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James Wilson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology (at Lincoln Center)
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; B.A., University
of Utah; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2001.
Lowenstein 917F
113 W. 60th Street
New York, NY 10023
tel: (212) 636-6398
fax: (212) 636-7153
wilson@fordham.edu
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Research Interests
Criminal justice; community organizations; criminology/delinquency; social processes. |
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Biographical Details
Professor James Wilson started his career as a geologist in the early 1980s, working 10 years in the oil industry. After returning to graduate school, he served as the Director of Planning and Research for the Tennessee Department of Correction from 1999-2001 while completing his Ph.D. He then worked for two years (2001-2003) as a Senior Research Associate for the nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice. While there, he was principal investigator on two National Institute of Justice grants, "An Evaluation of the Greenlight Transitional Services Demonstration Program", and (co-principal with Don Stemen) on "Of Fragmentation and Ferment: The Impact of State Sentencing Policies on Incarceration Rates, 1975-2002." He joined the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Fordham University in 2003 and has been happy there ever since. Professor Wilson's publications have appeared in such journals as American Sociological Review, Criminology and Criminology and Public Policy . His current research interests are in the areas of corrections and community corrections, offender reentry/reintegration, and how private and nonprofit community organizations can work with public agencies to facilitate the reentry process. |
Selected Publications
Books
2006. Stemen, Don, Andres Rengifo, and James A. Wilson. State Sentencing Policies: Accelerators or Decelerators of Incarceration Rates? Nova Science Publishers, Hauppage, NY.
Articles
2006. Wilson, James A., and Gabrielle Chapman. "Finding Common Ground and a Unified Voice: Consensus Building among Criminal Justice Stakeholders." Corrections Compendium 31
(4: July/August):7-10.
2006. Wilson, James A., and Robert C. Davis. "When Good Intentions Meet Hard Realities: An Evaluation of the Project Greenlight Reentry Program." Criminology and Public Policy 5(2):301-337.
2005. Wilson, James A. "Bad Behavior or Bad Policy: An Examination of Tennessee Parole Cohorts: 1993-2001." Criminology and Public Policy 4(3):401-434.
1999b. Wilson, James A., and Walter R. Gove. "The age-period-cohort conundrum, verbal ability, and the General Social Survey: Empirical and theoretical evidence for aging effects," American Sociological Review 64(April):253-266.
1999a. Wilson, James A., and Walter R. Gove. "The intercohort decline in verbal ability: Does it exist?" American Sociological Review 64(April):287-302.
1997. Wood, Peter B., Walter R. Gove, James A. Wilson, and John K. Cochran. "Non-social reinforcement and habitual criminal conduct: An extension of learning theory," Criminology 35(2):335-366. |
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Courses Taught
Undergraduate
Introduction to Sociology; Introduction to Criminal Justice; Research Design I; Criminology; Juvenile Delinquency; Prison, Probation, and Parole; Social Problems; Theories of Criminology; Drugs, Law, and Society; Sociology of Deviance
Graduate
Sociology of Imprisonment
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