Dr. Dean G. Rojek Email
(Curriculum Vitae) Dr. Dean Rojek, Associate Professor of Sociology, has been at the University of Georgia since 1978.
He received a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin in 1975.
Dr. Rojek's most recent work examines
homicide data from city of Atlanta for the past 30 years. He is interested in looking at victim-offender relationships, prior criminal records of victims and offenders, and the issue of drug involvement on the part of victims and offenders. He has been focusing specifically on cocaine and alcohol involvement and how these drugs relate to disinhibition and aggression.
Dr. Rojek has had a continuing interest in studying the evolution of law in China from informal, grass roots social control to a formalized legal system. China has been trying to Westernize its legal system and in the process abandoning traditional social control strategies. Crime is increasing in China and the move to a formalized legal system may exacerbate the problems of crime and delinquency in this society.
Dr. Rojek is interested in looking at adolescent drug involvement and the role of parents, school and peers in facilitating or inhibiting drug usage. Currently he is gathering data on DUI prevention and attempting to apply a strategy of shaming and reintegration in what are known as victim impact panels.
Selected Honors, Awards, and Grants
2004. Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Associate Professorship, University of Georgia
2001. UGA Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award, Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities
1999. Josiah Meigs Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Georgia
1994-1997. General Sandy Beaver Professor
1991. Foreign Expert, East China Institute of Politics and Law, Shanghai, China
Selected Publications
Rojek, D. G., James Coverdill, and Stuart Fors. 2003. "The Effect of Victim Impact Panels on DUI Rearrest Rate: A Five-Year Follow-up." Criminology 41:901-922.
Rojek, D. G. 2001. "Chinese Social Control: From Shaming and Reintegration to Getting Rich is Glorious in Crime and Social Control." in A Changing China, edited by J. Liu. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Rojek, D. G. 1999. "Responsibilities of a College Teacher." in Meigs Teachers, edited by F. J. Stephenson. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Rojek, D. G. and Gary F. Jensen. 1998. Delinquency and youth crime. Prospect Heights, Ill.: Waveland Press.
Rojek, D. G. 1997. "Drugs and Homicide: Consumption of Alcohol and Trafficking of Illicit Substances as Correlates of Homicide." in The Nature of Homicide: Trends and Changes, edited by M. Reidel. Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice.
Contact Information
Department of Sociology
309 Baldwin Hall
Athens, GA 30602-1611
706-542-6370 (office)
706-542-4320 (fax)
drojek@uga.edu
