Kimberly Tobin, coauthor of the book "Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective," that won the American Society of Criminology's 2003 Michael J. Hindelang Award for the most outstanding contribution to research in criminology. Tobin, an assistant professor of criminal justice at Westfield State College, who earned her Ph.D. in sociology from UAlbany. [20002731]
University at Albany School of Social Welfare Professor Carolyn A. Smith and coauthor of the book "Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective," that won the American Society of Criminology's 2003 Michael J. Hindelang Award for the most outstanding contribution to research in criminology. Smith is an associate professor of social welfare who studies the impact of the family, including parental abuse and maltreatment, on teen development [20002731]
Terence P. Thornberry poses at the University at Albany. He is coauthor of the book "Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective," that won the American Society of Criminology's 2003 Michael J. Hindelang Award for the most outstanding contribution to research in criminology. Thornberry, a distinguished professor of criminal justice and director of the Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center, has directed the Rochester Youth Development Study (RYDS) since its inception in 1986. [20002731]
University at Albany School of Criminal Justice Professor Alan Lizotte and coauthor of the book "Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective" that won the American Society of Criminology's 2003 Michael J. Hindelang Award for the most outstanding contribution to research in criminology. Lizotte is a nationally known expert on patterns of gun ownership and the impact of guns on criminal behavior [20002731]
Marvin D. Krohn, professor of sociology with a joint appointment in the School of Criminal Justice, and the author of many articles on adolescent delinquency, drug use, gangs, and gun use and coauthor of the book "Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective", that won the American Society of Criminology's 2003 Michael J. Hindelang Award for the most outstanding contribution to research in criminology. [20002731]
A recent book by University at Albany professor Terence Thornberry and his colleagues, Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective (Cambridge University Press), won the American Society of Criminology's 2003 Michael J. Hindelang Award for the most outstanding contribution to research in criminology. Thornberry, a distinguished professor of criminal justice and director of the Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center, has directed the Rochester Youth Development Study (RYDS) since its inception in 1986. His co-authors are: Marvin Krohn, professor of sociology with a joint appointment in the School of Criminal Justice, and the author of many articles on adolescent delinquency, drug use, gangs, and gun use; Alan Lizotte, professor of criminal justice and a nationally known expert on patterns of gun ownership and the impact of guns on criminal behavior; Carolyn Smith, an associate professor of social welfare who studies the impact of the family, including parental abuse and maltreatment, on teen development; and Kimberly Tobin, an assistant professor of criminal justice at Westfield State College, who earned her Ph.D. in sociology from UAlbany. Standing (left to right): University at Albany School of Criminal Justice Professor Alan Lizotte, Marvin D. Krohn and Terence P. Thornberry. Seated from the left are University at Albany School of Social Welfare Professor Carolyn Smith and Kimberly Tobin.. [20002731]