Department of Sociology & Criminology |
Staff Jeffrey Lin
Background:Jeffrey Lin, Assistant Professor, joined our faculty fall 2008. Jeff received his PhD in Sociology from New York University in 2005. His dissertation research explored court decisions to incarcerate juvenile offenders in New York City, as well as the impact of incarceration on the criminal behavior of these young offenders. After completing his dissertation, Professor Lin served as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Irvine, where he studied issues related to the reform of Californias adult prison and parole systems. He has published several articles and policy reports on these topics, and his future research will continue to focus on relationships between correctional institutions and criminal behavior. His research and teaching interests include crime, corrections, juvenile justice, inequality, and quantitative methods. (E-mail: Jeffrey.Lin@du.edu) For a copy of Jeff's curriculum vitae, please click here. |