Craig Goforth

Craig Goforth is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Mars Hill University. He holds a B.A. in Criminal Justice from the University of North Carolina at Asheville (1982), an M.Ed. in Education from Western Carolina University (1994), and a Ph.D. in Public Policy from Northcentral University (2010).

• Research Focus: Constitutionality of prisons, ethical policing, forensic analysis, victimology, Miranda rulings, and interrogation techniques.
• Email: cgoforth@mhu.edu

Academic Contributions: His work spans sociological theories of crime, historical law enforcement contexts, and legal-ethical frameworks. Notably, he co-authored entries in the Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment (2014) and Encyclopedia of Sociology (2016), emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to criminal justice.