Nathaniel Schutten

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Nathaniel Schutten is a lecturer in the Department of Criminal Justice. He is currently completing his Ph.D. in criminal justice at the SUNY Albany and joined the faculty in 2024. His research interests include gun ownership, gun attitudes, public opinion and correctional reform. His work has appeared in Criminology and Justice Quarterly. 

Nathaniel Schutten is a member of the Rockefeller Institute of Government’s Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium. He is also a member of the American Society of Criminology Division of Public Opinion and Policy. Recently, he presented his research at the Annual American Society of Criminology in San Francisco.

In his free time, Mr. Schutten enjoys traveling with his wife, spending time outdoors, playing golf and reading. 

• Education
  • M.A. in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto, 2017
  • B.A. in Social Psychology, McMaster University, 2016
• Teaching Areas
  • Criminology
  • Research methods
  • Punishment and society
• Research Areas
  • Gun ownership and gun attitudes
  • Public opinion on criminal justice
  • Correctional reform
• Selected Publications
  • Schutten, N. M., Pickett, J. T., Wozniak, K. H., & Brown, E. K. (2024). Toward a standard measure of gun ownership: A methodological and theoretical quandary in firearm research. Justice Quarterly. Advance Online Publication.
  • Schutten, N. M., Pickett, J. T., Burton, A. L., Cullen, F. T., Jonson, C. L., & Burton Jr, V. S. (2023). Understanding gun ownership in the twenty-first century: Why some Americans own guns, but most do not. Justice quarterly, 40(1), 27-50.
  • Schutten, N. M., Pickett, J. T., Burton, A. L., Jonson, C. L., Cullen, F. T., & Burton Jr, V. S. (2022). Are guns the new dog whistle? Gun control, racial resentment, and vote choice. Criminology, 60(1), 90-123.
  • Schutten, N. M., Pickett, J. T., Burton, A. L., Cullen, F. T., Jonson, C. L., & Burton Jr, V. S. (2022). Punishing rampage: Public opinion on sanctions for school shooters. Justice quarterly, 39(2), 252-275.