Experts
Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, other relevant advanced degrees, corrections and government officials with significant involvement in, or related to, death penalty issues. [Note: Experts definition varies by site]
Involvement and Affiliations:
Professor, Sociology, University of Texas, San Antonio, 1999-present
Consultant, Correctional Industries Association, Bureau of Justice Assistance, 1999-present
Member, Evaluation Advisory Committee for PRISim firearms training technology, National Institute of Justice Office of Science and Technology, Justice and Safety Center at Eastern Kentucky University, 1999-present
Member, Evaluation Advisory Committee for Prison Industry Enhancement program, Bureau of Justice Assistance and Correctional Industries Association, 1999-present
Division Director and Professor, Division of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Texas, San Antonio, 1995-1999
Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, The Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, Aug. 1993-Dec. 1993
Professor, Criminal Justice, University of Baltimore, 1988-1995
Member, Technical Advisory Council, Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards, 1988-1989
Recipient, Spirit of Excellence Award, University of Baltimore Alumni Association, 1988
Member, Mayor's Coordinating Council on Criminal Justice, Maryland, 1983-1989
Correctional Training Consultant, Patuxent Institution, Maryland, 1983-1986
Department Chairman and Associate Professor, Criminal Justice, University of Baltimore, 1981-1988
Graduate Program Director and Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice, University of Baltimore, 1977-1981
Co-founder and Co-editor, Journal Qualitative Sociology, 1977
Assistant Professor, Sociology, State University of New York, Fredonia, 1970-1977
"Early Images of Crime and Criminal Justice: Commercial Radio from 1929 to 1962," Journal of Criminal Justice, Mar.-Apr. 2005
"Capital Punishment for the Crime of Homicide in Chicago: 1870-1930," Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Spring/Summer 2002
Co-written with Ben Bradshaw, David Johnson, and Steve Blanchard, "An Historical Geographical Study of Lethal Violence in San Antonio," Social Science Quarterly, Dec. 1998
Co-written with Keith Harries, The Geography of Execution: The Capital Punishment Quagmire in America, 1997
"Making Sense and Making a Difference: Murder and College Administration," Qualitative Sociology, Dec. 1997
Co-written with Colin Loftin, "Cold Floor Effects on Homicide," Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Dec. 1996
"Life Without Parole," in the Encyclopedia of American Prisons, 1996
