Mitchell B Chamlin
Professor, Criminal Justice
600I Dyer Hall
513-556-5839
mitchell.chamlin@uc.edu
Professional Summary
Professor Chamlin received his Ph.D. in sociology from SUNY-Albany in 1985. He served eight years on the faculty of the Department of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma immediately prior to coming to UC in 1993. His work focuses on explicating the linkages from macro-level, structural conditions on various dimensions of crime and crime control. Drawing on insights garnered from pluralistic conflict, anomie, and deterrence theories, he has examined the determinants of police force size, welfare expenditures, arrest rates, and violent crime rates. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles, many in the top journals of the field (e.g., Criminology, Justice Quarterly, and the Journal of Quantitative Criminology.) He is on the editorial advisory boards of Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy Review and is completeing his four year tenure as the editor of the Journal of Crime & Justice. Currently, his research focuses on elaborating, and critically evaluating, racial conflict theory. His graduate-level teaching is in the areas of macro-criminology, philosophy of science, and time series analysis.
Education
Ph.D. , State University of New York at Albany, 1985 (Sociology).
M.A., State University of New York at Albany, School of Criminal Justice, 1978 (Criminal Justice).
B.A., State University of New York at Albany, 1976 (History).
Positions & Work Experience
1999 to Present, Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
1995-1999, Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
1993-1995, Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
1991-1993, Adjunct Professor, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma.
1991-1993, Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma.
1994-1995, Visiting Professor, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY.
Peer Reviewed Publications
Chamlin,M. (2005). Ascribed economic inequality and homicide among modern societies: Toward the development of a cross-national theory. Homicide Studies, 9, 3, 29.
Chamlin,M. (2005). Can information change public opinion?: Another test of the Marshall Hypothesis. Journal of Criminal Justice, 33, 573, 584.
Chamlin,M. (2004). An excursus on the population size-crime relationship. Western Criminological Review, 5, 119-130.
Novak, K., & Chamlin, M. (In Press). Racial threat, suspicion, and police behavior: The impact of race and place in traffic enforcement. Crime & Delinquency.
Chamlin, M.B. (In Press). Threat to whom?: Conflict, concensus, and social control. Deviant Behavior.
Pridemore, W., & Chamlin, M. (In Press). A test of competing hypotheses about homicide following terrorist attacks: An interrupted time series analysis of September 11 and Oklahoma City. Journal of Quantitative Criminology.
Chamlin, M., & Sanders, B. (In Press). Reintroducing 'time' into the time series analysis of the police size-crime relationship: An error correction approach. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management.
Chamlin, M., Myer, A., Sanders, B., & Cochran, J. (2008). Abortion as a crime control: A cautionary tale. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 19, 135, 152.
Pridemore, W.A., Chamlin, M.B,, & Cochran, J. (2007). An interrupted time series analysis of Durkheim's Social Deregulation Thesis: The case of the Russian Federation. Justice Quarterly, 24, 271, 290.
Chamlin, M.B., Burek, M.,, & Cochran, J. (2007). Welfare policy as social control: A specific test of the Piven and Cloward Thesis. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 8, 132, 152.
Chamlin, M., & Cochran, J. (2007). An evaluation of the assumptions that underlie Institutional Anomie Theory. Theoretical Criminology, 7, 27, 40.
Cochran, J.K., Aleska, V.,, & Chamlin, M. (2006). Self-restraint: A study on the Capacity and Desire for Self-Control. Western Criminological Review, 7, 27, 40.
Pridemore, W., & Chamlin, M. (2006). A time-series analysis of the impact of the heavy drinking on homicide and suicide mortality in Russia, 1956-2002. Addiction, 101, 1719, 1729.
Cochran, J.K., Sanders, B.,, & Chamlin, M. (2006). Profiles in change: An alternative look at the Marshall Hypotheses. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 17 (2), 205, 226.
Chamlin, M., & Cochran, J. (2006). Economic inequality, legitimacy, and cross-national homicide rates. Homicide Studies, 10, 231, 252.
Cochran, J.K., Boots, D.P.,, & Chamlin, M. (2006). Political identity and support for capital punishment: A test of attribution theory. Journal of Crime & Justice, 29, 45, 79.
Cochran, J., & Chamlin, M. (2006). The enduring racial divide in death penalty support. Journal of Criminal Justice, 34, 85, 99.
Chamlin, M (2008). Abortion as crime control: A cautionary tale. Criminal justice policy review, 19, 135-152.
Chamlin, M (2008). Reintroducing 'Time' into the time series of the police size-crime relationship. Policing:an internal journal of police strategies and management, 31, 499-513.
Chamlin, M (2008). A test of competing hypothesis about homicide following terrorist attacks. Journal of quantitative criminology, 24, 381-396.
Invited Presentations
Chamlin, M.B. (1998). Interrupted time series and impacts on capital punishment. Workshop presented at NIJ Data Resources Program, Summer Program at the University of Michigan: Evaluating the Effects of Sanctions, Ann Arbor, MI.
Chamlin, M.B. (2008). Abortion as crime control: A cautionary tale. UTSA Alpha Phi Sigma Guest Lecture Series, San Antonio, Texas.
Service
Editor of Journal, Journal of Crime and Justice 2007 to 2010.
, Journal od Crime and Justice Deputy Editor, 2005 to 2006.
Editorial Board Member, Criminal Justice Policy Review 2005 to 2006.
Editorial Board Member, Justice Quarterly 2004 to 2007.
Editorial Board Member, Criminology 1997 to 2007.
Editorial Board Member, Sociological Inquiry 1997 to 2000.
Courses Taught
Criminology & Delinquency.
Deviance and Social Control.
Sociology of Law/Constitutional Law.
Introduction to Criminal Justice.
Introductory Statistics.
Research Methods.
Data Analysis.
Longitudinal (ARIMA) Data Analysis.
Intermediate Statistics.
Seminar in Grand Theory.
Macro-Criminology Seminar.
Seminar in Juvenile Justice.
Research Methods.
Advanced Research Methods.
