Denise Claire Gottfredson (née Denise Claire Ruff) is an American criminologist and professor in the department of criminal justice and criminology at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Denise Gottfredson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Denise Claire Ruff |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Fairleigh Dickinson University Johns Hopkins University |
| Known for | Juvenile delinquency Program evaluation |
| Spouse | |
| Awards | August Vollmer Award from the American Society of Criminology (2016) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Criminology Sociology |
| Institutions | University of Maryland, College Park |
| Thesis | Personality and persistence in education (1980) |
She is an expert on school violence[1] and juvenile delinquency.[2][3] She is recognized for her research applying the techniques of program evaluation to certain crime prevention initiatives, such as Drug Abuse Resistance Education,[4] the Strengthening Families Program, and the Baltimore City Drug Treatment Court.[5] She has also researched the effects of school resource officers on schools, finding that such officers spend an average of about half of their time engaged in law enforcement activities.[6] She served as vice president of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) from 2005 to 2006, and as editor-in-chief of its journal, Criminology, from 2005 to 2011. She received the ASC's August Vollmer Award in 2016. She is a fellow of the ASC and of the Academy of Experimental Criminology.[7]
Education and academic career
Gottfredson earned her B.A. in psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1974 and her Ph.D. in social relations from Johns Hopkins University in 1980.[7] She became an assistant professor at the University of Maryland, College Park's department of criminal justice and criminology in 1986, and was promoted to full professor there in 1995.[7]
References
Further reading
- Tolan, Patrick (February 2017). "The Best Science Is the Most Practical Approach to Delinquency Prevention". Criminology & Public Policy. 16 (1): 35–39. doi:10.1111/1745-9133.12279. ISSN 1538-6473.