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Dr. Justin Turner

Assistant Professor
Sociology and Anthropology
Office
SCH Schroeder Hall 332
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Biography

Justin Turner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Current Courses

467.001Crime and Society: A Sociological Perspective

367.001Criminology

106.002Introduction To Sociology

106.003Introduction To Sociology

372.001Special Topics in Sociology

Teaching Interests & Areas

Criminology

Research Interests & Areas

Critical Police Studies, Crime and Media, Security Studies, and Social Theory

Journal Article

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17416590241231232

Turner, J. Book Review: Macrocriminology and Freedom. Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime 5.1 (2024): 75-77.
Triplett, R., & Turner, J. Revisiting Akers' Social Structure and Social Learning from a Problem-Solving Approach: Symbolic Interactionism, Humans as Acting, and Social Structure. DEVIANT BEHAVIOR 44.2 (2023): 16.

Presentations

Habituating the Police. Society for the Study of Social Problems. (2024)
Razing the “House of Screams:” Teaching, Learning, and Living the Reparations Won Curriculum. African American Studies Fall Lecture series. African American Studies. (2024)
Author Meets Critics: The Horror of Police. American Society of Criminology. (2023)

Grants & Contracts

African American Studies Faculty Summer Research Initiative. African American Studies. Illinois State University. (2024)