Jeff Gruenewald Data-verified

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Professor

University of Arkansas

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-22

faculty

21 h-index 91 pubs 1,789 cited

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Jeff Gruenewald's research focuses on understanding and addressing various forms of extremism, with a particular emphasis on right-wing extremism and its implications for criminal justice and public safety in the United States and Canada. His work examines disparities in case dispositions and sentencing outcomes for individuals involved in domestic violent extremism. Gruenewald has also investigated the threat that far-right extremism poses to police safety and the organizational legitimacy of law enforcement agencies.

His publications explore gender as a factor in criminal justice responses to terrorism and analyze how local print media frames attributions of responsibility when law enforcement officers are killed in the line of duty. Gruenewald's research also touches upon the growth opportunities within terrorism research in American and British contexts. He has a significant publication record, with 91 total publications and an h-index of 21, accumulating over 1,700 citations. Gruenewald is also a principal investigator on federally funded research, including a National Science Foundation grant for REU Site: Connecting Research to Practice in Crime Analytics, totaling $343,163.

Metrics

h-index: 21
Publications: 91
Citations: 1,789

Selected Publications

An Open-Source Data Approach to Studying Bias Murder: An Introduction to the Bias Homicide Database (BHDB) (2026)

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What Went Wrong: A Comparison of Unsuccessful and Completed Extreme Far-Right Plots in the United States (2025)

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Bias-Motivated Violence and the Likelihood of Fatal Outcomes: A Criminal Event Perspective and Mixed-Method Approach (2025)

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Growth opportunities in American and British terrorism research (2023)

6 citations DOI OpenAlex
Right-Wing Extremism in Canada and the United States (2022)

8 citations DOI OpenAlex
Criminal Justice Responses to Right-Wing Extremist (RWE) Violence in the United States (2022)

2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Introduction: Situating Right-Wing Extremism in Canada and the United States (2022)

2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Far-Right Extremist Violence in the United States (2022)

3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Examining Disparities in Case Dispositions and Sentencing Outcomes for Domestic Violent Extremists in the United States (2022)

10 citations DOI OpenAlex
“The Perfect Aryan Housewife”: Intersection of Extremist Violence and Violence Against Women (2022)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Gender and Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism in the United States (2021)

8 citations DOI OpenAlex
Far-Right Extremism’s Threat to Police Safety and the Organizational Legitimacy of Law Enforcement in the United States (2021)

8 citations DOI OpenAlex
Book review: Cynthia Miller-Idriss, <i>Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far-Right</i> (2021)

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Attributing Responsibility When Police Officers are Killed in the Line of Duty: An Ethnographic Content Analysis of Local Print News Media Frames (2021)

6 citations DOI OpenAlex