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Geoff Ward

Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law & Society and Sociology
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Michigan
Phone: 
(949) 824-4695
Email: 
gward@uci.edu
Office: 
2317 SE II
Specializations: 
race relations, courts and sentencing, juvenile justice, social movements, justice workers
Curriculum Vitae: 

 

Book

Geoff Ward (In Press). The Black Child Savers: Racial Democracy and American Juvenile Justice. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo3752802.html

Journal Articles, Book Chapters, and Essays

Geoff Ward (Forthcoming). “Racialized Crime Control and Societal Exclusion: A Tremendous Problem for Generations” (Review essay), “State of the Discourse,” Dubois Review: Social Science Research on Race

Amy Farrell and Geoff Ward (2011). “Examining District Variation in Sentencing in the Post-Booker Period.” Federal Sentencing Reporter vol. 23, n. 5.

Geoff Ward, Aaron Kupchik, Laurin Parker, and Brian Starks (2011). “Racial Politics ofJuvenile Justice Policy Support: Juvenile Court Worker Orientations Towards DisproportionateMinority Confinement.” Race and Justice vol. 1, n. 2.

Amy Farrell, Geoff Ward, and Danielle Rousseau (2010). “Intersections of Gender andRace in Federal Sentencing: Examining Court Contexts and the Effects of Representative CourtAuthorities.” Journal of Gender, Race & Justice vol. 14, n. 1. 

Geoff Ward and Aaron Kupchik (2010). “What Drives Juvenile Probation Officers?Relating Organizational Contexts, Status Characteristics, and Personal Convictions toTreatment and Punishment Orientations.” Crime and Delinquency vol. 56, n. 1.

Geoff Ward, Amy Farrell, and Danielle Rousseau (2009). “Does Racial Balance in WorkforceRepresentation  Yield Equal Justice? Race Relations of Sentencing in Federal CourtOrganizations.” Law & Society Review vol. 43, n. 4.

Geoff Ward and Aaron Kupchik (2009). “Accountable to What? Professional OrientationsTowards Accountability-Based Juvenile Justice.” Punishment & Society vol. 11, n. 1.

Amy Farrell, Geoff Ward and Danielle Rousseau (2009). “Race Effects of Representationamong Federal Court Workers: Does Black Workforce Representation Reduce SentencingDisparities?” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science vol. 623.

Geoff Ward (2009) “The ‘Other’ Child-Savers: Racial Politics of the Parental State,” in Anthony M. Platt, The Child Savers: The Invention of Delinquency (40th Anniversary Edition). Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Geoff Ward (2006) “Race and the Justice Workforce: A System Perspective.” In R. Peterson, L. Krivo, and J. Hagan (eds.) The Many Colors of Crime: Inequalities of Race, Ethnicity and Crime in America. New York, NY: NYU Press.

Amanda Lewis, Maria Krysan, Sharon Collins, Korie Edwards, and Geoff Ward (2004) “The Changing Terrain of Race and Ethnicity in Social Institutions.” In Krysan, M. and A. Lewis (Eds.) The Changing Terrain of Race & Ethnicity. New York, NY: Russell Sage.

Geoff Ward (2004). “Applying Black Studies: Toward Strategic Engagement with Practice-Oriented Disciplines.” Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society vol. 6, n. 3-4.

Geoff Ward (2004). “Punishing for a Living.” Social Justice vol. 31, n. 1-2.

Geoff Ward and Manning Marable (2003). “Toward a New Civic Leadership: The AfricanaCriminal Justice Project.” Social Justice vol. 30, n. 2.

Geoff Ward and Donald Deskins (1999) “Black Sociologists on Global Inequality: Revisiting a Tradition and the Pioneering Contributions of Oliver C. Cox.” In Herbert Hunter (ed.) The Sociology of Oliver Cox: New Perspectives (Research in Race & Ethnic Relations, Vol. 11).  Stanford, CT: JAI Press.

Kendrick Brown, Geoff Ward, Tiffany Lightbourn and James Jackson (1998) “Skin Tone and Racial Identity Among African Americans: A Theoretical and Research Framework” In Reginald L. Jones (ed.) Advances in African American Psychology. Hampton, VA: Cobb & Henry Press.