 Charis E. Kubrin
Associate Professor of Sociology
Charis E. Kubrin, Associate Professor of Sociology, received her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Washington in 2000. Professor Kubrin is working on a variety of projects that reflect her larger research agenda on neighborhoods, race, and violence as central to social disorganization theory. A new line of research examines the intersection of music, culture and social identity, particularly as it applies to hip hop and minority youth in disadvantaged communities. In 2005, Professor Kubrin received the Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology and the Morris Rosenberg Award for Recent Achievement from the District of Columbia Sociological Society. She is serving as President of the District of Columbia Sociological Society during the 2007-08 term.
Selected Publications
Books:
2008. Kubrin, Charis E., Thomas D. Stucky, and Marvin D. Krohn. Researching Theories of Crime and Deviance.
New York: Oxford University Press. To learn more about this book, click here.
2007. Crutchfield, Robert D., Charis E. Kubrin, Joseph G. Weis, and George S. Bridges. Crime and Society: Crime, 3rd Edition.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. To learn more about this book, click here.
2006. Squires, Gregory D. and Charis E. Kubrin. Privileged Places: Race, Residence, and the Structure of Opportunity.
Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers. To learn more about this book, click here.
Articles:
Forthcoming 2008. Deane, Glenn, Steven F. Messner, Thomas D. Stucky, Kelly McGeever, and Charis E. Kubrin. "Not 'Islands, Entire of Themselves': Exploring the Spatial Context of City-Level Robbery Rates." Journal of Quantitative Criminology.
Forthcoming 2008. Kubrin, Charis E. "Making Order of Disorder: A Call for Conceptual Clarity." Criminology & Public Policy.
2008. Guest, Avery M., Charis E. Kubrin, and Jane K. Cover. "Heterogeneity and Harmony: Neighboring Relationships among Whites in
Ethnically-Diverse Neighborhoods in Seattle." Urban Studies 43:501-526. To read this paper, click here.
2007. Wadworth, Tim and Charis E. Kubrin. "Hispanic Suicide in U.S. Metropolitan Areas:
Examining the Effects of Immigration,
Assimilation, Affluence, and Disadvantage." American Journal of Sociology 112:1848-1885. To read this paper, click here.
2007. Pollak, Jessica M. and Charis E. Kubrin. "Crime in the News: How Crimes, Offenders and Victims are Portrayed in the Media."
Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture 14:59-83. To read this paper, click here.
2006. Guest, Avery M., Jane K. Cover, Charis E. Kubrin, and Ross L. Matsueda. "Neighborhood Context and Neighboring Ties."
City and Community 5:363-385. To read this paper, click here.
2006. Kubrin, Charis E., Tim Wadsworth, and Stephanie DiPietro. "Deindustrialization, Disadvantage, and Suicide among
Young Black Males." Social Forces 84:1559-1579. To read this paper, click here.
2006. Kubrin, Charis E. and Eric A. Stewart. "Predicting Who Reoffends: The Neglected Role of Neighborhood Context in
Recidivism Studies." Criminology 44:171-204. To read this paper, click here.
2005. Kubrin, Charis E. "I See Death around the Corner: Nihilism in Rap Music." Sociological Perspectives 48:433-459.
To read this paper, click here.
2005. Kubrin, Charis E. "Gangstas, Thugs, and Hustlas: Identity and the Code of the Street in Rap Music." Social Problems
52:360-378. To read this paper, click here.
2005. Squires, Gregory D. and Charis E. Kubrin. "Privileged Places: Race, Uneven Development and the Geography of
Opportunity in Urban America" Urban Studies 42:47-68. To read this paper, click here.
2004. Wadsworth, Tim and Charis E. Kubrin. "Structural Factors and Black Interracial Homicide: A New Examination of
the Causal Process." Criminology 42:647-672. To read this paper, click here.
2004. Weitzer, Ronald and Charis E. Kubrin. "Breaking News: How Local TV News and Real-World Conditions
Affect Fear of Crime." Justice Quarterly 21:497-520. To read this paper, click here.
2003. Kubrin, Charis E. and Ronald Weitzer. "New Directions in Social Disorganization Theory."
Journal of Research in Crime and Deliquency 40:374-402. To read this paper, click here.
2003. Kubrin, Charis E. and Jerald Herting. "Neighborhood Correlates of Homicide Trends: An Analysis Using
Growth-Curve Modeling." Sociological Quarterly 44:329-350. To read this paper, click here.
2003. Kubrin, Charis E. and Ronald Weitzer. "Retaliatory Homicide: Concentrated Disadvantage and Neighborhood
Culture." Social Problems 50:157-180. To read this paper, click here.
2003. Kubrin, Charis E. "Structural Covariates of Homicide Rates: Does Type of Homicide Matter?" Journal of
Research in Crime and Delinquency 40:139-170. To read this paper, click here.
2003. Kubrin, Charis E. and Tim Wadsworth. "Identifying the Structural Correlates of African-American Killings:
What Can We Learn from Data Disaggregation?" Homicide Studies 7:3-35. To read this paper, click here.
2000. Kubrin, Charis E. "Racial Heterogeneity and Crime: Measuring Static and Dynamic Effects."
Research in Community Sociology 10:189-218.
Current Projects
Along with Tim Wadsworth, Professor Kubrin has received funding from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation for their project titled, "What's Behind the Increase?: Explaining Recent Trends in Suicide among African American Males."
Professor Kubrin was selected as a George Washington Institute for Public Policy Research Scholar for 2006-2007 to complete her project, "Explaining Suicide in the U.S.: Incorporating Firearm Availability in Macro-Level Research." Along with Tim Wadsworth, she has received additional funding for this project from the Joyce Foundation.
Courses Taught
SOC 003: Introduction to Criminal Justice (undergraduate level)
SOC 178: Deviant Behavior and Social Control (undergraduate level)
SOC 801: Justice and the Criminal Courts in Washington, DC (undergraduate level)
SOC 230: Research Methods (graduate level)
SOC 263: Race and Crime (graduate level)
Contact Information
charisk@gwu.edu
202-994-6349
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