As a retired professor, Gil Geis is able to do pretty much what he pleases in regard to research projects - presuming he is capable of mastering the subject. In the past few years, he has co-written books on a 17th century witchcraft case in England, on five "crimes of the century" in the United States, and on the fertility clinic scandal at UCI, and edited, with Mary Dodge, a collection of essays by leading figures in criminology on their advice for newcomers. In the same period, he also co-authored a textbook on criminology (4th edition) and on juvenile delinquency (3d edition). He publishes a great deal because he likes to write and has been at it long enough to have gotten some sense of how to put together an acceptable article or book chapter.
His major interest always has been white-collar crime, but he will tackle anything that he finds interesting and intriguing - he and a colleague,
for instance, have written some five articles during the last two years on the Americans with Disabilities Act as it relates to the construction of sports arenas.
Selected Publications
- "Scrutiny on the Bounty: Business Rewards for Crime Tips," (with Ted Huston and Joseph Wells), Business Horizons, 35 (November-December, 1992), 80-81.
- "Lost in the Melting Pot: Asian Youth Gangs in the United States," (with John Huey- Long Song and John Dombrink), Gang Journal, 1 (1992), 1-12.
- (Editor). "White-Collar Crime," (with Paul Jesilow). Annals of the American Academy of Political Science and Social Science, 525 (January 1993), 1-169. ["Preface," 8-11].
- "Matthew Arnold and the Lowestoft 'Witches,'" (with Ivan Bunn). Nineteenth-Century Prose, 20 (Spring 1993), 1-17.
- Prescription for Profit: How Doctors Defraud Medicaid, (with Paul Jesilow and Henry Pontell). Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. 247 pages.
- "The Evolution of the Study of Corporate Crime," in Understanding Corporate Criminality. Edited by Michael B. Blankenship. New York: Garland, 1993, pp. 3-28.
- "In What Way Do Gender-Related Attributes and Beliefs Affect Marriage? (with Ted L. Huston), Journal of Social Issues, 49 (1993), pp. 97-106.
- "Portugal," in Prostitution: An International Handbook on Trends,Problems, and Policies. Edited by Nanette J. Davis. Wesport, CT: Greenwood, 1993, pp. 225-242.
- School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University." In Program Review of the Protective Services. Tallahassee: State University System of Florida, 1993, pp. 49-69.
- (Editor). "The Environment and Social Justice," (with Colin Goff). Journal of Human Justice, 5 (Autumn 1993), 1-128.
- White Collar Crime, 3rd Edition, 1995 [in press], Free Press.