Faculty

Christopher J. Lyons

Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Washington, 2006

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Office: SSCI 1076
Office phone: 277-0519

Research Areas

Criminology, deviance and social control, urban sociology and communities, intergroup relations, hate crime

Select Publications

María B. Vélez, Christopher J. Lyons, and Blake Boursaw. 2012. “Neighborhood Housing Investments and Violent Crime in Seattle: 1981-2007.” Criminology (November).

Lyons, Christopher J. and Becky Pettit. 2011. “Compounded Disadvantage: Race, Incarceration, and Wage Growth.” Social Problems 58(2): 257-80.

Kreager, Derek, Christopher J. Lyons, and Zachary Hays. 2011. “Condos, Coffeeshops and Crime: Urban Revitalization and Seattle Crime Trends.” Social Problems 58(4).

Lyons, Christopher J. 2008. “Defending Turf: Racial Demographics and Hate Crime against Blacks and Whites.” Social Forces 87(1): 357-385.

Lyons, Christopher J. 2007. “Community (Dis)Organization and Racially Motivated Crime.” American Journal of Sociology 113(3): 815-63.

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