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Elin J. Waring

Professor

Ph.D.1993, Yale University, Department of Sociology
M.A. 1982, Yale University, Department of Sociology,
B.A. with Honors 1981, Swarthmore College.

I teach Introduction to Research Methods and in the criminal justice and sociology doctoral programs. My research can be placed under the general heading of "The Social Organization of Crime." Some of my recent work has looked at the so-called Russian Mafia in the United States and the criminal careers of white collar offenders.

I also work on a variety of other projects about the criminal justice system and how its operation influences neighborhoods and other places.

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David Weisburd and Elin Waring with Ellen Chayet, White Collar Crime and Criminal Careers. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Elin Waring and David Weisburd, editors, Crime and Social Organization: Advances in Criminological Theory Volume 10. Transactions Publishers, 2002.

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James O. Finckenauer and Elin Waring, Russian Mafia in America: Crime, Immigration, and Culture, Northeastern University Press, 1998.

Weisburd, David, Stanton Wheeler, Elin Waring and Nancy Bode, Crimes of the Middle Classes: White Collar Offending in the Federal Courts. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991.

Elin Waring, "Conceptualizing Co-offending: A Network Form of Organization," in Elin Waring and David Weisburd, editors, Crime and Social Organization: Advances in Criminological Theory Volume 10. Transactions Publishers, 2002.

Anthony Braga, David Kennedy, Elin Waring and Ann Piehl (2001) "Problem Oriented Policing, Deterrence and Youth Violence: An Evaluation of Boston’s Operation Ceasefire." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency.

Lorraine Mazerolle, Justin Ready, William Terrill and Elin Waring, "Using Mixed Models to Estimate the Impact of Problem-Oriented Policing in Public Housing Projects." Justice Quarterly, 2000.

Anthony A. Braga, David L. Weisburd, Elin Waring and Lorraine Mazerolle, William Spelman, and Frank Gajewski. "Problem Solving in Violent Crime Places: A Randomized Controlled Experiment." Criminology, 1999.

Elin Waring, "Incorporating Cooffending in Sentencing Models: An Analysis of Fines Imposed on Antitrust Offenders," Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 1998.

James Finckenauer and Elin Waring, "Russian Emigre Crime in the U.S.: Organized Crime or Crime That is Organized?," Transnational Organized Crime, 1996. Reprinted in Phil Williams, editor, Russian Organized Crime: The New Threat? London: Frank Cass, 1997.

James Finckenauer, Elin Waring and Emmanuel Barthe, "Law Enforcement Perceptions of Soviet Emigré Crime Networks in the United States," Trends in Organized Crime, 1996.

Weisburd, David, Elin Waring and Ellen Chayet, "Specific Deterrence in a Sample of Offenders Convicted of White-Collar Crimes," Criminology, 1995.

Waring, Elin, David Weisburd and Ellen Chayet, "White Collar Crime and Anomie" Advances in Criminological Theory, 1995.

Weisburd, David, Elin Waring and Ellen Chayet "White Collar Criminal Careers," Report to the National Institute of Justice, Washington, D.C. 1993.

Waring, Elin "Co-Offending in White Collar Crime: A Network Approach," University Microfilms, 1993 (dissertation).

Weisburd, David, Ellen Chayet and Elin Waring, "White Collar Crimes and Criminal Careers: Some Preliminary Evidence," Crime and Delinquency, 1990. Reprinted in David Greenberg, editor, Criminal Careers II, Brookfield USA: Dartmouth, 1996 and John Conklin, editor, New Perspectives in Criminology Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1996.

Weisburd, David, Elin Waring and Stanton Wheeler, "Class, Status, and the Punishment of White Collar Offenders," Law and Social Inquiry, 1990.

Wheeler, Stanton, David Weisburd, Elin Waring and Nancy Bode, "White Collar Crimes and Criminals," The American Criminal Law Review, 1988.

Weisburd, David and Elin Waring, "Settlement Choice in the Gush Emunim Movement: Comparing Bonds of Altruism and Self-Interest" in The Impact of Gush Emunim: Politics and Settlement in the West Bank, David Newman, editor, New York: St. Martins Press, London: Croom Helm, 1985.