Department of Sociology & Crime, Law and Justice
Department of Sociology & Crime, Law and Justice
211 Oswald Tower
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-865-2527
Fax: 814-863-7216
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Barry Ruback
Professor of Crime, Law, & Justice and Sociology
1007 Oswald Tower |
EDUCATION
B.A., Yale University
J.D., University of Texas
M.S., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Decision making in the legal system
Causes and consequences of victimization
Environmental psychology
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
1985-1986 Fulbright Fellow, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
1986-1987 Visiting Fellow, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
1988 Indo-American Fellow (National Science Foundation), Visiting Professor, Allahabad University, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
1991 Fulbright-Hays Fellow (U.S. Department of Education), Allahabad University, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
1993-1994 Fulbright South Asia Regional Fellow (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan)
1995-1996 Judicial Fellow of the Supreme Court of the United States, Assigned to the U.S. Sentencing Commission (Justice Tom C. Clark Award)
EDITORSHIPS
1992-1997 Criminal Justice Review
1992-1997 International Criminal Justice Review
RECENT GRANTS
Ruback, R. B. (PI). Evaluation of Best Practices in Restitution and Victim Compensation Orders & Payments. Subgrant from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency to the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing. January 1, 2003 - May 31, 2005.
Ruback, R. B. (PI). A Research Partnership in Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing and the Crime, Law, and Justice Program at Penn State. National Institute of Justice. June 1, 1998 - December 31, 2001.
Ruback, R. B. (PI). Criminal Victimization of Parolees: Effects on Offending and Parole Failure. National Institute of Justice. August 16, 1999 - September 30, 2002.
Ruback, R. B. (PI). Predictors and Outcomes of Restitution and Fines in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. July 1, 2000 - September 30, 2001.
Ruback, R. B. (PI). The Relationship Between Victimization and Offending in Juveniles. Subgrant from the National Center for Juvenile Justice. Grant to NCJJ is from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. July 1, 2000 - April 30, 2001.
Ruback, R. B. (PI). Easy Access to Weapons: Juveniles’ Risks for Offending and Victimization. Subgrant from the National Center for Juvenile Justice. Grant to NCJJ is from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. July 1, 2001 - August 31, 2002.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Articles
Ruback, R. B., Ménard, K. S., Outlaw, M. S., & Shaffer, J. N. (1999). Normative advice to campus crime victims: Effects of gender, age, and alcohol. Violence and Victims, 14, 381-396.
Outlaw, M. C., & Ruback, R. B. (1999). Predictors and outcomes of victim restitution orders. Justice Quarterly, 16, 847-869.
Riad, J. K., Norris, F. H., & Ruback, R. B. (1999). Predicting evacuation in two major disasters: Risk perception, social influence, and access to resources. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29, 918-934.
Hofer, P. J., Blackwell, K. R., & Ruback, R. B. (1999). The effect of the federal sentencing guidelines on inter-judge sentencing disparity. Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, 90, 239-321.
Pandey, J., Verma, M., & Ruback, R. B. (2000). Perceived crowding in Indian classrooms: The effects of age, gender and household density. Psychology and Developing Societies, 12, 139-154.
Ruback, R. B., & Ménard, K. (2001). Rural/urban differences in sexual victimization and reporting: Analyses using UCR and crisis center data. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 28, 131-155.
Ruback, R. B., & Wroblewski, J. (2001). The Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Psychological and policy reasons for simplification. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 7, 739-775.
Ruback, R. B., Begum, H. A., Tariq, N., Kamal, A., & Pandey, J. (2002). Reactions to environmental stressors: Gender differences in the slums of Dhaka and Islamabad. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 33, 100-119.
Ruback, R. B., & Pandey, J. (2002). Mental distress and physical symptoms in the slums of New Delhi: The role of individual, household, and neighborhood factors. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 32, 2296-2320.
Outlaw, M. S., Ruback, R. B., & Britt, C. (2002). Repeat and multiple victimizations: The role of individual and contextual factors. Violence and Victims, 17, 187-204.
Wilson, M., & Ruback, R. B. (2003). Hate crimes in Pennsylvania, 1984-1999: Case characteristics and police responses. Justice Quarterly, 20, 373-398.
Menard, K. S., & Ruback, R. B. (2003). Prevalence and processing of child sexual abuse: A multi-dataset analysis of urban and rural counties. Law and Human Behavior, 27, 385-402.
Ruback, R. B., Gupta, D., & Kohli, N. (2003). Normative standards for crime victims: Implications for research and policy. Psychology and Developing Societies.
Ruback, R. B., Shaffer, J. N., & Logue, M. A. (2004). The imposition and effects of restitution in Pennsylvania: Effects of size of county and specialized collections units. Crime and Delinquency, 50, 168-188.
Ruback, R. B., Pandey, J., Begum, H. A., Tariq, N., & Kamal, A. (in press). Motivations for and satisfaction with migration: An analysis of migrants to New Delhi, Dhaka, and Islamabad. Environment and Behavior.
Ruback, R. B. (in press). The imposition of economic sanctions in Philadelphia. Federal Probation.
Ruback, R. B., & Kohli, N. (in press). Territoriality at the Magh Mela: The effects of organizational factors and intruder characteristics. Environment and Behavior.
Ruback, R. B., & Bergstrom, M. H. (in press). Economic sanctions in criminal justice: Purposes, effects, and implications. Criminal Justice and Behavior.
Ruback, R. B., Ruth, G. R., & Shaffer, J. N. (in press). Assessing the impact of statutory change: A statewide multilevel analysis of restitution orders in Pennsylvania. Crime and Delinquency.
Books
Greenberg, M. S., & Ruback, R. B. (1992). After the crime: Victim decision making. New York: Plenum.
Ruback, R. B., & Weiner, N. A. (Eds.). (1995). Interpersonal violent behavior: Social and cultural aspects. New York: Springer.
Ruback, R. B., & Thompson, M. A. (2001). Social and psychological consequences of violent victimization. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.