| Criminal Justice, Department of : Loyola University Chicago

Chris Donner, PhD

Title/s: Associate Professor and
Chairperson

Office #: Mundelein Center, Room 818

Phone: 773.508.8456

CV Link: Donner_CV_Fall_2023

About

Chris Donner joined the Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology at Loyola University Chicago as an assistant professor in August 2015. Prior to his appointment, he was an assistant professor at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. He received tenure and promotion to associate professor in 2020. Dr. Donner's main research interests are focused in American law enforcement, specifically police misconduct. He has secondary interests in criminological theory, cybercrime, and quantitative methodology. Dr. Donner has worked on several funded research projects, and he worked closely with policing scholars and practitioners to produce translational research. He is currently working on an evaluation of Illinois' Pretrial Fairness Act. Dr. Donner is a member of the American Society of Criminology, the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and the Midwest Criminal Justice Association. His recent work has been published in multiple peer-review journal outlets, such as Deviant Behavior, International Criminal Justice Review, Crime & Delinquency, Policing & Society, and Social Science Quarterly.

Degrees

In progress M.P.P., Public Policy Loyola University Chicago

2013 Ph.D., Criminology University of South Florida

2007 M.S., Criminal Justice University of Cincinnati

2006 B.S., Criminal Justice University of Cincinnati

Research Interests

American law enforcement

Police integrity and misconduct

Cybercrime

U.S. Supreme Court

Criminological Theory

Courses Taught

Policing
Crime Prevention
Cybercrime
Criminological Theory
Statistics

Selected Publications

Kutnjak Ivkovic, S., Maskaly, J., Donner, C.M., Neyroud, P., & Roth, P. (2024). Policing and COVID-19. Routledge: New York.

Kabiri, S., Donner, C.M., Maddahi, J., Shadmanfaat, S., & Hardyns, W. (2023). How general is general strain theory? An inquiry of workplace deviance in Iran. International Criminal Justice Review.

Kabiri, S., Donner, C.M., Shadmanfaat, S., & Rahmati, M.M. (2023). School bullying among Iranian adolescents: Considering a higher moderation model in Situational Action Theory. International Journal of Bullying Prevention.

Kabiri, S., Shadmanfaat, S., Pauwels, L.J.R., Donner, C.M., Cochran, J.K., & Hardyns, W. (2023). Can social concern theory explain quarantine-related misbehavior during the COVID-19 pandemic? An inquiry in the urban context of Iran. Crime & Delinquency.

Donner, C.M., & Maskaly, J.M. (2023). Adherence to the police code of silence: Changes in recruits’ perceptions during the training academy. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, 46(1), 55-70.

Kutnjak Ivkovic, S., Maskaly, J., Donner, C.M., Mraovic, I.C., & Das, D. (Editors). (2022). Exploring Contemporary Police Challenges: A Global Perspective. Routledge: New York.

Kabiri, S., Shadmanfaat, S., Howell, C.J., Donner, C.M., & Cochran, J.K. (2022). The use of performance enhancing drugs for professional athletes: A longitudinal test of social learning theory. Crime & Delinquency, 68(5), 867-891.

Donner, C.M., Maskaly, J., Jennings, W.G., & Guzman, C. (2021). Using criminological theory to explain police misconduct. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, 44(5), 818-837.

Fridell, L.A., Maskaly, J., & Donner, C.M. (2021). Does agency fairness produce compliance? The relationship between organizational justice and amenability to police deviance. Policing & Society. 31(9), 1081-1099.

Profiles