Eric Baumer
Allen E. Liska Professor of Criminology
Research Faculty
Education
Ph.D. 1998, University at Albany, State University of New York; Sociology
M.A. 1994, University of Missouri-St. Louis; Criminology & Criminal Justice
B.S. 1992, Truman State University; Political Science
Courses Taught
- Criminological Theory (Graduate & Undergraduate)
- Theory Testing (Graduate)
- Communities and Crime (Graduate)
- Quantitative Data Analysis (Undergraduate)
- Statistics (Undergraduate)
- Sociology of Punishment (Graduate)
- Sociology of Legal Decision Making (Undergraduate)
- Seminar on Crime Trends (Undergraduate)
Research Interests
- Temporal and Spatial Crime Patterns
- Community Influences on Attitudes and Behavior
- Sociology of Punishment
- Comparative Criminology
Select Publications
- Eric P. Baumer. 2008. "Evaluating the Balance Sheet of Asset Forfeiture Laws: Toward Evidence-Based Policy Assessments." Forthcoming in Criminology & Public Policy.
- Ian O'Donnell, Eric P. Baumer, and Nicola Hughes. 2008. "Recidivism in the Republic of Ireland." Forthcoming in Criminology & Criminal Justice.
- Eric P. Baumer and Regan Gustafson. 2007. Social Organization and Instrumental Crime: Assessing the Empirical Validity of Classic and Contemporary Anomie Theories." Criminology 45:617-663.
- Brian J. Stults and Eric P. Baumer. 2007. ""Racial Context and Police Force Size: Modeling Intervening Processes." American Journal of Sociology 113:507-546.
- Eric P. Baumer. 2007. "Untangling Research Puzzles in Merton's Multilevel Anomie Theory." Theoretical Criminology 11:63-93.
Selected Grants
- Community Variation in the Disposition of Criminal Cases: The Role of Social, Cultural, and Political Context. National Science Foundation. 2005-2007. Principal Investigator. Amount: $120,751.
- Incarceration, Offender Reentry, and the Maintenance of Community Vitality in Chicago Neighborhoods. University of Missouri-St. Louis Research Award. 2003-2004. Principal Investigator. Amount: $12,360.
- A Multi-level, Multi-method Analysis of Offender Re-entry in Ireland. Irish Humanities and Social Science Research Council. 2003-2006. Co-P.I. with Ian O'Donnell, Richard Wright, and Shadd Maruna. Amount: $89,000.