Brian J. Smith, Ph.D.
Sociology
Anspach Hall 125
(989) 774-3428
smith1b@cmich.edu
Education
Ph.D. in Justice Studies, Arizona State
University, 1997 M.A. in Criminal Justice,
Indiana University, 1991 A.B. in
Sociology, Colby College, 1988
Teaching Expertise
Justice Theory Penology and Corrections Juvenile Delinquency/Juvenile Justice Research Methods Inequalities and Justice Processes
Research Interests
Juvenile Justice
Marginalized Youth and Education
Inequalities and Justice
Justice Theories and Law
Popular Culture and Justice
Selected Publications
Smith, Deborah, L.
and Smith, Brian J. "Perceptions of Violence: The Views of
Teachers Who Left Urban Schools." The High School Journal
89 (3): 34-43, 2006.
Smith, Brian J. "Contemporary
Youth Justice: Researching the Intersections of Social Inequalities
and Social Control Ideologies." Social Problems Forum: The
SSSP Newsletter 37(1): 43-44, 2006.
"Living on the
Boundaries in America: An Exploration of Marginalized Youth’s National and
Legal Consciousness." Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice. 3(3):
87-107, 2005.
"Cultural Curriculum and Marginalized Youth:
An Analysis of Conflict at a Community School for Juvenile Parolees."
The
Urban Review 35 (4): 253-280, 2003
Book review of "Constitutive Criminology at
Work: Applications to Crime and Justice." Stuart Henry and Dragon
Milovanovic (ed.), Contemporary Justice Review: Issues in Criminal,
Social and Restorative Justice 6(1): 95-97, 2003.
"An Interpretation of Juvenile Parolees' Gender
Constructions at School." The High School Journal 85(2): 43-53,
2001.
"Marginalized Youth, Delinquency,
and Education: The Need for Critical-Interpretative Research."
The Urban Review 32(3): 293-312, 2000.
"Historical Injustices, Contemporary Inequalities:
African-Americans and Criminal Justice," in Investigating Difference:
Human and Cultural Relations in Criminal Justice, The Criminal Justice
Collective of Northern Arizona University (eds.). Boston: Allyn &
Bacon, pp. 71-84, 1999.
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