Todd R. Clear is Distinguished Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. In 1978, he received a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from The University at Albany. Clear has also held professorships at Ball State University, Rutgers University, and Florida State University (where he was also Associate Dean of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice). He has authored 11 books and over 100 articles and book chapters. His most recent book is Imprisoning Communities, by Oxford University press (May 2007). Other books focus on the topic of community justice, including What is Community Justice? (Sage, 2002), The Community Justice Ideal, (Westview, 2000), and Community Justice (Wadsworth 2003). Clear has also written on correctional classification, prediction methods in correctional programming, community-based correctional methods, intermediate sanctions, and sentencing policy. He is currently involved in studies of religion/spirituality and crime, the criminological implications of “place,” the economics of justice reinvestment, and the concept of “community justice.” Clear has been elected president of The American Society of Criminology, The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and The Association of Doctoral Programs in Criminology and Criminal Justice. His work has been recognized through several awards, including those of the American Society of Criminology, the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, The Rockefeller School of Public Policy, the American Probation and Parole Association, the American Correctional Association, and the International Community Corrections Association. Published studies list Clear as among the most frequently cited criminologists in America. He is founding editor of the journal Criminology & Public Policy, published by the American Society of Criminology.
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