Tom Blomberg
Dean & Sheldon L. Messinger Professor of
Criminology
850-644-7365
tblomberg@fsu.edu
Education
Ph. D. 1973, University of California, Berkeley, California; Criminology.
M.S. 1970, University of California, Berkeley, California; Criminology.
B. A. 1969, University of California, Berkeley, California; Sociology.
Research Interests
- Delinquency, Education, and Crime Desistance
- Penology and Social Control
- Victim Services
- Criminological Research and Public Policy
Recent Publications
- Blomberg, Thomas G. and Carter Hay. 2007. “Visions of Social Control: Revisited,” pp. 166-186. Christine Chinkin, David Downes, Conor Gearty and Paul Rock (Eds.) Sociology and Politics of Denial, Social Control and Human Rights Essays in Honour of Stanley Cohen. Willan Publishing, UK.
- Bales, William D., Shanna Van Slyke, and Thomas G. Blomberg. 2006. “Substance Abuse Treatment in Prison and Community Re-Entry: Breaking the Cycle of Drugs, Crime, Incarceration, and Recidivism.” Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy 13(2):383-401.
- Holtfreter, Kristy, Michael D. Reisig, and Thomas G. Blomberg. 2006. “Consumer Fraud Victimization in Florida: An Empirical Study.” The St. Thomas Law Review 18(3):761-789.
- Padgett, Kathy G., William D. Bales, and Thomas G. Blomberg. 2006. “Under Surveillance: An Empirical Test of the Effectiveness and Consequences of Electronic Monitoring.” Criminology and Public Policy 5(1):61-92.
- Wang, Xia, Thomas G. Blomberg, and Spencer D. Li. 2005. “Comparison of the Educational Deficiencies of Delinquent and Nondelinquent Students.” Evaluation Review 29(4):291-312.
- Blomberg, Thomas G. and Stanley Cohen, Editors. 2003. Punishment and Social Control: Enlarged Second Edition. Aldine de Gruyter, Hawthorne, NY.
- Blomberg, Thomas G., Gordon P. Waldo and Mark R. Yeisley, Editors. 2001. Data-Driven Juvenile Justice Education. National Juvenile Detention Association, Richmond, KY.
- Blomberg, Thomas G. and Karol Lucken. 2000. American Penology: A History of Control. Aldine de Gruyter, Hawthorne, NY.
Funded Research
- Principal Investigator, Violence Reduction Program – Phase II (a $300,000 project funded by Palm Beach County) (2007-2009).
- Principal Investigator, Safe and Drug-Free Schools (a $1.5 million, 3-year project funded by the Florida Department of Education and U.S. Department of Education) (June 2005 - June 2008).
- Principal Investigator, Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program (a $14 million renewable project funded by the Florida Department of Education and U.S. Department of Education) (June 1998-present).
- Principal Investigator, The Juvenile Justice No Child Left Behind Collaboration Project (a $1 million project funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention) (2006-present).
- Principal Investigator, Consumer Fraud (a $250,000 renewable project funded by the Florida Attorney General’s Office) (2004-2007).
- Principal Investigator, Violence Reduction Program – Phase I (a $75,000 project funded by Palm Beach County) (2006).
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