Matthew B. Robinson

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Matthew B. Robinson
Appalachian State University Department of
Government & Justice Studies Email:
robinsnmbappstate.edu
OFFICE: [phone] FAX: [phone]

MOST RECENT
ACTIVITY:

Latest service: Elected Vice President, North Carolina Criminal Justice Association, 2017-2018

Latest fun: Novella, The Test
Book of Poetry, Origins
Film, Capital Punishment in North Carolina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV5fHRu67to&feature=player_embedded

Latest books:

Robinson, Matthew B. (2017). Media Coverage of Crime and Criminal Justice (third edition).
Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.

Caravelis-Hughes, C., & Robinson, Matthew B. (2016). Social Justice, Criminal Justice.
Cincinnati, OH: Anderson.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2015). Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice. Durham, NC:
Carolina Academic Press.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2015). Criminal Injustice: How Politics and Ideology Distort
American Ideals. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.

Robinson, Matthew B., and Renee Scherlen (2014). Lies, Damned Lies, and Drug war
Statistics (2nd Ed.). Albany, NY: State University of New York (SUNY) Press.

Latest articles/chapters:

Robinson, Matthew B. (2017). The proper role of criminologists right now, revisited. Journal of
Law and Criminal Justice, 5(2).

Zaitzow, Barbara, & Robinson, Matthew B. (2017). Archival data sets: Revisiting issues and
considerations. The Psychology Research Handbook: A Guide for Graduate Students and
Research Assistants. London: Sage.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2017). Media coverage of capital punishment. Handbook on Capital
Punishment. (Edited by Robert Bohm & Gavin Lee). New York: Routledge.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2015). Introduction to Race and Ethnicity. Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and
Justice (Edited by Matthew Robinson). Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2015). How Race and Ethnicity Impact the Criminal Law. Race,
Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice (Edited by Matthew Robinson). Durham, NC: Carolina Academic
Press.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2015). Summary and the Future. Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and
Justice (Edited by Matthew Robinson). Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.
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EDUCATION:

Ph.D. August 1997
Criminology and Criminal Justice
The Florida State University -- Tallahassee, FL

Doctoral Dissertation: Ecology and Crime: Lifestyles, Routine Activities, and
Residential Burglary Victimization, May 1997

M.S. August 1994
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Minor in Higher Education
The Florida State University -- Tallahassee, FL

Master's Thesis: Environmental Characteristics of Burglary in Private Apartment
Complexes Predominately Occupied by University Students, July 1994

B.S. December 1992
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Minor in Sociology
The Florida State University -- Tallahassee, FL

CERTIFICATES

College Teaching Certificate,
The Florida State University College of Education (Department of
Educational Leadership), April 1994

Certificate in Law Enforcement,
The Florida State University (School of Criminology and Criminal
Justice), December 1992

Certificate in Corrections,
The Florida State University (School of Criminology and Criminal
Justice), December 1992
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PRIMARY AREAS
OF EXPERTISE &
INTEREST:

Capital Punishment/Death Penalty
Criminological Theory Crime
Prevention / CPTED
Criminal Justice Policy
Criminal Justice Education
Race, Ethnicity, and Social Class
Residential Burglary
Social Justice
War on Drugs/Drug Policy
White Collar and Corporate Crime & Deviance

TEACHING
EXPERIENCE:

PROFESSOR Fall 2008 - present
Appalachian State University, Department of Political Science / Criminal Justice
Courses taught:
HON 1515, Justice Theory and Practice
CJ 3400, Theories of Crime and Justice
CJ 3531, Media, Crime, and Criminal Justice
CJ 3450, Injustice in America
CJ 4530, The Death Penalty CJ
4530, The War on Drugs
CJ 4530, Conspiracies, Cover-ups and Crime
CJ 5665, Contemporary Criminological Theory
CJ 5670, Crime Analysis and Criminal Justice Planning
CJ 5150, The American Justice System and Social Justice

Some of the materials from this last class appear in Teaching Justice: Solving Social Justice
Problems Through University Education, by Kristi Holsinger, Ashgate

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Fall 2003 – Fall 2008
Appalachian State University, Department of Political Science / Criminal Justice
Courses taught:
CJ 3400, Theories of Crime and Justice
CJ 3535, 9/11
CJ 4530, Conspiracies, Cover-ups and Crime
CJ 4530, The Death Penalty CJ
4535, Injustice in America CJ
4535, The War on Drugs
CJ 5150, The American Justice System and Social Justice
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CJ/PS 5535, 911 Seminar: Failures, Responses,
Lessons Learned
CJ 5660, Crime, Theory, and Policy
PS 5500, US Domestic and International Responses to 9/11

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Fall 1997 - Spring 2003
Appalachian State University, Department of Political Science / Criminal Justice
Courses taught:
CJ 1100, Introduction to Criminal Justice CJ
3400, Theories of Crime and Justice CJ
3430, Corrections
CJ 3534, Conspiracies, Cover-ups and Crime
CJ 3536, Crime Prevention
CJ 3537, The War on Drugs (also taught at 4000 level) CJ
3538, The Death Penalty (also taught at 4000 level) CJ 3545,
Injustice in America
CJ 5500, Integrated Theories of Crime (individual study) CJ
5500, Prison Recreation (individual study)
CJ 5500, The Death Penalty (individual study)
CJ 5500, Planned Changed in Criminal Justice (individual
study)
CJ 5660, Crime Theory and Policy
CJ 5670, Crime Analysis and Criminal Justice Planning

INSTRUCTOR May 1995 - August 1997
The Florida State University, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Courses taught:
CCJ 2020, Introduction to Criminal Justice (7 times) CCJ
3011, Criminology (3 times)
CCJ 4610, Criminal and Delinquent Behavior (2 times)

ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR August 1994 - August 1997
Tallahassee Community College, Criminal Justice Program
Courses taught:
CCJ 1010, Introduction to Criminology (5 times)
CCJ 1100, Introduction to Law Enforcement (5 times) CCJ
1200, Introduction to the American Criminal Courts CCJ
1300, Introduction to Corrections
CCJ 1500, Juvenile Delinquency

ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR Fall 1994
The Florida State University, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Course taught:
CCJ 3011, Criminology
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ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR (graduate intern) January - May 1994
Tallahassee Community College, Criminal Justice Program
Course taught:
CJ 1000, Introduction to Criminology (with Mr. Laurence
Amuso)

ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR (supervised teaching) August - December 1993
The Florida State University, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Course taught:
CCJ 4520, Juvenile Justice (with Dr. Frederic Faust)

SCHOLARSHIP:

PUBLICATIONS:

Books:

Robinson, Matthew B. (2002). JUSTICE BLIND? Ideals and Realities of
American Criminal Justice, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
www.justiceblind.com

Robinson, Matthew B. (2002). Instructor’s Manual for JUSTICE BLIND?
Ideals and Realities of American Criminal Justice, Upper Saddle River,
NJ: Prentice Hall.

Robinson, Matthew B.. (2004). WHY CRIME? An Integrated Systems Theory of
Antisocial Behavior, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

The "Integrated Systems Theory" presented in this book has been translated
into Serbian and published in the book, Theories in Criminology, written by
Professor Đorđe Ignjatović of the University of Belgrade.

The theory is also discussed at length in the film, Biology and Crime,
produced by Danish TV

Paulsen, Derek, and Matthew B. Robinson (2004). SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF
CRIME: Theory and Practice. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
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Robinson, Matthew B. (2005). JUSTICE BLIND? Ideals and Realities of
American Criminal Justice (2nd Ed.), Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2005). Instructor’s Manual for JUSTICE BLIND?
nd
Ideals and Realities of American Criminal Justice 2 Edition, Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Robinson, Matthew B., Jefferson Ingram, Richard Seiter, Robert Shearer, Michael Biggs,
Marvin Zaiman, Gregory Lee, Harvey Wallace, and Cliff Roberson (2005). The Drug
Trade and the Criminal Justice System Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

Robinson, Matthew B. and Renee Scherlen (2007). LIES, DAMNED LIES,
AND DRUG WAR STATISTICS: A Critical Analysis of Claims Made by the Office of
National Drug Control Policy. Albany, NY: State University of New York (SUNY)
Press.

Considered for “C. Wright Mills Outstanding Book Award,” Society for the
Study of Social Problems, 2007-2008

Considered for the “Michael J. Hindelang Award,” American Society of
Criminology, 2008-2009

Robinson, Matthew B. (2007). DEATH NATION: The Experts Explain
American Capital Punishment. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Paulsen, Derek, and Matthew B. Robinson. (2008). CRIME MAPPING AND
nd
SPATIAL ANALYSIS: Theory and Practice (2 Ed.), Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2008). Instructor’s Manual for CRIME
nd
MAPPING AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS: Theory and Practice (2 Ed.),
Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Robinson, Matthew B. and Daniel Murphy (2008). GREED IS GOOD!
Maximization and Crime in America. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2009). JUSTICE BLIND? Ideals and Realities of
American Criminal Justice (3rd Ed.), Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Considered for “Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize” by the Chicago-Kent
College of Law

Robinson, Matthew B. (2009). Instructor’s Manual for JUSTICE BLIND?
rd
Ideals and Realities of American Criminal Justice 3 Edition, Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
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Robinson, Matthew B., and Kevin Beaver (2009). WHY CRIME? An
Interdisciplinary Approach to Explaining Antisocial Behavior, Carolina Academic
Press.

The "Integrated Systems Theory" presented in this book was tested and largely
supported in “GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS IN THE
PREDICTION OF ANTISOCIAL PHENOTYPES: A TEST OF INTEGRATED
SYSTEMS THEORY,” by MARIE ANGELA RATCHFORD,
http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7584&context=etd

Robinson, Matthew B. (2011). THE MEDIA: Crime and Criminal Justice in the
News and Entertainment. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2013). CRIME PREVENTION: The Essentials. San
Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education.

Robinson, Matthew B. and Renee Scherlen (2014). LIES, DAMNED LIES,
AND DRUG WAR STATISTICS: A Critical Analysis of Claims Made by the Office of
nd
National Drug Control Policy (2 Ed.) Albany, NY: State University of New York
(SUNY) Press.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2014). THE MEDIA: Crime and Criminal Justice in the
News and Entertainment (2nd Ed.). Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2015). CRIMINAL INJUSTICE: How Politics and
Ideology Distort American Ideals. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2015). Instructor’s Manual for CRIMINAL
INJUSTICE: How Politics and Ideology Distort American Ideals. Durham, NC:
Carolina Academic Press.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2015). Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice. Durham, NC:
Carolina Academic Press.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2015). Instructor’s Manual for Race, Ethnicity,
Crime, and Justice. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.

Caravelis-Hughes, Cynthia, and Matthew B. Robinson (2016). SOCIAL
JUSTICE, SOCIAL CHANGE: The Role of American Law in Effecting and
Preventing Social Change. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2017). THE MEDIA: Crime and Criminal Justice in the
News and Entertainment (3rdEd.). Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.
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Refereed
Articles/Essays:

Robinson, Matthew B. (1997). Environmental characteristics associated with
residential burglaries of student apartment complexes, Environment and Behavior, 29,
5: 657-675.

Robinson, Matthew B. (1998). A look at the relationship between high aesthetics/low
incivilities, criminal victimization & perceptions of risk, Journal of Security
Administration, 21, 2:19-32.

Robinson, Matthew B. (1998). The time period of heightened risk for repeat
burglary victimization, British Journal of Criminology, 38, 1: 76-85.

Robinson, Matthew B. (1998). Accessible targets, but not advisable ones: The role of
accessibility in student apartment burglary, Journal of Security Administration, 21, 1:
28-44.

Houston, James, William Parsons, and Matthew B. Robinson. (1999). Corrections and
the policy process: An exploration in North Carolina, Corrections Compendium, 24,
11:6-11.

Robinson, Matthew B. (1999). What you don’t know can hurt you: Perceptions and
misconceptions of harmful behaviors among criminology and criminal justice students,
Western Criminology Review, 2, 1 [Online]. Available:
http://wcr.sonoma.edu/v2n1/v2n1.html

Robinson, Matthew B. (1999). Lifestyles, routine activities, and residential
burglary victimization, Journal of Crime and Justice, 22, 1: 27-56.

Robinson, Matthew B. and Alejandro del Carmen. (1999). Downsizing, corporate
security, and loss prevention, International Journal of Risk, Security, and Crime
Prevention, 12, 2: 27-37.

Robinson, Matthew B. (1999). The theoretical development of Crime Prevention
Through Environmental Design (CPTED), Advances in Criminological Theory, 8: 427-
462.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2000). From research to policy: Preventing residential
burglary through a systems approach, American Journal of Criminal Justice, 24,
2: 169-179.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2000). Active learning in criminal justice: 25 examples
Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 11, 1: 65-78.
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del Carmen, Alejandro, and Matthew B. Robinson (2000). Crime prevention
through environmental design and consumption control in the United States, Howard
Journal of Criminal Justice, 39, 3: 267-289.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2000). The construction and reinforcement of myths of race
and crime, Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 16, 2: 133-156.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2001). Confidence games, Encyclopedia of
Criminology and Deviant Behavior. London: Taylor & Francis.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2001). Political crime, Encyclopedia of Criminology and
Deviant Behavior. London: Taylor & Francis.

Robinson, Matthew B., and Kenneth L. Mullen (2001). Crime on campus: A survey
of space users, Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal,
3(4): 33-46.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2001). Wither criminal justice: An argument for a reformed
discipline. Critical Criminology: An International Journal, 10(2): 97-106.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2003). The mouse who would rule the world! How
American criminal justice reflects the themes of Disneyization, Journal of Criminal
Justice and Popular Culture, 10 (1): 69-86.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2003). An obligation to make a difference in the real world?
Thoughts on the proper role of criminologists and critical criminologists in the 21st
Century. Western Criminology Review, 4(3): 226-238.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2003). Justice as freedom, fairness, compassion, and
utilitarianism: How my life experiences shaped my views of justice. Contemporary
Justice Review, 6(4): 329-340.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2003). Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Conspiracy Theories in American History. England: ABC-Clio. Pp. 402-410.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2003). Eugenics, Conspiracy Theories in American
History. England: ABC-Clio. Pp. 243-245.

Williams, E.J., and Matthew B. Robinson (2004). Ideology and criminal justice:
Suggestions for a pedagogical nodel. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 15(2):
373-392.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2004). A snapshot of SCJA members: An analysis of paper
presentations at the 1998-2003 SCJA meetings, American Journal of Criminal Justice,
9(1).
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Paulsen, Derek, and Matthew B. Robinson (2004). Spatial aspects of crime: Theory
and practice. Crime & Justice International, 20(78): 23.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2005). Burglary: Extent and correlates. Encyclopedia of
Criminology. New York: Routledge.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2005). National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).
Encyclopedia of Criminology. New York: Routledge.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2005). Addicted to lies: The Office of National Drug
Control Policy tells it like it ain’t. High Times May.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2006). Defective products. Encyclopedia of Corporate and
White-Collar Crime. London: Sage.

Robinson, Matthew B. (2006). Fear of crime. Encyclopedia of Corporate and
White-Collar Crime. London: Sage.

Robinson, Matthew B., and Kathleen M. Simon (2006). Logical and consistent? An
analysis of Supreme Court opinions regarding the death penalty. Justice Policy Journal,
3(1): 1-59.

Robinson, Matthew (2007). Freedom in an era of terror: A critical analysis of the USA
PATRIOT Act. Justice Policy Journal, 4(1): 1-48.

Reprinted in Search and Seizure, edited by Radha Kalyani, Amicus Books

Scherlen, Allan, and Matthew B. Robinson (2008). Open access to criminal justice
scholarship: A matter of social justice. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 19(1):
54-74.

Choo, Tae, Sughoon Roh, and Matthew B. Robinson (2008). Assessing the
'gateway hypothesis' among middle- and high-school students in Tennessee.
Journal of Drug Issues, 38(2): 467-492.

Murphy, Daniel, and Matthew B. Robinson (2008). The Maximizer: Clarifying
Merton’s theories of anomie and strain. Theoretical Criminology, 12(4): 501-521.

Matthew B. Robinson (2009). The Real death penalty: Capital punishment
according to the experts, Criminal Law Bulletin, 45(2): 3-17.

Robinson, Matthew B., and Marian Williams (2009). The myth of a fair criminal
justice system. Justice Policy Journal, 6(1): 1-52.