Education

• Ph.D. Michigan State University, Sociology, May 1996.
• M.A. Oakland University, Sociology, August 1987.
• B.A. University of California, Psychology, Santa Barbara, June 1981.

Courses Taught

Introductory Sociology
Policing Society
Criminology

Selected Publications and Presentations

“Asian Gang Homicides and Weapons: Criminalistics and Criminology.” Journal of Gang Research 13(4):15-29.

“Goth and Industrial Cultures: Differential Interpretations” (with Karith A. Meyers). 2005.Popular Culture Review 16(1)77-95.

“Gang Membership and Acculturation: ARSMA-II and Choloization” (with Patricia O’Donnell Brummett). Crime & Delinquency 49:627-642, 2003.

The Latino Experience in Omaha: A Visual Essay. Lewiston: Mellen Press. 2001 (Book).

“Latino/a Substance Abuse/Dependency: A Question of Assimilation?”  (with Ed A. Munoz).  Latino Studies Journal 11:50-69.  2000.

“Misdemeanor Sentencing Decisions:  The Cumulative Disadvantage Effect of Gringo Justice.” (with Ed A. Munoz and Eric Stewart).  Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences 20:298-319. 1998.

“Saving Private Atzlan:  Preserving the Heritage of Latino Service in Wartime.”  Dialogo.  1:7-10.  2000.

Research and Interests

Gang supression, subcultures, social control, power.