Larry L. Tifft,
Ph.D
Sociology
Anspach Hall 132
(989) 774-3420
tifft1ll@cmich.edu
Education
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana,
1970
M.A., Central Michigan University,
1989
M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana,
1966
A.B., Tarkio College, 1963
Teaching Expertise
Introduction to Sociology
Criminology
Police and Community Relations
Social Justice
The Family
Research Interests
Social, Criminal and Restorative Justice
Current Projects
Tifft's research interests are radical
criminology and restorative justice. He is collaborating with Dennis
Sullivan to prepare the 2nd edition of Restorative Justice: Healing
the Foundations of our everyday lives (Willow Tree/Criminal Justice
Press, 2001) and preparing an anthology on Restorative Justice for Routledge,
2005.
Selected Publications
Larry L. Tifft and
Dennis Sullivan. "Needs-based Anarchist Criminology." Pp.
259-277 in Stuart Henry and Mark Lanier (Eds.), The Essential Criminology
Reader. Boulder, CO: Westview, 2005.
Dennis Sullivan and
Larry L. Tifft. Restorative Justice: Healing the Foundations
of Our Everyday Lives, 2nd edition. Wonsey, NY: Willow Tree
Press, 2005.
Dennis Sullivan and
Larry Tifft (Eds.), Handbook of Restorative Justice: A Global
Perspective. London: Routledge, 2006.
Book Review of
Lode Walgrave (Ed.), Repositioning Restorative Justice. Devon, UK: Willan.
The Law and Politics Book Review 14,4: 271-274. 2004.
Book Review of
Declan D. Roche, Accountability in Restorative Justice. NY: Oxford
University Press. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice
43,2:200-223. 2004.
Book Review of
Michael Tonry, Thinking About Crime: Sense and Sensibility in American
Penal Culture, NY: Oxford University Press. The Howard Journal of
Criminal Justice. Forthcoming, 2005.
"What Are the
Implications of Restorative Justice for Society and Our Lives?" (with Dennis
Sullivan). In Howard Zehr and Barb Toews (Eds.), Critical Issues in
Restorative Justice (pp. 387-400). Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press
and Collompton, Devon, UK: Willan Publishing. 2004.
Book review: D. Roache, Accountability in
Restorative Justice, NY: Oxford University Press (2003) was published
in The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 220-223, May,
2004.
Book review: Lode Walgrave
(ed.), Repositioning Restorative Justice Devon, UK: Willan (2003) was
published in The Law and Politics Book Review, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp.
271-274, April, 2004.
Tifft, Larry L., Dennis Sullivan and
Katherine Sullivan. Justice Without Violence: Exploring
the Transformative and Economic Dimensions of the Restorative Movement.
(forthcoming).
Tifft, Larry.L. and Dennis Sullivan.
"A Needs-based, Social Harms Approach to Defining Crime." What
is Crime? Controversy Over the Definition of Crime's Content.
Eds. Stuart Henry and Mark Lanier. Rowman and Littlefield, 2000.
Chapter 6.
"Social Justice and Criminologies:
A Commentary." Contemporary Justice Review 1 (2000): 43 -
52.
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