MARVIN D. FREE, JR.
Associate Professor of Sociology

Address:        Department of Sociology
                     University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
                     800 West Main Street
                     Whitewater, WI 53190-1790

Telephone:    (262) 472-1133 (Department Office)
                     (262) 472-5260 (Personal Office--No Answering Machine)
                     (262) 472-2803 (Fax)

Email:          freem@mail.uww.edu

Education:
        Doctor of Philosophy (Sociology) (1985) University of Denver

Chronology of Academic Career:
        Lecturer (1985-1987) University of Wisconsin-Marathon Center
        Assistant Professor (1987-1992) University of Wisconsin-Marathon Center
        Associate Professor (1992-1996) University of Wisconsin-Marathon Center
        Assistant Professor (1996-1999) University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
        Associate Professor (1999-present) University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Published Works (Last 5 Years):
        Books:
                Crime, Justice, and Society: Criminology and the Sociological Imagination (written with
                  two department colleagues-Ronald Berger and Patricia Searles) New York: McGraw-Hill
                  (2000).

                African Americans and the Criminal Justice System (volume 13 of the Current Issues
                  in Criminal Justice Series).  New York: Garland (1996).

        Articles/Chapters:
                   "The Impact of Federal Sentencing Reforms on African Americans." Pp. 258-270
                    in Notable Selections in Crime, Criminology, and Criminal Justice, edited by David V.
                    Baker and Richard P. Darvin.  Guliford, CT: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin (2001).

                  "The Impact of Federal Sentencing Reforms on African Americans."  Pp. 271-277
                    in Troubled Times: Readings in Social Problems, edited by Robert H. Lauer and Jeanette
                    C. Lauer. Los Angeles, CA: Roxbury Press (2000).

                   "Minorities as Perpetrators and Victims of Crime.” Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace,
                    and Conflict.  San Diego, CA: Academic Press (1999).

                   “Racial Issues in Contemporary Criminology Textbooks: The Case of African
                    Americans."  The Contemporary Justice Review 1 (4) (1998).

                   “The Impact of Federal Sentencing Reforms on African Americans." Journal of Black
                    Studies 28: 268-286 (1997).

Selected Professional and Public Service
        Editor of Sociological Imagination (1998-2000)

        Secretary of Midwestern Criminal Justice Association (1996-present)

        Editorial Board of The Contemporary Justice Review

        Reviewed manuscripts for Sociological Spectrum; Contemporary Justice Review; Western
        Criminology Review; Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflic; and Journal of Research
        in Crime & Delinquency.


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