Ph.D. Student Bio & Interests
Scott Jacques,
Scott Jacques entered the Ph.D. program in 2005 after receiving his B.A. in Sociology and a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Georgia, and received his M.A. in Criminology & Criminal Justice from UMSL in 2007. He is currently Assistant to the Editor for the British Journal of Sociology, and a Visiting Researcher in the Department of Criminology at the Free University of Amsterdam.
Scott is currently analyzing data from interviews with middle-class and lower-class drug dealers in the United States, and also working on a field study of drug dealers in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Areas of Interest:
Drug dealing, theorizing method, victimization, social control, predation, active offender research
Publications:
Jacques & Wright. (2008). "The Victimization-Termination Link."
Jacques & Wright. (2008). "The Relevance of Peace to Studies of Drug Market Violence."
Jacques & Wright. (2008). "Intimacy with Outlaws."
Jacques. (Forthcoming). "The Necessary Conditions for Retaliation."
Contact
338 A Lucas Hall
Phone: (314) 516 5038
Fax: (314) 516 5048
Email: scottjacques@umsl.edu