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Educational History
Ph.D.
M.A.
B.A. |
1961, Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1960, Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1955, Sociology, Pomona College, Claremont, CA |
Professional History
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Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado, 2004 - Present.
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Research Professor, Institute of Behavioral Science, 2004 - Present.
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Director, Center for the Study and Prevention Violence, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, 1993 - Present.
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Director, Program on Problem Behavior, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, 1997-Present; Associate Director, 1985 - 1997.
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Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado, 1985 - 2004.
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Director, Behavioral Research Institute, Boulder, CO, 1973 - 1985.
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Professor Adjoint, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado, 1975 - 1985.
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Professor, Department of Sociology and Project Director, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, 1967 - 1975.
Publications (Partial List: Solo or First Author)
Good Kids from Bad Neighborhoods with S. Menard, B. Rankin, A. Elliott, W.J. Wilson and D. Huizinga, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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Blueprints for Violence Prevention Series (Editor), Boulder, CO: Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, 1996 -
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Violence in American Schools: A New Perspective with B. Hamburg and K. Williams (eds.), New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
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Youth Violence: Children at Risk with J. Hagan and J. McCord, Washington, DC: American Sociological Association, 1998.
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Multiple Problem Youth:
Delinquency, Drugs, and Mental Health Problems
with D. Huizinga and S. Menard, New York,
NY: Springer-Verlag, 1989.
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Explaining Delinquency
and Drug Use with D. Huizinga and S.S.
Ageton, Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications,
1985.
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Delinquency and Dropout
with H. L. Voss, Lexington, MA: Lexington
Books, 1974.
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Serious Violent Offenders:
Onset, Developmental Course and Termination,
Criminology, 32(1), 1-22,
1994.
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The Effects of Neighborhood
Disadvantage on Adolescent Development, with
W. J. Wilson, D. Huizinga, R.J. Simpson, A.
Elliott, and B. Rankin, Journal of Research
in Crime and Delinquency, 33,
389-426, 1996.
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An Overview of Youth Violence.
Congressional Program, Children and Violence,
9, 15-20, 1994.
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Health Enhancing and Health
Compromising Lifestyles. Pp. 119-145 in S.G.
Millstein, A.C. Petersen, and E.O. Nightengale
(Eds.), Promoting the Health of Adolescents.
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1993.
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Self Reported Violent Offending:
A Descriptive Analysis of Juvenile Violent
Offenders and Their Offending Careers with
B. Morse and D. Huizinga, Journal of Interpersonal
Violence, 1(4),
472-514, 1987.
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Longitudinal Research in
Criminology: Promise and Practice. Pp. 189-202
in E. Weitekamp and H. Kerner (Eds.),
Cross-National Longitudinal Research on
Human Development and Criminal Behavior. Dordrecht,
The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers,
1993.
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Implementing and
Evaluating Crime Prevention and Control Programs
and Policies. Crime, Law and Social Change,
28, 287-310, 1998.
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Delinquent Friends and
Delinquent Behavior. Temporal and Developmental
Patterns, with S. Menard. Pp. 28-67 in D. Hawkins (Ed.),
Delinquency and Crime:
Current Theories. New York, NY: Cambridge
University Press, 1996.
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Youth Violence, Prevention,
Intervention and Social Policy, with P. Tolan.
Pp. 3-46 in D. Flannery and R. Huff
(Eds.), Youth Violence: Prevention, Intervention
and Social Policy. New York, NY: American
Psychiatric Press, 1998.
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Violent Offending Over
the Life Course: A Sociological Perspective.
In N. Krasnegor, N. Anderson, and D. Bynum
(Eds.), Health and Behavior. Behavioral
and Social Science Seminar Series, Vol.
1,
Washington, DC: NIH, 2000.
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Grant
Supported Studies (Partial
List: Principal Investigator):
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"Diversion--A Study of
Alternative Processing Practices," NIMH,
DHEW, MH 26141, June 1974-June 1977. $460,380.“
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The Dynamics of Delinquent
Behavior - A National Survey,” NIMH,
MH27552 and MH41761, June 1975-December 1996.
$9,804,040.
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"National Evaluation of the Diversion Initiative." LEAA, U.S. Dept. of Justice 78-JN-AX-0037, October 1978-May 1980. $561,336.
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"Assessing the Deterrent Effects of Arrests on Criminal Behavior and Career Patterns." NIJ, U.S. Dept. of Justice 82-IJ-CX-0011, April 1982-July 1983. $126,947.
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"The Denver Neighborhood
Study," MacArthur Foundation, Research
Program on Youth at Risk: Promoting Successful
Adolescent Development in High Risk Areas.
January 1989-January 1997. $441,811.
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"In-Vehicle BAC Test
Devices as a Deterrent to DUI," NIAAA,
DHHS, AA08203. July 1, 1989-June 1992. $392,956.
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"Center
for the Study and Prevention of Violence,"
The Carnegie Corporation. June 1, 1992-May
30, 2000. $2,450,000. (Director)
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"Blueprints
for Violence Prevention/Reduction,”
State of Colorado, Division of Criminal Justice;
Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency;
Centers for Disease Control. May 1996- June
1998. $200,000.
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"Blueprints
for Violence Series. (11 Volumes).”
1996-Present. (Editor)
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“Blueprints
for Violence Prevention: Technical Assistance
and Evaluation.” U.S. Department of
Justice (OJJDP). September 1998-August 2001.
$5,000,000.
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“Blueprints
for Violence Prevention: Drug Program.”
U.S. Department of Justice (OJJDP). October
1998-September 2001. $4,999,963.
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“Safe
Community - Safe School Initiative.”
The Colorado Trust. October 1999-September
2003. $2,200,000.
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“NYS
Family Study: Problem Alcohol Use and Problem
Behavior.” NIAAA/BSSR. September 2000-August
2005. $6,924,274.
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"Blueprints for Violence Prevention - Drugs II." U.S. Department of Justice (OJJDP). March 2000-February 2003. $4,964,110.
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"Scientific Editing and Writing of the Surgeon General's Report on Youth Violence." June 2000-June 2001. $100,000.
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"The Continuity of Violent Offending." Office of the Surgeon General. September 2001-August 2002. $100,000.
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"The Challenge Newsletter." U.S. Department of Education, July 2005-2010.
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"Dissemination and Replication of Violence Prevention Programs." Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, November 15, 2006-November 14, 2010.
National
Panels (Partial List):
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National Panel on Criminal
Behavior and Drug Use, NIDA, 1975-1976.
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Member, National Research
Council Panel on Research on Criminal Careers,
1983-1985.
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Chairman, Criminal and Violent
Behavior Review Committee, NIMH, 1984-1986.
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Chair, Adolescent Violence
Research Workshop, The Carnegie Foundation,
1989.
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Member, Social Science Research
Council, Working Group on Communities and
Neighborhoods, Family Processes and Individual
Development, 1989-1993.
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Member, Advisory Board, MacArthur
Foundation/National Institute of Justice Program
on Human Development & Criminal Behavior,
1990-1993.
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Member, National Education
Goals Panel, Resource Group on Goal Six: Safe
and Drug Free Schools, 1991-1992.
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Member, National Task Force
for an NIMH Violence Initiative, 1992.
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Member, Council of the Independent
Television Violence Assessment Study. MediaScope,
Studio City, CA, 1992-1996.
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Member, Committee on Youth
Development, Board on Children and Families,
National Research Council, 1995-1997.
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Member, Advisory Board, National
Consortium for Violence Research Advisory
Board. University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
1997-1998.
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Member, Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation Juvenile Justice Planning Committee.
1998-1999.
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Member, Scientific Advisory
Board, National Media Campaign to Prevent
Violence, 1999-Present.
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Member, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Advisory Committee
for Injury Prevention and Control. 1999-2002.
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Steering Committee, Violence
Prevention Technical Assistance Coordinating
Center, The National Mental Health Association,
1999-2002.
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Member, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Science and Program
Review Subcommittee, Advisory Committee for
Injury Prevention and Control, 2000-2002.
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Member, Violence Prevention
Task Force, Colorado Medical Society, 2000-Present.
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Member, Colorado Attorney
General’s Interagency Task Force on
School Violence, 2000-2001.
Testimony:
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Testified, Select Committee
on Children, Youth and Families, U.S. House
of Representatives, "Down These Mean
Streets: Violence By and Against America's
Children,” 1989.
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Qualified as Expert Witness,
U.S. District Court, Denver, CO, September,
1989, U.S. vs. Lewis Laymon.
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Testified, Colorado Senate
Bill 95-11, January 29, 1995 (Interlock Ignition
Bill for DUI).
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Testified, California Task
Force on Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice,
September 7, 1995, Los Angeles, CA.
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Testified, Subcommittee on
Youth Violence Judiciary Committee, May 8,
1996, U.S. Senate Hearing on the Reauthorization
of the 1994 Juvenile Justice Act.
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Testified, Interim Committee
on Dropout Rates, Colorado State Legislature,
August 24, 1998.
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Testified, Joint Committee
of the Judiciary, Colorado State Legislature,
January 26, 1999.
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Testified, Columbine Review
Commission, Denver, January 12, 2000.
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Testified, Joint Committee
of the Judiciary, Colorado State Legislature,
February 1, 2000.
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Testified, Florida Bar Commission,
Effective Violence Prevention Programs, Tampa,
Florida, Sept. 15, 2000.
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Testified, Columbine Review
Commission, Jefferson County, October 27,
2000.
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Testified, Senate Education
Committee, Colorado State Legislature, March
20, 2001.
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Testified, House Education
Committee, Colorado State Legislature, March
21, 2001.
- Testified, Senate Education Committee, Colorado State Legislature, February 17, 2004.
- Testified, Committee of the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, "Making Communities Safer: Youth Violence and Gang Interventions That Work," February 15, 2007.
Awards
and Honors:
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SaveCo Lecturer, School of
Social Work, University of Washington, 1986.
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Outstanding Faculty Researcher
Award, University of Colorado, Golden Key
National Honor
Society, 1987.
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Fellow, American Society of
Criminology, 1990.
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President, American Society
of Criminology, 1992-1993.
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Third most frequently cited
scholar in American Criminology Journals -
1995. Fourth most frequently cited in Criminology,
1986-1995.* Seventh most frequently cited
in International Criminology Journals, 1991-1995.
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Edwin L. Sutherland Award.
Outstanding North American Criminologist.
American Society of Criminology, 1995.
- Invited Lecture-NIH, Behavioral
and Social Sciences Research Seminar Series.
“Violence: A Sociological Perspective,"
July 25, 1996.
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Invited Lecture, “Youth
Development and Violence Over the Life Course.”
The Sydney S. Spivack Program in Applied Social
Policy. American Sociological Association
Congressional Fellowship Briefing. Youth Violence:
Children at Risk, Washington DC: June 17,
1997.
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Office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention (U.S. Department
of Justice) Outstanding Achievement Award.
1998.
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Invited Briefing: “Violence
Over the Life Course: Implications for Interventions.”
Personal briefing for Dr. Harold Varmus, Director,
NIH, September 30, 1998.
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Invited Participant (by President
and Mrs. Clinton), White House Conference
on School Safety: Causes and Prevention of
Youth Violence. Washington, D.C., October
15, 1998.
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Paul Tappan Award for Fundamental
Contribution to Knowledge of Youthful Offenders
and Domestic Violence. The Western Criminological
Society. February 2000.
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Institute of Medicine (IOM),
Distinguished Lecture, “Violent Careers:
A Life Course Perspective,” Denver University
Law School, Denver, Colorado, April 5, 2000.
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Research to Practice Award,
Society for Prevention Research. “For
outstanding efforts to
identify and disseminate
empirically supported interventions to prevent
crime and delinquency.” May 2000.
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Invited Presentation, U.S.
Congress, Congressional Breakfast. Preventing
School Violence, Washington, D.C., May 11,
2000.
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Invited Lecture, NIH Distinguished
Lecture Series “Violence Prevention
Research and Practice: Knowing What Works
is Not Enough.” May 25, 2000. Rockville,
MD.
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Senior Scientific Editor,
Surgeon General’s Report on Youth Violence.
Released January 17, 2001.
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Public Health Service Medallion for
Distinguished Services. Awarded by Dr. David Satcher,
U.S. Surgeon General, November 30, 2001.
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August Vollmer Award, American
Society of Criminology, November 2003.
- Fellow, Academy of Experimental Criminology, 2005.
- Invited Panelist, White House Conference on School Safety, October 2006.
Media
Presentations:
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Invited Guest. The McNeil-Lehrer
News Hour. Segment on Youth Violence. 1994.
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Lecture Series, “ACT
Against Violence.” KRMA TV, Channel
6. Denver. Three 20-minute presentations on
Youth Violence aired initially and several
times thereafter in 1996 and 1997.
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Interview. Dateline, “Cold
Blooded Kids” (NBC), September 25, 1998.
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Interview. World News with
Peter Jennings, “Boot Camps” (ABC),
July 20, 2001.
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