Fall, 1997

Birthdate: December 1, 1953, in Atlantic City, New Jersey

Education:

1971-1975 Rutgers College

New Brunswick, New Jersey

B.A. with highest honors and highest distinction in sociology

1976-1978 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

M.A. in sociology. Thesis title: "Anomie and Success: A Study of the Effect of Goals on Anomie."

1978-1980 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Ph.D. in sociology. Dissertation title: "A Revised Strain Theory of Delinquency."

Employment:

Fall, 1980- Assistant Professor to Professor of Sociology, Emory University. Courses taught in juvenile delinquency, criminology, social research, violence studies (an interdisciplinary course), social problems, introductory sociology, crime and deviant behavior (graduate), and teaching sociology (graduate). Director of the Internship Program (1982-1985).

1977-1980 Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Assisted in introductory sociology, social problems, social psychology, and history of social thought (a graduate-level course). Full responsibility for introductory sociology and social problems.

Professional and Community Service:

1997- Associate Editor, Theoretical Criminology

1997- Publications Committee, Southern Sociological Society

1997- Board of Advisors, Not Even One Program, Atlanta Site

1997-1998 Program Committee, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

1996-1997 Awards Committee, American Society of Criminology

1996-1997 Program Committee, American Society of Criminology

1996- Faculty Liaison, Not Even One Program (an anti-violence program), Carter Center of Emory University

1995-1997 National Policy Committee, American Society of Criminology

1993-1994 Program Committee, American Society of Criminology, Division Chair in charge of Strain Theory

1993-1996 Editorial Board, Social Forces

1993- Peer Review Consultant, National Institute of Justice

1993-1995 Institutional Research and Review Board, Georgia Department of Children and Youth Services

1992-1993 Program Committee, American Society of Criminology, Division Chair in charge of Macrosocial Theory

1992-1994 Awards Committee, American Society of Criminology

1992-1994 Honors Committee, Southern Sociological Society

1992-1994 Chair, Joint Emory/Southern Sociological Society Committee on the "Award for the Promotion of Human Welfare."

1991-1997 Editorial Board, Criminology

1990-1991 President, Georgia Sociological Association.

1989-1990 Vice President, Georgia Sociological Association.

1989 Chair, Committee to establish the "Emory University Award for the Promotion of Human Welfare."

1988-1989 Planning Committee of Alpha Kappa Delta, the International Sociology Honor Society.

1987-1988 Executive Committee of the Georgia Sociological Association.

1987 Georgia Representative on the Membership Committee of the Southern Sociological Society.

1987 Member of the Local Arrangements Committee of the Southern Sociological Society.

1981-1985 Organizer of the first through fifth Emory Undergraduate Sociology Symposia: professional meetings for undergraduate students from Georgia and surrounding states.

1981-1984 Core Committee and Evaluation Committee of the Central DeKalb Youth Assistance Program, a diversion program for juvenile offenders.

1980- Reviewer for American Sociological Review, Social Forces, Social Problems, Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Sociological Quarterly, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Journal of Marriage and the Family, Journal of Family Issues, Justice Quarterly, Journal of Crime and Justice, Theoretical Criminology, Sociological Forum, Sociological Spectrum, Deviant Behavior, National Science Foundation, West Publishing Company, and Roxbury Publishing Company.

1980-1990 Faculty Advisor for Alpha Kappa Delta, the International Sociology Honor Society.

1978-1979 Associate Editor, Social Forces.

Selected Departmental and University Service

Educational Policy Committee, Emory College, 1993-1996

University Research Committee, 1992-1994 (Chair of Social Sciences Subcommittee, 1993-1994)

Conduct Council, Emory College, 1988-1991 (Chair in 1990-1991)

Director of Undergraduate Studies and Chair of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Department of Sociology, 1985-1990

Faculty Advisor to Alpha Phi Omega, National Service Fraternity; Alpha

Kappa Delta, the International Sociology Honor Society; Emory Animal Advocates; G. Gordon Stipe Society of Creative Scholars; Volunteer Emory

Honors and Awards

Award for Excellence in Teaching in the division of the Social Sciences, Center for Teaching and Curriculum, Emory University, 1997 (note: I was the first recipient of this Award).

Ameican Suicide Foundation grant of $7500 for project titled "The Approval of Suicide: A Social Psychological Analysis," 1996.

Emory University Center for Teaching and Curriculum grant of $5000 for the revision of my juvenile delinquency course, 1996.

Outstanding Teacher Award, Department of Sociology, Emory University, 1993.

Lilly Writing Across the Curriculum Program, 1991-1992.

Emory University Summer Research Grant, 1981, 1982.

Alpha Kappa Delta, the International Sociology Honor Society.

Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society.

Howard Odum Award for the Outstanding Graduate Student in Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1979.

National Institute of Mental Health Training Fellowship, 1976-1977.

Highest Honors and Highest Distinction in Sociology, Rutgers College.

New Jersey State Scholarship, 1971-1975.

Professional Organizations:

American Society of Criminology

American Sociological Association

Southern Sociological Society

Georgia Sociological Association

Publications:

Books:

The Causes and Control of Juvenile Delinquency. Los Angeles: Roxbury (forthcoming).

Criminological Theory: Past to Present. (edited by Francis T. Cullen and Robert Agnew). Los Angeles: Roxbury, 1998.

The Future of Anomie Theory. (edited by Nikos Passos and Robert Agnew). Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1997.

Articles and Book Chapters:

1998 "The Approval of Suicide: A Social Psychological Model." Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior (forthcoming).

1998 "The Causes of Animal Abuse: A Social Psychological Analysis." Theoretical Criminology (forthcoming).

1997 "The Nature and Determinants of Strain: Another Look at Durkheim and Merton." The Future of Anomie Theory, edited by Nikos Passos and Robert Agnew. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1997.

1997 "Gender and Strain: A General Strain Theory Perspective." (with Lisa Broidy). Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 34:275-306.

1997 "Relational Problems with Peers, Gender and Delinquency." (with Timothy Brezina). Youth and Society 29:84-111.

1997 "Stability and Change in Crime Over the Life Course: A Strain Theory Explanation." Advances in Criminological Theory, Volume 7: Developmental Theories of Crime and Delinquency, edited by Terence P. Thornberry. New Brunswick: Transaction.

1996 "A New Test of Classic Strain Theory." (with Francis Cullen, Velmer Burton, T. David Evans, and R. Gregory Dunaway). Justice Quarterly 13:681-704.

1995 "Controlling Delinquency: The Policy Implications of General Strain Theory." Crime and Public Policy: Putting Theory to Work, edited by Hugh Barlow. Boulder, CO:Westview.

1995 "Testing the Leading Crime Theories: An Alternative Strategy Focusing on Motivational Processes." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 32:363-398.

1995 "Determinism, Indeterminism, and Crime: An Empirical Exploration." Criminology 33:83-109.

1995 "The Contribution of Social-Psychological Strain Theory to the Explanation of Crime and Delinquency." Advances in Criminological Theory, Volume 6: The Legacy of Anomie, edited by Freda Alder and William S. Laufer. New Brunswick: Transaction.

1994 "The Techniques of Neutralization and Violence." Criminology 32:401-426.

1994 "Delinquency and the Desire for Money." Justice Quarterly 11:411-427.

1994 "Adolescent Drug Use and Leisure Activity" (with David M. Petersen). Drug Use in America: Social, Cultural and Political Perspectives, edited by Peter J. Venturelli. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

1993 "Why Do They Do It: An Examination of the Intervening Mechanisms Between 'Social Control' Variables and Delinquency." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 30:245-266.

1992 "An Empirical Test of General Strain Theory." (with Helene Raskin White). Criminology 30:475-499.

1992 "Foundation for a General Strain Theory of Delinquency." Criminology 30:47-87.

Reprinted in Contemporary Criminology Theory, edited by Francis Cullen. Hamphshire, England: Dartmouth Publishing Company, 1994.

Reprinted in Juvenile Delinquency: Historical, Theoretical, and Societal Reactions to Youth, edited by Paul M. Sharp and Barry W. Hancock. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1995, 1998.

Reprinted in Crime, Volume 1 of Crime and Society, edited by Robert D. Crutchfield, George S. Bridges, and Joseph G. Weis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press, 1996.

Reprinted in Exploring Delinquency: Causes and Control, edited by Dean G. Rojek and Gary F. Jensen. Los Angeles, CA: Roxbury, 1996.

Reprinted in Contemporary Criminological Theory, edited by Larry Siegel and Peter Cordella. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1996.

Reprinted in Criminological Theory: Past and Present, edited by Francis Cullen and Robert Agnew. Los Angeles, CA: Roxbury, 1996 (forthcoming).

Reprinted in Essays on Criminal Justice, edited by Marilyn McShane and Frank P. Williams. Hamden, CT: Garland Publishing Company, 1997 (forthcoming).

Reprinted in Criminology: Readings in Contemporary Theory, edited by Stuart Henry and Werner Einstadter. New York: New York University Press, 1997 (forthcoming).

1991 "A Longitudinal Test of Social Control Theory and Delinquency." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 28:126-56.

1991 "The Interactive Effects of Peer Variables on Delinquency." Criminology 29:47-72.

1991 "Strain and Subcultural Crime Theory." Criminology: A Contemporary Handbook. Edited by Joseph Sheley. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. (1995 revision)

1990 "Adolescent Resources and Delinquency." Criminology 28:535-566.

1990 "The Origins of Delinquent Events: An Examination of Offender Accounts." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 27:267-294.

1989 "Leisure and Delinquency" (with David M. Petersen). Social Problems 36:332-350.

1989 "A Longitudinal Test of the Revised Strain Theory." Journal of Quantitative Criminology 5:373-387.

1989 "Adolescent Violence Toward Parents" (with Sandra Huguley). Journal of Marriage and the Family 51:699-711.

1989 "Delinquency as a Creative Enterprise: A Review of Recent Evidence." Criminal Justice and Behavior 16:98-113.

1988 "Adapting to Deprivation: An Examination of Inflated Educational Expectations." (with Diane Jones). Sociological Quarterly 29:315-337.

1987 "On 'Testing Structural Strain Theories'." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 24:281-286.

1987 "The Effect of Running on Mood and Perceived Health." (with Martin L. Levin). Journal of Sport Behavior 10:14-27.

1986 "Work and Delinquency Among Juveniles Attending School." Journal of Crime and Justice 9:19-41.

1986 "The Techniques of Neutralization: An Analysis of Predisposing and Situational Factors." (with Ardith Peters). Criminal Justice and Behavior 13:81-97.

1985 "Social Control Theory and Delinquency: A Longitudinal Test." Criminology 23:47-61.

1985 "A Revised Strain Theory of Delinquency." Social Forces 64:151-167.

Reprinted in Essays and Readings in Juvenile Delinquency, edited by Robert D. Crutchfield, George S. Bridges, and Joseph G. Weis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press, 1996 (forthcoming).

1985 "Neutralizing the Impact of Crime." Criminal Justice and Behavior 12:221-239.

1984 "Appearance and Delinquency." Criminology 22:421-440.

1984 "Goal Achievement and Delinquency." Sociology and Social Research 68:435-451.

1984 "The Work Ethic and Delinquency." Sociological Focus 17:337-346.

1984 "Autonomy and Delinquency." Sociological Perspectives 27:219-240.

1984 "The Effect of Appearance on Personality and Behavior: Are the Beautiful Really Good?" Youth and Society 15:285-303.

1983 "Social Class and Success Goals: An Examination of Relative and Absolute Aspirations." Sociological Quarterly 24:435-452.

1983 "Physical Punishment and Delinquency: A Research Note." Youth and Society 15:105-117.

1981 "The Individual and Values in Human Ecology: An Examination of Adaptive Processes." Sociological Quarterly 22:105-117.

1980 "Success and Anomie: A Study of the Effect of Goals on Anomie." Sociological Quarterly 21:53-64.

1979 "Alienation and Anomie as Manifested in the Individual: An Analysis of Marx and Durkheim." Sociological Research Symposium: IX.

Technical Reports

1993 A Risk Assessment Instrument for the Fulton County Juvenile Court.

1992 The Development of a Risk Assessment Instrument for the DeKalb County Juvenile Court.

Numerous papers presented at professional meetings, including the American Sociological Association, American Society of Criminology, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and Southern Sociological Society meetings.

Teaching and Research Interests:

Crime and Delinquency: Special focus on the causes of delinquency.

Social Psychology: Theory, attitudes, social structure and personality, physical appearance, creativity.

Methodology: Data-gathering techniques and statistics including structural equation models.

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