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William Pridemore
View on WikipediaWilliam Alex Pridemore (born October 14, 1969)[1] is an American criminologist who is the Chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of Georgia. He is also an affiliate faculty member at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.[2]
Key Information
Education
[edit]Pridemore received his B.A. and M.A. from Indiana University in criminal justice, after which he received his Ph.D. from the University at Albany in 2000.[2]
Career
[edit]Before joining the faculty of the University of Georgia in 2022, he previously served as the Dean of the University at Albany, SUNY's School of Criminal Justice and before that, as distinguished professor at Georgia State University in their Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology for two years. Before that, he was a professor in the department of criminal justice at Indiana University from 2009 to 2013.[2]
Research
[edit]Pridemore is known for researching the relationship between social structure, alcohol, and violence.[2] This research has reported a positive relationship between alcohol outlets and rates of assault,[3] which he has also reported can be reduced by higher degrees of social cohesion in neighborhoods.[4] He has also studied anti-abortion violence[5] and the relationship between incarceration and mortality.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "William Alex Pridemore". Library of Congress.
- ^ a b c d "William Pridemore CV" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)() - ^ "More Bars Equals More Assaults, Study Finds". U.S. News & World Report. 2010-02-21.
- ^ "Tight Communities Can Lower Violence Linked to Liquor Stores". U.S. News & World Report. 2011-08-24.
- ^ "Abortion clinics still face violence". UPI. 2006-09-29. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
- ^ Rolfes, Ellen (2014-05-15). "Ex-prisoners more likely to die early death, study finds". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
External links
[edit]- Faculty page
- William Pridemore publications indexed by Google Scholar
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