معرفی
Dr. Nicole Niebuhr is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies at the University of West Florida. She joined UWF in 2019 after earning her doctoral degree from Sam Houston State University. Her academic appointments include teaching courses in Research Methods and Victimology.
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Sociology from University of Wisconsin La-Crosse
- Master's and Doctoral degrees in Criminal Justice and Criminology from Sam Houston State University
Research Focus
Dr. Niebuhr's research spans criminal careers, corrections systems, criminological theory development, and program evaluation methodologies. Her work examines desistance patterns, the psychological impact of punishment on risk perception, employment-related stress among formerly incarcerated individuals, and comparative criminal decision-making between offenders and college populations. She has conducted empirical evaluations of specialized courts including juvenile drug courts and mental health probation systems.
Her methodological expertise includes correctional officer attrition analysis, recidivism prediction modeling, and experimental designs in offender behavior studies. Geographic focus areas include Texas and Florida criminal justice systems.
Publication Trends
Recent publications demonstrate her focus on recidivism predictors, deterrability stability across offender populations, employment-corrections linkages, and criminal justice system processing of marginalized groups. Methodologies emphasize longitudinal analysis, comparative offender sampling, and program effectiveness metrics.
Professional Activities
Dr. Niebuhr maintains research partnerships with correctional agencies including the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, focusing on evidence-based policy development. No awards, grants, research labs, or supervised students were documented in the source material.
