Scott Jacques

Ph.D., University of Missouri- St. Louis

open criminology; digital criminology; offender-based research; qualitative and mixed-methods

Scott Jacques is professor of criminology and criminal justice at Georgia State University (GSU), associate director of its Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Research Group (EBCS), founder of CrimRxiv, and leads the CrimRxiv Consortium. His mission is to advance the quality and quantity of no-cost educational materials and open-access (OA) scientific outputs. As a criminologist, he mitigates crime and improves control, especially in the digital world. As a utilitarian scientist, his moral duty is to improve the world for the greatest good by identifying and solving problems of the empirical world. This philosophy is evident in his neologisms, “open criminology” and “proterrence.” He considers himself successful to the extent he generates real-world utility for everyone—a “return-on-investment” (ROI)—with processes that are evidence-based and falsifiable. For every dollar he’s given, he wants to save or generate at least two dollars. Before the next decade, he wants to achieve a 10x ROI. Toward that end, he uses theory, data, and analytic tools to iteratively invent, implement, and assess falsifiable solutions to concrete problems. He publishes everything-possible OA because it’s good for science, social justice, and thus ROI. His professional duties are “research,” “teaching,” and “service.” He performs them as a public servant and private entrepreneur at GSU, EBCS, and CrimRxiv. If you would like to get in touch with him as a (potential) student, colleague, client, or in any capacity, his contact information is below. To learn more about him, visit his personal publishing website, scottjacques.us.

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