Ted Chiricos
William Julius Wilson Professor of Criminology
850-644-7371
tchiricos@fsu.edu
Education
Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; Sociology
M.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; Sociology
B.A. Merrimack College, Andover MA; Sociology
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Criminology
- Juvenile Delinquency
- Individual and Society
- Sociological Theories of Crime
- Graduate Seminar in Criminological Theory - Varying Topics
Research Interests
- Social Threat and Social Control
- Criminal Sentencing
- Labeling Effects
- Immigration
Select Publications
- Chiricos, Ted, Kelle Barrick, William Bales, and Stephanie Bontrager. 2007. “The Labeling of Convicted Felons and its Consequences for Recidivism” Criminology 45:547-582.
- Hogan, Michael, Ted Chiricos, and Marc Gertz. 2005. “Economic Insecurity, Blame and Punitive Attitudes.” Justice Quarterly 22:392-412.
- Bontrager, Stephanie, William Bales, and Ted Chiricos. 2005. “Race, Ethnicity, Threat, and the Labeling of Convicted Felons.” Criminology 43:589-622.
- Chiricos, Ted, Kelly Welch, and Marc Gertz. 2004. “The Racial Typification of Crime and Support for Punitive Measures.” Criminology 42:359-390.
- Escholz, Sarah, Ted Chiricos, and Marc Gertz. 2003. “Television and Fear of Crime: Program Types, Audience Traits, and the Mediating Effect of Perceived Neighborhood Racial Composition.” Social Problems 50:395-315.
- Smith, Alisa and Ted Chiricos. 2003. “Structural Antecedents of Aggravated Assault: Exploratory Assessment of Female and Male Victimization.” Violence and Victims 18:55-70.
- Kleck, Gary and Ted Chiricos. 2002. “Unemployment and Property Crime: A Target-Specific Assessment of Opportunity and Motivation as Mediating Factors.” Criminology 40:649-679.
- Chiricos, Ted and Sarah Eschholz. 2002. “The Racial and Ethnic Typification of Crime and the Criminal Typification of Race and Ethnicity in Local Television News.” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 39:400-420.
- Costelloe, Mike, Ted Chiricos, Marc Gertz, Jiri Burianek, and Dan Maier-Katkin. 2002. “The Social Correlates of Punitiveness: Comparing an Established and an Emerging Democracy.” The Justice System Journal 23:191-220.
- Chiricos, Ted. 2004. “The Media, Moral Panic & the Politics of Crime Control.” In George F. Cole, Marc G. Gertz, and Amy Bunger (Eds.) Criminal Justice: Law & Politics (9th Edition). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth .
- Eschholz, Sarah, Brenda S. Blackwell, Marc Gertz, and Ted Chiricos. 2002. “Race and Attitudes Toward the Police: Assessing the Effects of Watching �Reality' Police Programs.” Journal of Criminal Justice 30:327-341.
- Chiricos, Ted, Ranee McEntire, and Marc Gertz. 2001. “Perceived Racial and Ethnic Composition of Neighborhood and Perceived Risk of Crime.” Social Problems 48:322-340.
- Chiricos, Ted, Kathy Padgett, and Marc Gertz. 2000. “Fear, TV News and the Reality of Crime.” Criminology 38:755-785.
This paper has been reprinted in Television: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies , Toby Miller (Ed.) New York: Routledge. 2003.
Grants
- Fear of Crime and Community Oriented Policing: A State-Wide Survey of Public Opinion. Source: U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, $90,000, awarded by Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, 1998.
- Fear of Crime: A State-Wide Survey of Public Opinion - II, $120,000, awarded by Florida Department of Community Affairs, 1997.
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