James F. Short, Jr
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Chicago, 1951
Areas of Research Interest:
Criminology & Delinquency, Sociology of Risk.
Current Research Interests:
I continue my interests in violence and violence avoidance, and in social aspects of risk. With support from the National Consortium on Violence Research, I am working with Lori Hughes, who is reanalyzing field observational data from our Chicago gang project for her Ph.D. dissertation. The focus of this work is on situational factors and group processes that are associated with alternative behavioral outcomes. We hope to be able to compare findings from the original research with current research being conducted in New York City and in other settings, such as prisons.
Selected Publications:
"Characterizing and Managing Environmental and Technological Risks: Some Requirements for a New Paradigm". Research in Social Problems and Public Policy (1999).
"Experimental Research in Criminal Justice Settings: Is There a Role for Scholarly Societies?" Crime and Delinquency ( 2000). With Margaret A. Zahn and David P. Farrington.
"Ethnic Segregation and Violence". In Wilhelm Heitmeyer and John Hagan (eds.), Handbook of Violence Research. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2000
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