Dr. Liqun Cao
Title: Professor
Research interests: Comparative studies; criminological theory; gun ownership; and policing.
Supervision Areas: Police abuse of power; Public opinion toward the police; Criminological Theory; International study of death penalty
Biography
Dr. Liqun Cao
, Ph.D.
(1993)
is a Professor of Sociology and Criminology. His research interests include comparative studies,
criminological theory,
gun ownership, and
policing
. His research essays have appeared in many national and international journals, including the top journals of
Criminology,
Justice Quarterly, J
ournal of Criminal Justice, and
Policing.
His co-authored paper won the Donal MacNamara Award of Academy of Criminal Justice Science in 2008. In addition, he published the monograph
" Major Criminological Theories: Concepts and Measurement" and co-edited the anthology
"Lessons From International/Comparative Criminology/Criminal Justice" in 2004. He also writes in Chinese and his co-authored book
"The Empirical Status of Major Criminological Theories" was published in Chinese with Professor Susyan Jou in 2007. He co-edited an anthology
"Criminology" in Chinese with Professor Xin Ren in 2008
.
