Ericson, Richard V(ictor) 1948-

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ERICSON, Richard V(ictor) 1948-

PERSONAL: Born September 20, 1948, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; son of John William and Elizabeth Mary (Hinkley) Ericson; married Diana Lea McMillan, May 31, 1969; children: Matthew Simon. Education: University of Guelph, B.A., 1969; University of Toronto, M.A., 1971; Cambridge University, Ph.D., 1974, Litt.D., 1991.

ADDRESSES: Home and office—Principal's Residence, Green College, University of British Columbia, 6201 Cecil Green Park Rd., Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada; fax 604-822-8742. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Cambridge University, Churchill College, Cambridge, England, instructor in sociology, 1971-73; University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, assistant professor of sociology, 1973-74; University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, assistant professor, 1974-79, associate professor, 1979-82, professor of criminology and sociology, 1982-93, director of Centre of Criminology, 1992-93; University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, professor of sociology and law and principal of Green College, 1993—. University of Edinburgh, visiting research associate, 1974; Cambridge University, fellow commoner of Churchill College, 1979, visiting fellow at Institute of Criminology, 1979 and 1984-85, overseas fellow, 1984-85; Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Porter Lecturer, 1983; Arizona State University, visiting research professor, 1991; University of Sydney, Parsons Lecturer, 1992; Oxford University, honorary visiting fellow at Green College, 1993—, visiting fellow of All Souls College, 1998-99; University of Toronto, associate senior fellow of Massey College, 1996—; University of Paris X—Nanterre, visiting professor, 1999; lecturer at many other colleges and universities. University of British Columbia Press, member of publications committee, 1995—.

MEMBER: Royal Society of Canada (fellow).

AWARDS, HONORS: Killam fellow, Canada Council for the Arts, 1998-2000; grants from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Social Science Federation of Canada, Esso Corp., Royal Society of Canada, Government of Alberta, Office of the Solicitor General of Canada, Ontario Ministry of Corrections, Connaught Fund, Donner Foundation, Canada Council, Canada Ministry of Transport, Law Reform Commission of Canada, Law Commission of Canada, and Laidlaw Foundation.

WRITINGS:

Young Offenders and Their Social Work, Saxon House (Farnborough, England), 1975.

Criminal Reactions: The Labelling Perspective, Saxon House (Farnborough, England), 1975.

(With B. Burtch) The Silent System: An Inquiry into Prisoners Who Suicide (monograph), Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1979.

Making Crime: A Study of Detective Work, Butterworth (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1981, revised edition, University of Toronto Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1993.

(With J. Chan) Decarceration and the Economy of Penal Reform (monograph), Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1981.

Reproducing Order: A Study of Police Patrol Work, University of Toronto Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1982.

(With P. Baranek) The Ordering of Justice: A Study of Accused Persons As Dependents in the Criminal Process, University of Toronto Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1982.

(With M. McMahon) Policing Reform: A Study of the Reform Process and Police Institution in Toronto (monograph), Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1984.

(With S. Voumvakis) News Accounts of Attacks on Women: A Comparison of Three Toronto Newspapers (monograph), Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1984.

(With P. Baranek and J. Chan) Visualizing Deviance: A Study of News Organizations, University of Toronto Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1987.

(With P. Baranek and J. Chan) Negotiating Control: A Study of New Sources, University of Toronto Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1989.

(With K. Carriere) Crime Stoppers: A Study in the Organization of Community Policing, Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1989. (With P. Baranek and J. Chan) Representing Order: Crime, Law, and Justice in the News Media, University of Toronto Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1991.

(Editor, with J. Gladstone and C. Shearing, and contributor) Criminology: A Reader's Guide (monograph), Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1991.

(Editor, with N. Stehr, and contributor) The Culture and Power of Knowledge: Inquiries into Contemporary Societies (monograph), deGruyter (New York, NY), 1992.

(Editor and contributor) Crime and the Media (monograph), Dartmouth (Aldershot, England), 1995.

(With K. Haggerty) Policing the Risk Society, University of Toronto Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1997.

(Editor, with N. Stehr, and contributor) Governing Modern Societies, University of Toronto Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2000.

(Editor, with A. Doyle, and contributor) Risk and Morality, University of Toronto Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2003.

(With A. Doyle and D. Barry) Insurance As Governance, University of Toronto Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2003.

Contributor to books. Contributor to academic journals, including Canadian Journal of Criminology, British Journal of Criminology, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Journal of Military and Political Sociology, Economy and Society, British Journal of Sociology, and International Journal of Culture, Politics, and Society. Canadian Journal of Sociology, founding coeditor, 1973—, editor in chief, 1982-86; corresponding editor, Media, Culture, and Society, 1990-94.

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