Before joining the faculty at Maryland, Dr. LaFree served as the Chair of the Sociology and Criminology Department at the University of New Mexico for six years and as the Director of the New Mexico Criminal Justice Statistics Analysis Center for 13 years (1988-2001). Dr. LaFree was appointed by the Governor of New Mexico to chair the State Crime and Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council—a position that he filled for four years. LaFree previously taught at Indiana University (1975-1976) and the University of New Mexico (1979-2000). [1]
Membershipsedit
LaFree is a member of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) and a past member of the National Consortium on Violence Research. He was president of the American Society of Criminology for the year 2005-2006 and became a Fellow of the ASC in 2007. LaFree has been or is currently on the editorial boards of several scientific journals including Criminology, the Journal of Quantitative Criminology, the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology and the International Journal of Conflict and Violence.
Works (selection)edit
On violent crimeedit
Nature of Crime in America with R. Bursik, J. Short, and R. Taylor. Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice (2000).
Losing Legitimacy: Street Crime and the Decline of Institutions in America. Boulder, CO: Westview Perseus (1998).
Rape and Criminal Justice: The Social Construction of Sexual Assault. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth (1989).
Educational spending and imprisonment risk: The role of schools as prison gatekeepers with Richard Arum (2009)
Developmental victimology and the homicide victimization of infants and young children with Gwen Hunnicut (2008)
The situational analysis of crime and deviance with Christopher Birkbeck (1993)
On race and crimeedit
Is the gap between black and white arrest rates narrowing? National trends for personal contact crimes, 1960 to 2002 with Robert O'Brien and Erich Baumer (2006)
The effect of racially segregated schools on African American and white incarceration rates, 1970 to 1990 with Richard Arum (2006)
Race and crime with Michelle Hussong (2000)
African-American collective action and crime with Kriss Drass (1997)
Race and crime trends in the United States, 1946‑1990 (1994)
Why democracy has failed to reduce terrorism in the Middle East and why protecting human rights might be more successful. With Nancy Morris and Eray Karlidag. (2020).
Who is more violent in extremist groups? A comparison of leaders and followers. With Katarzyna Jasko (2020).
Islamist Terrorism, Diaspora Links and Casualty Rates with James Piazza (2019).
Religion and Support for Political Violence among Christians and Muslims in Sub-Saharan Africa with Amy Adamczyk (2019).
Using Google and Twitter to measure, validate and understand views about religion across Africa with Amy Adamczyk and Maria Barrera Vilert (2019).
Prison and violent political extremism in the United States with Bo Jiang and Lauren Porter (2019).
Is Antifa a terrorist group? (2018).
Correlates of violent political extremism in the United States with Michael Jensen, Patrick James and Aaron Safer-Lichtenstein (2018).
Cut from the same cloth? Comparing gangs and violent political extremists with David Pyrooz, Scott Decker and Patrick James (2017).
Countering Terrorism with Martha Crenshaw. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution (2017).
Handbook of the Criminology of Terrorism. Edited with Joshua Freilich. New York: Wiley (2017).
Applying Criminology Theories to Terrorism: New Applications and Approaches. Edited with Josh Freilich. Milton Park, UK: Taylor and Francis (2015).
LaFree, Gary, Laura Dugan and Erin Miller. 2015. Putting Terrorism in Context: Insights from the Global Terrorism Database. with Laura Dugan and Erin Miller. London: Routledge (2015).
The impact of British counter terrorist strategies on political violence in Northern Ireland: Comparing deterrence and backlash models with Laura Dugan and Raven Korte (2009)
Build a criminal justice policy for terrorism with James Hendrickson (2007)
Global terrorism and failed states with Laura Dugan and Susan Fahey (2007)
gary, lafree, professor, chair, criminology, criminal, justice, department, university, maryland, college, park, director, maryland, crime, research, innovation, center, mcric, founding, director, national, consortium, study, terrorism, responses, terrorism, s. Gary LaFree is a Professor and Chair of the Criminology and Criminal Justice department at the University of Maryland College Park the Director of the Maryland Crime Research and Innovation Center MCRIC and the Founding Director of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism START His main areas of expertise are sociology criminology race and crime cross national comparative research and political violence and terrorism Contents 1 Education 2 Career 3 Memberships 4 Works selection 4 1 On violent crime 4 2 On race and crime 4 3 On terrorism 5 See also 6 References 7 Sources 8 External linksEducation editLaFree received his B A 1973 his M A 1975 and his Ph D 1979 from Indiana University Career editBefore joining the faculty at Maryland Dr LaFree served as the Chair of the Sociology and Criminology Department at the University of New Mexico for six years and as the Director of the New Mexico Criminal Justice Statistics Analysis Center for 13 years 1988 2001 Dr LaFree was appointed by the Governor of New Mexico to chair the State Crime and Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council a position that he filled for four years LaFree previously taught at Indiana University 1975 1976 and the University of New Mexico 1979 2000 1 Memberships editLaFree is a member of the American Society of Criminology ASC and a past member of the National Consortium on Violence Research He was president of the American Society of Criminology for the year 2005 2006 and became a Fellow of the ASC in 2007 LaFree has been or is currently on the editorial boards of several scientific journals including Criminology the Journal of Quantitative Criminology the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology and the International Journal of Conflict and Violence Works selection editOn violent crime edit Nature of Crime in America with R Bursik J Short and R Taylor Washington DC National Institute of Justice 2000 Losing Legitimacy Street Crime and the Decline of Institutions in America Boulder CO Westview Perseus 1998 Rape and Criminal Justice The Social Construction of Sexual Assault Belmont CA Wadsworth 1989 Educational spending and imprisonment risk The role of schools as prison gatekeepers with Richard Arum 2009 Developmental victimology and the homicide victimization of infants and young children with Gwen Hunnicut 2008 The situational analysis of crime and deviance with Christopher Birkbeck 1993 On race and crime edit Is the gap between black and white arrest rates narrowing National trends for personal contact crimes 1960 to 2002 with Robert O Brien and Erich Baumer 2006 The effect of racially segregated schools on African American and white incarceration rates 1970 to 1990 with Richard Arum 2006 Race and crime with Michelle Hussong 2000 African American collective action and crime with Kriss Drass 1997 Race and crime trends in the United States 1946 1990 1994 The argument for studying race and crime with Katheryn K Russell 1993 On terrorism edit Why democracy has failed to reduce terrorism in the Middle East and why protecting human rights might be more successful With Nancy Morris and Eray Karlidag 2020 Who is more violent in extremist groups A comparison of leaders and followers With Katarzyna Jasko 2020 Islamist Terrorism Diaspora Links and Casualty Rates with James Piazza 2019 Religion and Support for Political Violence among Christians and Muslims in Sub Saharan Africa with Amy Adamczyk 2019 Using Google and Twitter to measure validate and understand views about religion across Africa with Amy Adamczyk and Maria Barrera Vilert 2019 Prison and violent political extremism in the United States with Bo Jiang and Lauren Porter 2019 Is Antifa a terrorist group 2018 Correlates of violent political extremism in the United States with Michael Jensen Patrick James and Aaron Safer Lichtenstein 2018 Cut from the same cloth Comparing gangs and violent political extremists with David Pyrooz Scott Decker and Patrick James 2017 Countering Terrorism with Martha Crenshaw Washington DC Brookings Institution 2017 Handbook of the Criminology of Terrorism Edited with Joshua Freilich New York Wiley 2017 Applying Criminology Theories to Terrorism New Applications and Approaches Edited with Josh Freilich Milton Park UK Taylor and Francis 2015 LaFree Gary Laura Dugan and Erin Miller 2015 Putting Terrorism in Context Insights from the Global Terrorism Database with Laura Dugan and Erin Miller London Routledge 2015 The impact of British counter terrorist strategies on political violence in Northern Ireland Comparing deterrence and backlash models with Laura Dugan and Raven Korte 2009 Build a criminal justice policy for terrorism with James Hendrickson 2007 Global terrorism and failed states with Laura Dugan and Susan Fahey 2007 See also editRace and crime in the United StatesReferences edit LaFree Gary CCJS l Criminology and Criminal Justice Department l University of Maryland ccjs umd edu Retrieved 2020 09 30 Sources editGary LaFree at the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice of the University of Maryland 1 External links editGary LaFree at the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice of the University of Maryland Gary LaFree s Curriculum Vitae hosted at the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice of the University of Maryland Professional and academic associationsPreceded byJulie Horney President of the American Society of Criminology2006 Succeeded byMichael Tonry Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gary LaFree amp oldid 1050538385, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
