Grant Duwe is an American criminologist and research director at the Minnesota Department of Corrections, as well as a non-visiting scholar at Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion. Duwe holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Kansas and a Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Florida State University.[1]

Mass murder research

Duwe's research on mass murder has examined its patterns and prevalence,[2] the role of the news media[3] in its social construction as a crime problem,[4] and the impact of right-to-carry concealed firearms laws on mass public shootings.[5] In 2007, he wrote the book, Mass Murder in the United States: A History, an "excellent historical analysis of mass murder in the United States"[6] that is still considered "one of the most exhaustive studies"[7] that has been done on the topic.

Since the publication of Mass Murder in the United States: A History, Duwe has written articles that have focused on mass public shootings. In these articles, Duwe argues that while mass public shootings have not recently been on the rise, they have become more deadly.[8] He has been critical of the methods Mother Jones has used to compile its mass shooting dataset and the conclusions that have been drawn from the use of these data.[9]

Corrections research

Duwe has published more than 50 research studies and program evaluations in peer-reviewed academic journals on a wide variety of correctional topics. He is the author of a 2017 report published by the National Institute of Justice on the use and impact of correctional interventions on prison misconduct, post-prison employment, recidivism, and cost avoidance.[10] He is also a co-author (along with Michael Hallett, Joshua Hays, Byron Johnson, and Sung Joon Jang) of the book, The Angola Prison Seminary: Effects of Faith-Based Ministry on Identity Transformation, Desistance, and Rehabilitation.

Duwe has developed risk assessment instruments that predict sexual recidivism[11][12] and first-time sexual offending.[13] He is also the developer of the Minnesota Screening Tool Assessing Recidivism Risk (MnSTARR),[14] a fully automated instrument that assesses risk for multiple types of recidivism for males and female prisoners.[15] He received the American Society of Criminology's inaugural Practitioner Research Award for his development of the MnSTARR.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Duwe, Grant". Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  2. ^ Duwe, Grant (2004-12-01). "The patterns and prevalence of mass murder in twentieth-century America". Justice Quarterly. 21 (4): 729–761. doi:10.1080/07418820400095971. ISSN 0741-8825. S2CID 144151948.
  3. ^ DUWE, GRANT (2000-11-01). "Body-Count Journalism: The Presentation of Mass Murder in the News Media". Homicide Studies. 4 (4): 364–399. doi:10.1177/1088767900004004004. ISSN 1088-7679. S2CID 145083073.
  4. ^ Duwe, Grant (2005). "A Circle of Distortion: The Social Construction of Mass Murder in the United States" (PDF). Western Criminology Review. 6: 59–78. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.486.4632. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  5. ^ Duwe, Grant; Kovandzic, Tomislav; Moody, Carlisle E. (2002). "The Impact of Right-to-Carry Concealed Firearm Laws on Mass Public Shootings". Homicide Studies. 6 (4): 271–296. doi:10.1177/108876702237341. S2CID 145224076.
  6. ^ Bratina, Michele (2008). "A Review of Mass Murder in the United States: A History" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Putting 'Deadliest Mass Shooting In U.S. History' Into Some Historical Context". NPR.org. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  8. ^ "Mass Shootings Are Getting Deadlier, Not More Frequent". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  9. ^ "The Truth About Mass Public Shootings". Reason.com. 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  10. ^ Duwe, Grant (June 2017). "The Use and Impact of Correctional Programming for Inmates on Pre- and Post-Release Outcomes" (PDF).
  11. ^ Duwe, Grant; Freske, Pamela J. (2012). "Using Logistic Regression Modeling to Predict Sexual Recidivism". Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment. 24 (4): 350–377. doi:10.1177/1079063211429470. PMID 22291047. S2CID 5733288.
  12. ^ Duwe, Grant (2017-07-13). "Better Practices in the Development and Validation of Recidivism Risk Assessments: The Minnesota Sex Offender Screening Tool–4". Criminal Justice Policy Review. 30 (4): 538–564. doi:10.1177/0887403417718608. ISSN 0887-4034. S2CID 149332240.
  13. ^ Duwe, Grant (2012). "Predicting First-Time Sexual Offending Among Prisoners Without a Prior Sex Offense History". Criminal Justice and Behavior. 39 (11): 1436–1456. doi:10.1177/0093854812453911. S2CID 145578849.
  14. ^ Duwe, Grant (2014-09-01). "The Development, Validity, and Reliability of the Minnesota Screening Tool Assessing Recidivism Risk (MnSTARR)". Criminal Justice Policy Review. 25 (5): 579–613. doi:10.1177/0887403413478821. ISSN 0887-4034. S2CID 146613079.
  15. ^ Duwe, Grant; Rocque, Michael (2017-02-01). "Effects of Automating Recidivism Risk Assessment on Reliability, Predictive Validity, and Return on Investment (ROI)". Criminology & Public Policy. 16 (1): 235–269. doi:10.1111/1745-9133.12270. ISSN 1745-9133.
  16. ^ "Duwe, Grant | Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion". www.baylorisr.org. Retrieved 2017-10-10.


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