Ronald Clarke

Specialization:
Rational choice theory; situational crime prevention; problem-oriented policing; crime analysis; crime policy; terrorism prevention.

University Professor
Ph.D. (1968) University of London

Dr. Clarke is the former director of the British Government’s criminological research department. He is founding editor of Crime Prevention Studies and is author or joint author of 200 books, monographs and papers including, most recently, Superhighway Robbery (Willan Publishing, 2003), Designing out Crime from Products and Systems (Criminal Justice Press, 2005) and Crime Analysis for Problem Solvers (US Dept of Justice, 2005). With Graeme Newman he has just completed Outsmarting the Terrorists which will be published in 2006. Dr Clarke is also Associate Director of the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing, a virtual institute (www.popcenter.org) supported by the US Office of Community Oriented Police Services.

Projects/Grants:
Home Burglar Alarm Impact Study: The Deterrent Effect of Home Burglar Alarm Systems on Crime and Criminal Behavior, (Alarm Industry Research and Education Foundation), $26,790 – with Seungmug Lee.


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School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University
123 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: (973) 353-3311  Fax: (973) 353-5896
rclarke@newark.rutgers.edu