Robert Brame, Ph. D. Professor Office: 5082 Colvard North
B.A. (1988); M.S. (1991) University of North Carolina at Charlotte
My research focuses on juvenile delinquency (prevalence of arrest, crime specialization, and the developmental connections between juvenile and adult criminal involvement), criminal recidivism (how the risk of new criminal involvement varies depending on the time since one's last crime), and the measurement of crime and victimization (what can be learned from crime data with partially missing information). I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in juvenile delinquency, criminal justice policy, and research methods.
Recent Papers: Robert Brame, Michael G. Turner, and Raymond Paternoster (2012). Surveying residential burglaries: a case study of local crime measurement. arXiv:1204.6735v1. (working paper; comments appreciated). Megan C. Kurlychek, Shawn D. Bushway, and Robert Brame (2012). Long-term crime desistance and recidivism patterns: Evidence from the Essex County convicted felon study. Criminology, 50:71-103. Robert Brame, Michael G. Turner, Raymond Paternoster, and Shawn D. Bushway (2012). Cumulative prevalence of arrest from ages 8 to 23 in a national sample. Pediatrics, 129:21-27. Robert Brame, Raymond Paternoster, and Alex R. Piquero (2011). Thoughts on the analysis of group-based developmental trajectories in criminology. Justice Quarterly, doi:10.1080/07418825.2011.585994.
Links: Overview of the S Programming Language (Bell Labs) Comprehensive R Archive Network R Primer (Larry Wasserman, Carnegie Mellon University) National Institutes of Health Gray Book (2004) American Society of Criminology Pathways to Desistance Study (University of Pittsburgh) National Consortium on Violence Research (Carnegie Mellon University) National Research Council (Committee on Law and Justice) Science in the U.S. (Lisa Randall, Harvard University) Open Science: Wasserman (2012) and Noll (2009)
Key Juvenile Justice Cases: Kent v. United States (383 U.S. 541; 1966) In re Gault et al. (387 U.S. 1; 1967) Kent v. United States (401 F.2d. 408; 1968) In re Winship (397 U.S. 358; 1970) McKeiver v. Pennsylvania (403 U.S. 528; 1971) Breed v. Jones (421 U.S. 519; 1975) Eddings v. Oklahoma (455 U.S. 104; 1982) Thompson v. Oklahoma (487 U.S. 815; 1988) Stanford v. Kentucky (492 U.S. 361; 1989) Penry v. Lynaugh (492 U.S. 302; 1989) Atkins v. Virginia (536 U.S. 304; 2002) Roper v. Simmons (543 U.S. 551; 2005); Also see related reading by Steinberg and Scott (2003; American Psychologist). Graham v. Florida (130 S.Ct. 2011; 2010)
News Coverage: Minivan bandits suspected in several armed robberies. WCNC-TV 8/15/09. North Carolina and the death penalty. WBTV, 9/21/11. Applaud CMPD role in crime rate decline. Charlotte Observer, 10/24/11. Many in U.S. are arrested by age 23, study finds. New York Times, 12/19/11. Paying a price, long after the crime. New York Times, 1/9/12. Rethinking juvenile justice. New York Law Journal, 1/23/12. Youth arrests in the United States. WFAE, Charlotte Talks, 2/2/12. Crime numbers may mislead. Science News, 5/3/12. |
