Foundation Professor
411 N. Central Ave, Suite 600, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Scott Decker is Foundation Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. His main research interests are in gangs, violence, and active offenders. He is a Fellow in both the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. He is the author of seventeen books and over 130 scientific articles, including Life in the Gang: Family, Friends and Violence (Cambridge, 1996), Confronting Gangs: Crime and Community (Oxford, 2015), and Policing Immigrants: Local Law Enforcement on the Front Lines (University of Chicago, 2016). He served as a Member of the Missouri Sentencing Commission for ten years and as a member of the Arizona POST Board for five years.
Background
- Florida State University, Ph.D., Criminology, 1976
- Florida State University, M.A., Criminology, 1974
- DePauw University, B.A., 1972
- Arizona State University, Foundation Professor, School of Criminal Justice and Criminology, 2010 - Present
- Arizona State University, Professor, School of Criminal Justice and Criminology, 2006 - Present
- University of Missouri-St. Louis, Curator's Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2001 - 2006
- University of Missouri-St. Louis, Fellow, Center for International Studies, 2001 - 2004
- University of Missouri-St. Louis, Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 1986 - 2006
- University of Missouri-St. Louis, Fellow, Center for Metropolitan Studies, 1982 - 1995
- University of Missouri-St. Louis, Associate Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 1982 - 1986
- University of Missouri-St. Louis, Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 1977 - 1982