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Faculty Experts
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Criminal Justice

http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2205.htm
James R. Acker

James R. Acker
Distinguished Teaching Professor
School of Criminal Justice

Areas of expertise:
The death penalty; history of capital punishment in the United States and New York
Campus e-mail:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-5317
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2143.htm
 Frankie Y. Bailey

Frankie Y. Bailey
Associate Professor
School of Criminal Justice

Areas of expertise:
Crime and mass media/popular culture; crime history; race, gender, crime; crime and detective fiction
Campus e-mail:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-5237
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2206.htm
David Bayley

David Bayley
Distinguished Professor
School of Criminal Justice

Areas of expertise:
International criminal justice and policing
Campus e-mail:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-5630
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2207.htm
David Duffee

David Duffee
Professor
School of Criminal Justice

Areas of expertise:
Community policing; community justice; community organizing; congregate foster care; evidence based practice in child welfare; agency performance management
Campus e-mail:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-5224
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_5633.htm
Professor Alan Lizotte, School of Criminal Justice

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
Campus e-mail:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-5227
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2046.htm
Steven F. Messner

Steven F. Messner
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Department of Sociology

Areas of expertise:
Homicide; violent crime; crime in China
Campus e-mail:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4674
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