Caroline V. Comerford, Ph.D. is a criminologist and Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology in the College of Arts & Sciences at Sacred Heart University.

Dr. Comerford has presented numerous papers on violent serial offenders at the American Society of Criminology and Academy of Criminal Justice annual meetings. Her areas of specialization in teaching and research include violent serial crime and offenders, specifically serial homicide, and serial killers. Dr. Comerford's other areas of specialization and interests include (but are not limited to): Home Invasion Serial Killers (HISKs), residential sex offenders, Environmental Criminology, geographic profiling, geospatial analysis, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), Problem-Oriented Policing (POP), Situational Crime Prevention (SCP), and Crime Pattern Analysis (CPA). She has published papers in the following journals: Homicide Studies; Victims & Offenders; Crime, Law, & Social Change; Psychology, Crime & Law; International Journal of Comparative & Applied Criminal Justice; and International Criminal Justice Review. Additionally, she has presented papers on serial homicide and criminology-related topics at annual meetings of the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Professor Comerford has taught undergraduate criminal justice courses at Bergen Community College and Florida International University and trained law enforcement throughout the country regarding violent serial criminals' offending and hunting patterns at various conferences and seminars. She also founded CVC Research & Consulting, LLC, which provides services specializing in violence prevention and violent serial crime cases including case consultations and profiles, training services, violent crime research, geographic profiling, suspect and inmate interviews and crime pattern analysis. 

Dr. Comerford a Ph.D. in International Crime and Justice from Florida International University, an M.A. in Criminal Justice specializing in Criminology and Deviance from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and a B.A. in Justice Studies from Montclair State University.