 William Chambliss
Professor of Sociology
William Chambliss' areas of research are criminology and the sociology of law. In pursuit of his research interests he has traveled widely including visiting professorships in Sweden, Norway, England, Wales, Nigeria, and Zambia. He also spent half a year in Thailand doing research on the international distribution of opium and heroin from Asia to Europe and America. He has served as president of the American Society of Criminology and the Society for the Study of Social Problems.
He has received numerous awards for his research and teaching including the prestigious Edwin H. Sutherland Award from the American Society of Criminology, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Sociological Association, the Bruce Smith Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and the PASS Award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency. In 1999 Professor Chambliss was awarded an honorary doctorate of law from the University of Guelph, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has been recognized as an outstanding teacher by being inducted into the George Washington University Chapter of Golden Key International Honour Society and the National Honor Society for Outstanding Teachers. In the spring of 2006, Prof. Chambliss participated in the Oxford Roundtable on Criminal Justice at Oxford University, England. In March 2008 Professor Chambliss will deliver the Beto Chair Lecture in Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University. Professor Chambliss has organized a workshop on state crime at the Onati International Institute for the Study of Law and Society in Onati, Spain which will have papers by an international group of scholars from Europe and America. He will also present two papers at the workshop: "International Drug Policy and State Crime" and "Prosecutorial Misconduct as State Crime" (with J. Jeffrey Chambliss).
Selected Publications
Books:
- 2004. Social Problems, Law and Society (with Richard Dello Buono and A. Kathryn Stout). NY: Rowman and Littlefield.
- 2001. Power, Politics, and Crime. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
- 1997. Sociology, 2nd Edition (with Richard Appelbaum). NY: Longman.
- 1994. Making Law: The Law, State and Stuctural Contradictions (co-edited with Marjorie Zatz). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
- 1990. Criminal Law, Criminology and Criminal Justice: A Casebook (with Tom Courtless). Menlo Park, CA.
- 1988. Exploring Criminology. NY: Macmillan.
- 1984. Criminal Law in Action, 2nd Edition (editor). NY: John Wiley.
- 1982. Law, Order and Power (with Robert Seidman). Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
- 1981. Organizing Crime (with Alan Block). NY: Elsevier.
- 1978. On the Take. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
- 1976. Whose Law? What Order? (co-edited with Milton Mankoff). NY: John Wiley.
- 1975. Sociology: The Discipline and its Direction (with Thomas E. Ryther). NY: McGraw-Hill.
- 1975. Criminal Law in Action (editor). NY: John Wiley.
- 1974. Problems of Industrial Society (editor). Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing.
- 1973. Sociological Readings in the Conflict Perspective (editor). Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing.
- 1972. Boxman: A Professional Thief's Journey (with Harry King). NY: Harper & Row.
- 1971. Law, Order, and Power (with Robert B. Seidman). Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing.
- 1970. A Research Bibliography on the Sociology of Law (with Robert B. Seidman). Berkeley, CA: Glendessary Press.
- 1969. Crime and the Legal Process (editor). NY: McGraw-Hill.
Articles:
- 2008. "America's Crime Control Industry: A Self Perpetuating System" in Margaret Beare (ed.) Honouring Social Justice. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
- 2005. "Personal Journeys in Sociology." Michigan Sociological Review, 19, 1-14.
- 1996. "Another Lost War: The Costs and Consequences of Drug Prohibition." Social Justice, 22, 101-124.
- 1994. "Policing the Ghetto Underclass: The Politics of Law and Law Enforcement." Social Problems, May, 177-194.
- 1989. "State Organized Crime." Criminology, 27, 183-208.
- 1980. "On Lawmaking." British Journal of Law and Society, Winter, 149-172.
- 1977. "Markets, Profits, Labor and Smack." Contemporary Crises, 1, 53-77.
- 1975. "Toward a Political Economy of Crime." Theory and Society, March, 149-170.
- 1973. "The Saints and the Roughnecks." Society Nov/Dec, 24-31.
- 1967. "Types of Deviance and the Effectiveness of Legal Sanctions." Wisconsin Law Review, 3, 703-719.
- 1964. "A Sociological Analysis of the Law of Vagrancy." Social Problems, summer, 67-77.
Current Projects
Currently Professor Chambliss is researching the political economy of the history and contemporary practice of piracy and smuggling.
Courses Taught
SOC 136: Criminology
SOC 181: Organized Crime
SOC 189: Crime in Film and Fiction
SOC 192: Fieldwork in Criminal Justice
SOC 238: Development of Sociological Theory
SOC 259: Criminology
Contact Information
wchamb@gwu.edu
202-994-6899
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