1/7/2008
Janet Lauritsen, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Violent Victimization Risk: 1973-2005
Janet Lauritsen is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Her research is focused on the social context of violent victimization and race and ethnic differences in violence. She is currently working with Karen Heimer to assess long-term trends in violence against women and the gender gap in violence. She recently served as Chairperson of the American Statistical Association Committee on Law and Justice Statistics, as Visiting Research Fellow at the Bureau of Justice Statistics in the U.S. Department of Justice, and on the Executive Board of the American Society of Criminology. Professor Lauritsen is currently a member of the National Academy of Science's Committee on National Statistics Panel that is reviewing crime and justice statistics for the federal government.
Rick Rosenfeld, University of Missouri-St. Louis
The Impact of Collective Economic Perceptions on Crime Rates
Richard Rosenfeld is Curators Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is co-author with Steven F. Messner of Crime and the American Dream (4th ed. Wadsworth, 2007) and has published widely on crime trends and crime control policy. Professor Rosenfeld is a member of the National Academy of Science's Committee on Law and Justice and a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology.
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