Paul Bellair
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Professor and Director of Criminal Justice Research Center
He/Him
Areas of Expertise
- Socio-Economic Disadvantage
- Criminology
- Recidivism
- Employment
- Drug Use
- Quantitative & Qualitative Mixed Methods
Education
- Ph.D. - Sociology, State University of New York-Albany
- MA - Sociology, State University of New York-Albany
- BA - Sociology, State University of New York-Albany
Dr. Bellair's research addresses the community context of crime, delinquency, and drug use, race/ethnic differences in violence, life course criminology, recidivism, and crime prevention. His most recent research examines the distinction between legal and illegal work identity and desistance from crime among formerly incarcerated individuals. He is the Principal Investigator of three data collections. The first is a longitudinal study of 250 incarcerated individuals (The Ohio Prison study). The second is a mixed method study of desistance from crime among a sample of 100 middle aged, formerly incarcerated individuals. The third is a mixed methods study of the Ohio Penal Industries (OPI) program.