Professor
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Office: Wilson Hall, Room 104
Office Phone: 724-357-5609
E-mail: austin@iup.edu
Vita
Degrees/Schools
Ph.D. Sociology, University of Georgia, 1972
M.S. Criminology, Florida State University, 1968
B.A. Anthropology, Florida State University, 1967
Areas of Interest
Comparative Justice Systems, Ethnography, Theory
Biography
Dr. Austin joined the IUP Department of Criminology in 1984 after serving on the faculty at the University of Central Florida (previously Florida Technological University), North Carolina State University, and Montana State University.
Beginning in the 1980s with two Senior Fulbright Research Awards, Dr. Austin conducted over a dozen research ventures to Southeast Asia. Field research has explored informal dispute resolution in Philippine villages and crime prevention strategies in Singapore, as well as social control on the Crow Indian reservation. Research has also been funded by two NSF awards and two awards from the U.S. Institute of Peace. Several books include Banana Justice: Field Notes on Philippine Crime and Custom (1999), Praeger; and Criminological Thought: Pioneers Past and Present (with Robert Mutchnick and Randy Martin), 2009. Prentice-Hall. Over twenty journal articles appear in such outlets as Criminology, Human Organization, Social Forces, Deviant Behavior, Criminal Justice and Behavior, Practicing Anthropology, and the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. Dr. Austin served as president of the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Justice Educators, 1988–1989.
