Ronald Victor Gemuseus Clarke (born 24 April 1941) is a British criminologist and University Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University–Newark. He is also the associate director of the

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Education

Clarke earned his BA in

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and philosophy from the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

in 1962, and his MA in clinical psychology and PhD in psychology from the

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in 1965 and 1968, respectively.

Career

Before joining the faculty of Rutgers' Newark campus, Clarke did criminological research for the Home Office for fifteen years in his native United Kingdom. He became the director of the Home Office Research and Planning Unit in 1982. At the Home Office, he helped develop rational choice theory in criminology and launch the

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. In 1984, he moved to the United States, where he originally taught at

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. In 1987, he joined Rutgers University-Newark as the dean of their School of Criminal Justice, a position he held until 1998. Since 2001, he has been a visiting professor at

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's Jill Dando Institute.

Honors and awards

Clarke has been a fellow of the British Psychological Society since 1978. He was the co-recipient of the 2015 Stockholm Prize in Criminology, along with Patricia Mayhew, in honor of their work in

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Editorial activities

Clarke was the founding

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of the anthology ''Crime Prevention Studies''.

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