30 faculty and 33 courses in Criminology at University of California, Irvine.
- Elizabeth F. Loftus, Distinguished Professor, Criminology, Law and Society; Psychology; School of Law h-index 92
Notable: “A spreading-activation theory of semantic processing.” (1975) · 8,103 citations
- George E. Tita, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society and Urban Planning and Public Policy h-index 38
Notable: “Self-Exciting Point Process Modeling of Crime” (2011) · 874 citations
- Valerie Jenness, Distinguished Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, Sociology, and Nursing Science h-index 34
Notable: “Hate Crimes: The Rising Tide of Bigotry and Bloodshed.” (1994) · 301 citations
- Charis E. Kubrin, Chancellor's Professor of Criminology, Law and Society h-index 33
Notable: “New Directions in Social Disorganization Theory” (2003) · 809 citations
- Ojmarrh Mitchell, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society h-index 28
Notable: “Community-oriented policing to reduce crime, disorder and fear and increase satisfaction and legitimacy among citizens: a systematic review” (2014) · 475 citations
- Nancy Rodriguez, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society h-index 28
Notable: “THE COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES OF INCARCERATION REVISITED: A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS ON CAREGIVERS OF CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS*” (2012) · 272 citations
- Amanda Geller, Associate Professor of Criminology, Law and Society h-index 25
Notable: “Street Stops and Police Legitimacy: Teachable Moments in Young Urban Men's Legal Socialization” (2014) · 399 citations
- Emily Owens, Chair and Deans' Professor of Criminology, Law and Society and Economics h-index 25
Notable: “COPS and crime” (2006) · 392 citations
- Mona Lynch, Chancellor's Professor of Criminology, Law and Society h-index 23
Notable: “The Culture of Control: Crime and Social Order in Contemporary Society” (2002) · 328 citations
- Nicholas Scurich, Department Chair, Professor of Psychology and Criminology, Law and Society h-index 20
Notable: “(Mis)use of scientific measurements in forensic science” (2020) · 83 citations
- Keramet Reiter, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society and Law h-index 18
Notable: “Psychological Distress in Solitary Confinement: Symptoms, Severity, and Prevalence in the United States, 2017–2018” (2020) · 133 citations
- Elliott P. Currie, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society h-index 17
Notable: “Confronting Crime: An American Challenge” (1986) · 333 citations
- Jon Gould, Dean, School of Social Ecology and Professor of Criminology, Law and Society h-index 13
Notable: “SUSPECT SEARCHES: ASSESSING POLICE BEHAVIOR UNDER THE U.S. CONSTITUTION*” (2004) · 137 citations
- Christopher Seeds, Associate Professor of Criminology, Law and Society h-index 7
Notable: “Bifurcation nation: American penal policy in late mass incarceration” (2016) · 108 citations
- Ana Muniz, Associate Professor of Criminology, Law and Society h-index 7
Notable: “Maintaining Racial Boundaries” (2014) · 31 citations
- Miguel Quintana-Navarrete, Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law and Society h-index 4
Notable: “War Hypotheses: Drug Trafficking, Sovereignty and the Armed Forces in Mexico” (2015) · 19 citations
- Teresa A. Dalton, Professor of Teaching h-index 1
Notable: “The Mathematics of Baccarat Edge Sorting” (2016) · 2 citations
- Brandon Golob, Associate Professor of Teaching of Criminology, Law and Society
- Carolina Valdivia Ordorica, Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law and Society
Immigration, law and society, the sociology of education, race and ethnicity, youth and families, and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. Her work explores how various forms of legal and social exclusion impact the lives of immigrant youth
- Eraldo Souza dos Santos, Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law and Society
The history of ideas, the invention of traditions, and the politics of translation. In my current project, I trace the global history of the idea of civil disobedience to shed critical light on contemporary anti-protest rhetoric. My arti
- Jeffrey Swindle, Assistant Professor, Criminology, Law and Society
- John R. Hipp, Professor and Vice Chair of Criminology, Law and Society, Urban Planning and Public Policy and Sociology
- Julian E. Gerez, Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law and Society
Es on the political economy of security, crime, and law enforcement, with a regional emphasis on the Americas. Methodologically, I employ observational and experimental causal inference techniques. You can click here to view my CV. My resea
- Lee Cabatingan, Associate Professor of Criminology, Law and Society
- Mercy Romero, Associate Professor of Criminology, Law and Society
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- Nicole Iturriaga, Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law and Society
- Richard McCleary, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society and Urban Planning and Public Policy
- Simon A. Cole, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society
- Sora Han, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society
- Susan Bibler Coutin, Professor of Criminology, Law and Society and Anthropology
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.