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Travis Pratt
Travis Cameron Pratt is an American criminologist and fellow at the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed papers on topics such as prison policy and theoretical criminology. He is particularly known for his research on private prisons. Education and career Pratt received his associate's degree from Clark College in 1993, his B.A. and M.A. in criminal justice from Washington State University in 1995 and 1996, respectively, and his Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati in 2001. In 2000, he joined the faculty of Rutgers University as an assistant professor, where he remained until joining the faculty of Washington State University in 2002 as an assistant professor. He was promoted to associate professor at Washington State University in 2004, and remained on the faculty there until 2008, when he became an associate professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. In 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criminology
Criminology (from Latin , 'accusation', and Ancient Greek , ''-logia'', from λόγος ''logos'', 'word, reason') is the interdisciplinary study of crime and deviant behaviour. Criminology is a multidisciplinary field in both the behavioural and social sciences, which draws primarily upon the research of sociologists, political scientists, economists, legal sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, psychiatrists, social workers, biologists, social anthropologists, scholars of law and jurisprudence, as well as the processes that define administration of justice and the criminal justice system. The interests of criminologists include the study of the nature of crime and criminals, origins of criminal law, etiology of crime, social reaction to crime, and the functioning of law enforcement agencies and the penal institutions. It can be broadly said that criminology directs its inquiries along three lines: first, it investigates the nature of criminal law and its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
