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1108 WATKINS HALL
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521

Turk, Austin T

Professor of Sociology

College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Sociology


Biography

Dr. Turk is a Fellow and Past President of the American Society of Criminology. He has served as Chair of the Criminology Section of the American Sociological Association, and is a former Trustee of the Law and Society Association.

Former Institution

University of Toronto

Degrees

BA Sociology 1956

University of Georgia

MA Sociology 1959

University of Kentucky

PhD Sociology 1962

University of Wisconsin

Awards

President's Award, Western Society of Criminology (1999)
Paul Tappan Award, Western Society of Criminology (1989)
Fellow of the American Society of Criminology (1978)


Research Area

Conflict Theory, Inequality and Social Control, Political Criminality (including terrorism), Policing, and Sociolegal Studies

Publications

Turk, Austin T 2000 "Conflict Theory," Pp. 46-51 in Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior, ed. Clifton D. Bryant. New York: Taylor & Francis.

_____ 2002 "Political Violence: Patterns and Trends," Pp. 31-44 in Crime and Justice at the Millenium: Essays by and in honor of Marvin E. Wolfgang, ed. Robert A. Silverman, Terence P. Thornberry, Bernard Cohen & Barry Krisberg. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

_____ 2004 "The Sociology of Terrorism," Pp. 271-286 in Annual Review of Sociology. Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews.