Experts Guide

Fox is a former FBI agent and Co-Director of the Center for Justice Research & Policy. Her research focuses on the identification of psychological and developmental risk factors for criminal behavior and prolific offending, experimental field research and evidence-based policing and crime prevention strategies.

Rhodes' primary research focuses on the effects of policing on the community, specifically the mental health of Black Americans who experienced or witnessed a police encounter and the impact of social work in policing. She can discuss police and community relations, psychological distress among Black/African Americans and police and social work.

Burruss studies policing, homeland security and victimization in cyberspace. His research examines the structure and function of criminal justice agencies and the evolving landscape of cybercrime. He studies the causes and consequences of online offending and victimization, and how law enforcement and cybersecurity professionals respond to digital threats. He is affiliated with Cyber Florida, the state’s center for cybersecurity, and serves as a Faculty Fellow with both the Global and National Security Institute and Rapid7. He is the founding director of CIBR Lab — the Cybercrime Interdisciplinary Behavioral Research Laboratory — which trains students in research on cybercrime and cybersecurity.