Victimology

William G. Doerner is a Professor in the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University. He specializes in victimology and law enforcement issues. He earned his M.A. in Sociology at Emory University (1973) and Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Tennessee (1977). Doerner recently retired from active duty with the Tallahassee Police Department after 29 years of service as a part-time sworn law enforcement officer. He has also served on the Board of Directors for the National Organization of Victim Assistance, was the Founding President of the Florida Network of Victim/Witness Services, and is the past Director of the Program in Criminal Justice at Florida State University. Doerner is also is a previous editor of the American Journal of Criminal Justice, the recipient of the Criminal Justice Educator of the Year Award from the Southern Criminal Justice Association, and a winner of the John P.J. Dussich Award from the American Society of Victimology. A recent article he and his son published in Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management was designated in 2013 as one of four outstanding papers of the year Steven P. Lab is Professor and Director of the Criminal Justice Program and Chair of the Department of Human Services at Bowling Green State University. His research interests include victims of crime, crime prevention, juvenile delinquency, and school crime. Lab received his Ph.D. in Criminology from Florida State University in 1982. He has been a faculty member at Bowling Green since 1987. His primary research interests are in crime prevention and juvenile justice; he is the author of three textbooks and two edited works, and has published more than 30 articles on various topics.