Eric Jefferis, Ph.D.

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator, Social and Behavioral Sciences

Campus:

Kent

Contact Information

Email:

ejefferi@kent.edu

Phone:

330-672-6502

Biography

Dr. Jefferis is one of the founding faculty of the College of Public Health. Currently, he is a Professor in the College of Public Health in the concentration area of Social and Behavioral Sciences. He originally came to Kent State University in 2002 as a research fellow in the Institute for the Study and Prevention of Violence, and he previously taught in the Justice Studies Department. Prior to Kent State, Dr. Jefferis was a social scientist for the U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice.

Education

PhD,Criminology & Policing, University of Cincinnati, 2004
MA, Criminal Justice, Radford University, 1993
BA, Administration of Justice Department, Pennsylvania State University, 1990

Expertise

Intentional injuries (i.e.
violence and suicide)
Community-based violence prevention strategies
Evaluation Research
Violence Prevention
Community-based Interventions

Publications

Porter, L.C., Curtis, A., Jefferis, E., & Mitchell, S. (2020) Where’s the crime? Exploring divergences between call data and perceptions of local crime, British Journal of Criminology.
Porter, L. C., Biasi, A. D., Mitchell, S., Curtis, A., & Jefferis, E. (2019). Understanding the Criminogenic Properties of Vacant Housing: A Mixed Methods Approach. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency.
Andrew Curtis, Jacqueline W. Curtis, Jayakrishnan Ajayakumar, Eric Jefferis & Susanne Mitchell (2018) Same space – different perspectives: comparative analysis of geographic context through sketch maps and spatial video geonarratives, International Journ
Cooley, W., Bemiller, M., Jefferis, E. & Penix, T. (2018). Neighborhood by Neighborhood: Community Policing in a Rust Belt City. Policing: An International Journal

Research Institutes and Initiatives