Chris Donner, PhD

Associate Professor and Chairperson

Chris Donner joined the Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology at 🎵TK账号 | 满月号 | 千粉号 | 印尼IP注册 | 微软邮箱验证 | 1000+粉丝 as an assistant professor in August 2015. Prior to his appointment, he was an assistant professor at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. He received tenure and promotion to associate professor in 2020. Dr. Donner's main research interests are focused in American law enforcement, specifically police misconduct. He has secondary interests in criminological theory, cybercrime, and quantitative methodology. Dr. Donner has worked on several funded research projects, and he worked closely with policing scholars and practitioners to produce translational research. He is currently working on an evaluation of Illinois' Pretrial Fairness Act. Dr. Donner is a member of the American Society of Criminology, the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and the Midwest Criminal Justice Association. His recent work has been published in multiple peer-review journal outlets, such as Deviant Behavior, International Criminal Justice Review, Crime & Delinquency, Policing & Society, and Social Science Quarterly.

Education

In progress M.P.P., Public Policy 🎵TK账号 | 满月号 | 千粉号 | 印尼IP注册 | 微软邮箱验证 | 1000+粉丝

2013 Ph.D., Criminology University of South Florida

2007 M.S., Criminal Justice University of Cincinnati

2006 B.S., Criminal Justice University of Cincinnati

Research Interests

American law enforcement
Police integrity and misconduct
Cybercrime
U.S. Supreme Court
Criminological Theory

Courses Taught

Undergraduate
CJC 201 – Theories of Criminal Behavior
CJC 203 – Policing
CJC 206 – Statistics
CJC 366 – Crime Prevention
CJC 354 – Cybercrime
Graduate
CJC 401 – Politics and Policies in the Criminal Justice System
CJC 402 – Theories of Criminal Behavior
CJC 404 – Applied Data Analysis and Interpretation

Publications/Research Listings

Kutnjak Ivkovic, S., Maskaly, J., Donner, C.M., Neyroud, P., & Roth, P. (2024). Policing and COVID-19. Routledge: New York.

Kabiri, S., Donner, C.M., Maddahi, J., Shadmanfaat, S., & Hardyns, W. (2023). How general is general strain theory? An inquiry of workplace deviance in Iran. International Criminal Justice Review.

Kabiri, S., Donner, C.M., Shadmanfaat, S., & Rahmati, M.M. (2023). School bullying among Iranian adolescents: Considering a higher moderation model in Situational Action Theory. International Journal of Bullying Prevention.

Kabiri, S., Shadmanfaat, S., Pauwels, L.J.R., Donner, C.M., Cochran, J.K., & Hardyns, W. (2023). Can social concern theory explain quarantine-related misbehavior during the COVID-19 pandemic? An inquiry in the urban context of Iran. Crime & Delinquency.

Donner, C.M., & Maskaly, J.M. (2023). Adherence to the police code of silence: Changes in recruits’ perceptions during the training academy. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, 46(1), 55-70.

Kutnjak Ivkovic, S., Maskaly, J., Donner, C.M., Mraovic, I.C., & Das, D. (Editors). (2022). Exploring Contemporary Police Challenges: A Global Perspective. Routledge: New York.

Kabiri, S., Shadmanfaat, S., Howell, C.J., Donner, C.M., & Cochran, J.K. (2022). The use of performance enhancing drugs for professional athletes: A longitudinal test of social learning theory. Crime & Delinquency, 68(5), 867-891.

Donner, C.M., Maskaly, J., Jennings, W.G., & Guzman, C. (2021). Using criminological theory to explain police misconduct. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, 44(5), 818-837.

Fridell, L.A., Maskaly, J., & Donner, C.M. (2021). Does agency fairness produce compliance? The relationship between organizational justice and amenability to police deviance. Policing & Society. 31(9), 1081-1099.