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Thesis Respectability and deviance: an observational study of reactions to shoplifting (1972) Institution | ||
Darrell John Steffensmeier (born 1942) is an American criminologist and Liberal Arts Research Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Pennsylvania State University.
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Education
After receiving his bachelor's degrees in philosophy and history from St. Ambrose College, Steffensmeier received his M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Iowa in 1970 and 1972, respectively.
Career
Steffensmeier joined the faculty of Pennsylvania State University in 1976, and was appointed Liberal Arts Research Professor there in 2015.
Research
Broadly speaking, Steffensmeier's research focuses on the relationship between societal categories, such as race, sex, age, and class, and crime. In 2014, he published a study that found that women comprised less than 10 percent of people indicted for corporate fraud in America.
Honors, awards and positions
Two of Steffensmeier's books have won scholarship awards (one from the Society for the Study of Social Problems and one from the American Society of Criminology). He is a fellow of the American Society of Criminology and past president of the International Association for Study of Organized Crime.