Modern issues in policing; use of force; survey methods; evaluation methods; quantitative methods; crime mapping; environmental criminology
Dr. Danielle Fenimore is currently employed full-time as a Research Associate with the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), a non-profit research organization focused on addressing issues in modern policing. She is currently the primary investigator on three federally-funded projects focused on the implementation and efficacy of evidence-based practices in policing. In 2023, she will be PI on a national survey on police response to civil disturbances, with funding from the National Institute of Justice. Prior to her work at PERF, she worked for the University of Memphis' Public Safety Institute, assessing and evaluating crime and justice policies in Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee. She holds a PhD from Texas State University's School of Criminal Justice and Criminology (2020).
Fenimore, Danielle M., Roche, Sean Patrick, & Jennings, Wesley. A social network analysis of publishing networks in the “Big 5” journals in criminology and criminal justice. (forthcoming). Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice.
Fenimore, Danielle M., & Jones, Angela M. What influences punitive responses? Examining the interaction between shared identity and crime severity. (2023). Journal of Experimental Criminology.
Taylor, P. L., Fenimore, Danielle M., & Roche, S. P. Body-worn cameras, police force, and hindsight bias. (2022). Policing: An International Journal.
Fenimore, Danielle M., Jennings, Wesley G., & Clay Taylor. (2021). An exploratory social network analysis of the “invisible college” of experimental criminology and criminal justice scholarship in the Journal of Experimental Criminology, 2011-2020. Journal of Criminal Justice Education.
Jennings, Wesley G., Fenimore, Danielle M, Perez, Nick, & Bishopp, Sgt. Stephen A. (2021). Examining the spatial distribution of crime by victim race. Deviant Behavior.
Fenimore, Danielle M. (2019). Mapping harm spots: An exploration of the spatial distribution of crime harm. Applied Geography
On-going grants:
Evaluation of Criminal Justice Policies (George Mason University, Spring 2023)
Criminal Justice Ethics (George Mason University)
Research Methods and Analysis (George Mason University)
Statistics for Criminal Justice (Texas State University)
Courts and the Criminal Process (Radford University)
Ph.D. in Criminal Justice, 2020, Texas State University
M.A. in Criminal Justice, 2015, Radford University
B.A. in Criminal Justice (Minors in Spanish and Forensic Studies), 2012, Radford University
B.S. in Anthropological Sciences (conc. Forensic Anthropology), 2012, Radford University