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238 Townshend Hall
1885 Neil Avenue Mall
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: (614) 292.6681
Fax: (614) 292.6687

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Ruth Peterson

Professor

Office: 126 Townshend
Phone: 614.688.4930
Email: peterson.5@sociology.osu.edu

CV: View my Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Ph.D.: University of Wisconsin, 1983


Research Interests:

Sociology of law, criminology, criminal justice, and deviance. Present research activities include projects analyzing the linkages among racial residential segregation, social disadvantage and urban crime, the social context of judicial decisions, and the interrelationships among executions, execution publicity, and homicide.


Recent Publications:

  • Kwan, Mei-Po, Ruth D. Peterson, Christopher R. Browning, Lori Burrington, Catherine Calder, and Lauren Krivo. 2007. "Reconceptualizing Sociogeographical Context for the Study of Drug Use, Abuse, and Addiction." In Geography and Drug Addiction, edited by Douglas Richardson and Yonette Thomas. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
  • Peterson, Ruth D., Lauren J. K rivo, and John Hagan (editors). 2006. The Many Colors of Crime: Inequalities of Race, Ethnicity and Crime in America. New York: New York University Press.
  • Krivo, Lauren J., Ruth D. Peterson, and Diana Karafin. 2006. "Perceptions of Crime and Safety in Racially and Economically Distinct Neighborhoods." Chapter 13 in The Many Colors of Crime: Inequalities of Race, Ethnicity and Crime in America, edited by R. D. Peterson, L. J. Krivo and J. Hagan. New York: New York University Press.
  • Peterson, Ruth D., Lauren J. K rivo, and Christopher R. Browning. 2006. "Segregation and Race/Ethnic Inequality in Crime: New Directions." Pp. 169-187 in Taking Stock: The Status of Criminological Theory: Advances in Criminological Theory, Volume 15 edited by Francis T. Cullen, John Paul Wright, and Kristie R. Blevins. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers.
  • Peterson, Ruth D. and Lauren J. Krivo. Forthcoming. "Black-White Differences in Homicide Victimization and Offending" in Race, Ethnicity, and Crime edited by Robert Nash Parker. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
  • Peterson, Ruth D. and Lauren J. Krivo. 2005. "Macro-Structural Analyses of Race, Ethnicity, and Violent Crime: Recent Lessons and New Directions for Research." Annual Review of Sociology. 31:331-356.