Florida university professor fired for ‘flawed’ studies on racial bias in criminal justice.

A shocking case of research misconduct has led to the termination of a professor ​at Florida State University. The university ‌fired criminologist Eric Stewart after uncovering a series of studies that allegedly perpetuated racial discrimination within the⁣ criminal justice system.

According to the termination letter posted ​online by the nonprofit group Retraction Watch, Stewart was‍ dismissed due to “extreme negligence in basic data​ management, resulting in ⁢an unprecedented number​ of articles retracted.” Florida State ​University provost ⁤James⁣ J.‌ Clark expressed concern over the “numerous erroneous and ‍false narratives” present ​in at least six of Stewart’s studies,⁣ which have had a detrimental ⁤impact on the field of criminology ⁣at a national level. Clark even described the damage caused as approaching the catastrophic.

One particularly ⁢alarming case involved ⁣a study ‌published in the academic journal Criminology in 2011. As reported‌ by​ the College Fix, editors discovered that Stewart ‌had manipulated ​data to inaccurately demonstrate that as black ​and Hispanic populations ⁢increased, ⁢the surrounding white populations desired more racially discriminatory sentencing. This​ study was subsequently ​retracted in 2019.‍ In fact, a ‍total of five other criminology studies ⁣related⁤ to race and co-authored ‌by Stewart have also been retracted, according to the College ‍Fix.

This incident adds to a growing list⁢ of⁢ left-wing academics who have faced ⁢consequences for research misconduct. Stanford University president Marc Tessier-Lavigne recently resigned after a law firm discovered manipulated data in ‌multiple papers he co-authored. Additionally, ‍a Harvard professor​ who specializes​ in studying honesty was ‌ credibly accused of using fraudulent data in her research, as ‌reported by ​the Chronicle of‌ Higher Education.

Justin Pickett, a co-author of Stewart’s retracted papers and a professor ⁢at SUNY Albany, publicly accused Stewart ​of fraud, as reported by the College Fix.⁣ Pickett suggested ⁤that fraud​ was the most likely explanation for the data irregularities and challenged Stewart to prove ‌otherwise.