Department of Criminal
Justice & Criminology
Marshall
University
One John Marshall
Drive
Huntington, WV
25755-2662
Office: Smith Hall
740D
Phone: (304)
696-3083
FAX: (304)
696-3085
Email:
crewsg@marshall.edu
Dr. Gordon Crews joined the faculty in
the Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology beginning fall of
2008. He most recently taught at Washburn University, in Topeka
Kansas, but hails from South Carolina.
Education
Ph.D., Education (Cognate: Criminal
Justice), University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Graduate Certificate in Alcohol & Drug Studies,
University of South Carolina,
Columbia, SC
M.A., Criminal Justice, University of
South Carolina, Columbia, SC
B.S., Criminal Justice, University of
South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Faculty
Biography
Since 1990, Dr. Crews has served as a faculty member
and/or academic administrator at Washburn University (KS),
Cameron University (OK), Roger Williams University (RI),
Jacksonville State University (AL), Valdosta State
University (GA), and the University of South Carolina
Beaufort (SC).
He served as Executive Counselor for the Juvenile
Justice Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
and as former President and member of the Board of Directors for the
Southern Criminal Justice Association.
Prior to teaching, Dr. Crews worked in law
enforcement as a bloodhound officer & trainer, field-training
officer, and criminal investigator; in corrections as a training and
accreditation manager; and in insurance fraud as an investigator.
His publications include journal articles dealing
with school violence, Occult/Satanic involvement and youth, and
various law enforcement and correctional issues. His books include
Faces of Violence in America (1996), published by Simon &
Schuster; The Evolution of School Disturbance in America:
Colonial Times to Modern Day (1997), published by Praeger; A
History of Correctional Violence: An Examination of Reported Causes
of Riots and Disturbances (1998), published by the American
Correctional Association; Chasing Shadows: Confronting Juvenile
Violence in America (2001), published by Prentice Hall;
Living in Prison: A History of the Correctional System with an
Insider’s View (2004), published by Greenwood Publishers; and,
In the Margins: Special Populations and American Justice
(2008), published by Prentice Hall. His most recent book is
entitled, Juvenile Delinquency and Violence: Examining
International Police and Societal Response (2009), published by
CRC/Taylor and Francis.
Dr. Crews' current research interests focus on an
international comparison of police and societal response to
individuals involved in alternative belief practices (e.g.,
Satanism, Wicca, Goth, etc.). Since 2000, he has conducted extensive
field research in these areas across the United States, United
Kingdom, Middle East, Netherlands, Central Europe, Scandinavia, and
most recently in Turkey and Ghana, Africa.
Revised December 4,
2012
