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Kevin N. Wright
Professor and Director, Department of Human Development
Office: UDC-415
Office Phone: 607-777-9205
Fax: 607-777-7587
E-mail: wright@binghamton.edu
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Educational Background
• PhD, Community systems planning and development, The Pennsylvania State University
• MA, Criminology and corrections, Sam Houston State University
• BS, Criminology and corrections, Sam Houston State University
Teaching Profession
Courses regularly taught:
• Social Science Research Methods
• Expanding Perspectives on Children
• Issues in Criminal Corrections
Research Interests
• Crime control policy
• Correctional program/policy development and analysis
• Family life and delinquency
• Delinquency and substance abuse prevention
• Prison administration
Selected Publications
• Wright, K. N. (1994). Effective Prison Leadership. Binghamton, NY: William Neil Publishing,1994
• Wright, K. N. (1985). The Great American Crime Myth. Cambridge, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press,1985
• Wright, K. N. (1981). Crime and Criminal Justice in a Declining Economy, (Ed.). Cambridge, MA: Oelgeschlager, Gunn, & Hain, 1981
• Wright, K. N. (1979). An Organization Approach to Correctional Effectiveness. Pilgrimage Press, 1979.
Other Professional Activities
• Editorial boards of Journal of Criminal Justice Education and Correctional Management Review
• Evaluator, School Action Grant, Family & Children's Services, Inc, Tulsa, Oklahoma, funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health
Selected Recognition
• W. K. Kellogg National Fellowship
• Visiting Fellow, Office of Research, Federal Bureau of Prisons, United States Department of Justice
