VITA
SCOTT H. DECKER
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Work Address:
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Arizona State University
411 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004-0685
[email protected]
(602) 496-2333 (office)
(602) 496-2336 (fax)
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Criminology, Florida State University.
MA Criminology, Florida State University.
BA
DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana.
1976.
1974.
1972.
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
School of Criminal Justice and Criminology. Arizona State University.
Professor, 2006-present.
Foundation Professor, 2010-present.
Honors College Professor. 2014-present.
Affiliated Faculty, Center for the Future of War. 2014 – present.
Transatlantic Partnership, Dublin City University-ASU, Faculty Participant.
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Curator's Professor, 2001-2006.
Professor, 1986-2006.
Associate Professor, 1982-1986.
Assistant Professor, 1977-1982.
Fellow, Center for Metropolitan Studies, UM-St. Louis. 1982-1995.
Fellow, Center for International Studies, UM-St. Louis. 2001-2004.
Public and Environmental Affairs and Sociology, Indiana University-Ft. Wayne.
Assistant Professor, 1976-1977.
Administrative Experience
Director, School of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Arizona State University. 2006-2014.
Chairperson, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, UM-St. Louis. 1983-1998. 2006.
Policy Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, UM-St. Louis. 1983-1998. 2006.
Chair, Senate Committee on Research and Publications, 1985-1986. Member, 1984-1986, 19891991, 2002-2004. UM-St. Louis.
Chair, Senate Committee on Committees, 1986-1987. UM-St. Louis.
Member, Senate Executive Committee, 1985-1987, 1988-1989. UM-St. Louis.
Chancellor's Liaison with Community Colleges, 1986-1987. UM-St. Louis.
Member, Campus Appointments, Tenure and Promotion Committee, 1987-1989. 2001-2002.
Chair, 1988-1989. UM-St. Louis.
Member, University of Missouri Research Board, 1991-1996. Chair, 1994-1996.
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AREAS OF INTEREST
1. Gangs
2. Crime Control Policy
3. Criminology
4. Youth Crime
AWARDS
Chancellor’s Award for Research and Creativity. University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1996.
Curator’s Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis. 2002-2006.
E. Desmond Lee Lecturer, UM-St. Louis. 2005. 2012.
Fellow, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. 2007.
Hindelang Lecturer, School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany. 2009
Cutting Edge in Research Award. Social Sciences. Arizona State University. 2009.
Foundation Professor. Arizona State University. 2010-2015.
Bruce Smith Jr. Award. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. 2011.
Fellow, American Society of Criminology. 2012.
George J. Beto Chair, Lecture Series. 2012. Sam Houston State University.
Hans Mattick Lecture and Award. 2013. University of Illinois Chicago.
Distinguished Lecturer Series. 2014. University of Texas-Dallas.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Scott H. Decker and David C. Pyrooz. (Editors) 2015. Handbook of Gangs. New York: John
Wiley. Forthcoming.
G. David Curry, Scott H. Decker, and David C. Pyrooz. 2014. Confronting Gangs: Crime and
Community. New York: Oxford University Press. Second edition, 2002. First Edition, 1998.
Hugh D. Barlow and Scott H. Decker. (Editors). 2010. Criminology and Public Policy: Putting
Theory to Work. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Scott H. Decker and Margaret Chapman Townsend. 2008. Lessons from the Inside: Drug
Smugglers on Drug Smuggling. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Selected as a CHOICE,
Outstanding Academic Title of the Year, 2008.
Scott H. Decker. 2008. A Guidebook for Local Law Enforcement Strategies to Address Gang
Crime. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. U.S. Department of Justice.
Washington,
Josine Junger-Tas and Scott H. Decker. 2006. (Editors). The International Handbook of Juvenile
Justice. New York, Dordrecht: Springer-Verlag.
Scott H. Decker and Frank Weerman (Editors). 2005. European Street Gangs and Troublesome
Youth Groups. San Francisco, CA: Alta Mira. Recipient of the American Society of
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Criminology, Division of International Criminology, Distinguished Book Award. 2006.
Reviewed in CHOICE, September, 2006.
Scott H. Decker. 2002. Policing Gangs and Youth Violence. (Editor) Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Winnie Reed and Scott H. Decker. 2002. (Editors). Responding to Gangs: Evaluation and
Research. Washington, D.C.: National Institute of Justice.
Scott H. Decker, Leanne F. Alarid and Charles Katz (Editors). 2002. Controversies in Criminal
Justice. New York: Oxford.
Scott H. Decker. 2001. From the Street to the Prison: Understanding and Responding to Gangs.
Richmond, KY: National Major Gang Task Force. American Correctional Association. Second
edition, 2004.
Richard Wright and Scott H. Decker. 1997. Armed Robbers in Action: Stickups and Streetlife
Culture. Boston: Northeastern University Press.
Scott H. Decker and Barrik Van Winkle. 1996. Life in the Gang: Family, Friends and Violence.
New York: Cambridge University Press. 1997 Finalist for the C. Wright Mills Award. Winner
of the 1998 Outstanding Book Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
Reviewed in CHOICE, February 1997.
Richard Wright and Scott H. Decker. 1994. Burglars on the Job: Streetlife Culture and
Residential Break-ins. Boston: Northeastern University Press. Awarded the Prize for
Outstanding Scholarship by the Crime and Delinquency Division of the Society for the Study of
Social Problems, 1994-1995.
Scott H. Decker. 1984. (Editor). Juvenile Justice Policy: Analyzing Trends and Outcomes.
Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
Scott H. Decker. 1980. Criminalization, Victimization and Structural Characteristics of TwentySix American Cities. Saratoga, CA: Century Twenty-One Publishing Company.
Refereed Articles (Students in Bold)
Huebner, Beth M., Kimberly Martin, David C. Pyrooz, Richard K. Moule, Jr. and Scott H.
Decker. (forthcoming). Dangerous Places: Gang Members and Neighborhood Levels of
Gun Assault. Justice Quarterly.
O’Neil, Eryn N., Scott H. Decker, David C. Pyrooz, Rickard K. Moule. (forthcoming).Girls,
Gangs and Getting Out: Gender Differences and Similarities in Leaving the Gang. Youth
Violence and Juvenile Justice.
Moule, Richard K., David C. Pyrooz and Scott H. Decker. (forthcoming). Internet Adoption
and Online Behavior Among American Street Gangs: Integrating Gangs and
Organizational Theory. British Journal of Criminology.
Scott H. Decker, David C. Pyrooz, Rickard K. Moule and Gary Sweeten. 2014. Validating SelfNomination in Gang Research: Assessing Differences in Gang Embeddedness Across
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Non, Current, and Former Gang Members. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Volume
30, Issue 4 (2014), Page 577-598.
Pyrooz, David C., Scott H. Decker and Richard K. Moule Jr. 2014. “The Contribution of Gang
Membership to the Victim-Offender Overlap.” Journal of Research in Crime and
Delinquency, 51, 3: 315 - 348.
Schaefer, David, Nancy Rodriguez and Scott Decker. 2014. “The Role of Neighborhood Context
in Youth Co-Offending.” Criminology, 52: 117-139.
Decker, Scott H., David C. Pyrooz and Richard Moule, Jr. 2014. Disengagement from Gangs
as Role Transitions. Journal of Research on Adolescence. 24, 2: 268–283.
Moule, Richard K. Jr. and Scott H. Decker. 2013. “Hidden in Plain Sight: Locating the Men
and Women of the 1954 Boston Special Youth Program.” Journal of Qualitative
Criminology and Criminal Justice, 1, 2: 267-291.
Taylor, Melanie, Scott H. Decker, and Charles Katz. 2013. “Consent Decrees and Juvenile
Corrections in Arizona: What Happens When Oversight Ends?” JRSA FORUM,
September, 31, 3: 1-5.
Stevenson, Philip, Charles Katz and Scott Decker. 2013. “The Foundation of an Evidence-Based
Justice System: The Need for Meaningful Academic and Applied Researcher
Partnerships.” Translational Criminology, Fall: 22-25.
Moule Jr., Richard K., David C. Pyrooz, and Scott H. Decker. 2013. From 'What the f#@% is a
Facebook?' to 'Who doesn't use Facebook?': The role of criminal lifestyles in the adoption
and use of the Internet. Social Science Research, 42: 1411-1421.
Jeff Rojek, Scott H. Decker, Geoffrey P. Alpert, and J. Andrew Hansen. 2013. “Is the
quarterback a ‘Crip’: The presence of gangs in collegiate athletic programs.” Criminal
Justice Review, forthcoming.
Alpert, Geoff, Jeff Rojek, Scott H. Decker, J. Andrew Hansen, Randy Shannon, Ryan Alpert and
Daniel Radakovich. 2013. Perceptions of gang involvement among college student
athletes. Journal of Applied Sport Management, 5: 2, 1-25.
O’Neal, Eryn N., Scott H. Decker, Cassia Spohn, and Katherine Tellis. 2013. “Condom use
during sexual assault.” The Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. Aug: 20(6):605609.
David C. Pyrooz, Richard Moule, Jr. and Scott H. Decker. 2013. Criminal and routine activities
in online settings: Gangs, offenders, and the Internet. Justice Quarterly.
(DOI:10.1080/07418825.2013.778326) .
Scott H. Decker, Chris Melde and David C. Pyrooz. 2013. What Do We Know about Gangs and
Gang Members and Where do we Go From Here?. Justice Quarterly, 30, 3:369-402.
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Lewis, Paul, Monica Varsanyi, Doris Marie Provine and Scott Decker. 2013. “Why Do (Some)
City Police Departments Enforce Federal Immigration Law? Political, Demographic, and
Organizational Influences on Local Choices.” Journal of Public Administration Research
and Theory, 23, 1: 1- 26.
David Pyrooz and Scott H. Decker. 2013. “Delinquent Behavior, Violence and Gang
Involvement in China.” Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 29:251-272.
Scott H. Decker and David Pyrooz. 2012. Gang Offending and Online Behavior. JRSA Forum,
Volume 30, # 3: pp. 1-5.
Rojek, Jeffrey, Richard Rosenfeld and Scott H. Decker. 2012. “Policing Race: The Racial
Stratification of Race in Police Traffic Stops.” Criminology, 50:4: 993-1024.
Scott H. Decker, Paul G. Lewis, Doris Marie Provine, and Monica W. Varsanyi. 2012.Local
Policing, Local Communities, and Immigration: Results from Three Nationwide Surveys
of Law Enforcement Executives. Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 12:2:25-30.
Marie Provine, Paul Lewis, Monica Varsanyi and Scott H. Decker. 2012. "A Multilayered
Jurisdictional Patchwork: Immigration Federalism in the United States." Law and Policy
Quarterly, 34, 2: 138-158.
Scott H. Decker and David Pyrooz. 2011. “Gangs, Terrorism, and Radicalization.” Journal of
Strategic Security, 4: 151-166.
David C. Pyrooz and Scott H. Decker. 2011. Motives and Methods for Leaving the Gang:
Understanding the Process of Gang Desistance. Journal of Criminal Justice, 39, 5: 417425.
Richard Rosenfeld, Jeff Rojek and Scott H. Decker. 2011. Age Matters: Race Differences in
Police Searches of Young and Older Male Drivers.” Journal of Research in Crime and
Delinquency, 49, 1: 31-55.
David Pyrooz, Scott H. Decker, and Mark Fleisher. 20110. From the Street to the Prison, From
the Prison to the Street: Prospects for Understanding and Controlling Prison Gangs.
Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research.
Scott H. Decker and David Pyrooz. 2010. On the Validity and Reliability of Gang Measures: A
Comparison of Disparate Sources. Homicide Studies. 14: 359-376.
David Pyrooz, Scott H. Decker and Vincent J. Webb. 2014. The Ties that Bind: Desistance
from Gangs. Crime and Delinquency. 60, 491 - 516.
Sean Varano, Joseph Shaffer, Jeff Cancino, Scott Decker and Jack R. Greene. 2010. A Tale of
Three Cities: Crime & Displacement after Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Criminal
Justice. 38: 42-50.
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David Pyrooz, Andrew Fox and Scott H. Decker. 2010. Racial and Ethnic Heterogeneity,
Economic Disadvantage, and Gangs :A Macro-Level Study of Gang Membership in
Urban America. Justice Quarterly, 2: 1-26.
Jana Benson and Scott H. Decker. 2009. The Organizational Structure of International Drug
Smuggling. Journal of Criminal Justice. 38(2):130-138.
Jeffrey Rojek and Scott H. Decker. 2009. Minority Group Threat Inside an Organization:
Examining Racial Disparity in the Police Disciplinary Process. Police Quarterly, 1-20.
Scott H. Decker. 2009. Vollmer Award Commentary: An Essay in Tribute to Malcolm Klein on
his recognition as the August Vollmer Award winner. Criminology and Public Policy,
Volume 8, Number 1: 13-18.
Scott H. Decker, Frank van Gemert, and David Pyrooz. 2009. Gangs, Migration and Crime:
The Changing Landscape in Europe and the United States. Journal of International
Migration and Immigration, 10: 393-408.
Adam Watkins, Beth Huebner and Scott H. Decker. 2008. Patterns of Gun Acquisition,
Carrying, and Use among Juvenile and Adult Arrestees: Evidence from a High-Crime
City. Justice Quarterly, Volume 25, Number 4:674-700.
Scott H. Decker, Sean Varano, and Jack R. Greene. 2008. Routine Crime In Exceptional Times:
The Case of the Salt Lake Olympics. Journal of Criminal Justice. Volume 35, Number
1: 89-101.
Scott H. Decker, Charles M, Katz and Vincent J. Webb. 2007. Understanding the Black Box of
Gang Organization: Implications for Involvement in Violent Crime, Drug Sales and
Violent Victimization. Crime and Delinquency, Volume 54, Number 1: 153-172.
Charlotte Lyn Bright, Scott H. Decker, and Andrea M. Burch. 2007. Gender and Justice in
the Progressive Era: An Investigation of Saint Louis Juvenile Court Cases, 1909-1912.
Justice Quarterly, Volume 24, Number 4: 657-678.
Scott H. Decker. 2007. Expand the Use of Police Gang Units. Criminology and Public Policy,
Volume 6, Number 4. 729-734.
Adam Watkins and Scott H. Decker. 2007. “Patterns of Homicide in East St. Louis.”
Homicide Studies. Volume 11, 1: 1-20.
Ruddell, Rick, Scott H. Decker and Arlen Egley, Jr. 2006. Gang Intervention in Jails: A
National Analysis. Criminal Justice Review. Vol. 31, 1: 33-46.
Patricia A. Naber, David C. May, Scott H. Decker, Kevin I. Minor, and James B. Wells. 2006.
“Are there Gangs in Schools?: It Depends upon Whom You Ask”. Journal of School
Violence. Volume 5, Number 2: 53-72.
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Scott H. Decker, Jack R. Greene, Vince Webb, Jeff Rojek, Jack McDevitt, Tim Bynum, Sean
Varano and Peter K. Manning. 2005. Safety and Security at Special Events: The Case of
the Salt Lake City Olympic Games.” Security Journal, 18: 65-74.
Webb, V., Katz, C., and S. Decker. 2005. Assessing the Validity of Self-Reports by Gang
Members: Results from the Arrestee Drug-Abuse Monitoring Program. Crime &
Delinquency, Vol. 52, No. 1: 232-252.
Chuck Katz, Vince Webb and Scott Decker. 2005. “Using the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring
(ADAM) Program to Further Understand the Relationship between Drug Use and Gang
Membership.” Justice Quarterly, 22, 1, 58-88.
Rick Ruddell and Scott H. Decker. 2005. “Kids and Assault Weapons: Social Problem or
Social Construction?” Criminal Justice Review, Volume 30: 1-16.
Rojek, Jeff, Richard Rosenfeld and Scott H. Decker. 2004.“The Influence of Driver’s Race on
Traffic Stops in Missouri.” Police Quarterly, 7, 126-147.
Lynn S. Urban, Jenna L. St. Cyr and Scott H. Decker. 2003. “Goal Conflict in the Juvenile
Court: The Evolution of Sentencing Practices in the United States.“ Journal of
Contemporary Criminal Justice, Special Issue on Comparative Sentencing Practices for
Juveniles. Pp. 454-479. Josine Junger-Tas, Editor.
Scott H. Decker. 2003. “Advertising Against Crime: The Potential Impact of Publicity in Crime
Prevention.” Criminology and Public Policy, 2: 525-530.
George Burruss and Scott Decker. 2003. Deterrence and Police Problem Solving: A Research
Note Examining the Gun Seizure Process." Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume
30:6:567-574.
Layne, Mary, Scott H. Decker, Margaret Townsend and Caben Chester. 2002. “Drug
Smuggling.” Trends in Organized Crime. Volume 7, Number 3::66-87.
Jenna St. Cyr and Scott H. Decker. 2003. "Guys, Girls and Gangs: Convergence or Divergence
in the Gendered Construction of Gangs and Groups." Journal of Criminal Justice,
31:423-423.
G. David Curry, Scott H. Decker, and H. Arlen Egley, Jr. 2002. "Gang Involvement and
Delinquency in a Middle School Population." Justice Quarterly, 19: 301-318.
Jody Miller and Scott H. Decker. 2001. "Young Women and Gang Violence: Gender, Street
Offending, and Violent Victimization in Gangs." Justice Quarterly, 18: 115-140.
(Reprinted in Leanne Alarid and Paul Cromwell (Eds.) In Her Own Words: Women
Offender’s Views on Crime and Victimization. Oxford University Press. 2006)
Scott H. Decker. 2001. " Doing fieldwork with active gang members: Gettin' down on the set".
Focaal. Volume 36, 97-104.
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Scott H Decker and G. David Curry. 2001. "Addressing Key Features of Gang Membership:
Measuring the Involvement of Young Members." Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume
28 , 4, 1-10.
Scott H. Decker and G. David Curry. 2000. "Responding to Gangs: Comparing Gang Member,
Police and Task Force Perspectives." Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume 28, Number
2: 129-138.
Scott H. Decker. 2000. “Legitimating Drug Use: A Note on the Impact of Gang Membership
And Drug Sales on the Use of Illicit Drugs”. Justice Quarterly. Volume 17, Number 2:
393-410. Reprinted in Rebecca D. Peterson (Ed.). Contemporary Gangs in America: An
Interdisciplinary Approach.
Rosenfeld, Richard B. and Scott H. Decker. 1999. “Are Arrest Statistics Valid Measures of
Drug Abuse?: The Relationship Between Criminal Justice and Public Health Indicators of
Cocaine, Heroin, and Marijuana Use.” Justice Quarterly. Volume 16, Number 3:685700.
Mark S. Fleisher and Scott H. Decker. 2001. "An Overview of the Challenge of Prison Gangs."
Corrections Management Quarterly, 5: 1-9. (Reprinted in Rebecca D. Peterson (Ed.).
Contemporary Gangs in America: An Interdisciplinary Approach.
Mark S. Fleisher and Scott H. Decker. 2001. "Going Home, Staying Home: Integrating Prison
Gang Members into the Community." Corrections Management Quarterly, 5: 65-77.
Decker, Scott H., Timothy S. Bynum, and Deborah Weisel. 1998. “A Tale of Two Cities: Gang
Organization.” Justice Quarterly. Volume 15, Number 3: 395-425. Reprinted in
Esbensen, Tibbetts and Gaines (Editors) (2004) American Youth Gangs at the
Millennium. Prospect Heights, IL.: Waveland.
Wright, Richard and Scott H. Decker. 1997. “Creating the Illusion of Impending Death -Armed Robbers in Action.” Harry Frank Guggenheim Review. Fall, Volume 2, Number
1. Pp. 10-18. Reprinted in P. Cromwell, In Their Own Words: Criminals on Crime. Los
Angeles: Roxbury. First, Second, Third and Fourth editions.
Curry, David and Scott H. Decker. 1997. “Understanding and Responding to Gangs in an
Emerging Gang City.” Valparaiso University Law Review, 31, 2, 523-534.
Curry, David and Scott H. Decker. 1997. “What’s in a Name?: A gang By any other Name
Isn’t Quite the Same.” Valparaiso University Law Review, 31, 2, 501-514.
Rosenfeld, Richard and Scott H. Decker. 1996. “Consent to Search and Seize: An Evaluation of
the St. Louis Firearm Suppression Project”. Law And Contemporary Problems, Volume
59, Number 1, 197-220. reprinted in, Tara O’Connor Shelley and Anne C. Grant (Eds.)
Problem Oriented Policing: Crime Specific Problems, Critical Issues and Making POP
Work. Washington, D.C.: Police Executive Research Forum.
Decker, Scott H. 1996. "Collective and Normative Features of Gang Violence." Justice
Quarterly, Volume 13, 2, 243-264. (Reprinted in Ralph Weisheit and Robert Culbertson,
(2000). Juvenile Delinquency: A Justice Perspective. Prospect Heights, IL.: Waveland.
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Carl Pope, Rick Lovell and Steven Brandl (eds.). (2000). Readings in Criminal Justice
Methods. Wadsworth Publishing Company. Reprinted in Pp. 46-58 in Dean J. Dabney
(Ed.) Crime Types. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. In Their Own Words, Paul Cromwell
(Ed.). Roxbury, Fourth Edition.
Decker, Scott H. 1996. "Deviant Homicide: A New Look at the Intersection of Motives and
Victim Offender Relationships." Journal of Research on Crime and Delinquency, 33,
427-449. (Reprinted in Schichor and Tibbetts, Victims and Victimization: Essential
Readings. Prospect Heights, IL.: Waveland Press.
Decker, Scott H. 1996. "Reconstructing Homicide Events: The Role of Witnesses in Fatal
Encounters.” Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume 23, Number 5: 439-450.
Wright, Richard, Robert Logie and Scott H. Decker. 1995. "Criminal Expertise and Offender
Decision-Making: An Experimental Study of the Target Selection Process on Residential
Burglary." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Volume 32, Number 1:3953.
Decker, Scott H. and Richard Rosenfeld. 1995. "My Wife is Married and so is my Girlfriend:
Adaptations to the Threat of AIDS in a High-Risk Population." Crime and Delinquency,
Volume 41, Number 1:37-53.
Decker, Scott. H. 1995. "Slinging' Dope: The Role of Gangs and Gang Members in Drug
Sales." Justice Quarterly, Volume 11, Number 4: 1001-1022.
Rosenfeld, Richard and Scott H. Decker. 1995. "Constructive Criticism and Violence
Prevention: A Response to Cordner, Mastrofski, Walker." American Journal of Police.
Leonard, Kimberly Kempf and Scott Decker. 1994. "The Theory of Social Control: Does it
Apply to the Very Young?" Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume 22, Number 2: 89-107.
Decker, Scott H. 1993. "Exploring Victim Offender Relationships in Homicide: The Role of
Individual and Event Characteristics." Justice Quarterly. Volume 10, Number 4: 585612.
Rosenfeld, Richard and Scott H. Decker. 1993. "Where Public Health and Law Enforcement
Meet: Monitoring and Preventing Youth Violence." American Journal of Police,
Volume 12, Number 3: 11-57.
Decker, S. H. and Richard Wright. 1993. "A Woman's Place is in the Home: Females and
Residential Burglary." Justice Quarterly. Volume 10, Number 1:143-162. (Reprinted
in Leanne Alarid and Paul Cromwell (Eds.) In Her Own Words: Women Offender’s
Views on Crime and Victimization. Oxford University Press. 2006)
Rosenfeld, Richard and Scott H. Decker. 1993. "Discrepant Values, Correlated Measures: Cross
City Comparisons of Self Reports and Urine Tests of Cocaine Use Among Arrestees."
Journal of Criminal Justice. Volume 21: 223-230.
Decker, Scott H., Richard Wright and Robert Logie. 1993. "Perceptual Deterrence among
Active Residential Burglars: A Research Note." Criminology. Volume 31, Number
1:135-147.
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Decker, Scott H. and Richard Rosenfeld. 1992. "Intravenous Drug Use and the AIDS Epidemic:
Findings from a Twenty City Sample of Arrestees." Crime and Delinquency. Volume
38, Number 4:492-509.
Logie, Robert, Richard Wright and Scott Decker. 1992. "Recognition Memory Performance and
Residential Burglary." Applied Cognitive Psychology. Volume 6: 109-123. Reprinted
in Dick Hobbes (editor) The International Library of Criminology, Criminal Justice and
Penology. Hampshire, UK: Dartmouth.
Compton, Wilson B., Linda B. Cottler, Scott H. Decker, Douglas Mager and Roosevelt
Stringfellow. 1992. "Legal Needle Buying in St. Louis". American Journal of Public
Health. Volume 82, Number 4: 595-596.
Wright, R. and Decker, S. H., Smith, D. L., and A. Redfern. 1992. "A Snowball's Chance in
Hell: Doing Fieldwork with Active Residential Burglars." Journal of Research in Crime
and Delinquency. Volume 29, Number 2:148-161. Reprinted in R. Szafran, Social
Science Research. Los Angeles: Pyrczak Publishing Company. 1994. Reprinted in P.
Cromwell, In Their Own Words: Criminals on Crime. Los Angeles: Roxbury. First,
Second, Third and Fourth editions. Reprinted in P. 182-192 in Dean J. Dabney (Ed.)
Crime Types. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth
Kempf, Kimberly, Scott Decker and Robert Bing. 1992. "An Analysis of Apparent Disparities
in the Handling of Black Youth Within Missouri's Juvenile Justice System." The Justice
Professional, Volume 6, Number 1: 110-133.
Decker, Scott H. and Kimberly Kempf. 1991. "Constructing Gangs: The Social Definition of
Youth Activities." Criminal Justice Policy Review. Volume 5, Number 4: 271-291.
Reprinted in Klein, Maxson and Miller, The Modern Gang Reader. Los Angeles:
Roxbury. 1995.
Decker, Scott H. and Carol W. Kohfeld. 1990. "Certainty, Severity and the Probability of
Crime: A Logistic Analysis." Policy Studies Journal, 19, 1:2-21.
Decker, Scott H. and Carol Kohfeld. 1990. "The Deterrent Effect of Executions in the Five
Most Active States: A Time Series Analysis.” Criminal Justice Review, 15, 2:173-191.
Greene, Jack R. and Scott H. Decker. 1989. "Police and Community Perceptions of the
Community Role in Policing: The Philadelphia Experience." The Howard Journal of
Criminal Justice, 28, 2:105-123.
Decker, Scott H. and Carol W. Kohfeld. 1988. "Capital Punishment and Executions in the Lone
Star State: A Deterrence Study." Criminal Justice Review Bulletin, 3, 12:1-7.
Decker Scott H. and Carol W. Kohfeld. 1987. "The Deterrent Effect of Executions in Florida: A
Time Series Analysis." Criminal Justice Policy Review, 1, 4:422-437.
Decker, Scott H. and Barbara Salert. 1987. "Selective Incapacitation: An Examination of Its
Impact on Minorities." Journal of Criminal Justice, 15, 4:287-299.
Decker, Scott H. 1987. "Blind Faith and the Juvenile Justice System: A Response to Binder".
Journal of Criminal Justice, 15, 3:261-264.
Decker, Scott H. and Carol W. Kohfeld. 1986. "A Time Series Analysis of the Deterrent Effect
of Executions in Missouri: 1930-1980." Journal of Crime and Justice, 10, 1: 23-46.
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Decker, Scott H. and Barbara Salert. 1986. "Predicting the Career Criminal: A Re-Test of the
Greenwood Scale." Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 70, 1:215-232.
Decker, Scott H. and Allen E. Wagner. 1985. "Black and White Complainants and the Police: A
Comparison of Individual and Contextual Characteristics." American Journal of
Criminal Justice, 10, 1:93-111.
Decker, Scott H. and Carol W. Kohfeld. 1985. "Crimes, Crime Rates, Arrests and Arrest Ratios:
Implications for Deterrence Theory." Criminology, 23, 3:437-450.
Decker, Scott H. 1984. "A Systemic Analysis of Diversion: Net Widening and Beyond."
Journal of Criminal Justice, 12, 2:367-377.
Decker Scott H. 1984. "A Time Series Study of the Deterrent Effect of the Death Penalty in
Illinois: 1930-1980." Journal of Criminal Justice, 12, 4:367-377.
Decker, Scott H. 1983. "Comparing Victimization and Official Estimates of Crime: A ReExamination of the Validity of Police Statistics." American Journal of Police, 2, 2:193202.
Decker, Scott H. 1982. "An Ecological Analysis of Official and Victimization Rates of Crime."
Journal of Crime and Justice, 5: 1-22.
Jonathan Katz and Decker, Scott H. 1982. "An Analysis of Work-Release: The
Institutionalization of Unsubstantiated Reform." Criminal Justice and Behavior, 9, 2:229250.
Decker, Scott H. and Carol W. Kohfeld. 1982. "Fox Re-Examined; A Research Note
Examining the Perils of Quantification." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency,
19, 1:110-121.
Decker, Scott H. and Carol W. Kohfeld. 1982. "Reply to Fox." Journal of Research in Crime
and Delinquency, 19, 1:132-134.
Decker, Scott H. 1982. "The Impact of Patrol on Citizen Injuries and Dispositions." Journal of
Criminal Justice, 10, 5:375-382.
Decker, Scott H. 1981. "Alternate Measures of Police Output." American Journal of Police, 1,
1:23-38.
Decker, Scott H. and Charles F. Wellford. 1981. "Deterrence and the Criminal Justice System:
An Instrumental Analysis". Journal of Police Science and Administration, 9, 3:34-40.
Decker, Scott H. 1981. "Citizen Attitudes Toward the Police: A Review of Past Findings and
Suggestions for Future Policy." Journal of Police Science and Administration, 9, 1:80-87
Decker, Scott H. 1980. "The Effect of Police Characteristics on Alternate Measures of Police
Output." Criminal Justice Review, 5, 2: 34-40.
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Decker, Scott H. and Russell L. Smith. 1980. "Police Minority Recruitment: A Note on its
Effectiveness in Improving Black Evaluations of the Police." Journal of Criminal
Justice, 8, 6:387-394.
Decker, Scott H. and Donna M. White. 1980. "The Impact of the Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention Act in Missouri." Juvenile and Family Court Judges Journal,
31, 4:77-83.
Decker, Scott H. 1979. "The Rural County Sheriff: An Issue in Social Control." Criminal
Justice Review, 4, 2:97-112.
Decker Scott H. 1978. "The Evolution of Crime Statistics as a Police Problem." Journal of
Police Science and Administration, 6, 1:67-73.
Decker, Scott H. 1977. "Official Crime Rates and Victim Surveys: An Empirical Comparison."
Journal of Criminal Justice, 5, 2:47-54.
Chapters
Decker, Scott H. and Dietrich L. Smith. 2015. “A Conversation with Street Daddy.” In M. Maltz
and S. K. Rice (Eds.) Envisioning Criminology: Researchers on Research as a Process of
Discovery. . New York: Springer.
Moule, Richard K. Jr., Scott H. Decker and David C. Pyrooz. 2015. “Collective Violence,
Gangs and Technology.” In Violent Crowds, A. Paul and B. Schwalb (Eds.) Hamburg:
GDR: Hamburger Edition.
Decker, Scott H. 2015. “From Theory to Policy and Back Again.” In A. Piquero (Ed.) Handbook
of Criminological Theory. New York: Wiley.
Wright, Richard and Scott H. Decker. 2016. “Deciding to Commit a Burglary.” In P. Adler and
P. Adler (Eds.) Constructions of Deviance. Belmont, CA: Cengage.
Pyrooz, David C and Scott H. Decker. 2015. “The Real Gangbanging is in Prison.” In J.
Wooldredge and P. Smith (Eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Prisons. New York: Oxford.
Pyrooz, David C. and Scott H. Decker. 2014. “Recent Research on Disengaging from Gangs:
Implications for Practice.” Pp. 81-98 in J. A. Humphrey and P. Cordella (Eds.) Effective
Interventions in the Lives of Criminal Offenders. New York: Springer.
Decker, Scott H. “What is the Role of the Police in Preventing Gang Membership?” 2013. Pp.
51-62, in T. Simon, N. Ritter and R. Mahendra (Eds.), Changing Course: Preventing
Gang Membership. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control. Washington, DC: National
Institute of Justice.
Melanie Taylor, Scott H. Decker, Doris Marie Provine, Paul G. Lewis and Monica W. Varsanyi.
2013. Illegal Immigration and Local Policing. In M. Reisig (Ed.). Oxford Handbook on
Policing. New York: Oxford.
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Doris Marie Provine, Monica W. Varsanyi, Paul G. Lewis, and Scott H. Decker. 2012. Growing
Tensions between Civic Membership and Enforcement in the Devolution of Immigration
Control. 2012. Marjorie Zatz, Charis Kubrin and Ramero Martinez (Eds.). Punishing
Immigrants. New York: NYU Press.
David Pyrooz and Scott H. Decker. 2013. Les gangs et la violence. (Youth Gangs and
Violence). In Jean-Pierre Guay (Ed.) Traité des gangs de rue. Montreal: Les Presses de
l’Université de Montréal.
Pyrooz, David C., Andrew M. Fox, Charles M. Katz, and Scott H. Decker. 2012.
Gang organization, offending, and victimization: A cross-national analysis. In
Finn-Aage Esbensen and Cheryl Maxson (Eds.), Youth gangs in international
perspective: Tales from the Eurogang program of research. New York:
Springer.
Griffin, Marie L., David C. Pyrooz, and Scott H. Decker. 2013.
Surviving and thriving: The growth, influence and administrative control of prison
gangs. In Jane Wood (Ed.), Group influence: Criminal activity and crime reduction.
Routledge.
Decker, Scott H., and David C. Pyrooz
Gangs: Another form of organized crime? In Letizia Paoli (Ed.), Oxford handbook of
organized crime. Oxford University Press.
Scott H. Decker and David C. Pyrooz. 2011. Contemporary Gang Ethnographies. In Frank
Cullen and Pamela Wilcox (Eds.) Handbook of Criminological Theory. New York:
Oxford.
David Pyrooz and Scott H. Decker. 2010. Motifs et modalités de sortie d’une bande organisée :
Compréhension du processus de retrait d’une bande. In Marwan Mohammed (Ed.), Sortir
de la délinquance: Théories, enquêtes, perspectives internationales. Paris: La
Decouverte.
Scott Decker and David Pyrooz. 2010. Gang Violence Around the World: Context, Culture and
Country. In G. McDonald, Editor. Small Arms Survey 2010. London: Oxford University
Press.
Jack Greene and Scott H. Decker. 2010. Transforming Law Enforcement: From Political to
Administrative to Terrorism. In P. Stockton (Ed.), Homeland Security. New York:
Oxford. (forthcoming).
Scott H. Decker and Jana Benson. 2009. The Myth of Organization in International Drug
Smuggling. In Paul Cromwell (ed.) In Their Own Words. New York: Oxford.
Scott H. Decker and David Pyrooz. 2009. Timing is Everything: Gangs, Gang Violence and the
Life Course. In M. DiLisi and K. Beaver. The Life Course of Anti-Social Behavior:
Aggression to Delinquency to Crime. Jones and Bartlett.
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Scott H. Decker, Paul Lewis, Marie Provine and Monica Varsanyi. 2009. Local police and
federal immigration law: Implications for local control. Pp. 169-179, In Policing and
Immigration. Washington, D.C. The Police Foundation.
Scott H. Decker, Paul Lewis, Marie Provine and Monica Varsanyi. 2009. McDonald, William
F., editor. 2009. Pp. 261-276, Immigration, Crime and Justice. Sociology of Crime, Law,
and Deviance, Volume 13. Bingley, UK: Emerald/JAI Press.
Frank Van Gemert, Scott H. Decker and David Pyrooz. 2008. Migrant Groups and Gang
Activity: A contrast between the European Situation and The United States. Pp. 15-30 in,
F. Van Gemert, Dana Peterson and Inger-Lise Lien. Youth Gangs, Migration and
Ethnicity. London, Willan.
Mark Fleisher and Scott H. Decker. 2007. Gangs Behind Bars: Prevalence, Conduct and
Response. In Richard Tewksbury & Dean Dabney. (Eds). Pp. 159-174 in Prisons and
Jails: A Reader. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Jack Greene and Scott H. Decker. 2008. Transforming Law Enforcement: From Political to
Administrative to Terrorism. In P. Stockton (Ed.), Homeland Security. New York:
Oxford.
Scott H. Decker and Jack McDevitt. 2007. Project Safe Neighborhoods and the Changing Role
of the United States Attorney. In, John L. Worrall and M. Elaine Nugent-Borakove
(Eds.) The Changing Role of the American Prosecutor. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers
University Press.
Scott H. Decker. 2007. Youth Gangs and Violent Behavior. Pp. 388-402, In. D. Flannery, A.
Vazsonyi, and I. Waldman (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior. New
York: Cambridge.
Donna Bishop and Scott Decker. 2006 “Juvenile Justice in the United States: A Review of
Policies, Programs and Trends.” Pp. 3-36, In, Josine Junger-Tas and Scott H. Decker,
International Handbook of Juvenile Justice. Springer-Verlag.
Carlsson, Yngve and Scott H. Decker. 2005. Gang and Youth Violence Prevention and
Intervention: Contrasting the Experience of the Scandinavian Welfare State with the
United States. Pp. 259-286 in S. Decker and F. Weerman European Street Gangs and
Troublesome Youth Groups. San Francisco, CA: Alta Mira.
Weerman, Frank and Scott H. Decker. 2005. European Street Gangs and Troublesome Youth
Groups: Findings from the Eurogang Research Program. Pp. 287-311 in S. Decker and F.
Weerman European Street Gangs and Troublesome Youth Groups. San Francisco, CA:
Alta Mira.
Scott H. Decker, Richard Rosenfeld and George Burruss. 2005. “Evaluating Elusive
Programs: The Case of the St. Louis Consent to Search Program.” Pp. 42-59 in K.
Kerley (Ed.) Policing and Program Evaluation. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall.
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Scott Decker, Jeff Rojek and Eric Baumer. “A Century – or more – of Homicide in
St.
Louis.” 2005. Pp. 257-274, In B. Baybeck and E. T. Jones, St. Louis Metromorphosis:
Past Trends and Future Directions. Missouri Historical Society. St. Louis, Missouri.
Scott Decker and David Curry. 2002. "Suppression without Prevention, Prevention without
Suppression: Gang Intervention in St. Louis." In Scott H. Decker (Ed.). Policing Gangs
and Youth Violence. Wadsworth.
Scott Decker. 2002. "A Decade of Gang Research: Results from the National Institute of Justice
Research Portfolio." In, Responding to Gangs: Evaluation and Research, Winnie Reed
and Scott H. Decker (editors).
Scott H. Decker and G. David Curry. 2002. "Gangs, Gang Homicide and Gang Loyalty:
Organized Crimes or Disorganized Criminals." Journal of Criminal Justice, 30: (4): 342352. reprinted in Tilley, Nicholas and Jackie Schneider, Gangs, The International Library
of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Penology – 2nd Series. Hampshire, UK: Ashgate
Publishing Group.
Scott H. Decker and G. David Curry. 2002. "I'm Down for my Organization: The Rationality of
Responses to Delinquency, Youth Crime and Gangs." In Piquero, Alex R. and Stephen
G. Tibbetts.. Rational Choice and Criminal Behavior: Recent Research and Future
Challenges. New York: Routledge.
Noelle Fearn, Scott H. Decker, and G. David Curry. 2001. "Public Policy Responses to Gangs:
Evaluating the Outcomes." Pp. 330-343, in J. Miller, C. Maxson, and M. Klein, The
Modern Gang Reader, 2nd Edition. Lox Angeles: Roxbury.
Howell, James C. and Scott H. Decker. 2000. “The Youth Gangs, Drugs, and Violence
Connection.” Juvenile Justice Bulletin. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention.
Scott H. Decker and G. David Curry. 1999. “Responding to Gangs: Does the Dose Match the
Problem?.” Pp. 561-576, in J. Sheley (Ed.) Criminology. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Scott H. Decker. 1999. “The Impact of Gang Structure and Organization on Gang Behavior.”
In M. Klein, H-J Kerner, C. Maxson, and E. Weitekamp (Eds.) Pp. 21-40. The Eurogang
Paradox: Youth Groups and Gangs in Europe and America. Kluwer: Amsterdam.
Scott H. Decker and David Curry. 1999. “Gang Prevention and Intervention with AfricanAmerican Males”. Pp. 247-258, in, L. Davis, (Ed.) in Working with African American
Males: A guide to Practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Scott H. Decker. 1998. “What Burglars Say About Burglary: A Problem-Solving Approach”.
Pp. 3-17, in Tara O’Connor Shelley and Anne C. Grant (Eds.) Problem Oriented
Policing: Crime Specific Problems, Critical Issues and Making POP Work. Washington,
D.C.: Police Executive Research Forum
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Decker, Scott H. and Janet L. Lauritsen. 1996. "Breaking the Bonds of Membership: Leaving
the Gang". in C. Ronald Huff (editor) Gangs in America, second edition. Newbury Park,
CA: Sage.
Kohfeld, Carol W. and Scott H. Decker. 1990. "Time Series, Panel Design and Criminology: A
Multi-State, Multi-Wave Analysis of the Effect of the Death Penalty in Contiguous
States". In Measurement Issues in Criminology, Kimberly L. Kempf, editor. pp. 198-240.
Wagner, Allen E. and Scott H. Decker. 1988. "Evaluating Citizen Complaints Against the
Police". in, The Police in America: Contemporary Readings in Law Enforcement.
Geoffrey Alpert and Roger Dunham, editors. Prospect Heights, IL.: Waveland.
Reprinted, in 1994, 2001, and 2004.
Decker, Scott H. 1984. "Policy Research in Juvenile Justice". in Juvenile Justice Policy:
Analyzing Trends and Outcomes. Scott H. Decker, editor. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
Decker, Scott H. 1984. "The Police and the Public: Perceptions and Policy Recommendations",
in Police and Law Enforcement. Robert Homant and Daniel Kennedy, Editors. New
York: AMS Press.
Decker, Scott H. 1982. "Value Consensus Among Agencies in a Juvenile Diversion Program; A
Process Evaluation", in Implementing Key Criminal Justice Policies, Merry Morash,
editor. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
Decker, Scott H. and Allen E. Wagner. 1982. "Race and Citizen Complaints Against the Police:
An Analysis of their Interaction", in Police and Police Work, Jack R. Greene, Editor.
Beverly Hills, CA: Sage. Reprinted 2002 as “Denuncias da Famila e dos Cidadaos contra
a Policia: Uma Analise de suas Interacoes. Pp. 119-136 in Jack R. Greene (Org.)
Administracao do Trabalho Policial. Universidade de Sao Paulo.
Decker, Scott H. 1979. "The Allocation of Police Resources and Fluctuations in Crime Rates:
An Empirical Model." in The Police: Strategies and Outcomes in Law Enforcement,
David M. Petersen, editor. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
Decker, Scott H., Russell L. Smith, and Thomas M. Uhlman. 1979. “Does Anything Work?: An
Evaluation of Urban Police Innovations." in Evaluating Alternative Law Enforcement
Policies, Ralph Baker and Fred A. Meyer, Jr. editors. Lexington, MA: Lexington.
Decker, Scott H. 1979. “Punishment in a Just Society." in Legality, Morality and Ethics in
Criminal Justice, Nicholas Kittrie and Jackwell Susman, editors. New York: Praeger.
Decker Scott H. 1978. "The Judicial Process in a Rural Context." in Discretion and Control,
Margaret Evans, editor. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
PAPERS PRESENTED
Over two hundred papers presented at international national, and regional conferences,
including the American Society of Criminology, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, British
Criminology Society, International Society of Criminology, Justice Research and Statistics
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Association, Midwest Criminal Justice Association, The Eurogang Conference, the Annual
Conference on Research and Evaluation, the National Institute of Justice Conference, The
National Major Gang Task Force, American Academy for the Advancement of Science, British
Society of Criminology, the Internationale Societe de Criminologie, the European Society of
Criminology, Metropolitan, and the Southern Conference on Corrections.
FUNDED RESEARCH
Co-Principal Investigator. Gangs on the Street, Gangs in Prison: Their Nature, Interrelationship,
Control and Re-Entry. National Institute of Justice. Gangs and Gang Violence Solicitation. April
2014. $840,807. Funded.
Co-Principal Investigator. A Comparative Study of Violent Extremism and Gangs. Combating
Violent Extremism Solicitation. Submitted through the START Center, University of Maryland.
National Institute of Justice. May 2014. $650,000. Funded.
Co-Principal Investigator. Decision Support System for Detecting Violent Extremist Threats.
Combating Violent Extremism Solicitation. National Institute of Justice. May 2014. $1,538,440.
Not Funded.
Collaborating Investigator. (Xia Wang and Fei Sun Co-Principal Investigators). Promoting Sense of
Belonging among Mexican and Chinese Immigrants in the Southwest. Department of Homeland
Security. June 2014. $300,000. Pending.
Co-Principal Investigator (Cassia Spohn, Principal Investigator). $509,510. Building Bridges:
Felony Diversion, Case Flow and Police-Prosecutor Relationships. National Institute of Justice.
Researcher/Practitioner Partnerships. May, 2013. Not Funded.
Principal Investigator. Revisiting Roxbury: Crime, Gang Membership and the Life Course..
National Institute of Justice. $249,608. Desistance from Crime Over the Life Course. May 2013.
Not Funded.
Principal Investigator. $350,000. Revisiting Roxbury: Crime, Gang Membership and the Life
Course. National Science Foundation. September 2012. Funded.
Principal Investigator. $124,606. Understanding the long-term consequences of gang membership:
Desistance, Amplification and Impacts on Post-Adolescent Outcomes. Office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention. September 2011. Funded. (with David C. Pyrooz).
Principal Investigator. $25,000. The Long Term Consequences of Gang Membership. Graduate
Research Fellowship. David C. Pyrooz, recipient.
Principal Investigator. Google Ideas. $25,000. The Role of Technology in Joining, Sustaining and
Leaving Gang Membership. Funded.
Principal Investigator. National Institute of Justice. $482,048. Criminal Stigma, Race, Gender and
Employment: An Expanded Assessment of the Consequences of Imprisonment for Employment.
September 2010. Funded.
Co-Principal Investigator. National Institute of Justice. $122,431. For the Kids or For the Money?:
A Case Study of the Proposed Closing of the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections.
September 2010. Funded.
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Co-Principal Investigator. National Science Foundation. $321,172. Local Policing in the Context
of Immigration: Further Explorations Using a Mixed Methods Approach. January 2009. Funded.
National Science Foundation, Local Policing and Immigration, Co-Principal Investigator.
$186,000. January 2008. Funded.
Department of Homeland Security, Center for Excellence. Co-Principal Investigator. $749,000.
The Culture of Border Security. North America Center for Transborder Studies. Funded, not
included in final ASU consortia.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Latino Gang Networks. $100,000. CoPrincipal Investigator. Latino gang membership processes. $150,000 Office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention. January, 2008-December 2009. (funded).
Scott H. Decker. Project Safe Neighborhoods. $33,130. Bureau of Justice Assistance. June 1,
2006-May 31, 2008. (funded)
Scott H. Decker. Project Safe Neighborhoods. $48,406. Bureau of Justice Assistance. October
2003-October 2006. (funded)
Scott H. Decker. Project Safe Neighborhoods. $150,000. Bureau of Justice Assistance.
September 2001-2004. (funded)
Scott H. Decker and G. David Curry. Evaluation of the St. Louis Strategic Approach to
Community Safety Initiative. $230,000. National Institute of Justice. August 11, 2000.
(funded).
G. David Curry and Scott H. Decker, Co Principal Investigators. Evaluation of the St. Louis
Juvenile Justice Mental Health Initiative. $200,000. National Institute of Justice. October 1,
2001-June 30, 2002. (Funded.)
Scott H. Decker and G. David Curry, Co Principal Investigators. Evaluation of the SafeFutures
Program. $139,000. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. October 1, 2000September 30, 2001.
Scott H. Decker and G. David Curry, Co Principal Investigators. Evaluation of the SafeFutures
Program. $139,000. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. October 1, 1999September 30, 2000.
Scott H. Decker and G. David Curry, Co Principal Investigators. Evaluation of the Illinois
Attorney General Gang Crime Prevention Center Pilot Programs. $200,000. March, 1999October 2000.
Scott H. Decker and G. David Curry, Co Principal Investigators. Evaluation of the SafeFutures
Program. $139,000. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. October 1, 1998September 30, 1999.
Scott H. Decker and G. David Curry, Co Principal Investigators. Evaluation of the SafeFutures
Program. $100,000. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. October 1, 1997September 30, 1998.
Scott H. Decker, Principal Investigator, “Drug Use Forecasting”. $66,828. October 1, 1996September 30, 1997.
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Scott H. Decker, Principal Investigator, “Arrestee Survey of Treatment Needs”. $135,729.
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment , U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services. September 1, 1996-August 31, 1997.
G. David Curry and Scott H. Decker, Co-Principal Investigators. Socialization to Gangs..
$116,759. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. January 1, 1996-December
31, 1997.
Scott H. Decker and G. David Curry, Co Principal Investigators. Evaluation of the SafeFutures
Program. $124,387. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. October 1, 1996September 30, 1997.
Scott H. Decker, Principal Investigator, "Consent to Search and Seize: An Evaluation of the St.
Louis Firearm Suppression Project". Submitted to the National Institute of Justice, Problem
Oriented Policing Program. June, 1995. (with Richard Rosenfeld and Bruce Jacobs, CoInvestigators). Funded. $326,554.
Co-Principal Investigator, "Assault Crisis Teams: Preventing Youth Violence through
Monitoring, Mentoring, and Mediating". National Institute of Justice, August, 1994. ($499,345,
subcontract with St. Louis Police Department, $420,800, funded).
Co-Principal Investigator, "Robbers on Robbery: Prevention and the Offender". National
Institute of Justice, June, 1994. ($163,871, funded).
Collaborating Investigator, "Policy Models for Urban Homicide". National Institute of Justice,
June, 1994. ($199,956, not funded).
Principal Investigator, "Arrestees and Guns: Monitoring the Illegal Firearms Market". National
Institute of Justice, June, 1994. ($158,521).
Co-Principal Investigator, "Robbers on Robbery: Prevention and the Offender". Harry Frank
Guggenheim Foundation. 1994. ($51,661, funded).
Co-Principal Investigator, "Multiple Indicators of Drug Abuse in American Cities: DUF,
DAWN, and Arrest Data". National Institute of Justice. 1993. ($24,524, funded).
Co-Principal Investigator, "Robbers on Robbery: Prevention and the Offender". National
Institute of Justice. 1993. ($222,222 recommended for funding by review panel, not funded).
Co-Principal Investigator, "Responding to Youth Violence: Assault Crisis Teams". Centers for
Disease Control. 1992 ($400,000, recommended for funding, program discontinued.)
Co-Principal Investigator, "Estimating Drug Use in Intermediate Populations", National
Institutes of Health, 1992. ($371,279, funded).
Co-Principal Investigator, "Integrating Drug Education and Prevention into the Curriculum",
Fund for the Improvement in Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE), Department of Education,
1992 ($157,786). (not funded).
Principal Investigator, "Assessing the Need for Drug Treatment: Developing a Model for
Policy". National Institute of Justice. 1991. ($14,300, funded).
Co-Principal Investigator, "Expanding Drug Use Forecasting to Traffic and Minor Offenders:
Research and Policy Applications", National Institute of Justice. 1991. ($188,587, not funded).
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Principal Investigator, "Exploring the Gang Member's Perspective: An Ethnographic Study of
Gangs, Gang Members and their Activities", Department of Health and Human Services. 19901993. ($296,355, funded).
Co-Principal Investigator, "Estimating the Prevalence of Drug Use Among Arrestees: Traffic and
Minor Offenders", National Institute of Justice. 1990. ($28,456, not funded).
Co-Principal Investigator, "Exploring the House Burglar's Perspective: Observing and
Interviewing Offenders", Request for Supplemental Funding, National Institute of Justice, 1990.
($55,952, recommended for funding, not funded).
Principal Investigator, "A Pipeline Study of Case Processing in Adult Probation and Parole in
Missouri", National Institute of Justice. 1990. ($4,929, funded).
Co-Principal Investigator, "Using the DUF Data: An Analytic Framework and Research
Problem", National Institute of Justice. 1990. ($10,000, funded).
Co-Principal Investigator, "Exploring the House Burglar's Perspective: Observing and
Interviewing Offenders", National Institute of Justice, 1989. ($331,963, funded).
Midwest Association of State University Affiliates. Graduate Dean's fellowship (travel) 1989.
($600, funded).
Co-Principal Investigator, "An Analysis of Apparent Disparities in the Handling of Black Youth
Within Missouri's Juvenile Justice System". 1989. Missouri Department of Public Safety.
($91,541 funded).
Project Director, Drug Use Forecasting (DUF). National Institute of Justice/St. Louis
Metropolitan Police Department. 1988-1994. (funded, $40,000 per year).
Co-Principal Investigator, "UM-St. Louis Institution-Wide Drug Education and Prevention
Program", Foundation for Improvement in Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE), Department of
Education, 1988 (not funded, $228,998). Resubmitted by invitation, 1989. (funded, $98,886).
Co-Principal Investigator, "Crime, Drugs, and Youth", National Institute of Justice, 1988, (not
funded, $10,000).
Co-Principal Investigator, "Comparing First Time and Prior Offenders: The Case of the Elderly",
Inter-Campus Weldon Spring Fund. University of Missouri 1988. (funded, $19,000)
Co-Principal Investigator, "Predicting and Describing the Career Criminal", National Institute of
Justice, Classification Prediction Methodology Development, 1985. (not funded, $56,611)
Summer Research Fellowship, "Police Minority Employment in A Decade of Change", 1987.
UM-St. Louis. (funded, $4,000).
Co-Principal Investigator, "The Elderly Offender: An Urban Perspective". University of
Missouri, Inter-Campus Weldon Spring Fund. 1986. (funded, $10,000).
Co-Principal Investigator, "An Evaluation of the Greater St. Louis Police Academy". St. Louis
County, Missouri. 1985. (funded, $24,000).
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Summer Research Fellow, National Institute of Justice, 1984, "Predicting the Chronic Offender:
A Re-Test of the Greenwood Scale". (83 pp.) with Barbara Salert. (funded, $10,000).
Summer Research Fellow, National Institute of Justice, 1983 "Comparing the Effectiveness of
Crime Rate Determinants: A Useful Probability Measure Derived from the Logistic
Distribution". (69 pp.) with Carol Kohfeld. (funded, $10,000).
Weldon Spring Fund, University of Missouri. 1982. "A Time Series Analysis of Homicides and
Executions". with Carol Kohfeld. (funded $14,500).
Evaluation Director, Status Offender Service Project. 1980. Juvenile Division of the TwentySecond Judicial Circuit of Missouri. Diverting Juvenile Offenders: The Third Year's Evaluation
of the Status Offender Service Unit. (funded, $8,000).
Co-Investigator, Status Offender Service Unit, 1979, Diverting Juvenile Offenders: The Second
Year's Evaluation of the Status Offender Service Unit. (funded $10,500).
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Editorial Board Member, Criminal Justice Review. 2002-present. Associate Editor 2008present.
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. 2002-2004. 2006present.
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Criminal Justice. 2010-present.
Associate Editor, Criminology. 2002-2004.
Editorial Board Member, 2008-2010.
Editorial Board Member, 2010-2012.
Editorial Board Member, 2012-2014.
Editorial Board Member, Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. 2010-present.
Associate Editor, Justice Research and Policy, 1999-2002.
Associate Editor, Justice Quarterly. 1992-1995. Editorial Board Member 2010-present.
Editor, American Journal of Police: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Theory and Research. 19841987. Associate Editor, 1987-1990.
Associate Editor, Journal of Crime and Justice. 1985-1991. Member, Editorial Board, 19841990.
Manuscripts reviewed for Criminology, Criminology and Public Policy, Social Science
Quarterly, Law and Society Review, Social Problems, Journal of Criminal Justice, American
Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Justice Quarterly, Criminal Justice Policy
Review, Criminal Justice Review, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, American Journal of
Police, Police Quarterly, Social Problems, Urban Geography.
Discussant, Chair, or organizer of over one hundred panels at professional meetings.
Meetings include the American Society of Criminology, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences,
The Annual Conference on Research and Evaluation, European Society of Criminology,
Midwest Criminal Justice Association, Southern Conference on Corrections, and American
Institute of Decision Sciences.
Member, St. Louis Crime Commission, 1992-1996.
Member, Mayor's Task Force on Gangs and Drugs. City of St. Louis, 1988-1992.
Member, St. Louis Public Schools' Anti-Drug, Anti-Gang Task Force. 1988-1992.
Member, Missouri Sentencing Commission, 1994-2006.
Member, Mayor's Crime Group. City of St. Louis. 2002-2006.
Arizona Police Officer Standards and Training. 2007-2012.
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Arizona Attorney General Task Force on Identity Theft. 2011-2013.