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Alan Lizotte
Professor
School of Criminal Justice
Director
Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center
Areas of expertise:
Guns; gun control; statistics and quantitative research methods; patterns of firearms ownership and use; juvenile delinquency; victimization
Guns; gun control; statistics and quantitative research methods; patterns of firearms ownership and use; juvenile delinquency; victimization
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Campus phone:
(518) 442-5227
Biography:
Professor Alan Lizotte's research and teaching interests include guns and gun control, the correlates and causes of juvenile delinquency and the factors related to various forms of victimization. Lizotte is co-author of the book, Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2003), which won the American Society of Criminologys Hindelang Award for the Most Outstanding Contribution to Research in Criminology in 2003. He is co-principal investigator on the Rochester Youth Development Study, an ongoing longitudinal study of juvenile delinquency and drug use covering three generations of subjects' families. Lizotte is also director of the Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center.
Professor Alan Lizotte's research and teaching interests include guns and gun control, the correlates and causes of juvenile delinquency and the factors related to various forms of victimization. Lizotte is co-author of the book, Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2003), which won the American Society of Criminologys Hindelang Award for the Most Outstanding Contribution to Research in Criminology in 2003. He is co-principal investigator on the Rochester Youth Development Study, an ongoing longitudinal study of juvenile delinquency and drug use covering three generations of subjects' families. Lizotte is also director of the Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center.
