Charis Kubrin

{{short description|American criminologist and academic}} {{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = | name = Charis Kubrin | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image =  | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date =  | birth_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | other_names = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = Criminology | workplaces = University of California, Irvine | patrons = | education = Smith College (B.A.), University of Washington (M.A., Ph.D.)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://crimeandjusticeresearchalliance.org/experts/charis-kubrin/ | title=Charis Kubrin | work=Crime & Justice Research Alliance | accessdate=24 August 2016}}</ref> | alma_mater = | thesis_title = Neighborhood structure and criminal homicide: socio-economic and demographic correlates of homicide types and trends | thesis_url = https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45945055 | thesis_year = 2000 | doctoral_advisor =  | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | awards = (2005) Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology <br> (2014) Dean’s Diversity Research Award from the University of California, Irvine School of Social Ecology <br> (2017) W.E.B. DuBois Award from the Western Society of Criminology <br> (2026) Stockholm Prize in Criminology | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse = Kevork Abazajian<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cls.soceco.uci.edu/news/do-immigrants-bring-crime | title=Do immigrants bring crime? | work=UCI School of Social Ecology | accessdate=11 November 2025}}</ref> | partner = | children = One son | signature =  | signature_alt = | website =  | footnotes = }} '''Charis Elizabeth Kubrin''' is an American criminologist and professor of criminology, law, and society at the University of California, Irvine (UCI).

==Education and career== After receiving her Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 2000, Kubrin taught at George Washington University for 11 years; she left George Washington University for UCI in the summer of 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://research.universityofcalifornia.edu/profiles/2012/01/charis-kubrin.html | title=Charis Kubrin | publisher=University of California | work=Research Profiles | date=January 2012 | accessdate=24 August 2016}}</ref> In 2016, her UCI colleague Carroll Seron and she served as editors of a special issue of the ''Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science'' about prison realignment in California.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://psmag.com/california-s-criminal-justice-experiment-15b07de95fed#.nk2a9bre9 | title=California's Criminal Justice Experiment | work=Pacific Standard | date=24 February 2016 | accessdate=24 August 2016 | author=Wheeling, Kate}}</ref>

==Research== Kubrin's research focuses on, among other topics, the relationship between race, violence, and social disorganization theory. She has also researched the perception of rap music as violent and dangerous, as well as whether a rapper's music can be used as evidence against him in a court of law.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/rap-697430-kubrin-says.html | title=UC Irvine hip-hop professor seeks poetic justice | work=Orange County Register | date=28 December 2015 | accessdate=24 August 2016 | author=Puente, Kelly}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rap-in-the-courtroom-advocates-question-lyrics-as-evidence/ | title=Should rap lyrics be allowed as evidence in the courtroom? | work=CBS News | date=12 March 2014 | accessdate=24 August 2016 | author=Donaghue, Erin}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/06/19/infamous-street-gang-boasted-videos-violence-and-some-knew-hip-hop-star-benzino/wOUzFCEvks3jGypdTjRGpK/story.html | title=Boston gang used online videos for threats, FBI says | work=Boston Globe | date=19 June 2015 | accessdate=24 August 2016 | author=Ellement, John R.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/amicus/2014/12/dahlia_lithwick_speaks_with_uc_irvine_criminology_professor_charis_kubrin.html |title=Amicus: Rapper's Intent |last=Lithwick |first=Dahlia |authorlink=Dahlia Lithwick |website=Slate |date=6 December 2014}}</ref> With Graham Ousey, she has also studied the relationship between immigration and crime in the United States, finding that immigration is related to lower rates of crime and violence in U.S. neighborhoods.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kubrin |first=Charis |date=2017-02-07 |title=Immigrants Do Not Increase Crime, Research Shows |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/immigrants-do-not-increase-crime-research-shows/ |magazine=Scientific American |language=en}}</ref> Kubrin has stated that the Public Safety Realignment initiative was not a factor in the 2019 California stabbing rampage.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Miriam Hernandez |title=Criminal record of 'violent' O.C. stabbing suspect under scrutiny after he was released from prison |url=https://abc7.com/criminal-record-of-oc-stabbing-suspect-under-scrutiny/5456844/ |accessdate=12 August 2019 |work=ABC 7 News |date=10 August 2019 |quote=But a scholar of AB 109's impact disputes DaRae's claims. "AB 109 did not give Zachary Castaneda early release...this would have happened without AB 109 in place," said UC Irvine criminology professor Charis Kubrin.}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/ckubrin/ Faculty page] *{{Google Scholar id|uikZDQ4AAAAJ}} *{{Twitter|cekubrin}} {{Authority control}}

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