Wade Jacobsen is an associate professor and the director of graduate studies in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. He is also a faculty associate of the Maryland Population Research Center, research scholar at the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center, and research affiliate in criminology at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Germany.

His research examines how risky behaviors in childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood are shaped by interactions with institutions (e.g., schools, criminal legal system) and social networks. Before joining the faculty at Maryland, he was a research specialist in the Center for Research on Child Wellbeing at Princeton University (Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study) and then a graduate assistant for the PROSPER Peers Project at Penn State University.

Degrees

  • Degree Type
    PhD
    Degree Details
    Pennsylvania State University
  • Degree Type
    MS
    Degree Details
    Brigham Young University
  • Degree Type
    BS
    Degree Details
    Brigham Young University
Course Name Course Title Semester Syllabus
CCJS388H Independent Reading Course in Criminology and Criminal Justice Fall 2023 Syllabus
CCJS654 History of Criminological Thought Fall 2019 Syllabus
CCJS699Q Special Criminological Problems; Punishment and Inequality Spring 2020

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