Revised August 2014 SCOTT EDWARD WOLFE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINOLOGY & CRIMINAL JUSTICE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CURRELL COLLEGE, ROOM 209 COLUMBIA, SC 29208 PHONE 803.777.1238 EMAIL SWOLFE@MAILBOX.SC.EDU EDUCATION 2012 Ph.D. Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University Dissertation: Crime in Late Life. Committee: Michael Reisig (chair), Kristy Holtfreter, and Travis Pratt. 2008 M.S. Justice Administration, University of Louisville. 2006 B.A. Criminal Justice & Sociology, Ohio Northern University. ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2012-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of South Carolina. 2009-2010 Faculty Associate, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University. RESEARCH INTERESTS Criminological theory Policing Procedural justice and legitimacy Low self-control PUBLICATIONS Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals (* denotes graduate student co-author) 2014 Low Self-Control, Gender, Race, and Offending in Late Life. Psychology, Crime, and Law, Accepted August 2014., and David C. Pyrooz 2014 Rolling Back Prices and Raising Crime Rates? The Walmart Effect on Crime in the United States. British Journal of Criminology, 54(2), 199-221. 1
Nix, Justin,* Scott E. Wolfe, Jeff Rojek, and Robert J. Kaminski 2014 Trust in the Police: The Influence of Procedural Justice and Perceived Collective Efficacy. Crime & Delinquency, DOI: 10.1177/0011128714530548., Catherine D. Marcum, George E. Higgins, and Melissa L. Ricketts 2014 Routine Cell Phone Activity and Exposure to Sext Messages: Extending the Generality of Routine Activity Theory and Exploring the Etiology of a Risky Teenage Behavior. Crime & Delinquency, DOI: 10.1177/0011128714541192. Ferdik, Frank V.,* Scott E. Wolfe, and Nicholas Blasco* 2014 Informal Social Controls, Procedural Justice, and Perceived Police Legitimacy: Do Social Bonds Influences Evaluations of Police Legitimacy? American Journal of Criminal Justice, 39, 471-492. Marcum, Catherine D., George E. Higgins, Scott E. Wolfe, and Melissa Ricketts 2014 Becoming Someone New: Identity Theft Behaviors by High School Students. Journal of Financial Crime, Accepted (January, 2014). Marcum, Catherine D., George E. Higgins, Melissa Ricketts, and Scott E. Wolfe 2014 Hacking in High School: Cybercrime Perpetration by Juveniles. Deviant Behavior, 35, 581-591. Reisig, Michael D., Scott E. Wolfe, and Travis C. Pratt 2012 Low Self-Control and the Religiosity-Crime Relationship. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 39(9), 1172-1191. Reisig, Michael D., Scott E. Wolfe, and Kristy Holtfreter 2011 Legal Cynicism, Legitimacy, and Criminal Offending: The Non-Confounding Effect of Low Self-Control. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 38(12), 1265-1279., and Alex R. Piquero 2011 Organizational Justice and Police Misconduct. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 38(4), 332-353. 2011 The Effect of Low Self-Control on Perceived Police Legitimacy. Journal of Criminal Justice, 39(1), 67-74., David C. Pyrooz, and Cassia Spohn 2011 Unraveling the Effect of Offender Citizenship Status on Federal Sentencing Outcomes. Social Science Research, 40(1), 349-362. Pyrooz, David C., Scott E. Wolfe, and Cassia Spohn 2011 Gang-Related Homicide Charging Decisions: An Analysis of the Implementation of a Specialized Prosecution Unit in Los Angeles. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 22(1), 3-26. 2
Vito, Gennaro F., Scott E. Wolfe, George E. Higgins, and William F. Walsh 2011 Police Integrity: Rankings of Scenarios on the Klockars Scale by Management Cops. Criminal Justice Review, 36(2), 152-164. Marcum, Catherine D., George E. Higgins, Scott E. Wolfe, and Melissa L. Ricketts 2011 Examining the Intersection between Self-Control, Peer Association, and Neutralization in Explaining Digital Piracy. Western Criminology Review, 12(3), 60-74., and George E. Higgins 2009 Explaining Deviant Peer Associations: An Examination of Low-Self Control, Ethical Predispositions, Definitions, and Digital Piracy. Western Criminology Review, 10(1), 43-55. Higgins, George E., Scott E. Wolfe, Margaret Mahoney, and Nelseta Walters 2009 Race, Ethnicity, and Experience: Modeling the Public s Perceptions of Justice, Satisfaction, and Attitude toward the Courts. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 7(4), 293-310. Higgins, George E., Scott E. Wolfe, and Nelseta Walters 2009 Sex and Experience: Modeling the Public s Perceptions of Justice, Satisfaction, and Attitude toward the Courts. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 34(1), 116-130. Higgins, George E., Scott E. Wolfe, and Melissa L. Ricketts 2009 Digital Piracy: A Latent Class Analysis. Social Science Computer Review, 27(1), 24-40. Higgins, George E., Scott E. Wolfe, and Melissa L. Ricketts 2009 Social Structure and Social Learning Theory and Digital Piracy. International Journal of Sociological Research, 2(2), 83-99., George E. Higgins, and Catherine D. Marcum 2008 Deterrence and Digital Piracy: A Preliminary Examination of the Role of Viruses. Social Science Computer Review, 26(3), 317-333. Higgins, George E., Scott E. Wolfe, and Catherine D. Marcum 2008 Digital Piracy: An Examination of Three Measurements of Self-Control. Deviant Behavior, 29(5), 440-460., and George E. Higgins 2008 College Students Punishment Perceptions of On-line Solicitation of Children for Sex. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 33(2), 192-208. 3
Higgins, George E., Thomas Hughes, Melissa L. Ricketts, and Scott E. Wolfe 2008 Identity Theft Complaints: Exploring the State-Level Correlates. Journal of Financial Crime, 15(3), 295-307., and George E. Higgins 2008 Self-Control and Perceived Behavioral Control: An Examination of College Student Drinking. Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice, 4(1), 108-134. Higgins, George E., Scott E. Wolfe, and Catherine D. Marcum 2008 Music Piracy and Neutralization: A Preliminary Trajectory Analysis from Shortterm Longitudinal Data. International Journal of Cyber Criminology, 2(2), 324-336. Durkin, Keith F., Scott E. Wolfe, and Ross May 2007 Social Bond Theory and Drunk Driving in a Sample of College Students. College Student Journal, 41(3), 734-744. Research and Technical Reports Chrusciel, Margaret M.,* J. Andrew Hansen,* Jeff Rojek, Scott E. Wolfe, and Bob J. Kaminski 2014 School Resource Officers (SROs) and the Arming of School Teachers or Administrators as Responses to School Shootings: Results from a State Census of Law Enforcement Executives and Public School Principals. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Holtfreter, Kristy, Michael D. Reisig, Daniel P. Mears, and Scott E. Wolfe 2014 Financial Exploitation of the Elderly in a Consumer Context. A Final Report to the National Institute of Justice (Award No. 2010-IJ-CX-0008). Book Chapters and Other Publications Nix, Justin,* and Scott E. Wolfe 2014 Self-Control Theory. In Wesley Jennings (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment (pp. TBD). Wiley-Blackwell. (Accepted January, 2014). 2011 Preparing for Comprehensive Exams. The Criminologist, 36(5), 25. Higgins, George E., and Scott E. Wolfe 2009 Cybercrime. In J. Mitchell Miller (Ed.), 21 st Century Criminology: A Reference Handbook (pp. 466-471). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Durkin, Keith F., Scott E. Wolfe, and Kara Lewis 2005 Binge Drinking and the Social Bond among College Students. In Alex Thio and Thomas C. Calhoun (Eds.), Readings in Deviant Behavior. Fourth Edition (pp. 217-220). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon. 4
Hundersmarck, Steven, Scott E. Wolfe, and Keith F. Durkin 2005 MSSA Membership Survey: Additional Results. Mid-South Sociological Association Forum, 7, 7-8. Durkin, Keith F., Scott E. Wolfe, Zachary Bushatz, and Gregory Elzey 2004 Results of the M.S.S.A. Membership Survey. Mid-South Sociological Association Forum, 6, 3-7. GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2014-Present Researcher, Office of the Consent Decree Monitor; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter, & Hampton, LLP, Appointed by Order of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. 2013-Present Consultant, Evidence Based Solutions to Reduce Law Enforcement Officer Vehicle Crashes. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance. Principal Investigator: Geoff Alpert; Co-Principal Investigator: Jeff Rojek. 2012-Present Co-Principal Investigator, Integrated Data Exchange and Analysis (IDEA) Project. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Smart Policing Initiative (SPI). Grant awarded to the Columbia (SC) Police Department and Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice (USC). ($298,523 total; $103,417 to USC). Principal Investigator: Jeff Rojek; Co-Principal Investigator: Robert Kaminski. 2012-Present Consultant, Evidence Based Solutions to Reduce Law Enforcement Officer Vehicle Crashes. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice. Principal Investigator: Jeff Rojek; Co-Principal Investigator: Geoff Alpert. 2012-Present Investigator, South Carolina Law Enforcement Census. Conducted with Jeff Rojek and Robert Kaminski. 2011-2012 Research Assistant, Financial Exploitation of the Elderly in a Consumer Context. United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, Principal Investigators: Kristy Holtfreter, Michael Reisig, and Daniel Mears. PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS (* denotes graduate student co-author), Michael D. Reisig, and Kristy Holtfreter 2013 Opportunity, offending, and crime-analogous outcomes in late life: General routines or domain-specific opportunities? The 69 th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA. 5
Hansen, J. Andrew*, Jeff Rojek, Geoffrey Alpert, Scott E. Wolfe, and Hope Tiesman 2013 Officer and citizen injury and fatality outcomes from law enforcement vehicle collisions. The 69 th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA. Nix, Justin,* Jeff Rojek, Robert Kaminski, and Scott E. Wolfe 2013 Influencing police organizational change: Who are the key players? The 69 th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA. Chrusciel, Meg,* J. Andrew Hansen,* Scott E. Wolfe, Jeff Rojek, and Robert Kaminski 2013 Law enforcement and educator perspectives on school resource officers. The 69 th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA. Marcum, Catherine, George Higgins, Melissa Ricketts, and Scott E.Wolfe 2013 High school student experiences with online victimization and offending. The 69 th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA. Marcum, Catherine, George Higgins, Scott E.Wolfe, Melissa Ricketts, and Robert Tucci 2013 Examination of rural high school student experiences with online victimization and offending. The Annual Meeting of the Southern Criminal Justice Association, Virginia Beach, VA. Blasco, Nicholas* and Scott E. Wolfe 2013 Parenting, religiosity, and self-control. The 50 th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Dallas, TX. 2012 Gender, Race, and Offending in Late Life: A Test of Self-Control Theory and the Invariance Thesis. The 64 th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, IL. 2011 Routine Activity, Low Self-Control, and Offending Late in the Life Course. The 63 rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C. Reisig, Michael D., Kristy Holtfreter, Daniel P. Mears, and Scott E. Wolfe 2011 Financial Victimization of the Elderly in a Consumer Context: Some Preliminary Findings. The 63 rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D. C., and David C. Pyrooz 2011 Rolling Back Prices and Raising Crime Rates? Wal-Mart, Poverty, and Violent Crime. The 48 th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Toronto, Canada (Winner of the Michael C. Braswell/Anderson Publishing Outstanding Student Paper Award). 6
, and David C. Pyrooz 2010 Rolling Back Prices and Raising Crime Rates? Wal-Mart, Poverty, and Violent Crime. The 62 nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA. 2010 Organizational Justice and Police Misconduct. The 37 th Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Criminology, Honolulu, HI., Michael D. Reisig, and Travis C. Pratt 2009 Saving Grace or Spuriousness? Religiosity, Self-Control, and Crime. The 61 st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA., and David C. Pyrooz 2009 Citizenship Status and Disparity in Federal Sentencing: Are Walls Not the Only Barriers to Non-Citizens? The 36 th Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Criminology, San Diego, CA. Pyrooz, David C., and Scott E. Wolfe 2009 Gang-Related Homicide Charging Decisions. The 36 th Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Criminology, San Diego, CA. 2008 Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy during Online Solicitation of Children for Sex Investigations: A Path Analysis of the Role of a Procedure- Specific Measure of Police Legitimacy. The 45 th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Cincinnati, OH. Vito, Gennaro F., William Walsh, George E. Higgins, and Scott E. Wolfe 2008 Police Ethics: An Examination of Middle Management using the Klockars Scale. The 45 th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Cincinnati, OH. Higgins, George E., Scott E. Wolfe, and Catherine D. Marcum 2008 Digital Piracy and Neutralization: A Trajectory Analysis from Short-Term Longitudinal Data. The 45 th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Cincinnati, OH. Marcum, Catherine D., Scott E. Wolfe, and George E. Higgins 2008 Examining the Intersection between Self-Control, Peer Association, and Neutralization in Explaining Digital Piracy. The 45 th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Cincinnati, OH. 7
, and George E. Higgins 2007 Deterrence and Digital Piracy: A Preliminary Examination of the Role of Viruses. The 44 th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Seattle, WA. Durkin, Keith F., Scott E. Wolfe, and Nicole Pierson 2005 The Initiation of Binge Drinking by First Year College Students: An Application of Social Learning Theory. The 31 st Annual Meeting of the Mid-South Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA. Durkin, Keith F., and Scott E. Wolfe 2005 Partyboying: Some Sociological Observations on an Emerging Form of Deviant Behavior. The 31 st Annual Meeting of the Mid-South Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA. Durkin, Keith F., Scott E. Wolfe, Ross May, Katie Simpson, and Chris Stacko 2004 Social Learning and Binge Drinking: A Longitudinal Study of First Year College Students. The 30 th Annual Meeting of the Mid-South Sociological Association, Biloxi, MS. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Graduate Courses Developed/Taught CRJU 701 (MA) Survey of Criminal Justice, University of South Carolina Spring 2013 enrollment 12 CRJU 741 (MA) Criminology, University of South Carolina Spring 2013 enrollment 14 Undergraduate Courses Developed/Taught CRJU 341 Sociology of Crime, University of South Carolina Spring 2014 enrollment 49 Spring 2013 enrollment 52 Fall 2012 enrollment 80 (section 1), 50 (section 2) CRJ 100 The Justice System, Arizona State University Fall 2009 enrollment 50 Spring 2010 enrollment 205 Fall 2010 enrollment 69 Online Undergraduate Courses Developed/Taught CRJ 101 American Criminal Justice System, University of South Carolina Fall 2014 enrollment 48 8
CRJ 302 Research Methods, Arizona State University Summer 2009 enrollment 49 CRJ 100 The Justice System, Arizona State University Summer 2009 enrollment 29 Winter 2009 enrollment 16 Spring 2010 enrollment 100 Summer 2010 enrollment 35 Fall 2010 enrollment 21 Directed Studies Supervised CRJU 792 (MA) Lead Exposure and Criminal Behavior- Directed Study, University of South Carolina, Fall 2013 CRJU 792 (MA) Legitimacy Exchange- Directed Study, University of South Carolina, Fall 2013 CRJU 792 (PhD) Procedural Justice and Legitimacy- Directed Study, University of South Carolina, Spring 2013 AWARDS AND HONORS 2012 Featured Scholar of the Month, Office of Research, University of South Carolina (December) 2009-2012 University Graduate Fellowship, Arizona State University. 2011 Continuing Teaching Excellence Award, Arizona State University Graduate and Professional Student Association. 2011 Michael C. Braswell/Anderson Publishing Outstanding Student Paper Award, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. 2010 Teaching Excellence Award, Arizona State University Graduate and Professional Student Association. SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES Professional Service 2013-Present Editorial Board, Journal of Criminal Justice. 2014 Special Emphasis Panel Reviewer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, RFA CE14-001: Grants for Injury Control Research Centers. 9
2013 Panel Chair, Crime and Victimization in Late Adulthood, The 69 th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA. 2012 Panel Chair, Self-Control Theory across the Life Course, The 68 th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, IL. 2011 Panel Chair, Emerging Issues in Criminal Justice, The 48 th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Toronto, Canada. 2007 Registration Volunteer, The 44 th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Seattle, WA. University Service 2014 Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Grading Committee, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of South Carolina. 2013 Tenure-track Assistant Professor Search Committee, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of South Carolina. 2013 Master s Comprehensive Exam Grading Committee, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of South Carolina. 2012-2014 Undergraduate Program Committee, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of South Carolina. 2009-2012 Doctoral Student Web Page Coordinator, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University. 2010 Faculty Search Committee, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University. 2009 Prisoner Reentry Conference Volunteer, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University. 2008-2009 Downtown Moving Committee Doctoral Student Representative, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University. Manuscript Reviewer Academic Journals: Aggressive Behavior American Journal of Criminal Justice Criminal Justice & Behavior Criminal Justice Review 10
Criminology Drug and Alcohol Review European Journal of Criminology International Criminal Justice Review Journal of Criminal Justice Journal of Criminal Justice Education Journal of Quantitative Criminology Justice Quarterly Police Quarterly Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management Books and Encyclopedias: Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Policing Professional Development 2013 Missing Data Pre-Conference Workshop, The 69 th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA. 2011 Online Webinars and In-Person Workshop for Pearson Learning Studio, Arizona State University and Pearson Publishing. 2010 Online Course Development for Online Bachelor Program, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University. 2009 Writing Workshop, Graduate College, Arizona State University. 2009 Teaching/Research Development, Graduate College, Arizona State University. 2008-2009 Professional Development Series, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University. Topics: Syllabus and course design, conference presentations, publication process, and teaching large classes. 2008 Hierarchical Linear Modeling Pre-Conference Workshop, The 60 th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, MO. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Society of Criminology Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences 11