Heith Copes
Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Research Footprint
Heith Copes appears in 6 tracked papers (2017–2026), most studied alongside LSD and Psilocybin, across Microdosing, Creativity and Schizophrenia.
Most-cited paper: The relationships of classic psychedelic use with criminal behavior in the United States adult population (89 citations).
Frequent co-authors: Peter Hendricks, Christopher Nicholas and David Luke.
Background & Research
Heith Copes is a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His work focuses on qualitative criminology, drug use, deviance, and identity, and he has coauthored studies on psychedelic microdosing, mystical narratives, and psychedelic use and criminal behavior. He is also co-editor of Deviant Behavior and has published extensively on ethnographic and narrative approaches to drug research.
Key Impact
Heith Copes is a criminologist whose research connects drug use, identity, and narrative meaning, including multiple collaborations on classic psychedelics, microdosing, and related social/behavioral outcomes.
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