship. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 59(4), 449-486.

Carson, J. & Politte, H. (2020). Implicit bias within public reporting: A virtual reality experiment using "suspicious" activity. Crime and Delinquency https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128720981897

Carson, J.V., & Dugan, L. & Yang, S.M (equal authorship). (2020). A comprehensive application of rational choice theory: How costs imposed by, and benefits derived from, the U.S. federal government affect incidents perpetrated by the radical eco-movement. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 36, 701鈥�724. 

Carson, J.V. & Politte, H.*(equal authorship). (2021). The role of implicit bias in public reporting, Crime and Delinquency, 67(12), 2135鈥�2162.

Carson, J. V. (2017). Assessing the effectiveness of high鈥恜rofile targeted killings in the 鈥渨ar on terror.鈥� Criminology & Public Policy, 16 (1), 191-220.