CURRICULUM VITAE CHESTER L. BRITT, III Department of Sociology Iowa State University 103 East Hall Ames, IA 50011 Ph: 515.294.3903 Fax: 515.294.2303 email: clbritt@iastate.edu Education B.S., 1984; University of Iowa; Honors in Sociology. Thesis: The Impact of Race on Sentencing: A Contextual Analysis. M.A., 1986; Washington State University; Sociology. Thesis: The Effects of Objective Conditions and Subjective Estimates on Risk Perception: An Example From the 1980 Eruption of Mt. St. Helens. Ph.D, 1990; University of Arizona; Sociology. Dissertation: Crime, Criminal Careers and Social Control: A Methodological Analysis of Economic Choice and Social Control Theories of Criminal Behavior. Administrative Positions Chair, Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, 2015-Present. Dean, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, 2010-2015. Interim Dean, College of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, 2008-2010. Associate Dean for the Undergraduate Program, College of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, 2006-2008. Chair, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Arizona State University, 2003-2006. Academic Positions Professor, Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, 2015-Present. Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, 2011-2015. Associate Professor, College of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, 2006-2011. Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Arizona State University, 1999-2006. Assistant Professor, Program in Crime, Law and Justice, Department of Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, 1995-1999. Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois, 1990-1995. 1
Research Positions Senior Research Associate, Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing, 1995-1998. Research Affiliate, Population Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, 1995-1999. Visiting Position Visiting Scholar, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University (Australia), June, 2012. Awards and Honors 1984 Phi Beta Kappa. 1987 Honors Pass, Crime and Deviance Preliminary Exam. 1989 Graduate Research Fellowship, National Institute of Justice. 1997 Faculty Recognition Award, Research and Graduate Studies Office, Pennsylvania State University. 1998 Faculty Recognition Award, Research and Graduate Studies Office, Pennsylvania State University. Fields of Interest Criminological theory. Demography of crime, criminal careers, and victimization. Criminal justice decision-making. Quantitative research methods. Editorial Positions Books Editor, Justice Quarterly, July 2004 December 2007 Series Co-Editor, Criminology and Justice Studies, Routledge Press, 2007 2013 Weisburd, David and Chester L. Britt. 2014. Statistics in Criminal Justice, 4th ed. New York: Springer. Weisburd, David and Chester L. Britt. 2007. Statistics in Criminal Justice, 3rd ed. New York: Springer. Weisburd, David and Chester L. Britt. 2003. Statistics in Criminal Justice, 2nd ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. Britt, Chester L. and Michael Gottfredson (Editors). 2003. Control Theories of Crime and Delinquency: Advances in Criminological Theory, Volume 12. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers. 2
Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals Katz, Charles, Andrew Fox, Chester L. Britt, and Phil Stevenson. 2012. Understanding Police Gang Data at the Aggregate Level: An Examination of the Reliability of National Youth Gang Survey Data. Justice Research and Policy 14:103-128. Britt, Chester L. 2009. Modeling the Distribution of Sentence Length Decisions Under a Guidelines System: An Application of Quantile Regression Models. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 25:341-370. Armstrong, Todd and Chester L. Britt. 2004. The Effect of Offender Characteristics on Offense Specialization and Escalation. Justice Quarterly 21:843-876. Outlaw, Maureen C., R. Barry Ruback, and Chester L. Britt. 2002. Repeat and Multiple Victimizations: The Role of Individual and Contextual Factors. Violence and Victims 17:187-204. Darrell Steffensmeier and Chester L. Britt. 2001. Judges Race and Judicial Decision Making: Do Black Judges Sentence Differently? Social Science Quarterly 82:749-764. Britt, Chester L. 2001. Testing Theory and the Analysis of Time Series Data. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 17:343-357. Britt, Chester L. 2000. Comment on Paternoster and Brame. Criminology 38: 965-970. Britt, Chester L. 2000. Health Consequences of Criminal Victimization. International Review of Victimiology 8:63-73. Chester L. Britt. 2000. Social Context and Racial Disparities in Punishment Decisions. Justice Quarterly 17:801-826. Britt, Chester L. 1998. Race, Religion and Support for Using the Death Penalty: A Research Note. Justice Quarterly 15:175-191. Reprinted: Eskridge, Chris (ed.). 1999. Criminal Justice: Concepts and Issues, 3 ed., pp 298-309. Reprinted: Eskridge, Chris (ed.). 2004. Criminal Justice: Concepts and Issues, 4 ed., pp 326-336. Britt, Chester L. 1997. Reconsidering the Unemployment and Crime Relationship: Variation by Age Group and Historical Period. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 13:405-428. Britt, Chester L. 1996. The Measurement of Specialization and Escalation in the Criminal Career: An Alternative Modeling Strategy. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 12:193-222. Britt, Chester L., Gary Kleck, and David J. Bordua. 1996. A Reassessment of the D.C. Gun Law: Some Cautionary Notes on the Use of Interrupted Time Series Designs for Policy Impact Assessment. Law and Society Review 30:361-380. Britt, Chester L., Gary Kleck, and David J. Bordua. 1996. Avoidance and 3
Misunderstanding: A Rejoinder to McDowall et al. Law and Society Review 30:393-397. Britt, Chester L. 1994. Youth Unemployment and Crime in the United States, 1958-1990: A Time Series Analysis. American Journal of Economics and Sociology 53:99-109. Britt, Chester L. 1994. Model Specification and Interpretation: Reply to Greenberg. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 10:375-379. Britt, Chester L., III. 1992. Constancy and Change in the U.S. Age Distribution of Crime: A Test of the Invariance Hypothesis. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 8:175-187. Britt, Chester L., III, Michael R. Gottfredson, and John S. Goldkamp. 1992. Drug Testing and Pretrial Misconduct: An Experiment on the Specific Deterrent Effects of Drug Monitoring Defendants on Pretrial Release. Journal of Research on Crime and Delinquency 29:62-78. Rowe, David C. and Chester L. Britt, III. 1991. Developmental Explanations of Delinquent Behavior Among Siblings: Common Factor vs. Transmission Mechanisms. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 7:315-332. Book Chapters Britt, Chester L. and Michael Rocque, 2015. Control as an explanation of Crime and Delinquency, in Alex Piquero (ed.), Wiley Handbook of Criminological Theory. New York: Wiley. Britt, Chester L. 2015. Control Theories and Crime, in International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2 ed. New York: Elsevier. Britt, Chester L. and Barbara Costello. 2015. The Strength of Control Theory, in Francis T. Cullen, Pamela Wilcox, Robert J. Sampson, and Brendan Dooley (eds.), Challenging Criminological Theory: The Legacy of Ruth Kornhauser. Britt, Chester L. 2014. Quantile Regression Models to Analyze Experimental Data, in David Weisburd and Gerben Bruinsma (eds.), Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice, pp. 4207-4221. New York: Springer. Britt, Chester L. 2012. Sentencing Guidelines, in S. Barton-Bellessa (Ed.),Encyclopedia of Community Corrections, (pp. 408-412). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. Britt, Chester L. and David Weisburd. 2010. Logistic Regression Models for Categorical Outcome Variables, in Alex Piquero and David Weisburd (eds.), Handbook of Quantitative Criminology, pp. 649-682. New York: Springer. Britt, Chester L. and David Weisburd. 2010. Statistical Power, in Alex Piquero and David Weisburd (eds.), Handbook of Quantitative Criminology, pp. 313-332. New York: Springer. Britt, Chester L. 2005. Examples of Social Science Methods Used in Criminology, in Kimberly Kempf-Leonard (ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, Volume 1, pp. 557-563. San Diego, CA: Elsevier Science. 4
Britt, Chester L. 2003. Self-Control, Group Solidarity, and Crime: An Integrated Control Theory, in Chester L. Britt and Michael Gottfredson (eds.), Control Theories of Crime and Delinquency: Advances in Criminological Theory, Volume 12, pp. 161-178. New Burnswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers. Britt, Chester L. 2000. Larceny, in Clifton D. Bryant (ed), Encyclopedia of Deviant Behavior, Volume II, pp. 253-258. New York: Taylor and Francis. Britt, Chester L., III. 1995. The Nature of Common Crime in the Year 2010, in John Klofas and Stan Stojkovic (eds.), Crime and Justice in the Year 2010, pp. 86-101. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. Britt, Chester L. 1994. Versatility, in Travis Hirschi and Michael R. Gottfredson (eds.), Generality of Deviance, pp. 173-192. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Britt, Chester L. 1994. Participation and Frequency, in Travis Hirschi and Michael R. Gottfredson (eds.), Generality of Deviance, pp. 193-213. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction. Britt, Chester L., III. 1994. Criminal Behavior, in V.S. Ramachandran (ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, Volume 2, pp. 17-22. San Diego: Academic Press. Proceedings Chapter Britt, Chester L. and Karen Hayslett-McCall. 1999. Community, Victimization, and Psychological Distress, in Edward J. Miller and Robert P. Wolensky (eds.), Proceedings of the 13th Conference on the Small City, pp. 321-331. Stevens Point, WI: University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point Press. Article in a Non-Peer Reviewed Journal Kleck, Gary, Chester L. Britt, and David Bordua. 2000. The Emperor Has No Clothes: An Evaluation of Interrupted Time Series Designs for Policy Impact Assessment. Journal of Firearms and Public Policy 12:197-247. Book Reviews Britt, Chester L. 2001. Review of Pioneering Perspectives in Criminology: The Literature of 19th Century Criminological Positivism by David M. Horton (ed.). Criminal Justice Review 26:303-305. Britt, Chester L., III. 1993. Review of Screwing the System and Making It Work: Juvenile Justice in the No-Fault Society by Mark D. Jacobs. Contemporary Sociology 63:243-244. Britt, Chester L., III. 1991. Review of Domestic Violence: The Criminal Justice Response by Eve S. Buzawa and Carl G. Buzawa. Contemporary Sociology 61:597. Britt, Chester L., III. 1991. Can Juveniles be Deterred? Review of Deterrence and Juvenile Crime by Anne Schneider. Contemporary Psychology 36:889-890. Britt, Chester L., III. 1991. Review of Human Development and Criminal Behavior: New Ways of Advancing Knowledge by Michael Tonry, Lloyd E. Ohlin, and David P. Farrington. Contemporary Sociology 61:920. 5
Final Reports Armstrong, Todd and Chester L. Britt. 2001. An Exploration of the Correlates of Specialization and Escalation. Final Report submitted to the National Institute of Justice. Britt, Chester L. 1998. Correlates of Specialization and Escalation in the Criminal Career. Final Report submitted to the National Institute of Justice. Gottfredson, Michael R., Chester L. Britt, and John S. Goldkamp. 1990. Evaluation of Arizona Pretrial Services Drug Testing Programs. Final Report submitted to the National Institute of Justice. Funded Research Armstrong, Todd (P.I.) and Chester L. Britt (P.I.). 2001. An Exploration of the Correlates of Specialization and Escalation. Research funded by the National Institute of Justice. Ruback, R. Barry (P.I.) and Chester L. Britt (Co-P.I). 1999-2001. Criminal Victimization and Parolees: Effects on Offending and Parole Failure. Research funded by the National Institute of Justice. Britt, Chester L. 1997-98. Correlates of Specialization and Escalation in the Criminal Career. Research Funded by the National Institute of Justice, $23,245 (97-IJ-CX-0020). Ross, Catherine E. (P.I.) and Chester L. Britt (Co-P.I.). 1994-2000. Community, Crime and Health Across the Life Course. Research funded by the Violence and Traumatic Stress Research Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, $579,000 (four-year budget). Britt, Chester L. 1995. Community, Crime and Health Across the Life Course. Research funded by the University of Illinois Research Board to supplement Ross and Britt s NIMH funding, $2,000. Britt, Chester L., III. 1993. Age, Unemployment and Crime in the United States, 1952-1990. Research Funded by the University of Illinois Research Board, $8,200. Britt, Chester L., III. 1989. Crime, Choice and Social Control. Research Funded by the National Institute of Justice (89-IJ-CX-0031), $6,500. Papers in Preparation Britt, Chester L. and Walter Forrest. Assessing Finite Mixture Models for Longitudinal Count Data: A Simulation Study. Champion, Kelly M. and Chester L. Britt. Adolescent Victims of Bullying: Emotion Regulation and Risk for Depression. Britt, Chester L. and Michael Rocque. Analysis of Bounded Count Data in Criminology. 6
Invited Presentations Britt, Chester L. An Introduction to Multilevel Models. School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, June, 2012. Britt, Chester L. Inequality and Punishment: Social Context and Racial Disparities in Punishment Decisions. Department of Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, December, 1998. Britt, Chester L. Evaluation of Arizona Pretrial Drug Testing Programs. Paper presented at the 1991 Annual Meetings of the National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies, Lexington, KY. Presentations Britt, Chester L. and Emmanuelle Klossou. Variation in the Effects of Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration Offenses on Federal Sentencing Decisions, 1999-2012. Paper presented at the 2014 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco. Britt, Chester L. and Michael Rocque. Analysis of Bounded Count Data in Criminology. Paper presented at the 2013 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta. Britt, Chester L. and Walter Forrest. Assessing the Analytical Properties of Finite Mixture Models for Longitudinal Count Data: A Simulation Study. Paper presented at the 2013 Annual Meetings of the Australia New Zealand Society of Criminology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Britt, Chester L. Linking Theory and Method in the Analysis of Longitudinal Life Course Data. Paper presented at the 2013 Stockholm Criminology Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden. Britt, Chester L. and Barbara Costello. The Strength of Control Theory. Paper presented at the 2012 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago. Britt, Chester L. and Kelly M. Champion. Bullying and Victimization in an American Middle School: Ethnicity, Gender, and Language Acquisition, and Emotion Dysregulation. Paper presented at the 2012 Annual Meetings of the Asian Criminology Society, Seoul, South Korea. Britt, Chester L. and Kelly M. Champion. Ethnicity and Patterns of Bullying and Victimization in an Urban Junior High School. Paper presented at the 2011 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC. Britt, Chester L. Using Quantile Regression Models for the Analysis of Experimental Data. Paper presented at the 2011 Annual Meetings of the Australia New Zealand Society of Criminology, Geelong, Australia. Britt, Chester L. Using Finite Mixture Models with Concomitant Variables to Study Unobserved Heterogeneity in Bail and Sentencing Decisions. Paper presented at the 2010 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco. Champion, Kelly M. and Chester L. Britt. Why wont they tell? Bystanders emotional and cognitive characteristics. Poster presentation at the 2010 National Conference in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. 7
Britt, Chester L. and Barbara Costello. Testing the Generality of Social Control Theory: The Effects of Race and Gender Across Three Studies. Paper presented at the 2009 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia. Champion, Kelly M. and Chester L. Britt. Adolescent Victims of Bullying: Emotion Regulation and Risk for Depression. Poster presentation at the 2009 Annual Meetings of the American Psychological Association, Toronto. Britt, Chester L. Age and the Relative Distribution of Violent Victimization in the United States, 1993-2005. Presentation at the Crime and Population Workshop, University of Maryland. Britt, Chester L. Assessing Finite Mixture Models for Longitudinal Count Data: A Simulation Study. Presentation at the 2008 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis. Britt, Chester L. Reconsidering the Liberation Hypothesis: An Illustration of the Application and Interpretation of Quantile Regression Models. Presentation at the 2007 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta. Burch, Andrea and Chester L. Britt. Neighborhood Structure and the Spatial Distribution of Child Maltreatment and Juvenile Delinquency. Presentation at the 2007 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta. Britt, Chester L. A Distributional Analysis of Age and Victimization. Poster presentation at the 2006 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Los Angeles. Britt, Chester L. Editor s Roundtable. Presentation at the 2006 Annual Meetings of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Baltimore. Britt, Chester L. and Todd Armstrong. Analyzing Change in Panel Data: The Application of Latent Transition Analysis. Paper presented at the 2005 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto. Britt, Chester L. Relative Distribution Methods in Criminological Research. Paper presented at the 2004 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Nashville. Britt, Chester L. Game Theory, Self-Control Theory, and the Explanation of Crime. Paper presented at the 2003 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Denver. Blackwell, Brenda Sims and Chester L. Britt. Exploring the Effects of Offender and County Characteristics Across Conviction Type: A Multi-Level Model. Paper presented at the 2003 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Denver. Britt, Chester L. Modeling Sentence Length Decisions Under a Guidelines System: An Application of Quantile Regression Models. Paper presented at the 2002 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago. Britt, Chester L. and Barbara J. Costello. Developmental Trajectories in Delinquent Peer Associations. Paper presented at the 2001 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta. Britt, Chester L. Social Context and Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Pretrial Release Decisions. Paper presented at the 2001 Annual Meetings of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Washington, D.C. Britt, Chester L., Barbara J. Costello, and Michael Gottfredson. Testing Social Control 8
and Social Learning Theories: Temporal and Spatial (In)Variability in the Effects of Subculture on Delinquency. Paper presented at the 2000 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco. Costello, Barbara J., Chester L. Britt, and Michael Gottfredson. Causes of Delinquency II: A Full Replication and Extension to Self-Control Theory. Paper presented at the 2000 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco. Hayslett-McCall, Karen, and Chester L. Britt. Getting by With a Little Help From Your Friends and Neighbors: An Examination of the Effect of Social Support on Victimization Outcomes by Neighborhood. Paper presented at the 2000 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco. Britt, Chester L., Barbara J. Costello, Travis Hirschi, and Michael Gottfredson. Causes of Delinquency II: A Full Replication. Paper presented at the 1999 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Ontario. Outlaw, Maureen C., R. Barry Ruback, and Chester L. Britt. Repeat and Multiple Victimizations: The Role of Individual and Contextual Factors. Paper presented at the 1999 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Ontario. Britt, Chester L. Aggregation Bias and Research on Criminal Justice Decision Making. Paper presented at the 1999 Annual Meetings of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Orlando, FL. Britt, Chester L. Correlates of Specialization and Escalation in the Criminal Career. Paper presented at the 1998 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C. Britt, Chester L. and Karen Hayslett-McCall. Community, Victimization, and Psychological Distress. Paper presented at the Thirteenth Conference on the Small City and Regional Community, University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point. Britt, Chester L. Using Random Coefficient Models to Study Decision Making in the Criminal Justice System. Paper presented at the 1997 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, San Diego. White, Ruth and Chester L. Britt. The Effects of Community Characteristics and Individual Perceptions of Disorder on Social Networks. Paper presented at the 1997 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, San Diego. Britt, Chester L. and Catherine E. Ross. Criminal Victimization and Health: The Effects of Age and Social Support. Paper presented at the 9th International Symposium on Victimology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August, 1997. Britt, Chester L., Brenda Sims Blackwell and John H. Kramer. Race, Community Context and Sentencing Outcomes: A Hierarchical Model. Paper presented at the 1997 Annual Meetings of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Louisville. Blackwell, Brenda Sims and Chester L. Britt. Sibling Context and Power Control. Paper presented at the 1997 Annual Meetings of the Academy of Criminal Justice 9
Sciences, Louisville. Britt, Chester L. Race, Religion and Support for Using the Death Penalty. Paper presented at the 1996 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago. Britt, Chester L., John H. Kramer and Darrell J. Steffensmeier. Variations in the Judicial Decision-Making Process and Sentencing Outcomes. Paper presented at the 1996 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago. Britt, Chester L., John H. Kramer and Darrell J. Steffensmeier. Judicial Decision-Making Processes and Sentencing Outcomes. Paper presented at the 1996 Annual Meetings of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada. Britt, Chester L. Youth Employment, Delinquency and Drug Use. Paper presented at the 1995 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Boston. Britt, Chester L. The Academic Job Application Process. Paper presented at the 1995 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Boston. Britt, Chester L. Self-Control, Group Solidarity and Juvenile Delinquency. Paper presented at the 1994 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Miami, Florida. Britt, Chester L. and Michael R. Gottfredson. On the Utility of Drug Testing Defendants on Pretrial Release: Does Drug Use Predict Pretrial Misconduct? Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Chicago. Britt, Chester L., III. Age, Unemployment and Crime in the United States, 1958-1991. Presented at the 1993 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Phoenix, Arizona. Kleck, Gary, Chester L. Britt and David Bordua. The Emperor has no Clothes: Using Interrupted Time Series Designs to Evaluate Social Policy Impact. Presented at the 1993 Annual Meetings of the American Society Criminology, Phoenix, Arizona. Britt, Chester L., III. Youth Unemployment and Crime in the United States, 1952-1990. Presented at the 1993 Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Miami. Britt, Chester L., III. Modeling Specialization and Escalation in the Criminal Career. Presented at the 1992 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans. Britt, Chester L., III. The Nature and Distribution of Crime in the United States in the Year 2010. Presented at the 1992 Annual Meetings of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Pittsburgh. Britt, Chester L., III. Do the Correlates of High-Rate Delinquency Differ from Participation in Delinquency?: An Evaluation of Different Frequency of Delinquency Measures. Presented at the 1991 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco. 10
Britt, Chester L., III. Constancy and Change in the U.S. Age Distribution of Crime, 1952-1987. Presented at the 1990 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Baltimore. Rowe, David C. and Chester L. Britt, III. Developmental Explanations of Delinquent Behavior Among Siblings: Common Factor vs. Transmission Mechanisms. Presented at the 1990 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Baltimore. Britt, Chester L., III. Versatility in Offending: A Look at Official and Self-Report Data Sources. Presented at the 1989 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Reno, Nevada. Britt, Chester L., III. Delinquency and Self-Control: A Measurement Model. Presented at the 1989 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Reno, Nevada. Britt, Chester L., III. Phantom Theory: Development and Test of an Integrated Theoretical Model of Juvenile Delinquency. Presented at the 1988 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago. Britt, Chester L., III. Using Ordinal Log-Linear Models in Criminology: Looking Closely at Three Alternatives. Presented at the 1987 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Montreal. Dissertation Committees Chaired Spencer De Li, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois. Ph.D granted 1996. Lucy McCammon, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois. Ph.D granted 1996. Emmanuelle Klossou, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, ABD status. David Judge-Abelling, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, ABD status. Young Ju Chae, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, ABD status. Courses Taught Northeastern University Course Term(s) CJ G715 [G304]: Multivariate Analysis I Fall, 2006; Fall, 2007 CJ G716: Multivariate Analysis II Spring, 2008 CRIM 3600: Criminal Justice Statistics Fall, 2010 CRIM 3900: Topics: Guns, Crime and Violence Spring, 2014 CRIM 7718: Advanced Data Analysis Fall, 2011; Fall 2012; Fall, 2014 Arizona State University Course Term(s) 11
CRJ 303: Statistical Analysis Fall, 1999; Spring, 2000; Spring, 2001; Spring, 2002; Spring, 2003; Spring 2004 CRJ 306: Race, Ethnicity, and Justice Spring, 2005 CRJ 320: The Adjudication Function Fall, 1999; Spring, 2000; Fall, 2000; Spring, 2001; Fall, 2001; Fall, 2002 CRJ 535: Statistical Tools for Criminal Justice Fall, 2000; Fall, 2001; Fall, 2002; Fall, 2003; Fall, 2004; Fall, 2005 Pennsylvania State University Course Term(s) ADMJ 430: Correctional Institutions Fall, 1995; Spring, 1996 ADMJ 472: Crime and the American Court Spring, 1997; Spring, 1999 System ADMJ 472W: Crime and the American Court Fall, 1996; Spring, 1998 System - Writing Intensive CLJ 515: Research Methods in Criminology Fall, 1997; Fall, 1998 and Criminal Justice University of Illinois Course Term(s) SOC 231: Juvenile Delinquency Fall, 1990; Spring, 1991; Fall,1991 SOC 324: Penology Spring, 1992; Fall, 1992; Spring, 1993; Spring, 1994; Spring, 1995 SOC 358: Crime and the Criminal Justice Spring, 1991; Fall, 1991; System Spring, 1992; Fall, 1992; Fall, 1994 SOC 386: Social Statistics II Spring, 1994 SOC 387: Social Statistics III Spring, 1995 SOC 403: Principles of Sociological Inquiry Spring, 1993; Fall, 1994 University of Arizona Course Term(s) SOC 201: Social Problems Summer, 1988; Spring 1989 SOC 342: Criminology Summer, 1989; Fall, 1989; Spring, 1990 12
Departmental Service Administration of Justice Research Center Committee (Chair), 2002-2003, Arizona State University West Campus. Administration of Justice Capstone Course Committee, 2002-2003, Arizona State University West Campus. Administration of Justice Program Review Committee (Chair), 2000-2001, 2001-2002, Arizona State University West Campus. Administration of Justice Graduate Program Committee, 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, Arizona State University West Campus. Criminology Curriculum Committee (Chair), 1999-2000, 2000-2001, Arizona State University West Campus. Academic Standards and Grade Appeals Committee, 1999-2000, Arizona State University West Campus. Crime, Law and Justice Graduate Program Committee, 1998-1999, Pennsylvania State University. Computer Committee, Department of Sociology, 1997-1999, Pennsylvania State University. Crime, Law and Justice Recruitment Committee, 1995-1997, Pennsylvania State University. Crime, Law and Justice Graduate Program Committee, 1995-1997, Pennsylvania State University. Sociology Head Search Committee (elected), 1996, Pennsylvania State University. Sociology Department Strategic Planning Committee, 1996, Pennsylvania State University. Grievance Committee (elected), 1993-94, 1994-95, University of Illinois. Advisory Committee (elected), 1992-93, University of Illinois. Capricious Grading Committee (elected), 1991-92, University of Illinois. Admissions and Awards Committee, 1991-1995, University of Illinois. Criminology and Law Area Exam Committee, 1990-1995, University of Illinois. College Service Tenure and Promotion Committee (elected), 2011-2012, 2012-2013, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Northeastern University Resource Allocation Committee (Chair; Appointed by College Dean), 2012-2013, 2013-2014, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Northeastern University. Graduate Support Committee, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Northeastern University. Undergraduate Academic Advisory Committee (elected), 2010-2011, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Northeastern University. College of Human Services Dean Search Committee, Summer 2005 to Fall 2005, Arizona State University West Campus Personnel Committee (Chair, elected), 2001-2002, 2002-2003, Arizona State University West Campus. By-laws Committee (Chair), 2000-2001, 2001-2002, Arizona State University West Campus. Diversity Committee, 2000-2001, 2001-2002 Arizona State University West Campus. 13
University Service CAS and CCJ Restructuring Task Force: Administrative and Operational Issues, Northeastern University, 2009-2010. CAS and CCJ Restructuring Task Force: College of Social Sciences and Humanities Chairs and Deans Governance Issues, Northeastern University, 2009-2010. Co-Chair, Standards 10 (Public Disclosure) and 11 (Integrity), New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) Self-Study for Accreditation of Northeastern University, 2007-2008. Retention Task Force, Northeastern University, 2008-2010. University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Northeastern University, 2006-2010. Senior Senator, Academic Assembly, 2002-2003, Arizona State University West Campus. Academic Assembly (elected), 2001-2002, Arizona State University West Campus. Honors College Council, 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, Arizona State University West Campus. Campus Curriculum Committee (elected), 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2003, Arizona State University West Campus. Research Advisory Committee, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, Arizona State University West Campus. Judge, Graduate Research Exhibition, 1997, Pennsylvania State University. Professional Service Chair, NEASC Site Visit Team, University of New Haven, Spring 2012. External Review Team, Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, Spring 2014. External Review Team (Co-chair), Department of Criminal Justice, University of North Texas, Spring 2014. Editorial Board, Justice Quarterly, 2000-2003, 2012-Present. Editorial Board, Journal of Experimental Criminology, January 2007 Present. ACJS Program Committee, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, 2005-2006. ASC Program Committee, American Society of Criminology, 2002-2003, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2008-2009. ASC Ethical Issues Committee, American Society of Criminology, 2004-2005. ASC Constitution and By-Laws Committee, American Society of Criminology, 2002-2003, 2007-2008. ASC Fellows Committee, American Society of Criminology, 1995-96. Employment Exchange Committee, American Society of Criminology, 1992-93. Peer reviewer for American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, Criminology, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Sociological Quarterly, Law and Society Review, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Journal of the American Medical Association, Justice Quarterly, Sociological Spectrum, Journal of Experimental Criminology. Ad hoc external reviewer for promotion and tenure cases. 14
Community Service Research Advisor, Maricopa County (Arizona) Pretrial Services Agency, 1992-93. Research Advisor, Pima County (Arizona) Pretrial Services Agency, 1988-90. Research Advisor, Health Services Research Department, Carle Clinic, 1994-1995. Research Advisor, Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing, Boot Camp Evaluation, 1995-1999. Professional Memberships American Society of Criminology. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. American Sociological Association. 15