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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="048005f0ermwup.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Professor Mark Colvin's Web Page</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Professor Mark Colvins Web Page"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Meet Your Instructor</B>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Announcements"><U>Announcements</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Related Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Dr. Colvin"><U>Contact Dr. Colvin</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Syllabus for JUS 66764: Juvenile Justice"><U>Syllabus for JUS 66764: Juvenile Justice</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Syllabus for JUS 66763/POL 70704: Theori"><U>Syllabus 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Sociology (with a concentration in criminology) from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1985.  His major areas of specialization are criminological theory, punishment and corrections, and juvenile delinquency.  Before earning his Ph.D., Professor Colvin spent many years working in prisons and community corrections programs.  In the 1970s, he coordinated an innovative prison-education program and helped to design a victim-restitution program for the State of New Mexico.  He was primary researcher for the New Mexico Attorney General's Investigation of the 1980 prison riot at Santa Fe, New Mexico, in which 34 inmates were killed.  The Attorney General's report, of which Dr. Colvin was a primary author, was adopted by several states as part of the training of correctional officers in riot prevention and control.  </div> <bR> <div> Professor Colvin is the author of three books: </div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Crime and Coercion: An Integrated Theory of Chronic Criminality</B></I><I><B> </B></I>(St. Martin's Press, 2000)</div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Penitentiaries, Reformatories, and Chain Gangs: Social Theory and the History of Punishment in Nineteenth Century America</B></I><I><B> </B></I>(St. Martin's Press, 1997)</div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Penitentiary in Crisis: From Accommodation to Riot in New Mexico</B></I> (SUNY Press, 1992)</div> <bR> <div> He has also published articles in the following academic journals:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Criminology  </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Social Problems</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">American Journal of Sociology </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Crime and Delinquency</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sociological Quarterly   </div> <bR> <div> Professor Colvin was featured in (and was the historical consultant for) a BBC documentary about the Penitentiary of New Mexico, which was televised in the United States on the A&E Network in March 2001.</div> <bR> <div> Professor Colvin's book, <I><B>Crime and Coercion</B></I>, was winner of the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >"Outstanding Book Award for 2002"</FONT> from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.  </div> <div> He was also the co-winner of the <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >"Outstanding Scholar Award for 2001"</FONT> given by the Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems.</div> <bR> <div> Professor Colvin is the Chairperson of the Department of Justice Studies at Kent State University.  Before joining Kent State University in July 2003, he was professor of sociology and the primary instructor of the criminology-related courses (both graduate and undergraduate) in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at George Mason University.  </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>