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Jo Dixon

Associate Professor of Sociology, Law and Society; Director of Graduate Admissions; Affiliated with the Institute for Law and Society
Ph.D. 1989 (Sociology), Indiana University; M.A. 1981 (Sociology), Emory University; B.A. 1972 (Sociology), University of North Carolina.

Office Address: 295 Lafayette St., Room 4145
Office Hours: By Appointment
Phone: (212) 998-8374
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Areas of Research/Interest: Law and society; human rights; gender and law; legal profession; criminology; criminal courts; violence; Central Europe.

Affiliated with other departments or programs: Affiliated with the Institute for Law and Society

External Affiliations: American Sociological Association, Trustee, Law and Society Association, American Society of Criminology.

Fellowships/Honors: Distinguished Visiting Scholar (University of Vienna); Robert Presley Lecture (University of California at Riverside); Board of Trustee (Law and Society Association); Teaching Medal Nominee (New York University).

Select Publications:
"The Organizational Context of Criminal Sentencing" American Journal of Sociology Vol. 100 (Number 5): 1157-1198
"The Nexus of Sex, Spousal Violence and the State" Law and Society Review Vol. 29 (Number 2): 359-376
Stratification in the Legal Profession: Sex, Sector and Salary" (with Carroll Seron) Law and Society Review Vol. 29 (Number 3): 381-412
"Sex Symmetry in Psychiatric Diagnosis" (with Cynthia Gordon and Tasnim Khomusi) Social Problems Vol. 42 (Number 3): 429-448
"Guns and the Southern Subculture of Violence" (with Alan Lizotte) American Journal of Sociology Vol. 93 (Number 2): 383-405.