Eric Jefferis, Ph.D.
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Campus:
Kent
Biography
Dr. Jefferis is one of the founding faculty of the College of Public Health (now the College of Public Health and Health Sciences). Currently, he is a Professor in the College of Public Health and Health Sciences 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
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
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
Healthy Communities Research Initiative
