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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2026
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Jeff Gruenewald

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Federal Grant PI High Impact

Professor

Also affiliated: Florida International University (2009); Indiana University Indianapolis (2016–2018); Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (2015–2020); University of Maryland, College Park (2014); Michigan State University (2006–2009)

Faculty Researcher

21 h-index 91 pubs 1,857 cited

  • Homicide
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Databases, Factual
  • Adult
  • Criminology
  • Research
  • Northwestern United States
  • Bisexuality
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Social Environment
  • Social Perception
  • United States
  • Homosexuality, Male

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Jeff Gruenewald's research centers on understanding and analyzing various forms of extremism and their implications within the criminal justice system. His work investigates disparities in case dispositions and sentencing outcomes for domestic violent extremists, as well as the broader threat posed by right-wing extremism to police safety and law enforcement legitimacy in the United States and Canada. Gruenewald also examines criminal justice responses to extremist violence, including far-right extremist violence in the United States.

His scholarship extends to gender and criminal justice responses to terrorism within the U.S. context. Gruenewald's contributions to the field are reflected in his h-index of 21 and over 1,800 citations across 91 publications. He has also served as PI on a National Science Foundation grant totaling $343,163 for an REU Site focused on connecting research to practice in crime analytics. He collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Katie Ratcliff, Grant Drawve, Kaitlyn Campbell, and Kayla Allison.

Metrics

  • h-index: 21
  • Publications: 91
  • Citations: 1,857

Selected Publications

  • Investigating the Newsworthiness of Bias-Motivated Murders: A Media Distortion Analysis (2026)
    Sociological Quarterly DOI OpenAlex
  • An Open-Source Data Approach to Studying Bias Murder: An Introduction to the Bias Homicide Database (BHDB) (2026)
    Homicide Studies 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • What Went Wrong: A Comparison of Unsuccessful and Completed Extreme Far-Right Plots in the United States (2025)
    Crime & Delinquency DOI OpenAlex
  • Bias-Motivated Violence and the Likelihood of Fatal Outcomes: A Criminal Event Perspective and Mixed-Method Approach (2025)
    Justice Quarterly 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Growth opportunities in American and British terrorism research (2023)
    Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Right-Wing Extremism in Canada and the United States (2022)
    Palgrave hate studies 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Criminal Justice Responses to Right-Wing Extremist (RWE) Violence in the United States (2022)
    Palgrave hate studies 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Introduction: Situating Right-Wing Extremism in Canada and the United States (2022)
    Palgrave hate studies 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Far-Right Extremist Violence in the United States (2022)
    Palgrave hate studies 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Examining Disparities in Case Dispositions and Sentencing Outcomes for Domestic Violent Extremists in the United States (2022)
    Crime & Delinquency 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • “The Perfect Aryan Housewife”: Intersection of Extremist Violence and Violence Against Women (2022)
    Crime & Delinquency 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Gender and Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism in the United States (2021)
    Crime & Delinquency 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Far-Right Extremism’s Threat to Police Safety and the Organizational Legitimacy of Law Enforcement in the United States (2021)
    Актуальные проблемы экономики и права 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Book review: Cynthia Miller-Idriss, <i>Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far-Right</i> (2021)
    Theoretical Criminology DOI OpenAlex
  • Attributing Responsibility When Police Officers are Killed in the Line of Duty: An Ethnographic Content Analysis of Local Print News Media Frames (2021)
    Sociological Forum 9 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 1 $343,163 total

NSF PI Apr 2023 - Mar 2027

REU Site: Connecting Research to Practice in Crime Analytics

RSCH EXPER FOR UNDERGRAD SITES $343,163

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