Lorie Fridell | |
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Born | Lorie Ann Fridell |
Nationality | American |
Education | Linfield College University of California, Irvine |
Known for | Research on policing |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Criminology |
Institutions | University of South Florida Police Executive Research Forum |
Thesis | Diversion Programs for Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse Offenders: The Clients, the Referral Decision, and the Resumption of Prosecution (1987) |
Lorie A. Fridell is an American criminologist known for her research on police, especially regarding racial profiling.[1] She is an associate professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of South Florida (USF), where she has taught since 2005. She was previously the research director at the Police Executive Research Forum for six years (1999-2005). She is the co-editor-in-chief of Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, along with her USF colleague Wesley Jennings.[2]