Patterson, E. Britt

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PATTERSON, E. Britt

PATTERSON, E. Britt. American, b. 1954. Genres: Criminology/True Crime. Career: Washington County Juvenile Detention Center, Washington, PA, house parent, 1976-77; Youth Development Center of Pennsylvania, Waynesburg, counselor, 1979-81; Children and Youth Services of Greene County, Waynesburg, caseworker, 1981-82; University of Maryland at College Park, instructor at Institute of Criminal Justice and Criminology, 1984- 86; National Institute of Justice, Washington, DC, research assistant, 1985- 87; Florida State University, Tallahassee, assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice, 1987-92; Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA, assistant professor of criminal justice, 1992-. Publications: (ed. with M.J. Lynch, and contrib.) Race and Criminal Justice, 1991; (ed. with M.J. Lynch) Justice with Prejudice, Race: Criminal Justice in America, 1996. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor to professional journals. Address: Department of Criminal Justice, College of Education and Human Services, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA 17257, U.S.A.

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