Ph.D., Criminal Justice. Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, 2003.
M.A., Criminal Justice. Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, 1994.
B.A., Sociology. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 1989.
Ph.D. Thesis: "The Effects of Intimate Partnering and Marital Failure on
Criminal Behavior: Social Causation or Self-Selection?" Committee: Drs.
Mercer L. Sullivan, Jeffrey Fagan, Ronald V. Clarke, and Elin J. Waring.
Primary Research Interests
Crime Analysis: Burglary analysis and prevention; geographic,
demographic and temporal analysis; repeat victimization.
Criminal Careers and Life Course Analysis: Age and crime; the versatility
and stability of deviant behavior; desistance.
Methodology: Survey design; electronic registry and longitudinal data
analysis.
Current Research
Violence Against Public Servants (Vold mod tjenestemand).
This two-year study explores the reasons behind the 345% rise in registered
violence directed against Danish public servants (Penal Code §119) during
the period 1991 to 2003. The project is financed by The Rockwool Foundation
(Rockwoolfonden) and conducted with co-researchers Peter Kruize (Faculty of
Law) and David Dreyer Lassen (Department of Economics), both of the
University of Copenhagen.
Do Anti-Revictimization Programs Generalize Across Borders?Prospects for a Danish Experiment in Burglary Reduction.2003. Crime and Crime Control in an Integrating Europe.Helsinki, Finland: Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology,
275-283.
“Turning Points” or Selection Effects? Examining Marriage and Desistance
within a Longitudinal, Fixed Effects Framework.2001.In The Criminological Yearbook 2000, edited by
Annika Snare.Det Retsvidenskabelige Institut D,
University of Copenhagen Press, 143-163.
Motor Vehicle Accidents.1994.
In The Generality of Deviance, edited by Travis Hirschi
and Michael R. Gottfredson.New Brunswick: Transaction,
113‑130.
Book
Reviews
In Danish.Franklin Zimring and Gordon Hawkin’s (1997) “Crime is Not the
Problem: Lethal Violence in America.” 1998. Nordisk Tidsskrift
for Kriminalvidenskab (Scandinavian
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology).
85(5): 405-409.
