Biography

Randall G. Shelden is a Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, University of Nevada-Las Vegas (UNLV), where he has been since 1977.  He received his Masters Degree in Sociology at Memphis State University (1972) and Ph.D. in Sociology at Southern Illinois University (1976).  He is the author or co-author of five books including: Criminal Justice in America: A Sociological Approach; Girls, Delinquency and Juvenile Justice, with Meda Chesney-Lind (which received the "Hindelang Award" for outstanding contribution to Criminology in 1992); Youth Gangs in American Society, with Sharon Tracy and William B. Brown (both of these are third editions), and Controlling the Dangerous Classes: A History of Criminal Justice in America (2nd ed.); Criminal Justice in America: A Critical View (co-author William B. Brown), soon to be updated.  His latest book is Delinquency and Juvenile Justice In America (Waveland Press). A book on juvenile justice is forthcoming. He is also the author of more than 30 articles in academic journals on the subject of crime and justice. Current writing projects include a book on punishment.  He has contributed dozens of commentaries in local and regional newspapers. He is also Senior Research Fellow with the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (San Francisco), where he is co-editor of their on-line journal Justice Policy Journal.