Carlisle E. Moody (born May 2, 1943)[1] is an American economist, criminologist, and professor of economics at the College of William & Mary.
[3] He has also published studies pertaining to other subjects in the field of criminology, such as the effectiveness of increasing the prison population on crime rates.
[5][6] Marvell and Moody have also conducted studies on the effect of three-strikes laws, which, according to their research, are associated with higher homicide rates.
[8] In a 2002 study, Moody, along with Grant Duwe and Tomislav Kovandzic, found very little, if any, evidence that right-to-carry laws affected the number of mass shootings.
[3] He has said that his research suggests that states with higher prison populations have lower crime rates.