Lauren J. Krivo is an American sociologist who is professor of sociology at Rutgers University, where she is also an affiliated professor in the Program in Criminal Justice. She is also the director of graduate studies in Rutgers' sociology department. She is known for her work on residential segregation and disadvantage as they relate to race and crime in the United States.[1][2] She co-founded the Racial Democracy, Crime, and Justice Network, a national network of scholars dedicated to researching race, crime, and justice, along with her longtime collaborator Ruth D. Peterson.[3]
Lauren Krivo | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lauren Joy Krivo |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Washington University in St. Louis University of Texas at Austin |
| Known for | Work on race and crime in the United States |
| Awards | 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Division on People of Color and Crime of the American Society of Criminology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Sociology Criminology |
| Institutions | Rutgers University |
| Thesis | Regional Economic Redistribution and Female and Male Unemployment (1984) |
Books
editCo-authored
edit- Divergent Social Worlds (with Ruth D. Peterson) (Russell Sage, 2010)
Co-edited
edit- The Many Colors of Crime: Inequalities of Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America (with Ruth D. Peterson and John L. Hagan) (NYU Press, 2006)
- Race, Crime, and Justice: Contexts and Complexities (with Ruth D. Peterson) (May 2009 volume of the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science)
References
edit- ^ "Lauren J. Krivo Curriculum Vitae". September 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ Aufrichtig, Aliza (9 January 2017). "Want to fix gun violence in America? Go local". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "Lauren Krivo". Program in Criminal Justice. Rutgers University. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
External links
edit- Faculty page at Rutgers Department of Sociology
- Faculty page at Rutgers Program in Criminal Justice
- Lauren Krivo publications indexed by Google Scholar