Lance Hannon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
Area of Expertise:
- Economic Conditions and Urban Crime Rates
- Race, Crime and Justice
Summary
Is there a direct link between urban crime and poverty? As a criminologist, Dr. Hannon has spent his career delving into how poverty causes or contributes to crime, especially in urban settings. He has compared how racial segregation affects the crime rate with that of diversified populations. Hannon has explored whether public assistance programs like welfare exacerbate the situation. Determining the effect of prison releases on crime rates is the focus of his current research.
Education
- Ph.D., University of Connecticut
- M.A., University of Connecticut
- B.A., SUNY Geneseo College
Selected Publications
- DeFronzo, James; Pochnow, Jane; Ditta, Ashley; and Hannon, Lance, "Male Serial Homicide: Cultural and Structural Sources," Homicide Studies 11: 3-14, 2007.
- Hannon, Lance and Cuddy, Monica, "Neighborhood Ecology and Drug Dependence Mortality: An Analysis of New York City Census Tracts," The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 32: 1-11, 2006.
- Hannon, Lance; Knapp, Peter and DeFina, Robert, "Racial Similarity in the Relationship between Poverty and Homicide: Comparing Retransformed Coefficients," Social Science Research 34:893-914, 2005.
- Hannon, Lance, "Extremely Poor Neighborhoods and Homicide," Social Science Quarterly 86 (Special Issue): 1418-1434, 2005.
- Hannon, Lance and DeFina, Robert, "Violent Crime in African American and White Neighborhoods: Is Poverty's Detrimental Effect Race-Specific?," Journal of Poverty 3: 49-67, 2005.
Selected Professional Experience
- Associate Professor of Sociology, Occidental College
- Assistant Professor of Sociology, Villanova University
- Associate Professor of Sociology, Villanova University
Selected Research
- Research Affiliate, Joint Center for Poverty Research.
