A criminology professor at Florida State University left his position after it was learned he fabricated data on racism studies by manipulating sample sizes.
A University of Albany criminology professor Justin Pickett first accused Eric Stewart of fabricating data in 2011.
Stewart claimed Pickett’s move to have the study retracted “lynched” him and his “academic character.”
Stewart has had six of his studies retracted.
Reporting from The New York Post:
In the study, the criminologists were looking to test whether the public was increasingly demanding longer sentences for black and Hispanic criminals as those minority populations grew. In his 2019 complaint, Pickett said their findings showed no relationship between the growth of minority groups and the severity of criminal sentences handed to them.
