Professional Summary
Calvin Proffit is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Cincinnati's School of Criminal Justice. His research focuses on communities and crime, with a particular focus on immigration, race, structural inequality, and gangs at the macro level.
Education
M.S.: University of Cincinnati 2023 (Criminal Justice)
B.A.: University of Cincinnati 2022 (Psychology)
B.S.: University of Cincinnati 2022 (Criminal Justice)
Ph.D.: University of Cincinnati 2027 (Criminology and Criminal Justice)
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Haberman, C. P., Barnes, JC., Tang, M., O'Guinn, B. J., Driscoll, C., & Proffit, C. (2023. ) The Effect of Checklists on Evidence Collection During Initial Investigations A Randomized Controlled Trial in Virtual Reality .Journal of Experimental Criminology, , 1-16
Proffit, C. & Feldmeyer, B. (2024. ) COVID-19, Race, and Crime: An Early Look at Racial Disparities in U.S. Arrest Data throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic.Societies , , 14 (3 ) , More Information
Proffit, C. (2025. ) Conditional Revitalization: Immigration, Disadvantage, and Crime in Divergent Social Worlds.Journal of Criminal Justice., , 101 , More Information
Proffit, C., & Feldmeyer, B. (2025. ) Four Pillars of the Immigration-Crime Myth: A Summary of US Public Opinion and Research on Immigration-Crime Rhetoric.Social Sciences, , 14 (2 ) ,709 More Information
Proffit, C. (2025. ) Gang Homicide and the Unequal Distribution of Disadvantage: Revisiting Krivo and Peterson's Threshold Effects 25 Years Later. American Journal of Criminal Justice, , 51 (1 ) ,167
Proffit, C., & Feldmeyer, B. (2026. ) Gun Violence in the Age of Mass Migration: An Empirical Assessment of Immigration Effects on US County-Level Firearm Homicides, 2000-2015. International Criminal Justice Review, ,
Proffit, C., Leverso, J., & Feldmeyer, B. (2026. ) Immigration and Serious Gun Violence: Assessing the Immigrant Revitalization Thesis on Urban Gang Shootings. .Journal of Criminal Justice., , 103 , More Information
Proffit, C., Butler, L., & Feldmeyer, B. (2026. ) It's Still About Race: Assessing Sources of Public Opinion on Immigration and Its Ties to Crime, Gangs, Drugs, and Border Control. Crime & Delinquency , ,
Other Publications
Proffit, C., Leverso, J., Feldmeyer, B. (2026. ) University researchers: Is immigration driving crime in Chicago? Here’s what the data shows . Chicago Tribune
Honors and Awards
2021 -2022 Francis T. Cullen Scholar Status:Recipient
2018 -2022 Cincinnatus Century Scholar Status:Recipient
2020 Donald W. Ritter Scholar Status:Recipient
2026 Ruth D. Peterson and Lauren J. Krivo Graduate Student Scholar Award Communities of Division and Place, American Society of Criminology