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Sanjay Marwah

Assistant Professor of Justice & Policy Studies

smarwah@guilford.edu
(336) 316-2831

Ph.D. Public Policy, George Mason University
M.A. International Political Economy, Claremont Graduate University
B.A. Economics, B.S. Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning, University of California, Davis

Research Interests

  • Democratic criminal justice
  • Suburbanization and crime
  • Cultural political economy
  • Criminological Theory

Campus and Community Involvement

  • Guilford College Nominating Committee
  • Assessment Committee
  • Judicial Board
  • Environmental Sustainability Council
  • Internship placement for Guilford students in local police departments, legal offices and other community organizations

Notable Works

  • Suburban Crime: The Interplay of Cultural, Social and Opportunity Structures
  • Revisiting Merton: Continuities in the Theory of Anomie and Opportunity Structures (with Mathieu Deflem)
  • Numerous conference presentations
  • Reviewed manuscripts for Oxford University Press, Sage Publications and Wadsworth Publishing