CURRICULUM VITAE
WILLIAM ALEX PRIDEMORE
Present Positions:
Dean and Professor
Address:
University at Albany – State University of New York
School of Criminal Justice
135 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
518-442-5214
[email protected]
Research Interests:
The effects of social structure on homicide and suicide rates
The role of alcohol in violence and mortality
Sociology of health and illness
Russia: Social change. Violence. Mortality crisis.
Rural sociology and criminology
Measurement and method
EDUCATION
PhD
1995-2000
MA
1993-1994
BA
1990-1992
University at Albany – State University of New York
Criminal Justice
Indiana University
Criminal Justice
Indiana University
Sociology
Criminal Justice.
Other training
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship. 2003-2004. Harvard University.
Statistical training. Summer 2006. Spatial regression analysis. University of Michigan. ICPSR.
Statistical training. Summer 2007. Time series analysis. University of Michigan. ICPSR.
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ACADEMIC POSITIONS AND AFFILIATIONS
Dean and Professor, University at Albany – SUNY, School of Criminal Justice
Affiliate Faculty Member: Department of Sociology
Faculty Associate: Center for Social and Demographic Analysis
Distinguished University Professor, Georgia State University, Department of Criminal
Justice and Criminology
Senior Researcher: Cluster on Evidence-Based Policy
Affiliate Faculty Member: Department of Sociology
Affiliate Faculty Member, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health,
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education
Professor, Indiana University, Department of Criminal Justice
Director of Graduate Studies: Department of Criminal Justice
Director: Indiana University Workshop in Methods
Affiliate Faculty Member: Russian and East European Institute
Affiliate Faculty Member: Social Science Research Methods Program
Affiliate Faculty Member: Department of Sociology
2015-Present
2016-Present
2016-Present
2013-2015
2013-2015
2014-2015
2014-Present
2009-2013
2008-2011 and
2012-2013
2009-2013
2003-2013
2012-2013
2009-2013
Associate Professor, Indiana University, Department of Criminal Justice
2006-2009
Assistant Professor, Indiana University, Department of Criminal Justice
2003-2006
Research Fellow, Harvard University, Davis Center for Russian & Eurasian Studies
2003-2004
Assistant Professor, The University of Oklahoma, Department of Sociology
Affiliate faculty member: School of International and Area Studies
2000-2003
2000-2003
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HONORS AND AWARDS
Freda Adler Distinguished Scholar Award. American Society of Criminology. Division of
International Criminology.
2015
Gerhard O.W. Mueller Distinguished Scholar Award. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
International Section.
2015
Radzinowicz Memorial Prize. Article of the Year Award, British Journal of Criminology.
2012
Visiting Research Professor. Södertörn University. Stockholm, Sweden.
Spring 2012
Founder and Inaugural Director. Indiana University Workshop in Methods.
2009-2013
Trustees Teaching Award. Indiana University.
2009
Faculty Fellowship to create Workshop in Methods. Indiana University. Vice Provost
for Research.
2009
Mellon Foundation Research Fellowship. Indiana University. Russian and East
European Institute.
2009
Junior Scholar Award. American Sociological Association. Section on Alcohol, Drugs, and
Tobacco.
2008
Faculty Fellowship. Indiana University. College of Arts and Sciences.
2004
Research Fellowship. Harvard University. Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
Elected Member. National Consortium on Violence Research.
2003-2004
2003-Present
Junior Faculty Research Fellow. University of Oklahoma. Vice President for Research.
2003
Junior Faculty Research Fellow. University of Oklahoma. College of Arts & Sciences.
2002
Alcohol Research Mentoring System. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
2001
Junior Faculty Research Fellow. University of Oklahoma. Vice President for Research.
2001
Eliot H. Lumbard Award (Top graduate student). SUNY-Albany. School of Criminal Justice.
2000
Graduate Research Fellow. National Institute of Justice.
1999-2000
Graduate Studies Fellow. SUNY-Albany. School of Criminal Justice.
1998-1999
Title VIII Fellowship. United States of America, Department of State.
1997
Visiting Faculty Fellow, Civic Education Project. Kharkov State University, Department of
Sociology; University of Ukrainian Ministry of Interior, Department of Criminology.
1994-1995
Graduate Research Fellowship – Honorable Mention. National Science Foundation.
1995
B.A. with Distinction. Indiana University. Department of Sociology.
1992
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RESEARCH
Publications
Edited Books
2012
Liem, M.C.A., & Pridemore, W.A. (Eds.). Handbook of European homicide research: Patterns,
explanations, and country studies. New York: Springer.
2005
Pridemore, W.A. (Ed.). Ruling Russia: Law, crime, and justice in a changing society. Rowman &
Littlefield.
Peer-reviewed articles
2017
Pridemore, W.A. Hazardous drinking and violent death among males: Evidence from a population-based
case-control study. Forthcoming in Social Problems.
2017
Jones, R.W., & Pridemore, W.A. A longitudinal study of the impact of home vacancy on robbery and
burglary rates during the US housing crisis, 2005-2009. Forthcoming in Crime & Delinquency.
2017
Rogers, M.L., & Pridemore, W.A. A comprehensive evaluation of the association between percent
young and cross-national homicide rates. Forthcoming in British Journal of Criminology.
2017
Snowden, A.J., Stucky, T., & Pridemore, W.A. Direct and moderating effects of alcohol outlets and
social disorganization on non-violent crime rates. Forthcoming in Journal of Crime and Justice.
2016
Rogers, M.L., & Pridemore, W.A. The (null) effects of percent young on 15-24 age-specific and maleand female-specific cross-national homicide rates. Homicide Studies, 20, 257-292.
2016
Jones, R.W., & Pridemore, W.A. The U.S. housing crisis and suicide rates: An examination of total-,
sex-, and race-specific suicide rates. Housing Studies, 31, 173-189.
2015
Massoglia, M., & Pridemore, W.A. Incarceration and health. Annual Review of Sociology, 41, 291-310.
2015
Andreev, E.M., Shkolnikov,V.M., Pridemore, W.A., & Nikitina, S. A method for reclassifying cause of
death in cases categorized as “event of undetermined intent.” Population Health Metrics, 13:23.
2015
Kaylen, M.T., & Pridemore, W.A. Measuring violence in rural areas: A comparison of rural and nonrural residents’ police notification and emergency room treatment after victimization. Journal of Rural
Studies, 39, 239-246.
2015
Kaylen, M.T., & Pridemore, W.A. The impact of victim and incident characteristics on notifying the
police and on emergency room treatment following a serious assault victimization: A comparison of
rural, suburban, and urban areas. International Criminal Justice Review, 25, 337-360.
2014
Pridemore, W.A. The mortality penalty of incarceration: Evidence from a population-based case-control
study. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 55, 215-233.
2014
Pridemore, W.A. The social epidemiology of alcohol and suicide: The struggle to formulate, debate, and
test social theory in the context of epidemiology and public health journals. Addiction, 109, 191-192.
2014
Pridemore, W.A., Chamlin, M.B., Kaylen, M. T., & Andreev, E.M. The effects of the 2006 Russian
alcohol policy on alcohol-related mortality: An interrupted time series analysis. Alcoholism: Clinical
and Experimental Research, 38, 257-266.
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Peer-reviewed articles (continued)
2014
Snowden, A.J., & Pridemore, W.A. Off-premise alcohol outlet characteristics and violence. American
Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 40, 327-335.
2013
Pridemore, W.A., Chamlin, M.B., & Andreev, E.M. Reduction in male suicide mortality following the
2006 Russian alcohol policy: An interrupted time series analysis. American Journal of Public Health,
103, 2021-2026.
2013
Pridemore, W.A. An individual-level analysis of chronic hazardous drinking and suicide among
working-age Russian males. Addiction, 108, 1933-1941.
2013
Pridemore, W.A., Chamlin, M.B., Kaylen, M. T., & Andreev, E.M. The impact of a national alcohol
policy on deaths due to transport accidents in Russia. Addiction, 108, 2112-2118.
2013
Pridemore, W.A., & Grubesic, T.H. Alcohol outlets and community levels of interpersonal violence:
Spatial density, type of outlet, and seriousness of assault. Journal of Research in Crime and
Delinquency, 50, 132-159.
2013
Rogers, M., & Pridemore, W.A. Poverty, social protection, and cross-national homicide rates: Direct
and moderating effects. Social Science Research, 42, 584-595.
2013
Kaylen, M.T., & Pridemore, W.A. Social disorganization and crime in rural communities: The first
direct test of the systemic model. British Journal of Criminology, 53, 905-923.
2013
Grubesic, T.H., Pridemore, W.A., Williams, D.A., & Philip-Tabb, L. Alcohol outlet density and
violence: The role of risky retailers and alcohol-related expenditures. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 48,
613-619.
2013
Snowden, A.J., & Pridemore, W.A. Alcohol and violence in a small town: Alcohol outlet density, outlet
type, and assault. Journal of Drug Issues, 43, 357-373.
2013
Snowden, A.J., & Pridemore, W.A. Alcohol outlets, social disorganization, land use, and assault in a
small town. Criminal Justice Review, 38, 29-49.
2013
Kaylen, M.T., & Pridemore, W.A. The association between social disorganization and rural violence is
sensitive to the measurement of the dependent variable. Criminal Justice Review, 38, 169-189.
2012
Gruenewald, J., & Pridemore, W.A. A comparison of ideologically motivated homicides from the new
Extremist Crime Database and routine homicides from the Supplementary Homicide Reports using
multiple imputation by chained equations to handle missing values. Journal of Quantitative
Criminology, 28, 141-162.
2012
Pridemore, W.A., & Grubesic, T.H. Community organization moderates the effect of alcohol outlet
density on violence. British Journal of Sociology, 63, 680-704.
2012
Grubesic, T.H., Murray, A.T., Pridemore, W.A., Tabb, L.P., Liu, Y., & Wei, R. Alcohol beverage
control, privatization, and the geographic distribution of alcohol outlets. BMC Public Health, 12, 1015.
2012
Pridemore, W.A., & Grubesic, T.H. A spatial analysis of the moderating effects of land use on the
association between alcohol outlet density and violence in urban areas. Drug and Alcohol Review, 31,
385-393.
2012
Jones, R., & Pridemore, W.A. The foreclosure crisis and crime: Is housing-mortgage stress associated
with violent and property crime in U.S. metropolitan areas? Social Science Quarterly, 93, 671-691.
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Peer-reviewed articles (continued)
2012
Spano, R., Pridemore, W.A., & Bolland, J. Specifying the role of exposure to violence and violent
behavior on initiation of gun carrying: A longitudinal test of three models of youth gun carrying.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 27, 158-176.
2012
Aliverdinia, A., & Pridemore, W.A. Individual-level factors contributing to homelessness among adult
males in Iran. Sociological Spectrum, 32, 209-225.
2012
Kaylen, M.T., & Pridemore, W.A. Systematically addressing inconsistencies in the rural social
disorganization and crime literature. International Journal of Rural Criminology, 1, 134-152.
2011
Kaylen, M.T., & Pridemore, W.A. A reassessment of the association between social disorganization and
youth violence in rural areas. Social Science Quarterly, 92, 978-1001.
2011
Pridemore, W.A. Poverty matters: A reassessment of the inequality-homicide relationship in crossnational studies. British Journal of Criminology, 51, 739-772.
2011
Grubesic, T.H., & Pridemore, W.A. Using proximity analysis and spatial cluster detection to better
understand the association between agglomerations of alcohol outlets and clusters of violence.
International Journal of Health Geographics, 10, 30.
2010
Stickley, A., & Pridemore, W.A. The effects of binge drinking and social capital on violent
victimization: Findings from Moscow. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 64, 902-907.
2010
Pridemore, W.A., Tomkins, S., Eckhardt, K., Kiryanov, N., & Saburova, L. A case-control analysis of
educational and marital status differentials in alcohol- and non-alcohol-related mortality among
working-age Russian males. European Journal of Public Health, 20, 569-575.
2010
Pridemore, W.A., & Trent, C.L.S. Do the invariant findings of Land, McCall, and Cohen generalize
beyond the United States? A review of the cross-national literature on the structural covariates of
homicide. Homicide Studies, 14¸ 296-335.
2010
Kaylen, M.T., & Pridemore, W.A. Societal heavy drinking and suicide mortality among Russian youth.
Contemporary Drug Problems, 37, 449-474.
2010
Lysova, A., & Pridemore, W.A. Alcohol consumption in Russia: Patterns, policies, and public health.
Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 27, 425-447.
2009
Pridemore, W.A., & Snowden, A. Reduction in suicide mortality following a new national alcohol
policy: An interrupted time series analysis of Slovenia. American Journal of Public Health, 99, 915-920.
2009
Aliverdinia, A., & Pridemore, W.A. Women’s fatalistic suicide in Iran: A partial test of Durkheim in an
Islamic Republic. Violence Against Women, 15, 307-320.
2009
Pridemore, W.A., Trahan, A., & Chamlin, M.B. No evidence of suicide increase following terrorist
attacks in the United States: An interrupted time series analysis of September 11 and Oklahoma City.
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 39, 659-670.
2009
Gruenewald, J., & Pridemore, W.A. Stability and change in homicide victim, offender, and event
characteristics in Chicago between 1900 and 2000. Homicide Studies, 13, 355-384.
2009
Eckhardt, K., & Pridemore, W.A. Differences in male and female involvement in lethal violence in
Russia. Journal of Criminal Justice, 37, 55-64.
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Peer-reviewed articles (continued)
2008
Pridemore, W.A. A methodological addition to the cross-national empirical literature on social structure
and homicide: A first test of the poverty-homicide thesis. Criminology, 46, 133-154.
2008
Pridemore, W.A., Chamlin, M.B., & Trahan, A. A test of competing hypotheses about homicide rates
following terrorist attacks: An interrupted time series analysis of September 11 and Oklahoma City.
Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 24, 381-396.
2008
Pridemore, W.A., & Eckhardt, K. A comparison of victim, offender, and event characteristics of alcoholand non-alcohol-related homicides. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 45, 227-255.
2008
Andreev, E.M., Pridemore, W.A., Shkolnikov, V.M., & Antonova, O.I. An investigation of the growing
number of deaths of unidentified people in Russia. European Journal of Public Health, 18, 252-257.
2008
Snowden, A., & Pridemore, W.A. The 2003 Slovenian alcohol policy: Background, supporters, and
opponents. Contemporary Drug Problems, 35, 5-35.
2008
Aliverdinia, A., & Pridemore, W.A. An overview of the illicit narcotics problem in the Islamic Republic
of Iran: Trafficking, abuse, and governmental response. European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law, and
Criminal Justice, 16, 155-170.
2007
Pridemore, W.A., Chamlin, M.B., & Cochran, J.K. An interrupted time series analysis of Durkheim’s
social deregulation thesis: The case of the Russian Federation. Justice Quarterly, 24, 271-290.
2007
Pridemore, W.A., Damphousse, K.R., & Moore, R.K. Interview mode effects on estimates of need for
alcohol and drug treatment among welfare recipients: Evidence from a quasi-experiment. Journal of
Experimental Criminology, 3, 323-336.
2007
Pridemore, W.A., & Freilich, J.D. The impact of state laws protecting abortion clinics and reproductive
rights: Deterrence, backlash, or neither? Law and Human Behavior, 31, 611-627.
2007
Pridemore, W.A. Change and stability in the characteristics of homicide victims, offenders, and
incidents during rapid social change. British Journal of Criminology, 47, 331-345.
2007
Pridemore, W.A., & Kim, S.W. Negative socioeconomic change and crime in a transitional society. The
Sociological Quarterly, 48, 229-251.
2007
Stickley, A., & Pridemore, W.A. The social structural correlates of homicide in late Tsarist Russia.
British Journal of Criminology, 47, 80-99.
2007
Freilich, J.D., & Pridemore, W.A. Female empowerment, paramilitary culture, and political crime:
Covariates of abortion clinic attacks in the United States. Journal of Criminal Justice, 35, 323-336.
2007
Aliverdinia, A., & Pridemore, W.A. A first glimpse at narcotics offenders in an Islamic Republic: A test
of an integrated model of drug involvement among a sample of men incarcerated for drug offenses in
Iran. International Criminal Justice Review, 17, 27-44.
2006
Pridemore, W.A., & Chamlin, M.B. A time series analysis of the effects of heavy drinking on homicide
and suicide rates in Russia, 1956-2002. Addiction, 101, 1719-1729.
2006
Pridemore, W.A. Heavy drinking and suicide mortality in Russia. Social Forces, 85, 413-430.
2006
Freilich, J.D., & Pridemore, W.A. Mismeasuring militias: The methodological limitations of state-level
studies of paramilitary groups. Justice Quarterly, 23, 147-162.
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Peer-reviewed articles (continued)
2006
Pridemore, W.A., & Kim, S.W. Democratization and political change as threats to collective sentiments:
Testing Durkheim in Russia. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 605, 82103.
2006
Pridemore, W.A., & Freilich, J.D. A test of recent subcultural explanations of white violence in the
United States. Journal of Criminal Justice, 34, 1-16.
2006
Pridemore, W.A., & Kim, S.W. Patterns of alcohol-related mortality in Russia. Journal of Drug Issues,
35, 229-248.
2006
Pridemore, W.A. An exploratory analysis of homicide victims, offenders, and events in Russia.
International Criminal Justice Review, 16, 5-23.
2005
Pridemore, W.A., Damphousse, K.R., & Moore, R.K. Obtaining sensitive information from a wary
population: A comparison of telephone and face-to-face surveys of welfare recipients in the United
States. Social Science & Medicine, 61, 976-984.
2005
Pridemore, W.A. Social structure and homicide in post-Soviet Russia. Social Science Research, 34, 732756.
2005
Kim, S.W., & Pridemore, W.A. Social change, institutional anomie, and serious property crime in
transitional Russia. British Journal of Criminology, 45, 81-97.
2005
Pridemore, W.A. A cautionary note on using county-level crime and homicide data. Homicide Studies, 9,
256-268.
2005
Kim, S.W., & Pridemore, W.A. Social support and homicide in transitional Russia. Journal of Criminal
Justice, 33, 561-572.
2005
Kim, S.W., & Pridemore, W.A. Poverty, socioeconomic change, institutional anomie, and homicide.
Social Science Quarterly, 86, 1377-1398.
2007 Reprinted in Crutchfield, R.D., Kubrin, C.E., Bridges, G.S., & Weis, J.G. (eds.). Crime:
Readings, 3rd edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
2005
Pridemore, W.A., & Freilich, J.D. Gender equity, traditional masculine culture, and female homicide
victimization. Journal of Criminal Justice, 33, 213-223.
2005
Freilich, J.D., & Pridemore, W.A. A reassessment of state-level covariates of militia groups. Behavioral
Sciences and the Law, 23, 527-546.
2005
Pridemore, W.A. A culturally informed developmental approach to understanding offending among
Native American youth. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 3(1), 111-129.
2004
Pridemore, W.A., & Shkolnikov, V.M. Education and marriage as protective factors against homicide
mortality: Methodological and substantive findings from Moscow. Journal of Quantitative Criminology,
20, 173-187.
2004
Pridemore, W.A. Weekend effects on binge drinking and homicide mortality: Preliminary evidence for
the social connection between alcohol and violence in Russia. Addiction, 99, 1034-1041.
2004
Pridemore, W.A. Alcohol poisonings, drinking behavior, and violence in Russia: A reply to Rossow.
Addiction, 99, 1356-1358.
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Peer-reviewed articles (continued)
2004
Spivak, A.L., & Pridemore, W.A. Conscription and reform in the post-Soviet Russian army. Problems of
Post-Communism, 51(6), 33-43.
2004
Pridemore, W.A. Review of the literature on risk and protective factors of offending among Native
Americans. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 2(4), 45-63.
2004
Treadwell, A.B., & Pridemore, W.A. Purchasing power: Consumer empowerment and adaptation to the
free market in Russia. Journal of Consumer Policy, 27, 451-474.
2004
Hoffmann, T., & Pridemore, W.A. Esau’s birthright and Jacob’s pottage: A brief look at OrthodoxMethodist ecumenism in Russia during two periods of the 20th century. Demokratizatsiya: The Journal
of Post-Soviet Democratization, 12, 465-479.
2003
Pridemore, W.A. Measuring homicide in Russia: A comparison of estimates from the crime and vital
statistics reporting systems. Social Science & Medicine, 57, 1343-1354.
2003
Pridemore, W.A. Recognizing homicide as a public health threat: Toward an integration of sociological
and public health perspectives in the study of violence. Homicide Studies, 7, 182-205.
2003
Pridemore, W.A. Demographic, temporal, and spatial patterns of homicide rates in Russia. European
Sociological Review, 19, 41-59.
2003
Pridemore, W.A., & Spivak, A.L. Patterns of suicide mortality in Russia. Suicide and Life-Threatening
Behavior, 33, 132-150.
2003
Markovskaya, A.A., Pridemore, W.A., & Nakajima, C. Laws without teeth: An overview of the
problems associated with corruption in Ukraine. Crime, Law, and Social Change, 39, 193-213.
2002
Pridemore, W.A. Social problems and patterns of juvenile delinquency in transitional Russia. Journal of
Research in Crime and Delinquency, 39, 187-213.
2002
Pridemore, W.A. Vodka and violence: Alcohol consumption and homicide rates in Russia. American
Journal of Public Health, 92, 1921-1930.
2002
Chervyakov, V.V., Shkolnikov, V.M., Pridemore, W.A., & McKee, M. The changing nature of murder
in Russia. Social Science & Medicine, 55, 1713-1724.
2002
Pridemore, W.A. What we know about social structure and homicide: A review of the theoretical and
empirical literature. Violence & Victims, 17, 127-156.
2001
Pridemore, W.A. Using newly available homicide data to debunk two myths about violence in an
international context. Homicide Studies, 5, 266-275.
2001
Pridemore, W.A. State-sanctioned homophobia: Statutory discrimination against homosexual parents.
Journal of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 38, 72-82.
2000
Pridemore, W.A. An empirical examination of executions and commutations in post-Furman capital
cases. Justice Quarterly, 17, 159-183.
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Invited book chapters, commentary, book reviews, etc.
2018
Snowden, A.J., & Pridemore, W.A. Reducing alcohol-related violence. Forthcoming in N. Giesbrecht &
L. Bosma (Eds.), Preventing Alcohol-Related Problems: Evidence and Community-Based Initiatives.
Washington, DC: American Public Health Association Press.
2017
Rogers, M.L., & Pridemore, W.A. Research on social structure and cross-national homicide rates.
Forthcoming in A.T. Vazsonyi, D.J. Flannery, & M. DeLisi (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Violent
Behavior and Aggression, 2nd Edition. New York: Cambridge University Press.
2016
Pescosolido, B.A., Olafsdottir, S., Sporns, O., Perry, B.L., Meslin, E., Grubesic, T.H., Martin, J.K.,
Koehly, L.M., Pridemore, W.A., Vespignani, A., Foroud, T., & Shekhar, A. The social symbiome
framework: Linking genes-to-global cultures in public health using network science. Forthcoming in Z.
Neal (Ed.), Handbook of Applied System Science. New York: Taylor & Francis.
2016
Rogers, M.L., & Pridemore, W.A. Global patterns and trends in homicide. Forthcoming in F. Brookman,
E.R. Maguire, & M. Maguire (Eds.), Handbook on Homicide. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
2016
Rogers, E., & Pridemore, W.A. Research on social disorganization theory and crime in rural areas. Pp.
23-32 in J.F. Donnermeyer (Ed.), International Handbook of Rural Criminology. New York: Routledge.
2014
Pescosolido, B.A., Pridemore, W.A., & Kaylen, M.T. Emile Durkheim. Oxford Bibliographies in
Criminology.
2014
Liem, M.C.A., & Pridemore, W.A. Homicide in Europe: Introduction to the special issue on homicide
research in Europe. European Journal of Criminology, 11, 527-529.
2014
Pridemore, W.A. Introduction to the special issue on international and cross-national research on
homicide and violence. International Criminal Justice Review, 24, 219-221.
2011
Lysova, A., Shchitov, N.G., & Pridemore, W.A. Homicide in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. Pp. 451-469
in M. Liem & W.A. Pridemore (Eds.), Sourcebook of European Homicide Research. New York:
Springer.
2011
Trent, C.L.S., & Pridemore, W.A. A review of the cross-national empirical literature on social structure
and homicide. Pp. 111-135 in M. Liem & W.A. Pridemore (Eds.), Sourcebook of European Homicide
Research. New York: Springer.
2010
Lynch, J., & Pridemore, W.A. Crime in international perspective. Pp. 5-52 in J.Q. Wilson & J.
Petersilia (Eds.), Crime and Public Policy. New York: Oxford University Press.
2010
Pridemore, W.A. Alcohol and violence. Pp. 31-36 in F. Cullen & P. Wilcox (Eds.), Encyclopedia of
criminological theory. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishing.
2008
Pridemore, W.A. Cross-national and international research on homicide: The Guest Editor’s
introduction to the special issue. Homicide Studies, 12, 3-6.
2008
Pridemore, W.A. The role of alcohol in violent mortality in Russia. Russian Analytical Digest, 35, 6-10.
2005
Pridemore, W.A. “Introduction: Law, crime, and justice in transitional Russia” (pp. 1-18) AND
“Whither Russia: Transition or turmoil?” Pp. 283-288 in W.A. Pridemore (ed.), Ruling Russia: Law,
crime, and justice in a changing society. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
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Invited book chapters, commentary, book reviews, etc. (continued)
2000
Howard, G.J., Newman, G., & Pridemore, W.A. Theory, method, and data in comparative criminology.
Criminal Justice 2000, Vol. 4, 139-211. Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice.
2000
Pridemore, W.A. Crime and its control in Russia. Pp. 177-198 in G. Barak (Ed.), Crime and crime
control: A global view. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
2000
Pridemore, W.A. Book review of L.W. Kennedy & D.R. Forde, “When push comes to shove: A routine
conflict approach to violence.” Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture, 7, 125-128.
1999
Pridemore, W.A. “The generation of crime statistics in Russia” AND “The death penalty in Russia.”
Excerpted in G. Newman (ed.), Global report on crime and justice. New York: Oxford University Press.
Reports
2008
Pridemore, W.A. Social structure, alcohol, and lethal violence in Russia. Final report for National
Institutes of Health, grant R21 AA013958.
2006
Veltishchev, D.Yu., & Pridemore, W.A. World Health Organization report on violence and health in
Russia. Geneva: World Health Organization.
2003
Pridemore, W.A. Patterns and causes of excess mortality from lethal violence in transitional Russia.
Final report for National Council for Eurasian and East European Research, contract #817-13.
2000
Pridemore, W.A. Social structure and homicide in post-Soviet Russia. Final report for National Institute
of Justice, grant #1999-IJ-CX-0009.
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Manuscripts in Progress
Manuscripts under review
Grubesic, T.H., Wei, R., Murray, A.T., & Pridemore, W.A. Comparative approaches for assessing access to
alcohol outlets. Revise and resubmit.
Pridemore, W.A., & Berg, M. What is past is prologue: A population-based case-control study of repeat
victimization, premature mortality, and homicide. Revise and resubmit.
Roche, S.P., Rogers, M.L., & Pridemore, W.A. A cross-national study of the population-level association
between alcohol and suicide rates. Under first review.
Roche, S.P., Rogers, M.L., & Pridemore, W.A. Cashlessness and street crime: A cross-national study of direct
deposit payment and robbery rates. Under first review.
Hockin, S., Snowden, A.J., & Pridemore, W.A. Neighborhood-level alcohol outlet density and female criminal
victimization rates. Under first review.
Rogers, M.L., & Pridemore, W.A. How does social support influence cross-national homicide rates? Under
first review.
Jones, R.W., & Pridemore, W.A. Toward an integrated multilevel theory of crime at place: Routine activities,
social disorganization, and the law of crime concentration. Under first review.
Hockin, S., Hill, K., Rogers, M.L., & Pridemore, W.A. Population-level alcohol consumption and crossnational homicide rates. Under first review.
DeLeeuw, J., & Pridemore, W.A. The threat from within: A conjunctive analysis of domestic terrorism incidents
in the United States and the United Kingdom. Under first review.
Kaylen, M.T., Pridemore, W.A., & Roche, S.P. The impact of changing demographic composition on trends in
rural, suburban, and urban violence rates in the United States, 1993-2005: A counterfactual analysis. Under
first review.
Kaylen, M.T., Pridemore, W.A., & Roche, S.P. Rural, suburban, and urban violence rates in the United States:
A comparison of UCR and NCVS trends, 1988-2005. Under first review.
Manuscripts in progress
Rogers, M.L., & Pridemore, W.A. Do national homicide rates follow supranational trends? To be sent out for
review in summer 2016.
Berg, M.T., Pridemore, W.A., Chamlin, M.B., & Rogers, E. The effects of the 1980s’ farm crisis on suicide
rates in rural America: An interrupted time series analysis. To be sent out for review in summer 2016.
Rogers, M.L., & Pridemore, W.A. A cross-national test of Institutional Anomie Theory using a more
theoretically appropriate measure of institutional imbalance. To be sent out for review in summer 2016.
Rogers, M.L., & Pridemore, W.A. Perceived inequality and cross-national homicide rates. To be sent out for
review in summer 2016.
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Manuscripts in progress (continued)
Rogers, M.L., & Pridemore, W.A. The use of infant mortality and percent young as proxies for poverty in crossnational homicide research. To be sent out for review in fall 2016.
Chamlin, M.B., Pridemore, W.A., & Rogers, E. Much ado about nothing: Rates versus counts in studies using
ARIMA interrupted time series techniques. To be sent out for review in spring 2017.
Pridemore, W.A., Makel, M.C., & Plucker, J.A. Truth or novelty?: Replication in criminology. To be sent out
for review in spring 2017.
Pridemore, W.A. The role of social capital in moderating the effects of common risk factors of premature male
mortality: Evidence from a population-based case-control study.
Grant Support
External grant support
Principal Investigator. Alcohol, firearms, and violence in neighborhoods: Advanced spatial analytics and
geovisualization of violence. National Institute of Justice. $750,000. Under review.
Principal Investigator. The individual-level association between alcohol, firearms, and violence. National
Institute of Justice. $750,000. Under review.
Principal Investigator. Individual- and neighborhood-level effects of alcohol on violence and other negative
outcomes among African Americans in disadvantaged communities. National Institutes of Health – National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. $419,000. Preparing resubmission.
Principal Investigator. The impact of alcohol on violence and firearm violence among individuals and
communities. National Institutes of Health – National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. $2,022,000.
Preparing resubmission.
Co-Principal Investigator (PI: Bernice A. Pescosolido, Indiana University, Department of Sociology. Co-PI:
Karen Kafadar, Indiana University, Department of Statistics). Modeling the social environmental influences and
mechanisms of suicide. National Institutes of Health. $1,887,995. R01MH099436. September 2012 - June 2015.
Co-Principal Investigator (PI: Tony H. Grubesic, Drexel University, GIS and Spatial Analysis Lab).
Collaborative research: Spatial and analytical framework for examining sex offender registry issues over space
and time. National Science Foundation. SES0922737. September 2009 - August 2012. $40,682.
Principal investigator. Social structure, alcohol, and lethal violence in Russia. National Institutes of Health –
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. July 2003 - July 2008. $489,000.
Principal investigator. Grant to prepare World Health Organization report on violence and health in Russia.
World Health Organization. January 2005 - March 2005. $5,000.
Principal investigator. Patterns and causes of excess mortality from lethal violence in transitional Russia. The
National Council for Eurasian and East European Research. October 2001 - September 2003. $53,064.
Co-Principal Investigator (PI: Kelly R. Damphousse, U. of Oklahoma, Department of Sociology). Alcohol and
drug treatment needs among families receiving TANF. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. April
2001 - August 2001. $63,512.
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External grant support (continued)
Principal investigator. The incivilities of the transition to a civil society: Social change and violence in Russia.
American Sociological Association & National Science Foundation. December 2001 - February 2003. $4,920.
Principal investigator. Patterns of illicit drug trafficking and consumption in Ukraine. National Institute of
Justice. Funded in 1999; resources withheld due to complications with NIJ’s Ukrainian partnerships. $30,519.
Principal investigator. Social structure and homicide in post-Soviet Russia. National Institute of Justice
Dissertation Fellowship. January 1999 - September 2000. $34,867.
Internal grant support
Principal investigator (Co-PI: Tony H. Grubesic, Indiana University, Department of Geography). Using GIS and
spatial analysis to improve epidemiological studies of alcohol-related violence and morbidity. Indiana
University, Faculty Research Support Program, Vice Provost for Research. August 2009 - July 2010. $47,816.
Principal investigator. The impact of Gorbachev’s anti-alcohol campaign on homicide and suicide in Russia.
Russian and East European Institute. Summer 2009. $5,000.
Course development grant (for class entitled Law, crime, and justice in post-Soviet Russia). Indiana University,
Russian and East European Institute. Summer 2005. $5,000.
Grant to cover publication costs of book. Ruling Russia: Law, crime, and justice in a changing society. Indiana
University, Office of the Vice President for Research. November 2004. $1,600.
Grant to host symposium. Crime, law, and justice in Russia. Harvard University. February 2004. $14,000.
Principal investigator. Social change, alcohol, and suicide in post-Soviet Russia. OU Office of the Vice
President for Research, Junior Faculty Research Program. May 2003 - August 2003. $6,000.
Principal investigator. The changing characteristics of homicide in Russia: Offenders, victims, and events. OU
College of Arts and Science, Junior Faculty Fellowship. May 2002 - August 2002. $6,000.
Principal investigator. Social structure and violent death in transitional Russia. OU Office of the Vice President
for Research, Junior Faculty Research Program. May 2001 - August 2001. $6,000.
Grant to prepare/present paper, Homicide as an (emerging) health threat among selected populations, at IUSSP
conference in Brazil. University of Oklahoma Office of the Vice President for Research. Summer 2001. $1,800.
Title VI grant (PI: R.H. Cox, Political Science, U. of Oklahoma) to develop and teach new course on Social
Problems in Russia, for University of Oklahoma. U.S. Department of Education. 2000-2002. $5,600.
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Invited Presentations
2016
University of Georgia. Department of Sociology. “Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow”: The
impact of the 1980s farm crisis on suicide in rural America. 29 April 2016.
2016
University of Illinois. The Fisher Forum: Population, Health, and Social Change in Eurasia. Crime,
justice, and premature mortality in Russia. 17 June 2016.
2015
World Health Organization. 7th Milestones in a Global Campaign for Violence Prevention. Poverty
reduction and social protection as sustainable development goals for violence prevention. Geneva,
Switzerland. 22 September 2015.
2014
Swedish Royal Institute of Technology. Symposium on Social Change, Rural Crime, and Community
Safety. Measuring violent victimization: Reporting to police and presenting to emergency rooms by
rural, suburban, and urban victims. 18 September 2014.
2014
University of Nevada – Las Vegas. University Forum and Department of Sociology. A skeptic’s take on
studying cross-national homicide rates: Things are not what they seem. 11 March 2014.
2014
University of Iowa, Department of Sociology. Theory Workshop. A skeptic’s take on studying crossnational homicide rates: Things are not always what they seem. 7 March 2014.
2013
University of Montréal, International Center on Comparative Criminology. Symposium on Violence and
Homicide Across Time and Space. The structural covariates of cross-national homicide rates:
Challenging the orthodoxy. Montréal. 11 November 2013.
2013
Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center. Symposium on Engaging the law in Eurasia and Eastern
Europe. Panel discussant for session on Fighting crime and corruption. Washington, DC. 14 May 2013.
2012
Kent State University, Department of Sociology. The mortality penalty of incarceration: Evidence from
a population-based case-control study of working-age males. 3 December 2012.
2012
University of Kentucky, Department of Sociology. Interpersonal violence in post-Soviet Russia:
Socioeconomic change, political change, and alcohol. 8 October 2012.
2012
Indiana University, Sociology Department. Social Psychology, Health, and the Life Course Workshop.
The mortality penalty of incarceration: Evidence from a population-based case-control study of
working-age males. 14 September 2012.
2012
Centre for Baltic and East European Studies, Södertörn University. The association between population
drinking and suicide rates in Eastern Europe: Cross-sectional, time series, and interrupted time series
evidence from Russia and Slovenia. Stockholm, Sweden. 23 April 2012.
2012
Stockholm Centre on Health of Societies in Transition, Södertörn University. Premature mortality
among working-age males in Russia: Alcohol, socioeconomic status, and homelessness. Stockholm,
Sweden. 28 March 2012.
2010
Gruenewald, J., & Pridemore, W.A. Journal of Quantitative Criminology. Symposium on Quantitative
Methods and the Study of Terrorism. Using the new Extremist Crime Database to compare homicide
victim, offender, and event characteristics of ideologically motivated and routine homicides. New York
City. 8 October 2010.
2010
Estonian-Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute. Symposium on developing an evidence base
on social and public health determinants of suicide in Eastern Europe, the CIS, and the Baltic Countries:
A foundation for designing interventions. The ecological association between alcohol and suicide in
Eastern Europe: Evidence from Russia and Slovenia. Tallinn, Estonia. 15 September 2010.
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Invited Presentations (continued)
2010
Center for Strategic and International Studies. Three views of the Russian mortality crisis: Hazardous
drinking, SES differentials, and homelessness. Washington, DC. 26 April 2010.
2010
Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol: Thematic conference on
alcohol and violence. The moderating effect of community organization on the association between
alcohol outlets and assault. Melbourne, Australia. 16 March 2010.
2009
Indiana University, Geography Department. Poverty matters: A reassessment of the inequality-homicide
relationship in cross-national studies. 6 March 2009.
2008
Indiana University, Sociology Department. Social Psychology, Health, and the Life Course Workshop.
The Russian mortality crisis: Alcohol, SES differentials, and homelessness. 22 November 2008.
2008
Swiss Academy for Development. The effects of social change and anomie on types and levels of
mortality among the most vulnerable in Russia. Symposium on anomie and its relevance to development
practice. Biel-Bienne, Switzerland. 7 November 2008.
2008
University of Wisconsin-Madison. Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia. Increasing
vulnerability: The homeless, mortality, and alcohol in Russia. 3 April 2008.
2006
Center for Demography and Human Ecology (Moscow): Mortality in countries of the former USSR
fifteen years after break-up: Change or continuity? Change and stability in the characteristics of
homicide victims, offenders, and incidents during rapid social change. Kiev, Ukraine. 13 October 2006.
2005
Justice Research & Statistics Association: Panel on data and the fight against terrorism. Mismeasuring
militias: The methodological limitations of studies of paramilitary groups. 27 October 2005.
2005
Harvard University. Faculty of Arts & Sciences colloquium: Russian Studies and the Social Sciences.
Capitalism and its discontents: Homicide and suicide mortality as a measure of public health and well
being in Russia. 2 May 2005.
2005
Harvard University. Health and Demography in the States of the Former Soviet Union. Rapid
socioeconomic change and suicide in Russia. 30 April 2005.
2004
The Russia Initiative. Plenary speech. Old and new problems of law, crime, and justice in 21st Century
Russia. Houston, Texas. 12 November 2004.
2004
Stockholm University. Center for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs. Alcohol, homicide, and suicide
in Russia. Stockholm, Sweden. 26 March 2004.
2004
Södertörn University (Stockholm). Baltic and East European Graduate School. Social structure, alcohol,
and homicide in transitional Russia. Stockholm, Sweden. 23 March 2004.
2004
Niagara University. Department of Criminal Justice. The nature of homicide in post-Soviet Russia.
18 March 2004.
2004
Harvard University. Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. Patterns and structural covariates
of homicide in Russia. Harvard University. 19 February 2004.
2004
Harvard University. Harvard Injury Control Research Center. Patterns, structural covariates, and the
changing nature of homicide in Russia. Harvard University. 8 January 2004.
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Invited Presentations (continued)
2002
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. International Union for the Scientific Study of
Population’s Committee on Emerging Health Threats Seminar: Diverging Trends in Mortality.
Determinants of regional homicide mortality in Russia. Rostock, Germany. 21 June 2002.
2002
John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Patterns and structural antecedents of homicide in post-Soviet
Russia. New York City. 14 March 2002.
2002
University of Oklahoma. Symposium on Russia and Eastern Europe. The historical context of
demography in Russia. University of Oklahoma. 22 February 2002.
1995
Donetsk University. Center for Political Studies. Seminar on the Realization of Human Rights in
Ukraine. Prevention, detection, and prosecution of genocide. Donetsk, Ukraine. March 2002.
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Participation at Professional Meetings
2017
Pridemore, W.A. A case-control study of the impact of recent victimization on premature mortality.
American Association for the Advancement of Science. Boston.
2017
Organizer and Chair. Panel on Crime, Justice, and Death. American Association for the Advancement of
Science. Boston.
2016
Organizer and Chair. Panel on Situational Dynamics of Interpersonal Violence and Conflict Escalation.
American Association for the Advancement of Science. Washington, DC.
2016
Roche, S.P., Rogers, M.L., & Pridemore, W.A. (Presenter). A cross-national study of the populationlevel association between alcohol consumption and suicide rates. Kettil Bruun Society. Stockholm.
2016
Chair. Panel on Prices & Taxes: Elasticities and Impacts. Kettil Bruun Society. Stockholm.
2016
Discussant. Panel on Types of Alcohol and the People Who Drink Them. Kettil Bruun
Society. Stockholm.
2016
Snowden, A.J., McGee, M., & Pridemore, W.A. Off-premise alcohol outlet characteristics and
Milwaukee. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Denver.
2016
Invited Presenter. Presidential Panel for Division of International Criminology: Significant Trends and
Research Issues in International Criminology and Comparative Analysis. The Criminological Transition
Model: A new theory of how societal evolution influences the nature of crime. American Society of
Criminology. New Orleans.
2016
Hockin, S., Hill, K., Rogers, M.L., & Pridemore, W.A. Population-level alcohol consumption and
national homicide rates. American Society of Criminology. New Orleans.
2016
Rogers, M.L., & Pridemore, W.A. Do national and regional crime rates follow a global trend?
American Society of Criminology. New Orleans.
2016
Roche, S.P., Rogers, M.L., & Pridemore, W.A. Cashlessness and crime: A cross-national investigation
of the association between electronic payment system use and instrumental offending. American Society
of Criminology. New Orleans.
2016
Jones, R.W., & Pridemore, W.A. A methodological addition to the study of crime at place: Using
Hierarchical Generalized Linear Modeling to test the law of crime concentration. American Society of
Criminology. New Orleans.
2016
Snowden, A.J., & Pridemore, W.A. Understanding why off-premise alcohol outlets matter for
neighborhood crime. American Society of Criminology. New Orleans.
2015
Organizer and Chair. Panel on Creating and using new information to promote innovation in crime and
justice policy. American Association for the Advancement of Science. San Jose, California.
2015
Berg, M., Pridemore, W.A. (Presenter), Rogers, E., Chamlin, M.B. Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the
plow: The impact of the 1980s farm crisis on suicide in rural America. American Sociological
Association. Chicago.
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Participation at Professional Meetings (continued)
2015
Chair. Panel on Violence. American Sociological Association. Chicago.
2015
Pridemore, W.A., & Berg, M.T. A population-based case-control study of recent criminal victimization
and premature mortality. European Society of Criminology. Porto, Portugal.
2015
Rogers, M.L., & Pridemore, W.A. Does social control account for the cross-national association
between social protection and homicide rates? American Society of Criminology. Washington, DC.
2015
Grubesic, T.H., Wei, R., Murray, A.T., & Pridemore, W.A. (Presenter). Introducing a gravity-based
model to measure alcohol availability. Kettil Bruun Society. Munich.
2015
Chair. Panel on Alcohol and Health Outcomes. Kettil Bruun Society. Munich.
2015
DeLeeuw, J., & Pridemore, W.A. Domestic terrorism in the United States and United Kingdom: A
conjunctive analysis of case configurations. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Orlando.
2014
Pridemore, W.A. Hazardous drinking and violent death among Russian males: Evidence from a
population-based case-control study. European Society of Criminology. Prague.
2014
Chair. Panel on Homicide in Europe. European Society of Criminology. Prague.
2014
Rogers, M.L., & Pridemore, W.A. No association between percent young and cross-national
homicide rates, and its inclusion damages model fit. American Sociological Association. San Francisco.
2014
Snowden, A.J., & Pridemore, W.A. Alcohol outlets, social disorganization, and non-violent crimes:
Direct and moderating effects. Kettil Bruun Society. Torino, Italy.
2014
Pridemore, W.A., Philip Tabb, L., Grubesic, T.H., & Wei, R. Did the privatization of liquor distribution
and sales in Washington state have an impact on violence? Kettil Bruun Society. Torino, Italy.
2014
Discussant. Panel on The association between alcohol and non-communicable diseases. Kettil Bruun
Society. Torino, Italy.
2014
Chair. Panel on Alcohol regulation and policy. Kettil Bruun Society. Torino, Italy.
2014
Pridemore, W.A., & Berg, M.T. A population-based case-control study of recent criminal victimization
and premature mortality. American Society of Criminology. San Francisco.
2014
Rogers, E., Berg, M.T., Pridemore, W.A., & Chamlin, M.B. The effects of the 1980s’ farm crisis on
suicide rates in rural America: An interrupted time series analysis. American Society of Criminology.
San Francisco.
2014
Stucky, T.D., Snowden, A.J., & Pridemore, W.A. Alcohol outlet density, social disorganization, and
non-violent crime: Direct and moderating effects. American Society of Criminology. San Francisco.
2013
Organizer and Chair. Panel on The economic costs of crime and justice in the United States. American
Association for the Advancement of Science. Boston.
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Participation at Professional Meetings (continued)
2013
Pridemore, W.A., Chamlin, M.B., & Andreev, E.M. Reduction in male suicide mortality following the
2006 Russian alcohol policy: An interrupted time series analysis. Kettil Bruun Society. Kampala,
Uganda.
2013
Discussant. Panel on Alcohol epidemiology. Kettil Bruun Society. Kampala, Uganda.
2013
Pridemore, W.A. The mortality penalty of incarceration: Evidence from a population-based casecontrol study of working-age males. American Sociological Association. New York City.
2013
Pridemore, W.A. Hazardous drinking and violent death among males: Evidence from a populationbased case-control study. American Society of Criminology. Atlanta.
2013
Rogers, M.L., & Pridemore, W.A. Exploring the association between the various mechanisms of social
support and cross-national homicide rates. American Society of Criminology. Atlanta.
2013
Jones, R.W., & Pridemore, W.A. The foreclosure crisis and suicide: Is housing-mortgage stress
associated with suicide in U.S. metropolitan areas? American Society of Criminology. Atlanta.
2012
Organizer. Panel on The social consequences of mass imprisonment in the United States.
American Association for the Advancement of Science. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
2012
Rogers, M.L., & Pridemore, W.A. (Presenter). The impact of poverty and social protection on national
homicide rates: Direct and moderating effects. American Sociological Association. Denver.
2012
Jones, R., & Pridemore, W.A. The foreclosure crisis and violence in US cities. American Sociological
Association. Denver.
2012
Chair. Panel on International and environmental aspects in criminology. American Sociological
Association. Denver.
2012
Pridemore, W.A. (Presenter), Grubesic, T.H., Murray, A.T., Tabb, L.P., Liu, Y., & Wei, R. Using
spatial optimization modeling to examine alcohol beverage control and to estimate future dispersion of
alcohol outlets. Kettil Bruun Society. Stavanger, Norway
2012
Snowden, A.J., & Pridemore, W.A. Alcohol outlets, social disorganization, land use, and violence in a
large college town. Kettil Bruun Society. Stavanger, Norway.
2012
Chair. Panel on Alcohol control and taxation. Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological
Research on Alcohol. Stavanger, Norway.
2012
Pridemore, W.A., & Grubesic, T.H. Community organization moderates the effect of alcohol outlet
density on violence. Stockholm Criminology Symposium. Stockholm, Sweden.
2012
Chair. Panel on Social organization and crime. Stockholm Criminology Symposium. Stockholm,
Sweden.
2012
Pridemore, W.A. (Presenter), Grubesic, T.H., Murray, A.T., Tabb, L.P., Liu, Y., & Wei, R. Using
spatial optimization modeling to examine alcohol beverage control and to estimate future dispersion of
alcohol outlets. American Society of Criminology. Chicago.
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Participation at Professional Meetings (continued)
2012
Snowden, A.J., & Pridemore, W.A. Off-premise alcohol outlets and violence in a college town: The role
of outlet, staff, and patron characteristics. American Society of Criminology. Chicago.
2011
Organizer and Chair. Panel on Nature, nurture, and antisocial behavior: Biological and biosocial
research on crime. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Washington, DC.
2011
Grubesic, T.H., & Pridemore, W.A. Using proximity analysis and spatial cluster detection to better
understand the association between agglomerations of alcohol outlets and clusters of violence.
Association of American Geographers. Seattle.
2011
Philip Tabb, L., Grubesic, T.H., & Pridemore, W.A. The spatial distribution of alcohol outlets and
violence in Philadelphia: Developing a new spatial scan statistic. Joint Statistical Meetings. Miami.
2011
Pridemore, W.A., & Grubesic, T.H. Community organization moderates the effect of alcohol outlet
density on violence. American Sociological Association. Las Vegas.
2011
Snowden, A. J., Pridemore, W.A., & Grubesic, T.H. Using proximity analysis and spatial cluster
detection to understand better the association between alcohol outlet agglomerations and clusters of
violence. American Society of Criminology. Washington, DC.
2011
Kaylen, M.T., & Pridemore, W.A. Measuring violence: Rural, suburban, and urban victims’ reporting
to police and presenting to emergency rooms. American Society of Criminology. Washington, DC.
2011
Rogers, M., & Pridemore, W.A. The effects of poverty and social protection on cross-national homicide
rates: Direct and moderating effects. American Society of Criminology. Washington, DC.
2011
Jones, R., & Pridemore, W.A. The foreclosure crisis and violence in US cities. American Society of
Criminology. Washington, DC.
2011
Pridemore, W.A., & Grubesic, T.H. Community organization moderates the effect of alcohol outlet
density on violence. American Society of Criminology. Washington, DC.
2010
Organizer and Chair. Panel on Using GIS and spatial analysis to better understand patterns and causes
of violence. American Association for the Advancement of Science. San Diego.
2010
Grubesic, T.H., & Pridemore, W.A. Alcohol outlets and community violence: Spatial density, type of
outlet, and seriousness of assault. American Association for the Advancement of Science. San Diego.
2010
Discussant. Panel on Aggregate and epidemiological studies of alcohol and violence. Kettil Bruun
Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol: Thematic conference on alcohol and
violence. Melbourne, Australia.
2010
Pridemore, W.A., & Grubesic, T.H. Alcohol outlets and community levels of violence: Spatial density,
type of outlet, and seriousness of assault. Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research
on Alcohol. Lausanne, Switzerland.
2010
Discussant. Panel on Drinking and driving. Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological
Research on Alcohol. Lausanne, Switzerland.
2010
Organizer and Chair. Panel on International and cross-national studies of crime and deviance.
American Sociological Association. Atlanta.
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Participation at Professional Meetings (continued)
2010
Kaylen, M.T., & Pridemore, W.A. Rural community structure and crime in Great Britain: The first
direct test of the systemic model. American Sociological Association. Atlanta.
2010
Gruenewald, J., & Pridemore, W.A. Are ideologically motivated homicides perpetrated by
far-right extremists unique? American Society of Criminology. San Francisco.
2010
Pridemore, W.A., & Grubesic, T.H. Alcohol outlets and community levels of violence: Spatial density,
type of outlet, and seriousness of assault. American Society of Criminology. San Francisco.
2010
Chair. Panel on Social factors influencing suicide in Eastern Europe, the CIS, and the Baltic Countries:
Social, cultural, economic, and behavioral. Symposium on “Developing an evidence base on social and
public health determinants of suicide in Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and
the Baltic Countries: A foundation for designing interventions.” Hosted by Estonian-Swedish Mental
Health and Suicidology Institute. Tallinn, Estonia.
2010
Kaylen, M.T., & Pridemore, W.A. Rural community structure and crime in Great Britain: The first
direct test of the systemic model. American Society of Criminology. San Francisco.
2010
Chair. Panel on Spatial models of crime. American Society of Criminology. San Francisco.
2009
Pridemore, W.A., & Trent, Carol L.S. Do the invariant findings for the structural covariates of homicide
extend beyond the United States? A summary of the cross-national and international literature.
American Society of Criminology. Philadelphia.
2009
Kaylen, M., & Pridemore, W.A. Exploring potential methodological reasons for the inconsistent results
in studies of social disorganization and violence rates in rural areas. American Society of Criminology.
Philadelphia.
2009
Pridemore, W.A., Tomkins, S., & Eckhardt, K. A case-control analysis of SES differentials in premature
mortality among working-age males. American Sociological Association. San Francisco.
2009
Kaylen, M., & Pridemore, W.A. Social disorganization and youth violence in rural areas: A
reassessment of the Osgood-Chambers thesis. American Sociological Association. San Francisco.
2009
Stickley, A., & Pridemore, W.A. Individual-level effects of binge drinking and social capital on violent
victimization: Findings from the Moscow Health Survey. Kettil Bruun Society for Social and
Epidemiological Research on Alcohol. Copenhagen.
2009
Discussant. Panel on Comparative studies of alcohol epidemiology. Kettil Bruun Society for Social and
Epidemiological Research on Alcohol. Copenhagen.
2008
Snowden, A.J., & Pridemore, W.A. An interrupted time series analysis of the effects of a national
alcohol policy on violent mortality. American Society of Criminology. St. Louis.
2008
Kaylen, M., & Pridemore, W.A. Is the association between social disorganization and adolescent
violent victimization moderated by community size? American Society of Criminology. St. Louis.
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Participation at Professional Meetings (continued)
2008
Pridemore, W.A. A test of competing hypotheses about suicide mortality following terrorist attacks: An
interrupted time series analysis of September 11 and Oklahoma City. American Sociological
Association. Boston.
2008
Organizer and chair. Panel on The impact of social structure and policy on crime and punishment.
American Sociological Association. Boston.
2008
Pridemore, W.A. Poverty matters: A reassessment of the inequality-homicide relationship in crossnational studies. Homicide Research Working Group. Huntsville, Texas.
2008
Pridemore, W.A., & Snowden, A.J. An interrupted time series analysis of the effects of an alcohol policy
on homicide and suicide mortality in Slovenia. Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological
Research on Alcohol. Vancouver.
2007
Pridemore, W.A. Poverty matters: A reassessment of the inequality-homicide relationship in crossnational studies. American Sociological Association. New York City.
2007
Pridemore, W.A. The role of alcohol in deaths of unidentified people in Russia: An emerging health
threat to a vulnerable population. Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on
Alcohol. Budapest.
2007
Pridemore, W.A. Why is poverty missing from the cross-national literature on social structure and
homicide? A first test. American Society of Criminology. Atlanta.
2007
Pridemore, W.A., Trahan, A., & Chamlin, M.B. The impact of large terrorist attacks on subsequent
violence: Oklahoma City, 9/11, & homicide & suicide rates. American Society of Criminology. Atlanta.
2007
Eckhardt, K., & Pridemore, W.A. Differences in male and female involvement in lethal violence: An
analysis of homicide characteristics when women are victims or offenders. American Society of
Criminology. Atlanta.
2007
Organizer and chair. Panel on International studies of violence. American Society of Criminology.
Atlanta.
2006
Eckhardt, K., & Pridemore, W.A. A comparison of the characteristics of alcohol- and non-alcoholrelated homicides. American Society of Criminology. Los Angeles.
2006
Organizer and chair. Panel on Homicide theory, research, and data in a comparative perspective.
American Society of Criminology. Los Angeles.
2006
Pridemore, W.A., Chamlin, M.B., & Cochran, J.K. An interrupted time-series analysis of Durkheim’s
social deregulation hypothesis. American Society of Criminology. Los Angeles.
2006
Pridemore, W.A. The impact of political and economic transition on interpersonal violence: Lessons
from Russia. American Society of Criminology. Los Angeles.
2006
Pridemore, W.A. Criminological transition? Homicide characteristics during rapid social change.
American Sociological Association. Montréal.
2006
Pridemore, W.A., & Gruenewald, J. Stability and change in homicide victim, offender, and event
characteristics in Chicago between 1900 and 2000. American Sociological Association. Montréal.
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Participation at Professional Meetings (continued)
2006
Pridemore, W.A. Change and stability in the characteristics of homicide victims, offenders, and
incidents during rapid social change. Homicide Research Working Group. Richmond, Virginia.
2006
Chair. Panel on Historical studies of homicide. Homicide Research Working Group. Richmond,
Virginia.
2006
Pridemore, W.A., & Chamlin, M.B. A time series analysis of the effects of heavy drinking on homicide
and suicide rates in Russia. Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol.
Maastricht, The Netherlands.
2006
Discussant. Panel on ARIMA-based structural-level analyses of alcohol. Kettil Bruun Society for Social
and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol. Maastricht, The Netherlands.
2005
Pridemore, W.A., & Kim, S.W. Political change and violence: The short-term negative impact of
democratization on homicide in Russia. American Society of Criminology. Toronto.
2005
Gruenewald, J., & Pridemore, W.A. A comparison of homicide victim, offender, and event
characteristics in Chicago between 1900 and 2000. American Society of Criminology. Toronto.
2005
Pridemore, W.A. Heavy drinking and suicide mortality in Russia. American Sociological Association.
Philadelphia.
2005
Freilich, J.D., & Pridemore, W.A. Mismeasuring militias: The methodological limitations of state-level
studies of paramilitary groups. American Sociological Association. Philadelphia.
2005
Pridemore, W.A., & Kim, S.W. Communism and crime: The association between political change and
homicide rates in Russia. World Congress on Criminology. Philadelphia.
2005
Pridemore, W.A., Chamlin, M.B., & Cochran, J.K. An interrupted time series analysis of Durkheim’s
social deregulation thesis: The case of the Russian Federation. International Union for Scientific Study
of Population. Tours, France.
2005
Pridemore, W.A., & Kim, S.W. Negative socioeconomic change and homicide in transitional Russia.
Homicide Research Working Group. Orlando, Florida.
2005
Pridemore, W.A. The cross-sectional association between alcohol and suicide in transitional Russia.
Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol. Riverside, California.
2005
Discussant. Panel on Drinking and morbidity. Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological
Research on Alcohol. Riverside, California.
2005
Discussant. Panel on The nature, quality, and reliability of health statistics in the Former Soviet Union.
Symposium on Health and Demography in the States of the Former Soviet Union. Harvard University.
2005
Pridemore, W.A., & Freilich, J.D. Mismeasuring militias: The methodological limitations of state-level
studies of paramilitary groups. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Chicago.
2004
Pridemore, W.A. Weekend effects on binge drinking and homicide in Russia. Kettil Bruun Society for
Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol. Helsinki, Finland.
2004
Discussant. Panel on Alcohol and violence. Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological
Research on Alcohol. Helsinki, Finland.
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Participation at Professional Meetings (continued)
2004
Discussant. Panel on Issues in Russian foreign and security policy. Conference on The role of Russian
Business in Foreign and Security Policy. Hosted by the Center for Security Studies. Zurich, Switzerland.
2004
Pridemore, W.A., & Freilich, J.D. The impact of state laws protecting abortion clinics and reproductive
rights: Deterrence, backlash, or neither? American Sociological Association. San Francisco.
2004
Pridemore, W.A. Alcohol and suicide in Russia. American Public Health Association. Washington, DC.
2004
Chair. Author-meets-critics panel (L. Beeghley, “Homicide: A sociological explanation”). American
Society of Criminology. Nashville.
2004
Freilich, J.D., & Pridemore, W.A. Female empowerment, paramilitary culture, and political crime:
Covariates of abortion clinic attacks in the United States. American Society of Criminology. Nashville.
2004
Pridemore, W.A., Damphousse, K.R., & Moore, R.K. Effects of interview mode on estimates of need for
alcohol and drug treatment among welfare recipients. American Society of Criminology. Nashville.
2004
Pridemore, W.A., & Kim, S.W. The effects of socioeconomic change on crime and violence in a
transitional society. American Society of Criminology. Nashville.
2003
Freilich, J.D. & Pridemore, W.A. Alternative subcultural theories of homicide victimization among
whites in the United States. American Society of Criminology. Denver.
2003
Kim, S.W., & Pridemore, W.A. The intermediate role of social institutions in the relationship between
social change and homicide in Russia. American Society of Criminology. Denver.
Pridemore, W.A., Damphousse, K.R., & Moore, R.K. Obtaining sensitive information from a wary
population: Comparing telephone and face-to-face surveys. American Society of Criminology. Denver.
2003
2003
Pridemore, W.A. Weekend effects on binge drinking and homicide mortality: Increasing evidence for the
relationship between alcohol and homicide in Russia? American Society of Criminology. Denver.
2003
Panelist. American Society of Criminology Student Affairs Committee special panel, Getting published.
American Society of Criminology. Denver.
2003
Pridemore, W.A. Homicide as a public health threat: Toward an integration of sociological and public
health perspectives in the study of violence. Homicide Research Working Group. Sacramento.
2002
Pridemore, W.A., Chervyakov, V.V., Shkolnikov, V.M., & McKee, M. The changing nature of murder
in Russia. American Society of Criminology. Chicago.
2002
Damphousse, K., & Pridemore, W.A. A comparison of telephone and face-to-face surveys of substance
use and treatment needs. American Society of Criminology. Chicago.
2002
Burns, T., & Pridemore, W.A. Effects of social and environmental factors on homicide in the former
Soviet Union. American Sociological Association. Chicago.
2001
Pridemore, W.A., & Kim, S.W. The relationship between alcohol consumption and the spatial
distribution of homicide rates in Russia. American Society of Criminology. Atlanta.
2001
Discussant. Teaching innovations in comparative criminology. American Society of Criminology.
Atlanta.
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Participation at Professional Meetings (continued)
2001
Pridemore, W.A. Integrating sociological and public health perspectives in the study of homicide.
International Union for Scientific Study of the Population. Salvador de Bahia, Brazil.
2001
Pridemore, W.A., & Spivak, A.L. Patterns of suicide mortality in Russia. American Sociological
Association. Anaheim.
2000
Pridemore, W.A. Structural disorganization and homicide in Russia. American Society of Criminology.
San Francisco.
2000
Pridemore, W.A. Social structure and homicide in post-Soviet Russia. American Sociological
Association. Washington, DC.
1999
Pridemore, W.A. Social problems and juvenile delinquency in post-Soviet Russia. American Society of
Criminology. Toronto.
1999
Pridemore, W.A. Spatial, temporal, and demographic variation of homicide rates in Russia. American
Society of Criminology. Toronto.
1999
Chair. Violence in special populations session. American Society of Criminology. Toronto.
1998
Organizer and chair. Crime and crime control: A global view I session. American Society of
Criminology. Washington, DC.
1998
Organizer, chair, and discussant. Crime and crime control: A global view II session. American Society
of Criminology. Washington, DC.
1998
Pridemore, W.A. Crime and crime control in Russia. International Congress on Criminology. Seoul,
South Korea.
1998
Chair and discussant. Innovations in criminology and criminal justice session. International Congress on
Criminology. Seoul, South Korea.
1997
Pridemore, W.A. Examining the executives’ decision to execute or commute in post-Furman capital
cases. American Society of Criminology. San Diego.
1996
Pridemore, W.A. Tracking structural predictors of violent crime: A cross-national approach. American
Society of Criminology. Chicago.
1995
Chair. Sociology session. Civic Education Project International Conference. Vienna, Austria.
1995
Chair. Sociology session. Civic Education Project Ukrainian Conference. Chernovtsi, Ukraine.
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TEACHING
Courses taught
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Graduate
o The science of violence
o Criminological theory
o Evidence-based policy in crime and criminal justice
o Seminar on academic and professional development in the social sciences
o Law, crime, and justice in Russia
o Social problems in contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe
o PhD graduate orientation
Undergraduate
o The science of violence
o Sociology of crime and delinquency (Regular, Honors)
o Introduction to criminological theory
o Sociology of law
o Law, crime, and justice in Russia
o Social problems in contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe
o Deviance, crime, and conformity
o Social deviance
PhD Dissertations
Chair of PhD Dissertation. Joseph DeLeeuw. (In progress). A social network analysis of domestic terrorism and
the militia movement in the United States. Indiana University, Department of Criminal Justice.
Chair of PhD Dissertation. Meghan L. Rogers. (2015). Social protection and cross-national homicide rates.
Indiana University, Department of Criminal Justice.
Chair of PhD Dissertation. Roderick W. Jones. (2015). The moderating effect of block-level routine activities on
the association between neighborhood social disorganization and crime rates: A multi-level model of an
elaborated theory. Indiana University, Department of Criminal Justice.
Chair of PhD Dissertation. Maria T. Kaylen. (2013). Violence in rural, suburban, and urban areas: Trends,
demographics, and measurement. Indiana University, Department of Criminal Justice.
Chair of PhD Dissertation. Aleksandra J. Snowden. (2012). Moving beyond density in the association between
alcohol outlets and violence: The role of social organization, land use, and outlet, environment, patron, and
staff characteristics. Indiana University, Department of Criminal Justice.
Chair of PhD Dissertation. Sang-Weon Kim. (2003). Anomie, institutions, and crime: The role of social
institutions in the relationship between socioeconomic change and crime in Russia. University of Oklahoma,
Department of Sociology.
Member of PhD Dissertation Committee. Karise Curtis. (In progress). The comparative lethality of two
disparate world regions: An examination of Latin America and Europe to explain discrepant homicide trends.
University at Albany – State University of New York, School of Criminal Justice.
Member of PhD Dissertation Committee. Sean P. Roche. (In progress). Cops and cells: Police technology use,
perceptions of the public, and job attitudes. University at Albany – State University of New York, School of
Criminal Justice.
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PhD Dissertations (continued)
Member of PhD Dissertation Committee. Catrin Andersson. (2015). Cross-national crime rates: Testing
different forms of anomie and examining the potential consequences of low crime rates. John Jay College of
Criminal Justice, Department of Sociology.
Member of PhD Dissertation Committee. Carol L. S. Trent. (2015). Elite deviance, organized crime, and
homicide: A cross-national exploration. University of South Florida, Department of Criminology.
Member of PhD Dissertation Committee. Christian King. (2015). A mediating model of parental incarceration,
food insecurity, and child well-being. Georgia State University, Department of Public Management and Policy.
Member of PhD Dissertation Committee. Daniel J. Beers. (2011). Culture in the courts: Formal laws, informal
practices, and the politics of postcommunist judicial reform. Indiana University, Political Science.
Member of PhD Dissertation Committee. Jonas Landberg. (2010). Alcohol-related problems in Eastern Europe:
A comparative perspective. Stockholm University, Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs.
Member of PhD Dissertation Committee. AJ Myer. (2010). Evaluating the effect of citizen displacement on
Houston’s crime-arrest relationship. University of Cincinnati, Department of Criminal Justice.
Member of PhD Dissertation Committee. Timothy Lauger. (2010). Known in “Naptown”: Legitimacy,
reputation, and violence in the intergang environment. Indiana University, Department of Criminal Justice.
Member of PhD Dissertation Committee. John Walsh. (2009). A thematic analysis of the Cook County Jail
overcrowding dispute, 1993-2003. Indiana University. Department of Criminal Justice.
MA Theses, Qualifying Exams, Etc.
Chair of Qualifying Exam Committee. Meghan Rogers. (2013). Does age matter in cross-national homicide
research? Indiana University, Department of Criminal Justice. (In the IU Criminal Justice Department the
Qualifying Exam is an independent research project equivalent in scope to an MA thesis).
Chair of Qualifying Exam Committee. Joseph DeLeeuw. (2013). The threat from within: A comparison of
domestic terrorism incidents in the United States and the United Kingdom based on perpetrator type. Indiana
University, Department of Criminal Justice. (In the IU Criminal Justice Department the Qualifying Exam is an
independent research project equivalent in scope to an MA thesis).
Chair of Qualifying Exam Committee. Roderick Jones. (2012). The foreclosure crisis and suicide in U.S.
metropolitan areas. Indiana University, Department of Criminal Justice. (In the IU Criminal Justice Department
the Qualifying Exam is an independent research project equivalent in scope to an MA thesis).
Chair of MA Thesis Committee. Maria Kaylen. (2010). A test of three methodological explanations for
inconsistencies in rural social disorganization and youth violence research. Indiana University, Department of
Criminal Justice.
Chair of “Substantial paper” (for Master’s degree). Aleksandra Snowden. (2009). The effect of an alcohol policy
on suicide in Slovenia. Indiana University, Department of Criminal Justice.
Chair of “Substantial paper” (for Master’s degree). Jeffrey Gruenewald. (2005). A comparison of homicide
victim, offender, and event characteristics in Chicago between 1900 and 2000. Indiana University, Department
of Criminal Justice.
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SERVICE
Service to the Discipline
American Society of Criminology
ASC representative to the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2011 Outstanding Article Award Committee – Chair
2010 Outstanding Article Award Committee – Member
ASC representative to the United Nations (alternate)
Ad Hoc ASC Committee on United Nations Involvement
Annual Meeting Program Committee
Student Affairs Committee
Division of International Criminology
Awards Committee
Secretary
Executive Council
American Sociological Association
Annual Meeting Program Committee
Section on Crime, Law, and Deviance
Albert J. Reiss Book Award Committee
Graduate Student Paper Award Committee
Section on Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco
Secretary-Treasurer
Nominations Committee
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
International Section
Member of Gerhard O.W. Mueller Award Committee
Homicide Research Working Group
Publications Committee
Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol
Executive Coordinating Committee
Conference Program and Mentoring Working Group
Nominations Committee (Chair)
Editorial Boards and Related Journal Service
Annual Review of Criminology
Founding Editorial Board
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
Assistant Field Editor
International Criminal Justice Review
Editor
Associate Editor
Justice Quarterly
Social Science Quarterly
Homicide Studies
Associate Editor
Journal of Criminal Justice
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
2008-Present
2010-2011
2009-2010
2007-2008
2007
2005-2010
2002-2003
2001-2002
2000-2001
1999-2001
2008, 2010,
2011
2004-2005
2012-2013
2010-2012
2008-2009
2016
2006-2008
2012-2013
2015-2017
2015-2017
2016
2015-2020
2015-Present
2015-Present
2008-Present
2014-2015
2011-2014
2015-Present
2015-Present
2010-2012
2008-2014
2008-2014
2010-2013
2004-2009
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Service to the Discipline (continued)
Editorial Boards and Related Journal Service (continued)
Journal of Crime and Justice
Suicidology
Other Journal Service
Guest Editor: Special issue of Homicide Studies on cross-national and international
homicide research
Guest Editor: Special section of Social Science Quarterly on foreclosure and crime in
the United States
Guest Editor (with Marieke Liem): Special issue of European Journal of Criminology
on violence in Europe
Guest Editor: Special issue of International Criminal Justice Review on international
and cross-national research on homicide and violence
2007-2009
2015-Present
2008
2012
2014
2014
Journal Manuscript Reviews
Addiction (9 manuscripts), Alcohol & Alcoholism (3), Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, American J. of
Epidemiology (3), American J. of Public Health (3), American Sociological Review (7), Applied Spatial Analysis and
Policy, BMC Public Health, British J. Sociology (2), Bulletin of the World Health Organization (2), Contemporary
Drug Problems, Criminal Justice Policy Review, Criminology (12), Criminology & Public Policy, Demographic
Research, Drug & Alcohol Review (6), European J. of Criminology (3), European J. of Public Health (2), Field
Methods (2), Health & Place, Homicide Studies (13), International Criminal Justice Review (14), International J. of
Circumpolar Health, International J. of Comparative & Applied Criminal Justice, International J. of Epidemiology (2),
International J. of Rural Criminology, International Sociology, J. of Crime & Justice (4), J. of Criminal Justice (5),
J. of Criminal Justice & Popular Culture, J. of Epidemiology & Community Health, J. of Health & Social Behavior (4),
J. of Quantitative Criminology (10), J. of Research in Crime & Delinquency (4), J. of Rural & Community
Development, J. of Studies on Alcohol & Drugs (5), J. of Traumatic Stress, J. of Urban Health, J. of Youth &
Adolescence (13), Justice Quarterly (5), The Lancet, Medical Research Methodology, Social Forces (2), Social Science
& Medicine (4), Social Science History (2), Social Science Quarterly (4), Social Science Research (4), The Sociological
Quarterly (3), Theoretical Criminology, Violence & Victims, Violence Against Women
Grant Proposal Reviews
National Science Foundation, John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Department of Homeland
Security, International Research and Exchanges Board
Promotion and Tenure Reviews
University of Wisconsin, 2013; UCLA, 2015; Cleveland State University, 2015; Purdue University, 2016;
University of Kentucky, 2016; University of Massachusetts – Lowell, 2016.
Symposium on crime, law, and justice in transitional Russia. Conceived, obtained funding,
coordinated, and hosted 2-day symposium at Harvard University.
2004
Newsletter Assistant Editor. Section on Crime, Law, and Deviance. American Sociological
Association
1999-2000
Textbook Reviews: Wadsworth Publishing, Westview Press.
1998, 1999
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Service to the University, College, and Department
University at Albany – State University of New York
University
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Advisory Board, Center for Social and Demographic Analysis.
Faculty Diversity Program Review Committee (SUNY System).
Board of Directors, Global Institute for Health and Human Rights.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University – Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
 Chair, Senior Faculty (Second Century Initiative) Search Committee.
 Member, Department Chairperson Search Committee.
 Chair, Departmental Executive Committee.
 Promotion and Tenure Committee.
 Graduate Committee.
 Faculty Advisor to Criminal Justice Graduate Student Association.
Indiana University
Indiana University
 Associate Director – Consortium for Education and Social Science Research.
Office of the Vice Provost for Research.
 Founder and Inaugural Director, Indiana University’s Workshop in Methods.
 Member, Clinical and Translational Science Institute’s (CTSI) Networks, Complex
Systems, and Health Project Development Team.
 Instructor (The fall of communism and the rise of crime in Russia). Indiana
University Alumni Association Mini University.
Indiana University - College of Arts & Sciences
 Daniel Armstrong Essay Contest Committee. Russian & East European Institute.
 Fellowship Committee. Russian & East European Institute.
Indiana University - Department of Criminal Justice
 Director of Graduate Studies
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Member – External Review Committee
Merit Review Committee
Chair – Colloquium Committee
Nature of Crime Area Committee
o Committee Chair
Co-Chair – Senior Faculty Search Committee
Junior Faculty Search Committee
2016-Present
2016-2017
2015-Present
2014-2015
2013-2014
Spring 2014
2013-2015
2014-2015
2014-2015
2009-2012
2009-2013
2012-2013
2007
2005
2008
2008-2011
2012-2013
2008-2009
2007-2010
2004-2010
2004-2013
Fall 2006
2007
2005, 2010
University of Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
 Jon R. Withrow Scholarship Committee
 Russian and Eastern European Symposium Planning Committee School of International
and Area Studies
2002
2001-2002
University of Oklahoma - Department of Sociology
 Criminology Area Committee
 Student Awards Committee
 Committee on Grants & Contracts
2002-2003
2002-2003
2002-2003
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
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American Society of Criminology
o Division of International Criminology
American Sociological Association
o Section on Crime, Law, and Deviance
o Section on Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
o International Section
European Society of Criminology
Homicide Research Working Group
Society for the Study of Social Problems
National Consortium on Violence Research
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