Scott Decker

{{Short description|American criminologist}} {{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = | name = Scott Decker | birth_name = Scott Henderson Decker | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Scott Decker by Gage Skidmore.jpg | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = Scott Decker in 2017 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|07|17}} | birth_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | other_names = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = Criminology | workplaces = Arizona State University, University of Missouri-St. Louis | patrons = | education = | alma_mater = DePauw University, Florida State University | thesis_title = Criminalization, victimization and structural correlates of twenty six American cities | thesis_url = https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=41844 | thesis_year = 1976 | doctoral_advisor =  | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | 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 | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse =  | partner =  | children = | signature =  | signature_alt = | website =  | footnotes = }} '''Scott H. Decker''' (born July 17, 1950)<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> ==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.<ref name=cv>{{cite web | url=https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/956603/cv | title=Scott H. Decker CV | accessdate=5 June 2017}}</ref> ==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.<ref name=cv/><ref>{{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}}</ref> In 2015, he became the first director of ASU's Center for Public Criminology.<ref>{{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}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==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}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Decker, Scott Henderson}}

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