Description
Professor Martinez is a quantitative criminologist. Within that broad arena, his work contributes to violent crime research. His core research agenda asks how does violence vary across ecological settings, and, does violent crime and violent deaths vary across racial/ethnic and immigrant groups? In 2011, he was a recipient of American Society of Criminology DPCC’s Lifetime Achievement for outstanding scholarship in the area of race, crime, and justice. In 2007 he was a recipient of American Society of Criminology DPCC’s Coramae Richey Mann Award for outstanding scholarship in the area of race, crime, and justice. In 2006 he was a recipient of the Florida International University Faculty Award for Excellence in Research and a Visiting Scholar, Center for Mexican American Studies, University of Houston. He previously received the American Sociological Association Latina/o Section Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research and a W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship from the National Institute of Justice. Since 2004 he has been a member of the National Science Foundation funded Racial Democracy, Crime and Justice-Network working group at The Ohio State University. At the national level, Martinez serves on the editorial boards of several academic journals and recently completed a three-year term as a member of the Sociology Advisory Panel at the National Science Foundation.
Event Date
10-11-2018
Event Location
Westerville
Keywords
Social Justice, Immigration, Criminologist, Crime Research, Race and Crime
Disciplines
Criminology | Criminology and Criminal Justice | Politics and Social Change
Recommended Citation
Martinez, Ramiro Ph.D., "Social Justice Guest Speaker Series: Does More Immigration Mean More Crime in the United States?" (2018). Social Justice & Activism. 1.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/justiceactivism/1
Included in
Criminology Commons, Criminology and Criminal Justice Commons, Politics and Social Change Commons