Daniel W. Scott scottdw@uci.edu 6287 Adobe Circle S, CA 92617 (651) 270-6418 EDUCATION PhD in Criminology, Law & Society University of California-Irvine (expected May 2016) Master of Arts in Social Ecology University of California-Irvine (UC-Irvine), December 2012 Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Sociology and Psychology Minor in Criminal Justice (graduated with honors) University of Wisconsin-River Falls (UW-River Falls), May 2010 PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS D. W. Scott and C. L. Maxson. Gang Organization and Violence in Youth Correctional Facilities, Journal of Criminological Research, Policy, and Practice (accepted September, 2015) D. W. Scott. Attitude is Everything: Youth Attitudes and Institutional Gang Involvement, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, vol. 17, #6: 780-798, 2014. doi: 10.1177/1368430214536064. D. W. Scott. Firearm Involvement Influences on the Recidivism of Gang Members Compared to Non-Gang Members, Sociological Imagination, vol. 46, #1: 65-80, 2010. OTHER PUBLICATIONS D. W. Scott. Book Review: Gang Life in Two Cities: An Insider s Journey. By Robert J. Durán, 2013, Great Plains Research, vol. 25, #1, Spring 2015. D. W. Scott. African Americans and Criminal justice: An Encyclopedia, Greenwood, 2014. (submitted entry on Gangs ) GOVERNMENT REPORTS C. Maxson, C. Bradstreet, D. Gascon, J. Gerlinger, J. Grebenkemper, D. Haerle, J. Kang-Brown, Analicia Mejia Mesinas, M. Omori, S. Reid, and D. Scott (alphabetical except for P.I.). Gangs and Violence in California s Youth Correctional Facilities: A Research Foundation for Developing Effective Gang Policies. March, 2012. C. Maxson, C. Bradstreet, D. Gascon, J. Gerlinger, J. Grebenkemper, D. Haerle, J. Kang-Brown, M. Omori,S. Reid, and D. Scott (alphabetical except for P.I.). Developing Effective Gang Policies for California s Division of Juvenile Justice: Preliminary Findings Report. August, 2011. 1
WORKS IN PROGRESS D. W. Scott. Gangs, Race, and Other Personal Issues: An Examination of Violence from the Incarcerated Youth Perspective D. W. Scott. Policing Institutional Violence: Staff Treatment and Punishment Practices of Gang and Nongang Youth C. L. Maxson, J. Miller, D. W. Scott, J. Gravel, J. West, J. Fagan, and A. Magnus. The Comparative Gang Ethnography Project: Quantifying Qualitative Gang Research RESEARCH EXPERIENCE The Comparative Gang Ethnography Project: Quantifying Qualitative Gang Research, UC- Irvine, Graduate Student Researcher, Winter 2015 - Present Developing Effective Gang Policies in California s Division of Juvenile Justice, Graduate Student Research Assistant, UC-Irvine, Fall 2010 Winter 2014 Modern Gang Reader 4 th Summer 2011-Fall 2012 Manuscript Production, Graduate Student Assistant, UC-Irvine, Gang Involvement, Guns, and Recidivism among Young Incarcerated Offenders, McNair Scholar Summer Research Internship, Summer 2009 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor/Teaching Associate Positions Introduction to Criminology, Law & Society, UC-Irvine, Summer 2014 Juvenile Delinquency, UC-Irvine, Fall 2014 Foundations of Criminology, Law & Society, UC-Irvine, Summer 2015 Teaching Assistant Positions Alternative Conflict Resolution, UC-Irvine, Spring 2015 (Online MAS Program) White Collar Crime, UC-Irvine, Summer 2013 Cross-Cultural Street Gangs, UC-Irvine Summer 2013 Cross-Cultural Street Gangs, UC-Irvine, Spring 2013 Forms of Criminal Behavior, UC-Irvine Winter 2013 Miscarriages of Justice, UC-Irvine, Fall 2012 Deviance, UC-Irvine, Spring 2012 Street Gangs, UC-Irvine, Winter 2012 Crime and Public Policy, UC-Irvine, Fall 2011 Sociological Statistics, UW-River Falls Spring 2009 Sociological Statistics, UW-River Falls Fall 2009 2
Reader Positions Criminological Theory Reader, UC-Irvine, Summer 2012 RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERICENCE Dakota County Community Corrections, Assistant Crew Leader, Summer 2008 Positive Alternative Juvenile Group Home, Resident Counselor, 2008-2009 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Pushing the Issue: Comparing Gang and Race Motivated Violent Incident Involvement from the Incarcerated Youth Perspective by D. W. Scott, Euro-gang Conference, June 2015 Distinguishing Between Gang Violence and Personal Violence: Variations in Violent Incident Characteristics from the Incarcerated Youth Perspective by D. W. Scott, American Society of Criminology, November 2014 Policing Institutional Violence: Staff Treatment and Punishment Practices of Gang and Nongang Youth by D. W. Scott, Euro-gang Conference, June 2014 Examining Gang Structures: Applying Maxson and Klein s Gang Typology to Institutional Youth Gangs by D. W. Scott & C. L. Maxson, American Society of Criminology, November 2013 Attitude is Everything: Violent Attitudes and Length of Youth Gang Involvement in Correctional Facilities by D. W. Scott, American Society of Criminology, November 2012 Beyond Gang Motives: Violence as a Function of Gang Organization in Youth Correctional Facilities by C. L. Maxson & D. W. Scott, American Society of Criminology, November 2012 He said, She said: Youth vs. Official Perspectives of Gang Organization in Youth Facilities by C. L. Maxson & D. W. Scott, Western Society of Criminology, February 2012 It s Complicated: Institutional and Street Gangs within DJJ by D. W. Scott, C. Bradstreet, C. L. Maxson, M. Omori, and S. Reid, American Society of Criminology, November 2011 The Contours of Youth Violence in Correctional Facilities by S. Reid, J. Kang-Brown, C. L. Maxson, and D. W. Scott, American Society of Criminology, November 2011 Advice You Would Give an Undergraduate Professor. Midwestern Sociological Society Annual meeting, Panel member, March 2010 Members by D. W. Scott, Midwestern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, March 2010 3
Firearm Involvement Influences on the Recidivism of Gang Members Compared to Non-Gang Members by D. W. Scott, American Society of Criminology Poster Presentation, November 2009 Members by D. W. Scott, Wisconsin Sociological Association, September 2009 Members by D. W. Scott, Midwestern Criminal Justice Association, September 2009 Firearm Involvement Influences on the Recidivism of Gang Members Compared to Non-Gang Members by D. W. Scott, Pennsylvania State McNair Scholar Conference Poster Presentation, Summer 2009 HONORS AND AWARDS Social Ecology Dean s Dissertation Writing Fellowship, UC-Irvine, Fall 2015 Graduate Deans Dissertation Fellowship Honorable Mention Recipient, UC-Irvine, June 2015 Criminology, Law & Society Professional Development Fellowship Recipient, UC-Irvine, Winter 2015 Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship Recipient, UC-Irvine, 2013-2014 Academic Year Graduate Student Mentoring Award, UC-Irvine, May 2012 Faculty Mentor Program Fellowship Honorable Mention Recipient, UC-Irvine, September 2012 Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship Recipient, UC-Irvine, 2010-2011 1st Place Award Undergraduate Research Paper Competition, Midwestern Criminal Justice Association Annual Meeting, September 2009, Paper Title: Firearm Involvement Influences on the Recidivism of Gang Members Compared to Non-Gang Members 2nd Place Award Undergraduate Research Paper Competition, Wisconsin Sociological Association Annual Meeting, September 2009, Paper Title: Firearm Involvement Influences on the Recidivism of Gang Members Compared to Non-Gang Members Chancellor s Award Nomination, UW-River Falls, Spring 2009 McNair Scholar s Program Member, UW-River Falls 2008-2010 Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology Honor s Society, 2008-2010 UNIVERSITY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Teaching Award Committee Member, American Society of Criminology, upcoming 2015-2016 Criminology, Law & Society Colloquium Committee Member, UC-Irvine, 2014-2015 Academic Year Criminology, Law & Society Service Committee Member, UC-Irvine, 2014-2015 Criminology, Law & Society, UC-Irvine, Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice Reading Group Organizer, 2013-2014 Criminology, Law & Society, UC-Irvine, Social Committee Member, 2012-2014 Moving Toward a Greater Understanding of Gangs Panel Chair, American Society of Criminology, November, 2012 Criminology, Law & Society, UC-Irvine, Colloquium Committee Chair, 2011-2014 School of Social Ecology Graduate Student Mentoring Award, 2012 Criminology, Law & Society, UC-Irvine, Colloquium Committee Member, 2010-2011 4
Criminology, Law & Society Graduate Student Mentor, UC-Irvine 2011-2014 Criminology, Law & Society, UC-Irvine, Welcome Back Party Volunteer, Fall 2011, 2012, 2013 Criminology, Law & Society, UC-Irvine, Recruitment Weekend Volunteer, Spring 2011, 2012, 2013 National Residence Hall Honorary Recognition Chair, UW-River Falls 2007-2008 Student Senate Vice President, UW-River Falls, 2009-2010 Student Senate Director of Student Affairs and Academic Services, UW-River Falls, 2006-2007 Student Senator at Large, UW-River Falls, 2006-2007 Academic Year Student Senator at Large, UW-River Falls, 2005-2006 Academic Year Member of Search and Screen Committee for Personal Counselor, UW-River Falls, Feb 2007-May 2007 Member of the General Education Committee, UW-River Falls, 2006-2007 Member of the Advising Committee, UW-River Falls, 2006-2007 Member of the Faculty Welfare Committee, UW-River Falls, 2006-2007 External Relations Faculty Senate Committee, UW-River Falls, 2005-2006 Member of the Student Senate Legislative Affairs Committee, UW-River Falls, 2005-2006 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Society of Criminology Student Member Western Society of Criminology Student Member Eurogang Research Program Member 5