Wesley Jennings

Wesley G. Jennings
Wesley G. Jennings
Born	September 17, 1980
Nationality	American
Education	University of South Carolina, University of Florida
	Scientific career
Fields	Criminology
Institutions	University of South Florida, Texas State University
Thesis	Trajectories of two Racine Birth Cohorts: a theoretically integrated model for explaining offending (2007)
Academic advisors	Alex R. Piquero, Lonn Lanza-Kaduce

Wesley Glenn Jennings (born September 17, 1980)[1] is an American criminologist. He is currently a professor and department chair in the Department of Criminal Justice & Legal Studies at the University of Mississippi. He was previously a professor and coordinator of the doctoral program in the School of Criminal Justice at Texas State University and associate professor in the Department of Criminology at University of South Florida, where he was also the Department's associate chairman and undergraduate director. He has previously been recognized as the #1 criminologist in the world in a 2012 paper in the Journal of Criminal Justice Education.[2][3] He is the former editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Criminal Justice and (with Lorie Fridell) the co-editor of Policing: An International Journal.[4]

Research

Jennings has studied the effectiveness of police use of body-worn cameras in Orlando, Florida.[5][6][7]

References

Ellerbe, Ronald William (1986). The Ellerbe family history. Gateway Press. pp. 12–45.
"Dr. Wesley G. Jennings". Texas State University. 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2017-10-22.
Copes, Heith; Khey, David N.; Tewksbury, Richard (2012-12-01). "Criminology and Criminal Justice Hit Parade: Measuring Academic Productivity in the Discipline". Journal of Criminal Justice Education. 23 (4): 423–440. doi:10.1080/10511253.2012.683016. ISSN 1051-1253. S2CID 144428015.
"Wesley Jennings CV" (PDF).
Wolfenbarger, Mark (12 October 2015). "USF study: Police body cameras reduced use of force, complaints". The Tampa Tribune. Archived from the original on 2015-10-14. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
Martin, Naomi (2016-01-03). "Can body cameras boost public trust in police? Dallas study hopes to find out". Dallas News. Retrieved 2017-10-22.
Majchrowicz, Michael (2015-10-12). "University of South Florida study: body cameras help police do their jobs better". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2017-10-22.

External links

Wesley Jennings publications indexed by Google Scholar

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[1] Ellerbe, Ronald William (1986). The Ellerbe family history. Gateway Press. pp. 12–45.

[2] "Dr. Wesley G. Jennings". Texas State University. 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2017-10-22.

[3] Copes, Heith; Khey, David N.; Tewksbury, Richard (2012-12-01). "Criminology and Criminal Justice Hit Parade: Measuring Academic Productivity in the Discipline". Journal of Criminal Justice Education. 23 (4): 423–440. doi:10.1080/10511253.2012.683016. ISSN 1051-1253. S2CID 144428015.

[4] "Wesley Jennings CV" (PDF).

[5] Wolfenbarger, Mark (12 October 2015). "USF study: Police body cameras reduced use of force, complaints". The Tampa Tribune. Archived from the original on 2015-10-14. Retrieved 2019-12-24.

[6] Martin, Naomi (2016-01-03). "Can body cameras boost public trust in police? Dallas study hopes to find out". Dallas News. Retrieved 2017-10-22.

[7] Majchrowicz, Michael (2015-10-12). "University of South Florida study: body cameras help police do their jobs better". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2017-10-22.