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Criminology, Law and Society Emeriti Faculty

Hillary L. Berk

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Associate Professor of Teaching
Ph.D. University of California Berkeley; J.D. Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College
(949) 824-4570
2317 Social Ecology 2
Specializations:
sociology of law/law and society, gender, family, reproduction and surrogacy, law and emotion, civil rights, dispute resolution
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Kitty C. Calavita

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

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

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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
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Cheryl Maxson

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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
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James W. Meeker

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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
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Henry N. Pontell

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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
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Carroll Seron

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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
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William C. Thompson

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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
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Susan F. Turner

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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
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James Diego Vigil

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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
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Kirk Williams

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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
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