Dr. Matthew Robinson

Matthew B. Robinson

Current Position	Associate Professor, Criminal Justice and Criminology Promoted to Professor (Effective July 1, 2008)
Areas of Expertise & Interest	Criminological Theory Crime Prevention Death Penalty Social Justice War on Drugs
Phone and Email	(828) 262-6560 robinsnmb@appstate.edu
Campus Mailing Address	Appalachian State University Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice ASU Box 32107 Boone, NC 28608
Office Location	2034 Old Belk Library Building
Website	www.pscj.appstate.edu/faculty/mattrobinson.html
Education	PhD (1997), Criminology & Criminal Justice, Florida State University MS (1994), Criminology & Criminal Justice,Florida State University (Minor in Higher Education, College Teaching) BS (1992), Criminology & Criminal Justice, Florida State University (Minor in Sociology)
Courses Taught	Undergraduate: 9/11 Conspiracies, Coverups, and Crimes Crime Prevention Death Penalty Injustice in America Theories of Crime War on Drugs Graduate: 9/11: Failures, Responses, Lessons Learned American Justice System and Social Justice Crime Analysis and Criminal Justice Planning Crime, Theory, and Policy
Publications	Dr. Robinson is the author of nine books, including: Crime Mapping and Spatial Aspects of Crime: Theory and Practice (with Derek Pauslen, Allyn & Bacon, 2004, 2008) Death Nation: The Experts Explain American Capital Punishment (Prentice Hall, 2008) Greed is Good: Maximization and Elite Deviance in America (with Dan Murphy, Rowman & Littlefield, 2009) Justice Blind? Ideals and Realities of American Criminal Justice (Prentice Hall, 2002, 2005, 2009) Lies, Damned Lies, and Drug War Statistics (with Renee Scherlen, SUNY Press, 2007) Why Crime? An Integrated Systems Theory of Antisocial Behavior (Prentice Hall, 2004) He has also published about 70 other writings, including articles and chapters in journals and edited books.