James Unnever

{{Short description|American criminologist}}

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| birth_name = James Douglas Unnever

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|01|09}}

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| fields = Criminology

| workplaces = University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee

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| education = New Mexico State University, University of Florida, Duke University

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| thesis_title = Direct and structural discrimination in the sentencing process

| thesis_url = https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8173911

| thesis_year = 1980

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| known_for = Work on race and crime in the United States{{cite web | url=http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/what-we-say-what-we-hear-scholars-wish-more-nuanced-discussions#stream/0 | title=What we say; what we hear: Scholars wish for more nuanced discussions | work=St. Louis Public Radio | date=29 July 2013 | accessdate=30 June 2017 | author=Joiner, Robert}}

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| awards = 2009 Donal A. J. MacNamara Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

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James Douglas Unnever (born January 9, 1953) is an American criminologist and professor of criminology at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee. In 2010, he was ranked the 5th most innovative author in the US of papers for criminology and criminal justice journals.{{Cite web |url=http://usfsm.edu/blog/usf-sarasota-manatee-professor-ranked-5th-in-the-country-for-authorship-in-criminology-and-criminal-justice-journals/ |title=USF Sarasota-Manatee professor ranked 5th in the country for authorship in criminology and criminal justice journals |date=23 November 2010 |website=University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee Blog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907114144/http://usfsm.edu/blog/usf-sarasota-manatee-professor-ranked-5th-in-the-country-for-authorship-in-criminology-and-criminal-justice-journals/ |archive-date=7 September 2017 |access-date=30 June 2017}} He is known for his work on race and crime in the United States, such as the relationship between racial resentment and public support for punitive policies.{{cite web | url=https://psmag.com/social-justice/toughness%E2%80%99-on-crime-linked-to-racial-resentment-11386 | title='Toughness' on Crime Linked to Racial Resentment | work=Pacific Standard | date=24 May 2010 | accessdate=30 June 2017 | author=Jacobs, Tom}}