Scott Decker
American criminologist
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Scott H. Decker (born July 17, 1950)[1] is an American criminologist and Foundation Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University (ASU). He is known for researching gang violence and criminal justice policy.[2][3]
July 17, 1950
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| Born | Scott Henderson Decker July 17, 1950 |
| Alma mater | DePauw University, Florida State University |
| Awards | 1989 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, Fellow of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) since 2007, 2011 Bruce Smith Award from the ACJS |
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| Fields | Criminology |
| Institutions | Arizona State University, University of Missouri-St. Louis |
| Thesis | Criminalization, victimization and structural correlates of twenty six American cities (1976) |
Education
Decker received his B.A. from DePauw University in 1972, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in criminology from Florida State University in 1974 and 1976, respectively.[4]
Career
Decker joined the faculty of the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1977 as an assistant professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. In 1986, he became a full professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and in 2001, he was named a curator's professor there. In 2006, he left the University of Missouri to join the faculty at Arizona State University, where he was named a Foundation Professor in 2010 and an Honors College Professor in 2014. From 2006 to 2014, he was the first director of Arizona State University's School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.[4][5] In 2015, he became the first director of ASU's Center for Public Criminology.[6]