Samantha Brown

Samantha Brown is an Assistant Professor in the Criminology and Criminal Justice department at the University of North Florida (Jacksonville, Florida). As a first-generation college student from Wisconsin, she bridges rural and urban academic experiences in her research.

• Education: PhD (2020) & MS (2016) in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Florida State University, BS in Sociology (2012) from University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Her research spans four core areas: (1) juvenile delinquency and the long-term effects of juvenile justice system involvement, (2) school-based crime and institutional responses to at-risk youth, (3) social media's role in both perpetuating and mitigating delinquency, and (4) modern policing practices and their societal impacts.

Recent publications (2020–2025) emphasize:

• Racial disparities in adolescent policing and judicial outcomes
• Far-right extremism in military and civilian courts
• Immigrant victimization in sexual assault cases
• Online-offline crime dynamics via social media
• Political ideology's influence on police reform attitudes

Her methodological approach combines quantitative analysis (e.g., longitudinal datasets) with qualitative fieldwork to address systemic criminal justice challenges.