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Criminology, Law and Society Emeriti Faculty

Kitty C. Calavita

Professor Emerita of Criminology, Law & Society
Ph.D., University of Delaware
Specializations: 
sociology of law, criminology, immigration, criminal justice, and inequality

John D. Dombrink

Professor of Criminology, Law & Society and Sociology
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Specializations: 
crime and criminal justice, deviance and social control

Michael R. Gottfredson

Chancellor's Professor of Criminology Law and Society and Law
Ph.D., University at Albany, State University of New York
Specializations: 
criminology, theory, self-control, crime and policy

Cheryl Maxson

Professor of Criminology, Law & Society
Ph.D. University of Southern California
3358 Social Ecology 2
Specializations: 
crime and delinquency, youth violence,street gangs juvenile justice system and policing

James W. Meeker

Professor Emeritus of Criminology, Law & Society
Ph.D., J.D., SUNY at Buffalo
3358 Social Ecology 2
Specializations: 
sociology of law, criminal justice, research methodology, statistics

Henry N. Pontell

Faculty and Professor Emeritus of Criminology, Law and Society
Ph.D. Stony Brook University
Specializations: 
white-collar and corporate crime, criminology, criminal justice, sociology of law

Carroll Seron

Professor of Criminology, Law & Society
Ph.D. New York University
Specializations: 
sociology of law, sociology of professions, law and society, Sociology of Legal Profession, Methods and Police Misconduct

William C. Thompson

Professor of Emeritus Criminology, Law, and Society and Psychology & Social Behavior and Law
Ph.D. Stanford University, J.D. University of California, Berkeley
3358 Social Ecology 2
Specializations: 
forensic science; expert evidence; human judgment and decision making

Susan F. Turner

Professor of Criminology, Law & Society
Ph.D. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
(949) 824-6943
3336 Social Ecology 2
Specializations: 
sentencing and corrections, applied research methods

James Diego Vigil

Professor Emeritus of Criminology, Law & Society
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles
3358 Social Ecology 2
Specializations: 
urban research, urban poverty, culture change, socialization and education, psychological anthropology, street gangs in cross-cultural perspective, Mexico and U.S. southwestern ethnohistory, and comparative ethnicity

Kirk Williams

Professor of Criminology, Law & Society
Ph.D., The University of Arizona, Tucson
Specializations: 
Family Violence, Youth Violence, Homicide Studies, Risk Assessment, Violence Prevention Program Evaluation