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Martin Schwartz

Martin Schwartz

Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Anthropology
Sociology and Anthropology

Education

  • Ph.D. Sociology, University of Kentucky
  • M.A. Criminal Justice, University at Albany
  • M.A. Political Science, University at Albany
  • B.A. Sociology, University at Albany

Areas of Expertise

  • Criminology and Deviance Theory
  • Violence Against Women

Biography

Awards

  • Visiting Research Fellow, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice
  • Fellow, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
  • Ohio University Presidential Research Scholar, Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • Distinguished Scholar Award, Division on Women and Crime, American Society of Criminology
  • Distinguished Scholar Award, Division on Critical Criminology, American Society of Criminology
  • Distinguished Scholar Award, Section on Critical Criminal Justice, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
  • Visiting Research Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Outstanding Graduate Faculty Member
  • Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teacher Award
  • Adult Learning Services Award

Selected Publications

DeKeseredy, Walter S., Molly Dragiewicz and Martin D. Schwartz, Violence Against Women during Relationship Separation. Berkeley: University of California Press, in press

Thio, Alex, Jim D. Taylor, and Martin D. Schwartz. Deviant Behavior, 12th edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, in preparation. 11th edition, 2013.

DeKeseredy, Walter S. and Martin D. Schwartz, 2013. Male Peer Support and Violence Against Women: The History and Verification of a Theory. Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press.

Schwartz, Martin D. and Henry Brownstein (In press, 2016). “Critical Criminology.” Pp. 301-317 in Alex Piquero (ed.), Handbook of Criminology Theory. New York: Blackwell-Wiley.

DeKeseredy, Walter S. and Martin D. Schwartz (2014). “Male Peer Support Theory.” In Francis T. Cullen, Pamela Wilcox, Jennifer L. Lux, and Cheryl Lero, (eds), Sisters in Crime Revisited: Bringing Gender into Criminology. New York: Oxford University Press.

Schwartz, Martin D. and Walter S. DeKeseredy (2014). “The History and Present of Left Realist Theory.” In Gerben Bruinsma and David Weisburd (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice, New York: Springer Verlag.