Ross L. Matsueda

Professor of Sociology, University of Washington

Faculty Affiliate, Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology, Center for Statistics & the Social Sciences

Contact Information:

Department of Sociology Department 206-543-5882

223J Condon Hall, Box 353340 Fax 206-543-2516

University of Washington Office 306 Condon Hall

1100 Campus Parkway Phone 206-616-2432

Seattle, WA 98195-3340 Email matsueda@u.washington.edu

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Ross L. Matsueda is Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington, where he was previously Associate Chair of Sociology and Associate Director of the Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences. He began his career in the Badger State at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he taught in the Sociology Department for nearly ten years, moving from Assistant to Full Professor. He was also Professor and Chair of Sociology, and founding Director of the Center for Criminology and Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Iowa before joining the faculty at Washington. His research has extended and tested classical theories of crime, such as differential association, social control, and labeling. He has also examined the implications of rational choice theories and the thought of George Herbert Mead for theorizing about crime. His current research includes the Seattle Neighborhoods and Crime Project (a study of neighborhood social capital and codes of violence), Life Course Trajectories of Substance Use and Crime (a study of latent classes of trajectories and the effects of life course transitions on crime and drug use), Rational Choice and Deterrence (using panel data from the Denver Youth Survey), and Sibling Models of Child Behavior Problems.

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Recent Publications and Research Papers:

Telesca, Donatello, Elena A. Erosheva, Derek A. Kreager, and Ross L. Matsueda. 2009. “Hierarchical Poisson Registration of Longitudinal Crime Trajectories.”

Kreager, Derek A., Ross L. Matsueda, and Elena A. Erosheva. 2010. “Motherhood and Criminal Desistance in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods.” Forthcoming in Criminology Vol. 48 No. 1. Coming soon!

Matsueda, Ross L. 2009. “Rational Choice Research in Criminology: A Multi-Level Approach.” Forthcoming in Handbook of Rational Choice Social Research, edited by R. Wittek, T. Snijders, and V. Nee. New York: Russell Sage. Coming soon!

Matsueda, Ross L., and Kevin Drakulich. 2009. “Perceptions of Criminal Injustice, Symbolic Racism, and Racial Politics.” Forthcoming in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

Matsueda, Ross L. 2008. “On the Compatibility of Social Disorganization and Self Control.” Pp. 102-126 in Out of Control: Assessing the General Theory of Crime. Edited by Erich Goode. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.

Matsueda, Ross L. 2006. “Differential Social Organization, Collective Action, and Crime.” Crime, Law, and Social Change 46:3-33. Available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/y0822q0hrg56mk65/

Matsueda, Ross L. 2006. “Criminological Implications of the Thought of George Herbert Mead.” Pp. 77-108 in Sociological Theory and Criminological Research: Views from Europe and the United States, edited by Mathieu Deflem. Oxford, UK: Elsevier Science

Matsueda, Ross L, Kevin Drakulich and Charis E. Kubrin. 2006. “Race and Neighborhood Codes of the Street.” Pp. 199-220 in The Many Colors of Crime: Inequalities of Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America, edited by Ruth D. Peterson, Lauren J. Krivo, and John Hagan. New York University Press.

Crutchfield, Robert D., Ross L. Matsueda, and Kevin Drakulich. 2006. “Race, Labor Markets, and Neighborhood Violence.” Pp. 335-356 in The Many Colors of Crime: Inequalities of Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America, edited by Ruth D. Peterson, Lauren J. Krivo, and John Hagan. New York University Press.

Guest, Avery M., Jane K. Cover, Charis E. Kubrin, and Ross L. Matsueda. 2006. “Neighborhood Context and Neighboring Ties.” City & Community 5:363-385.

Hao, Lingxin, and Ross L. Matsueda. 2006. “Family Dynamics Through Childhood: A Sibling Model of Behavior Problems.” Social Science Research 35:500-524.

Matsueda, Ross L., Derek A. Kreager, and David Huizinga. 2006. “Deterring Delinquents: A Rational Choice Model of Theft and Violence.” American Sociological Review 71:95-122.

Other Selected Publications:

Matsueda, Ross L., and Kathleen Anderson. 1998. “The Dynamics of Delinquent Peers and Delinquent Behavior.” Criminology 36:269-308.

Matsueda, Ross L., and Karen Heimer. 1997. "A Symbolic Interactionist Theory of Role Transitions, Role Commitments, and Delinquency." Pp. 163-213 in Advances in Criminological Theory, Vol. 7, Developmental Theories of Crime and Delinquency, edited by Terence P. Thornberry. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction.

Bartusch, Dawn Jeglum, and Ross L. Matsueda. 1996. "Gender, Reflected Appraisals, and Labeling: A Cross-Group Test of an Interactionist Theory of Delinquency." Social Forces 75:145-176.

Matsueda, Ross L., Rosemary Gartner, Irving Piliavin, and Michael Polakowski. 1992. "The Prestige of Criminal and Conventional Occupations: A Subcultural Model of Criminal Activity." American Sociological Review 57:752-70.

Matsueda, Ross L. 1992. "Reflected Appraisals, Parental Labeling, and Delinquent Behavior: Specifying a Symbolic Interactionist Theory." American Journal of Sociology 97:1577-1611

Matsueda, Ross L. 1988. "The Current State of Differential Association Theory." Crime and Delinquency 34:277-306.

Matsueda, Ross L., and Karen Heimer. 1987. "Race, Family Structure, and Delinquency: A Test of Differential Association and Social Control Theories." American Sociological Review 52:826‑840.

Piliavin, Irving, Rosemary Gartner, Craig Thornton, and Ross L. Matsueda. 1986. "Crime, Deterrence, and Rational Choice." American Sociological Review 51:101‑119.

Matsueda, Ross L. 1982. "Testing Control Theory and Differential Association: A Causal Modeling Approach." American Sociological Review 47:489‑504.