Scott Decker
{{Short description|American criminologist}}
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| fields = Criminology
| workplaces = Arizona State University, University of Missouri-St. Louis
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| alma_mater = DePauw University, Florida State University
| thesis_title = Criminalization, victimization and structural correlates of twenty six American cities
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| thesis_year = 1976
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| awards = 1989 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, Fellow of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) since 2007, 2011 Bruce Smith Award from the ACJS
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Scott H. Decker (born July 17, 1950){{cite web | url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80120420.html | title=Scott H. Decker | publisher=Library of Congress | work=LC Name Authority File | accessdate=5 June 2017}} is an American criminologist and Foundation Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University (ASU). He is known for researching gang violence and criminal justice policy.{{cite web | url=https://publicservice.asu.edu/content/scott-decker-appointed-prestigious-criminal-justice-forecasting-board-0 | title=Scott Decker appointed to prestigious criminal justice forecasting board | publisher=Arizona State University | work=College of Public Service & Community Solutions | date=15 October 2015 | accessdate=5 June 2017 | author=Atkinson, Paul}}{{cite web | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/violent-gangs-impact-college-sports/ | title=Violent gangs impact college sports | work=CBS News | date=8 December 2011 | accessdate=6 June 2017 | author=Keteyian, Armen}}
Education
Decker received his B.A. from DePauw University in 1972, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in criminology from Florida State University in 1974 and 1976, respectively.{{cite web | url=https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/956603/cv | title=Scott H. Decker CV | accessdate=5 June 2017}}
Career
Decker joined the faculty of the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1977 as an assistant professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. In 1986, he became a full professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and in 2001, he was named a curator's professor there. In 2006, he left the University of Missouri to join the faculty at Arizona State University, where he was named a Foundation Professor in 2010 and an Honors College Professor in 2014. From 2006 to 2014, he was the first director of Arizona State University's School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.{{cite web | url=https://ccj.asu.edu/content/scott-decker-0 | title=Scott Decker | publisher=Arizona State University | work=School of Criminology & Criminal Justice | accessdate=5 June 2017}} In 2015, he became the first director of ASU's Center for Public Criminology.{{cite web | url=http://www.statepress.com/article/2015/11/asu-criminology-professor-expands-program-amid-allegations | title=ASU criminology professor expands program amid allegations of ignoring complaints of sexual harassment | work=State Press | date=9 November 2015 | accessdate=5 June 2017 | author=Bowling, Joshua}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150919023232/https://ccj.asu.edu/content/scott-decker-0 Scott Decker's faculty page] (archived, 2015)
- {{Google Scholar id|eKuorg1QdtsC}}
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Category:Arizona State University faculty
Category:University of Missouri–St. Louis faculty
Category:DePauw University alumni