Daniel Mears of FSU has received the Bruce Smith Sr. Award, a prestigious honor from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Mears’ research focuses on criminal and juvenile justice, incarceration, and crime prevention, causation, and intervention.

Mears began working at FSU in 2005. He has been praised by the dean of the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice for his extensive work in the field. Mears formally accepted the Smith award and delivered a keynote address at the ACJS convention in March 2022.

• Daniel Mears