SNCP

SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOODS & CRIME PROJECT

Research Team

Ross L. Matsueda, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

Dr. Matsueda is Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington. His current research

focuses on rational choice and interactionist theories of crime, trajectories of drug use and crime,

and sibling models of child behavior problems. He was recently elected Fellow of the American

Society of Criminology.

Robert D. Crutchfield, Ph.D., Co-Investigator

Dr. Crutchfield is Professor of Sociology and Clarence and Elissa Schragg Endowed Faculty Fellow at the

University of Washington. He has carried out research on inequality and crime, including labor

markets and crime rates, racial discrimination in the criminal justice system, and felon re-entry

into communities.

Avery (Pete) Guest, Ph.D., Co-Investigator

Dr. Guest is Emeritis Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington. He has published

widely in the areas of urban sociology, community attachment, and demographic trends. He is a

former editor of Demography and former Director of the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology.

Charis E. Kubrin, Ph.D., Co-Investigator

Dr. Kubrin is Associate Professor of Sociology at George Washington University. She has published

widely in the areas of social disorganization theory, racial heterogeneity and crime, racial differences

in rates of suicide, and the code of the street in rap music. She recently received the Ruth Shonle Cavan

Young Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology and the Morris Rosenberg Award for

Recent Achievement from the District of Columbia Sociological Society.

Alexes Harris, Ph.D., Co-Investigator

Dr. Harris is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington. Her research uses both

qualitative and quantitative methods to identify concrete mechanisms by which organizational

actors in the juvenile justice system process juvenile offenders.

Kevin Drakulich, M.A., Research Assistant

Kevin Drakulich is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Washington. His

research focuses on applying multi-level and spatial models to crime rates across neighborhoods. His Ph.D.

dissertation will examine social capital, collective efficacy, and crime across three metropolitan areas.

Andrew Cho, M.A., Research Assistant

Andrew Cho is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Washington and member

of the faculty at Tacoma Community College. His research interests include racial and ethnic identity,

community organization, gangs, and violent crime. His Ph.D. dissertation uses mixed methods to explore

informal social control in an ethnic community.

Heidi Berman, M.A., Research Assistant

Heidi Berman is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Washington. She is

on a thesis that explores the relationship between collective efficacy and gang violence in Los Angeles.

Research Team | Papers and Publications | Sampling Frame | Survey Interviews | Instrument

Focus Groups | Funding Sources | Crime Data | Census Data

Updated: March 21, 2006