About
Adam D. Fine, Ph.D., is a Professor in the School of Criminology & Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine, specializing in Developmental Psychology and Quantitative Methods.
His work has been supported by a variety of funders, including the National Institute of Justice, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. He is the director of the Youth Justice Lab.
His research interests include:
Impact of justice system processes on youth offending, employment, education, and attitudes towards the system; adolescents and transitional age youth (ages 18-25) in the justice system; how youth develop perceptions of the law, law enforcement, and the justice system.
Research
Fine, A., Oliveira, T., Jackson, J., Bradford, B., Trinkner, R., & Posch, K. (2025). Did the Murder of George Floyd Damage Public Perceptions of Police and Law in the United States? Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency, 62(2), 333-382.
Richardson, J. T., Tom, K. E., & Fine, A. (2025). What Youth Want: Youths’ Perceptions of Incentives in Juvenile Probation. Psychology, Public Policy, & Law, 31(1), 45-55.
Fine, A., Cross, A., & Blount-Hill, K. (2025). Understanding Willingness to Cooperate with Police: Current perceptions of bias matter, but so does hope in future police procedural justice. Justice Quarterly, 42(1), 31-63.