Charis Elizabeth Kubrin is an American criminologist and Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at the
University of California, Irvine (UCI).
Education and career
After receiving her Ph.D. from the
University of Washington in 2000, Kubrin taught at
George Washington University for 11 years; she left George Washington University for UCI in the summer of 2011. In 2016, she and her UCI colleague
Carroll Seron served as editors of a special issue of the ''
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science'' about prison realignment in
California.
Research
Kubrin's research focuses on, among other topics, the relationship between race, violence, and
social disorganization theory
In sociology, the social disorganization theory is a theory developed by the Chicago School, related to ecological theories. The theory directly links crime rates to neighbourhood ecological characteristics; a core principle of social disorgani ...
. She has also researched the perception of
rap music
Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...
as violent and dangerous, as well as whether a rapper's music can be used as evidence against him in a court of law. With
Graham Ousey, she has also studied the relationship between
immigration and crime in the United States, finding that immigration is related to lower rates of crime and violence in U.S. neighborhoods. Kubrin has stated that the
Public Safety Realignment initiative was not a factor in the 2019 California stabbing rampage.
References
External links
Faculty page*
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University of California, Irvine faculty
Living people
American criminologists
University of Washington alumni
Smith College alumni
George Washington University faculty
American women social scientists
American women criminologists
Year of birth missing (living people)