William J. Chambliss


 Curriculum Vitae  

Education
University of California, Los Angeles, California.B.A. in Psychology with minors in Sociology and English, 1955.
    Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
    M. A. in Sociology, 1960.
    Ph.D. in Sociology with minor in Law, 1962.

    University of Guelph, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
    Doctorate of Law (Honorary), 1999.

Present Position
Professor of Sociology
Specialization: Deviance, Soc. of Law, & Theory
The George Washington University
1986 - Present.
Department Chair, 1986 - 1989.
Principal Academic Appointments
Assistant and Associate Professor.  University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1962 - 1966.
    Associate Professor, Department of Sociology.  University of California, 
    Santa Barbara, California, 1967 - 1974 (Acting Chair, 1968 - 1969).

    Professor, Department of Sociology.  University of Delaware, Newark, 
    Delaware, 1976 - 1986.

    Honorary Professorial Fellow, Faculty of Law.  University College, 
    Cardiff, Wales, 1976 - 1989.

Elected and Appointed Offices
President, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 1992 - 1993.
    President, American Society of Criminology, 1987 - 1988.

    Consultant, National Criminal Justice Commission, 1993 - 1994.

    Chair, Awards Policy Committee, American Sociological 
    Association, 1987 - 1989.

    Executive Board, American Society of Criminology, 1983 - 1986.

    Chairperson, Criminology Section, American Sociological 
    Association, 1981 - 1982.

    Sociology of Law Research Committee, International Sociological 
    Association, 1979.

    Staff Sociologist, Task Force on Law and Law Enforcement, 
    President's Commission on Violence, 1968 - 1969.

    Executive Council, Pacific Sociological Association, 1968 - 1971.

    Co-Director, Law Enforcement and Violence Section, President's 
    Commission on Violence, 1967 - 1968.

    Treasurer, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 1964 - 1965.
     

    Fullbright Research Fellowship, School of Law, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, 1989 - 1990.

    Visiting Scholar, Columbia University, 1986 - 1987.

    Visiting Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria, 1983.

    Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University College, Cardiff, Wales, 1979.

    Visiting Distinguished Scholar, University of Missouri, Columbus, Summer 1978.

    Visiting Professor, Institute of Criminology, University of Stockholm, Sweden, 1975 - 1976.

    Visiting Professor, Institute of Criminology and Criminal Law, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 1974 - 1975.

    Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, England, 1970 - 1971.

    Visiting Professor, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden, Winter, 1971.

    Visiting Professor, School of Law, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 
    Summer, 1971. 

    Visiting Rockefeller Professor of Sociology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 
    Nigeria, 1969 - 1970.

    Visiting Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1966 - 1967.

    Russell Sage Foundation Resident in Law and Society, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1966 - 1967.


 

 
    Doctorate of Laws Honoris Causa, University of Guelph, 
    Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 1999.
    Major Achievement Award, American Society of Criminology, 1995.

    Distinguished Leadership in Criminal Justice, Bruce Smith, Sr. Award,
    Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, 1986.

    Distinguished Scholarship, Lifetime Achievement, American 
    Sociological Association, Criminology Section, 1985.

    Fullbright Research Fellowship, 1989 - 1990.

    Augustus Scholar, National Center on Institutions and 
    Alternatives, 1992 - Present.

    Fellow, American Society of Criminology, 1988 - Present.

    Rockefeller Professorship, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 
    Nigeria, 1969 - 1970.

    Russell Sage Resident in Law and Sociology, University of 
    Wisconsin, 1966 - 1967.

    Griffith Memorial Lecture, Drexel University, May, 1992. 

    Cecil and Ida Green Honors Professor, Texas Christian 
    University, January, 1992.

    Agnes Anderson Faculty Fellowship, University of 
    Washington, 1964 - 1965.

    Professorial Fellow, Faculty of Law, University College, 
    Cardiff, Wales, 1976 - 1988.

    National Institute of Mental Health Pre-doctoral Fellowship 
    (National Program), 1960 - 1962.

    Graduate School Fellowship, Indiana University, 1960 - 1962.

    Special Dissertation Research Grant, Indiana University 
    Foundation, 1962.


 
    Associate Editor, Encyclopedia of Criminology,1991 - 1994.

    Editorial Board, Blacks in Criminal Justice,1986 - Present.

    Associate Editor, Contemporary Crises,1985 - Present.

    Associate Editor, Criminology,1985 - 1992

    Consulting Editor, British Journal of Law and Society,1978 - Present.

    Contributing Editor, Social Justice,1977 - Present.

    Associate Editor, Windsor Studies in Criminal Justice,1979-Present.

    Founder and Editor, Contemporary Crises,1976-1985.

    Editor, Law and State Series, Academic Press, London, 1977-1984.

    Editor, Crime and Society Series, Elsevier Publishers, New York, 1979-1980.

    Co-editor, Warner Modular Publications, The Sociology of Political and Economic Systems,1972-1974.

    Associate Editor, Social Problems,1964-1965.


 
    Poverty and Race Research Action Committee, Over-imprisonment, 1990-1992.

    Unidel Research Grant, Factory Safety and Health, 1979-1980.

    Research Grants from Swedish S ocial Science Research Council on Crime Prevention for study of business crime in Sweden, 1975-1976.

    Foundation Grant to study opium traffic in Southeast Asia, 1973-1974.

    Rockefeller Foundation Grant to prepare manuscript on crime and deviance in West Africa, 1972-1973.

    University of California Research Committee Grant for comparative study of crime in U.S. and Nigeria, 1971-1973.

    Rockefeller Foundation Grant to study deviance and the law in West Africa, 1969-1970. 

    University of California Research Committee Grant to study the legal process in Nigeria, 1969-1970.

    Department of Mental Hygiene, State of California, Research Grant to study the effects of the Petris-Lanterman-Short Bill on the court commitment of mental patients, 1969-1970.

    University of California Research Committee Grant to study the relationship between organized crime and the law, 1968-1969.

    NIMH Research Grant, "The Identification and Processing of Social D eviants," NIMH Grant MH 11978-01, 1965-1966.

    University of Washington Graduate School Research Grant, Community Tolerance and Juvenile Court Decisions," 1964-1965.
     

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    Power, Politics and Crime.  Boulder, Co.: Longview Press, 1999.

    Sociology: Second Edition(with Richard P. Appelbaum).  New York: Longman, 1996.

    Sociology (with Richard P. Appelbaum).  New York: Harper/Collins, 1995.

    Making Law: The State. Law and Structural Contradictions (Co-editor with Marjorie Zatz).  Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994.

    Criminal Law, Criminology and Criminal Justice: A Case Book(with Tom Courtless). Menlo Park, California, 1990.

    On the Take: From Petty Crooks to Presidents(Revised Edition).  Bloomington, In: Indiana University Press, 1989.

    Exploring Criminology. New York: Macmillan, 1988.

    Criminal Law In Action(Editor) (2nd edition).  New York: John Wiley, 1984.

    Harry King: A Professional Thief's Journey. New York: John Wiley, 1984.  (Re-issue of Boxman: A Professional Thief's Journey).

    Law, Order and Power (Revised Edition: with Robert B. Seidman).  Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1982.

    Organizing Crime(with Alan Block).  New York: Elsevier, 1981.

    On the Take. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1978.

    Eine Kriminelle Vereinigung. Internationale Taschenbudeil, Tubigen, 1978 (German edition of On the Take).

    Motsattning och konflikt, Stockholm: Wahlstrom and Widstrand. 1977.

    Whose Law, What Order?(co-edited with Milton Mankoff).  New York: John Wiley, 1976.

    Sociology: The Discipline and its Direction (with Thomas E. Ryther).  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975.

    Criminal Law in Action(editor).  New York: John Wiley and Company, 1975.

    Problems of Industrial Society(editor).  Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1974.

    Sociological Readings in the Conflict Perspective (editor). Reading, Massachusetts, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1973.

    Boxman: A Professional Thief's Journey (with Harry King).  New York: Harper & Row, 1972.

    Law, Order, and Power (with Robert B. Seidman).  Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1971.

    A Research Bibliography on the Sociology of Law (with Robert B. Seidman).  Berkeley: Glendessary Press, 1970.

    Crime and the Legal Process (editor). New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969.


 
Modules
    Functional and Conflict Theories of Crime, New York: MSS Modular Publications, 1974, Module Number M 17, pp. 1-23.
Chapters In Books
"Derecho y Poder Politico" (with R.B. Seidman) in Derecho No. 20, Lima, Peru, 1972
      (Reprinted from Law, Order and Power).

    "The State, the Law and the Definition of Behavior as Criminal or Delinquent" in Daniel Glaser (editor), Handbook of Criminology, Chicago: Rand McNally, 1974.

    "Appeals from Criminal Convictions" (with Robert B. Seidman) in Daniel Glaser (editor), Handbook of Criminology, Chicago: Rand McNally, 1974.

    "The Political Economy of Crime: A Comparative Study of Nigeria and the United States" in Sawyer F. Sylvester and Edward Sagarin (editors). Politics and Crime, New York: Praeger Publishers, 1974.

    "Prosecution: Law, Order and Power" in Richard Quinney (editor) Criminal Justice in America, Boston: Little, Brown, 1974 (Reprinted from Law, Order and Power).

    "Functional and Conflict Theories of Crime" in William J. Chambliss and Milton Mankoff (editors), Whose Law, What Order? A Conflict Approach to Criminology, New York: John Wiley, 1975.

    "The Political Economy of Crime" in Ian Taylor, Paul Walton and Jock Young (editors)Critical Criminology, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd., 1975.

    "Poverty and the Criminal Process" in Anthony L. Guenther (editor), Criminal Behavior and Social System: Contributions of American Sociology, Chicago: McNally, 1975. (Reprinted from Law, Order and Power).

    "Law, Order and Power" in Ronald Farrell and Victoria Swigert (editors), Social Deviance, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1978. (Reprinted from Law, Order and Power).

    "The Political Economy of Smack: Opiates, Capitalism and Law," Rita J. Simon (editor), Research in Law and Sociology, Vol. 1, 1978, pp. 115-141, JAO Press. (This chapter is a revised version of a paper pub lished under the title "Markets, Profits, Labor and Smack'' which appeared in Contemporary Crises, Vol. 1, 1977).

    "Contradictions and Conflicts in Law Creation," Steven Spitzer (editor), Research in Law and Society, Vol. 2, 1979, MAI Press (This chapter is a revised edition of a paper published under the title "On Lawmaking" in The British Journal of Law nd Society, Winter, 1980).

    "The Criminalization of Conduct'' in Larry Ross (editor), Law and Deviance, Sage 1981.

    "Radical Criminology" in David Kairys (editor), The Politics of Law: A Progressive Critique of the American Legal Process, New York: Pantheon, 1982.

    "Biological Theories of Crime" (with Janet Katz), in Joseph Sheeley (ed).Criminology. New York: 1990.

    "The Consequences of Prohibition: Crime, Corruption and International Narcotics Control" in Harold H. Traver and Mark S. Gaylord (ed) Dru gs. Law and The State,New Brunswick: Transaction Press, 1992: 15-33.

    ''Biology and Crime" (With Janet Katz: revised edition) in Joseph Sheley, Criminology: A Contemporary Handbook, Wadsworth: 1993.

    "The Institutionalization of Racism Through Law," in Darnell Hawkins (ed.) Race Ethnicity and Crime. NY: SUNY Press, 1995.


 
    "A Sociological Analysis of the Law of Vagrancy," Social Problems, Summer, 1964,  pp. 67-77.   Reprinted innumerable times including:
     
      Richard Quinney (editor) Crime and Justice in Society, Boston: Little, Brown, 1968.
      W.G.O. Carson and Paul N. Wiles, Crime and Delinquency in Britain, London: Martin Robertson and Company, 1970.

      William J. Chambliss (editor)Crime and the Legal Process, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1969. MSS reprints Sociology, MSS Publications, New York, Reprint M 4.

      R. Serge Denisoff and Charles H.McCaghy, Deviance. Conflict and Criminality, Chicago: Rand McNally, 1973.

      Carl A. Bersani, Crime and Delinquency, New York: Macmillan, 1970, 44-56.

      Donald Black and Maureen Mileski, The Social Organization of Law, New York: Seminar Press, 1973.

      F. James Davis and Richard Stivers, The Collective Definition of Deviance, New York: The Free Press, 1975.

      Earl Rubington, Drinking and Law Enforcement,Aldine Publishing Company, 1975.

      Richard Hawkins and Ronald L. Akers, Law and Control in Society, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1975.

      Gary J. Jensen, The Study of Crime. General Learning Press.

      Mae Churchill, Richard Berk, Harold Brackman and Selam Lesser. The Politics of Law and Order, California. Academic Press, 1971.

      John Galliher (ed.), Human Behavior and Human Rights, New York: Prentice Hall, 1990.

      Joseph E. Jacoby, Classics of Criminology, Waveland Press, 1994.

      Delos H. Kelly, Deviant Behavior, (5th ed), NY: St Martin's Press, 1995.

      A. Javier Trevino, The Sociology of Law: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1996, pp. 373-380.
       

    "The Negative Self: An Empirical Assessment of a Theoretical Assumption," Sociological Inquiry, Winter, 1964,  pp. 108-112.

    "The Selection of Friends," Social Forces, March, 1965,  pp. 370-380.

    "The Influence of Punishment as a Deterrent," Crime and Delinquency,
    January, 1966, pp. 70-75.  Reprinted in:
     

      Stanley Grupp (editor), Theories of Punishment, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1971.
    "Status Inconsistency and Political Attitudes" (with K. Dennis Kelly),  American Sociological Review, June, 1966, pp. 375-382.

    "Status Integrations and Suicide: An Appraisals' (with Marion F. Steele), American Sociological Review, August, 1966, pp. 524-532.

    "The Legal Process in the Community Setting'' (with John T. Liell), Crime and Delinquency, October, 1966, pp. 310-317. Reprint ed as:

    "Mistakes in Police Work," in Earl Rubington and Martin S. Weinberg (editors), Deviance: The Interactionist Perspective. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1968,  pp. 150-158.

    "Types of Deviance and the Effectiveness of Legal Sanctions," Wisconsin Law Review, Volume 1967,  Number 3,  Summer 1967,  pp. 703-719. Reprinted in a number of collections including:
     

      Bobbs Merrill Reprints in Sociology, Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill (01), 1973.

      Lawrence Freidman an d Stewart McCauley, Law and the Behavior Sciences, Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1972, 2nd edition, 1977.

      Joel Grossman and M. Grossman, Law and Change in the United States, Los Ange les: Goodyear Publishing Company, 1972.

      M. Sharlot and George Dix, Criminal Law Cases and Materials, New York: West Publishing Company, 1974 and 1979.
       

    ''Ekonomiska Elitgrupper och Lastinnngnang," in Stig Edlingoch Goran Elwin (editors), Ratts Sociologs: Omlag. Konflict och Behov, Stockholm, Wahlstrom and Widstrand, 1973, pp. 17-31.

    "The Roughnecks and the Saints,"  Society,  November/December 1973, 
     pp. 24-31. Reprinted in many places including:
     

      Sheldon Messinger (editors), Annual Review of Criminology, Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, 1974.

      Helen Iorassata and Gloria Levitas, Social Problems in Corporate America, Transaction Press, 1975.

      Daniel Hebbing and Leonard Glick, Introduction to Sociology, Reading: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1976, pp. 341-355.

      Annual Editions, Readings in Sociology, Guildford: The Dushkin Publishing Group, 1975, pp. 200-208.

      Barry Krisberg and James Austin, The Children of Ishmael,Palo Alto: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1978,  pp. 294-308.

      Victoria Lynn Swigert and Ronald A. Farrell, The Substance of Social Deviance, Sherman Oaks: Alfred Publishing Company, 1979.

      James M. Henslin, Down To Earth Sociology, New York: The Free Press, 1988 188-203.

      Paul M . Sharp and Barry W. Hancock, Juvenile Delinquency, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1995.
       

    ''The Tolerance of Policy: An Invitation to Organized Crime," Seattle Magazine, October, 1968, pp. 23-31.

    "On the Validity of Official Statistics" (with Richard Nagasawa) Journal of Research on Crime and Delinquency, January, 1969,  pp. 71-77.

    "A Visit to San Miguel," The Humanist, June-July 1971,  pp. 24-25.

    "Vice, Corruption, Bureaucracy and Power," Wisconsin Law Review, Volume 1971, Number 4, Autumn, 1971, pp. 1150-1173.  Reprinted many places including:
     

      MSS Modular Series on Sociology, New York. Reprint No. R 178.

      Lawrence Sherman (editor), Police Corruption: A Sociological Perspective, Garden City, Anchor Books, 1974.

      David C. Saffell, American Government: Reform in the Post Watergate Era, Cambridge: Winthrop Publishers, 1967, pp. 188-204.

      Marvin E. Wolfgang and Sir Leon Radzinowicz, Theory and Society Marc h, 1975, pp. 149-170.

      John Galliher (editor), Human Behavior and Human Rights, New York: Prentice Hall (forthcoming).
       

    ''Toward a Political Economy of Crime," Theory and Society, March, 1975, pp. 149-170.  Reprinted in:
     
      Stuart H. Traub and Craig B. Little (editors) Theories of Deviance, 2nd edition, Itasca, IL: F.E. Peacock Publishers, Inc., 1979.
    "On the Paucity of Original Research on Organized Crime," The American Sociologist, February, 1975.

    "Zur Politischen Okonomie Des Rechta," Kriminalsociologische Bibliographie, June, 1975, pp. 1-14.

    "Planari kapitalets tjanst" (with Goran Elwin), Volume 7, No. 2, March/April, 
    1976, pp. 1-2.

    "Markets, Profits, Labor and Smack," Contemporary Crises, Vol. January 1977, 53-77. Reprinted In:
     

      Nigel South (ed). Drugs, Crime and Criminal Justice, London: Dartmouth Publishing Co, 1995.
    ''The Business of Organized Crime," Working Papers, September/ October, 
    1978, pp. 59-68.

    "Miners, Tailors and Teamsters" Business Racketeering and Trade Unionism," (with Alan A. Block). Crime and Social Justice, Spring/Summer, 1979, pp. 14-27. Reprinted in:

    "Nikos Passas," Organized Crime, London: Dartmouth Pub, 1994.

    "On Lawmaking," British Journal of Law and Society, Winter, 1980, pp. 149-172.

    "Crime in Capitalist and Socialist Societies," Indian Journal of Criminology and Criminalistics, Vol. 1, March, 1981, pp. 13-18.

    "Political Corruption," (with Heinz Steinert) Kriminalsociologische Bibliographe, Spring, 198 2, pp. 1-12.

    ''Notes on Theoretical Issues in the Study of the Social History of Anglo-American Criminal Law," Kriminalsoziologische Bibliographe, Winter, 1983, pp. 3-28.

    "White Collar Crime and Criminology," (an essay review) Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 13, 1984, pp. 160-162.

    "Smuggling and the Study of White Collar Crime," in D. Leibel, White Collar Crime, 1985.

    "Crime and Delinquency," The International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, edited by Adam Kupera nd Jessica Kuper. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1985, pp. 171-173.

    "Organized Crime and U.S. Politics," Canadian Dimension, Vol. 20#2.

    "Staat, Recht und Ideologie (State, Law and Ideology)," in H.Janssen et al (eds), Radikale Kriminolgie, Bielefeld: AJZ Verlag, 1987.

    "Hacia Una Econo mia Politica Del Delito," Capitulo Criminogico,Vol. II no 2.

    "Ober Soziologische und juristische Konstrukte: Schmuggel alsWirtschaftsstraftat" in: 

    Karlhans Liebl (editor) Internatio nale Forschungsergebnisse auf dem Gebiet der Wirtschaftskriminnalitat, 
    Pfaffenweiler, W. Germany: Cantaurus-Verlagsgessellschaft, 1987: 55-72.

    "I Wish I Didn't Know Now What I Didn't Know Then," The Criminologist, vol. 12, no. 6, November-December, 1987: 1-9.

    "Dealing With America' s Drug Problem," in Marcus Raskin and Chester Hartman (editors) Winning America: Ideas and Leadership for the 1990's, Boston: South End Press, 1988: 228-235.

    "Statlich organisierteK riminalitat," Mefhr Wert, no. 31, April, 1989,30-55.

    "On Trashing Marxist Criminology," Criminology, vol. 27, no.2, May, 1989: 215-220.

    "State Organized Crime," Criminology, vol. 27. no.2, May, 1989: 183-208. Reprinted in:
     

      Delos Kelly, Deviant Behavior, St. Martin's Press, 199 3.

      Nikos Passas, Organized Crime, London: Dartmouth Pub, 1994

      Paul M. Sharp, Public Policy. Crime and Crimi nal Justice, London: Routledge, 1995.

      Peter Adler and Patti Adler (ed) Constructions of Deviance: Social Power. Context and Interaction, Wadsworth Publishers, 1995.

      Joan McCord and John h. Laub, Contemporary Masters in Criminology, New York: Plenum Press, 1995: 31-58.

      Stuart Henry and We rnger Einstadter, Criminology: Readings in Contemporary Theory, New York: NYU Press, 1996.
       

    "Trading Textbooks for Prison Cells," National Center On Institutions and Alte rnatives, June, 1991: 1-21.

    "The Consequences of Prohibition: Crime, Corruption and International Narcotics Control," in Harold Traver and Mark Gaylord (eds) Drugs. Law and the Stat e, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1992.

    "Creating Moral Panic, Legitimiziing Repression and Institutionalizing Racism Through Law," Socio-Legal Bulletin, No. 8: Summer, 1993 : 4-12.

    "Foreword," to Mark S. Hamm, American Skinheads: The Criminology and Control of Hate Crime, Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1993.

    "Clinton Just Says 'No': Don't Confuse Me With Facts," New Left Review, May, 1994: 128-140.

    "Policing the Ghetto Underclass: The Politics of Law and Law Enforcement,"Social Problems, May, 1994: 177-194.

    "Why U.S. Drug Policies Contribute to the Problem," International Journal of Health Services, 24(4): Nov. 1994: 675-690.

    "Foreword," to Edward Sbarbaro and Robert Keller, Prison Crisis, Albany, NY: Harrow and Heston, 1995.

    "Law School Admission Criteria and Criminal Justice Majors," (with Aida Yassa) ACJS TODAY September/October 1995.

    "Another Lost War: The Costs and Consequences of Drug Prohibition," Social Justice, 22(2) 1996: 101-124.


 
Reports
    Social Order and the Rule of Law, mimeographed, 1969, pp.1-24. Prepared for the President's Commission on Violence.

    Violence and the Law, mimeographed, 1969, pp. 1-29. Prepared for the President's Commission on Violence.

    Psychological Experimentation at Atascadero Hospital for the Criminally Insane, prepared for the California State Department of Mental Health, 1961, pp. 1-36.

    The Politics of Prosecution, prepared for the National Criminal Justice Commission, February, 1994.


 

 
    Hugh Collins, Marxism and Law, Journal of Law and Society, Summer 1983.

    Lambert and Lambert, Social Psychology, American Journal of Sociology, 
    January 1969.

    Rubenfeld, Family of Outcasts. American Sociological Review, October, 1966.

    Jack P. Gibbs and WalterM artin. Status Integration and Suicide. American Journal of Sociology, May 1966.

    Howard S. Becker, Social Problems. American Sociological Review. August, 1967.

    Klaus Sessar and Hans-Jurgen Kerner, Developments in Crime and Crime 
    Control Research: German Studies on Victims, Offenders and the Public, Contemporary Sociology, February, 1993.

    Nils Christie, The Crime Industry, The Criminologist, May, 1993


 

 
    "British Law and National Development," Public Lecture, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, Spring, 1970.

    "Deviance Theory and the Sociology of Law," Faculty Seminar, London School of Economics, London, England, October, 1970.

    "Labeling Theory and the Conflict Perspective," Southwestern Polytechnic Institute, London, England, October, 1970.

    "The Supreme Court as a Source of Revolution in the U.S.," University of Bristol, Bristol, Engla nd, November, 1970.

    "The Political Economy of Corruption," University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden, March, 1971.

    "Appellate Court Decisions and Sociological Models," British Sociological Association Meetings, London, England, April, 1971.

    "Social Structure and the Law in Action" (series of six lectures and seminars), University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, April, 1971.

    "Crime, Law, and Social Change," University of Durham, Durham, England, May, 1971.

    "The Criminal Law Process in Nigeria and America," Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, May, 1971.

    "Corruption in Former Colonies" The Cases of the United States and Nigeria," All Souls College, Oxford University, Oxford, England, May, 1971.

    "The Political Econ omy of Crime," Institute of Criminology and Criminal Law, Oslo University, Oslo, Norway, May, 1972.

    "Functional and Conflict Theories of Deviance," Institute of Sociology, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden, May, 1972.

    "A Conflict Model of Crime and Criminal Law," American Criminological Association Meetings, Caracas, Venezuela, November, 1972.

    "Crime, Power and Conflict" Department of Sociology," Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, April, 1973.

    "Criminological Theory and Sociological Paradigms," Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, May, 1973.

    "Watergate and the Role of Corruption in American Politics," Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, May, 1973.

    "Sociological Theory and the Sociology of Law," paper read for the Research Section on the Sociology of Law, International Sociological Association Meetings, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August, 1974.

    ''The Underdevelopment of Recent Developments in the Social Psychology of Deviance," International Sociological Association Meetings, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August, 1974.

    "Political Corruption and the Sociology of Law," Institute of Organizations and Industrial Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 
    November 24-27, 1974.

    "Bias in Criminology: The Case of Heroin and Opium." Institute of Sociology, Nijmig en University, Nijmigen, Netherlands, January 15-16, 1975.

    "Opium and Imperialism," Institute of Criminology, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden, February 24, 1975.

    "Crime in Capitalist and Socialist Societies," Amsterdam Festival of Social Sciences, April 10, 1975.

    "Criminological Theory and Recent History," University of Graz, Graz, Austria, April 14, 1975.

    "Criminal Law and Social Welfare," Institut fur hoher Studien, Vienna, Austria, April 15, 1975.

    "Models of Criminal Law Creation," Ludwig Boltzmann Institut fur Kriminalsoziologie and Institut fur Gesellschaftspolitick, Vienna, Austria,
    April 17, 1975.

    "Watergate and the Political Economy of Crime," European Conference on Deviance, Amsterdam, September 9, 1975.

    "Crime as a Political Weapon," School of Law, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden, October 23, 1975.

    "De-mystifying Crime and Critical Criminology," Simon Frazer University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, October 27, 1975.

    "Watergate: A Study in Crime and Politics," Faculty of Social Sciences, University College, Cardiff, Wales, January, 1976.

    "Crime in Capitalist and Socialist Societies," and "Crime Rates and Crime Myths," at the Institute of Criminology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, April, 1976.

    ''International Cooperation on Organized Crime," School of Law, University College, Cardiff, Wales, November, 1976.

    "Markets and Opium," Department of Sociology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, November, 1976.

    ''Business and Economic Crime in Sweden," Institute of Criminology, Stockholm University, March, 1977.

    "American and Swedish Organized Crime," Institute of Sociology and Law, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, March, 1977.

    "The Creation of Law," Institute of Sociology and Law, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, April, 1977.

    "Contradictions and Conflicts in Law Creation," International Sociological Association, Uppsala, Sweden, August, 1978.

    "Old Wine in New Bottles," American Sociological Association, San Francisco, California, September, 1978.

    "Comment on Witchcraft and Law," African Studies Association, Baltimore, Maryland, 1978.

    "The Political Economy of Crime in America," Southern Oregon College, Ashland, Oregon, July, 1979.

    "Bureaucratic Corruption and Organized Crime," Bureau of Land Management, Medford, Oregon, July, 1979.

    "The Internationalization of Organized Crime," Institute for Policy Studies, Muenster, Germany, September, 1979.

    "Naive Critics of a Simple-minded Marxism," American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, November, 1979.

    ''Illegal Business and White Collar Crime," International Conference on "Watergate and the Politics of Organized Crime" and "The Dialectics of the New Criminology," School of Criminal Justice, California State University, San Diego, May 6-7, 1980, and California State University, Sacramento, March 10-11, 1980.

    "The Politics of Organized Crime," International Platform Association, Washington, D.C.,  August, 1980.

    "The Law, the State and Organized Crime in America," University College, Cardiff, Wales, March, 1981.

    "Crime Rates and Criminal Politics,"  in the Home Office, London, April, 1981.

    "Crime Myths and Official Smokescreens," Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, April, 1981.

    "Organized Crime and American Politics,'' Annual Meeting National Alcohol Control Board, Miami, Florida, May, 1981.

    "The Politics of Organizing Crime," in Southern Oregon College, Ashland, Oregon, November, 1981.

    "Illegal Businesses and Political Campaigns," Meridian Junior College, Meridian, Mississippi, February, 1982.

    "Illegal Businesses and American Politics," University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC February, 1982.

    "The Development of and Prospects for a Radical Criminology," Temple Univers ity, Philadelphia, February, 1982.

    "Misconceptions of Crime and Criminal Politics," paper presented at the International Sociological Association Meetings, August, 1982.

    "The Politics of Crime," Public lecture, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, November, 1982.

    ''The Limits of Criminal Justice and Sanctions," at the Frankfurt International Conference on Crime and Criminal Law, Frankfurt, Germany, February, 1983.

    "Law, Crime and Politics ," Public lecture, Middlesex Polytechnic Institute, London, England, April, 1983.

    "Drug Abuse, Alcohol Abuse and Crime Control," International Conference on Drug and Alcohol Abuse,T orino, Italy, May, 1983.

    ''The Crime Menace," paper delivered at the American Sociological Association, Detroit, Michigan, September, 1983.

    "Crime Rates and Official Smokescreens," Public lecture, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine, October, 1983.

    Chairperson and Discussant on panel, "Law and Society," American Society of Criminology, Denver, Colorado, November, 1983.

    "Piracy and Law," International Sociological Association, Boston, Massachusetts: Januar y, 1984.

    "State Organized Crime," American Society of Criminology, San Diego, California, November, 1985.

    "The Sociology of Law and the Sociology of Crime," Alberta Conference, Socio~Legal Studies, Alberta, Canada, November, 1985.

    "Politics and Crime," University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, November, 1985.

    "The Interface of Social Theory and Sociology of Law," University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, November, 1985.

    "Crime, Politics and Drugs." SUNY New Paltz, November, 1986.

    "Organizing Crime and Politics", Keynote Address, Indiana University Symposium on Criminal Justice, March, 1987.

    "State Terrorism and State Crime", Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, April, 1987.

    "The Politics of State and Organized Crime", Fortunoff Lecture, New York University School of Law, April, 1987.

    "Sociological Theory and Polit ical Practice," paper delivered at the D.C. Sociological Society, November 3, 1987.

    "On State Organized Crime and Sociological Theory" paper delivered at the European Group for theS tudy of Deviance and Control, Vienna, Austria, September 14, 1987.

    ''Legalizing Drugs in America: The Facts and the Fictions," Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, D.C. Septemb er, 1988.

    "Should Drugs Be Legalized?", Mayor Schmoke's Working Group, Baltimore, Maryland, October, 1988.

    "State Organized Crime and Criminological Theory," Presidential Address, American Society of Criminology, Chicago, November, 1988.

    "The Political Economy of Drugs," International Co nference on Drugs and Crime, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, December, 1988.

    "Criminological Theory and Crimes of the State," Department of Sociology, University of California, San ta Barbara, March, 1990.

    "A War on Drugs or a Race War?" Annual Meeting of the California ACLU, Santa Barbara, California, March, 1990.

    "Reflections on Criminological Theory and Post-Modernism, n American Society of Criminology, November 10, 1991.

    "Race and Incarceration in the Crossbar Jail," (with Barry Hannah American Society of Criminology, November 11, 1992

    "The Use of Historical Data in Sociological Research," Texas Christian University, March, 1992.

    "Criminological Theory and the Logic of Science," Texas Christian University, March, 1992.

    "State Organized Crime:H ow States Violate Their Own Laws,'t Drexel University, May 4, 1992.

    "The Transformation of American Criminal Law'' Keynote Address, Legal Studies Conference, Melbourne, Australia, J anuary 1, 1993.

    "Tell My Mom I Won't Be Home Tonight: Tough Guys and Tough Laws," Presidential Address, Society for the Study of Social Problems, Miami, August 12, 1993.

    "Historical Development of American Criminal Justice System, U.S.I.A., International Exchange Program, U.S. Criminal Justice System, April 6, 1995: Washington, DC.

    "American Apartheid: Policing the Unruly Classes," Keynote Address, Hawaii Sociological Association, March 25, 1995: Honolulu, Hawaii.

    "U.S. Drug Policies and the Sociology of Law," Salisbury State University Sociological Society, October 5, 1995: Salisbury, Maryland.

    "Russian Organized Crime and the Transition fro m Planned to Market Economies," Austrian Academy of Social Sciences, Vienna, Austria, May, 1996.

    ''From Russia With Love: Russian Organized Crime and the U.S. Mafia," Address to George Washington University Alumni, Denver, Colorado, September, 1996.

    ''The Drug Wars: Who's Winning, Who's Losing," Northern Arizona University, September, 1996.


 
Current Work
    Criminological Theory and Social Structure (SUNY Press).

    Octopus Inc: Crimes of the State (Northeastern University Press)


 
Ongoing Research
Policing the Ghetto: The Consequences of European and American Drug Policies
The Sociology of Smuggling and Piracy
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