Department of Sociology 2116 Benjamin Avenue Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan

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November, 2006

VITA

RONALD C. KRAMER

Department of Sociology 2116 Benjamin Avenue Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008

1903 West Michigan Avenue 269-382-2443 or 269-501-4282

Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5257

269-387-5284

ACADEMIC EDUCATION

Ph.D.The Ohio State University - 1978

(Sociology)

MAThe Ohio State University - 1974

(Sociology)

BEUniversity of Toledo - 1973

(Education)

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

DirectorCriminal Justice Program (WMU) 1992-

ProfessorWestern Michigan University1990-

Associate ProfessorWestern Michigan University 1983-1990

Assistant ProfessorWestern Michigan University 1978-1983

InstructorThe Ohio State University1975-1978

Teaching AssociateThe Ohio State University1973-1975

TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

CriminologyCorporate and State Crime

Criminal JusticeSociology of Sport

Sociological TheorySociological History of Baseball

Social Problems and DevianceMilitarism and Peace Studies

HONORS AND AWARDS

Lifetime Achievement Award, American Society of Criminology, Division on Critical Criminology, 2004

President, WMU Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, 1996-1997.

Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, 1992.

Teaching Excellence Award, Western Michigan University, 1981.

Nominated Outstanding Graduate Teaching Associate, The Ohio State University 1977, 1976.

PUBLICATIONS

Books

State-Corporate Crime: Wrongdoing At The Intersection Of Business And Government. (With Raymond J. Michalowski). New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press. (2006).

Crimes of the American Nuclear State: At Home and Abroad. (With David Kauzlarich.) Boston: Northeastern University Press (1998).

Edited Special Journal Issues

Justice Under Clinton. (Co-edited with Raymond J. Michalowski.). Special Issue of Social Justice 22 (No. 2, 1995).

The Sociology of the Nuclear Threat. (Co-edited with Sam Marullo.). Special Feature in The Sociological Quarterly 26 (No. 3, 1985).

Humanistic Perspectives in Criminology. (Co-edited with Stuart Hills.). Special Issue of the Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 12 (September, 1985).

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

“State-Corporate Crime and Criminological Analysis.” (With Raymond Michalowski). In Gilbert Geis and Henry Pontell (eds.), The International Handbook of White-Collar Crime. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. Forthcoming, 2007.

“State-Corporate Crime.” In Jurg Gerber and Eric Jensen (eds.), The Encyclopedia of White-Collar Crime. Volume II. Westport, CN: Green wood Publishing. Forthcoming, 2007.

“The Illegal War on Iraq: The ‘Role’ of the International Criminal Court.” (With Dawn Rothe and Christopher Mullins). Pp. 87-103 in Dawn Rothe and Christopher Mullins, Symbolic Gestures and the Generation of Global Social Control: The International Criminal Court. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books (2006).

“The Supreme International Crime: How The U.S. War in Iraq Threatens the Rule of Law.” (With Raymond J. Michalowski and Dawn L. Rothe). Social Justice 32 (No. 2, 2005): 52-81

“War, Aggression, and State Crime: A Criminological Analysis of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq.” (With Raymond J. Michalowski). British Journal of Criminology 45 (No. 4, July, 2005): 446-469.

“The Space Between Laws Revisited: Corporate Crime in a Transnational Context.” (With Raymond J. Michalowski). Pp. 387-401 in A. Katheryn Stout, Richard A. Dello Buono and William J. Chambliss (Eds.), Social Problems, Law, And Society. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield (2004).

“The Illegal Invasion of Iraq.” (With Edward Jayne). Parallax: The Journal of Ethics and Globalization. (August, 2003).

“Beyond Enron: Toward Economic Democracy and a New Ethic of Inclusion” (With Raymond J. Michalowski). Risk Management: An International Journal. Volume Five, Number 2 (2003): 37-47

"The Origins and Development of the Concept and Theory of State-Corporate Crime." (With Raymond J. Michalowski and David Kauzlarich.) Crime and Delinquency. 48 (Number 2, April 2002): 263-282.

"Corporate Violence Against Women." (With Linda Rynbrandt.) Pp. 165-175 in Lynne Goodstein and Claire Renzetti (Eds.), Women, Crime and Criminal Justice: Original Feminist Readings. Los Angeles, CA: Roxbury Publishing Company (2001).

"Poverty, Inequality and Youth Violence." THE ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 567 (January, 2000): 124-140.

"The Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Use of Nuclear Weapons: Implications for Criminology." (With David Kauzlarich.) Contemporary Justice Review 2 (1999): 395-413.

"Interview With Ronald C. Kramer." Corporate Crime Reporter 13 (No. 2, January, 1999): 12-16.

"The Nuclear Terrorist State." (With David Kauzlarich.) Peace Review 7 (1995): 333-337.

"The Iron Fist and the Velvet Tongue: Crime Control Policies in the Clinton Administration." (With Raymond J. Michalowski.) Social Justice 22 (No. 2, 1995): 87-100.

"Hybrid Nonwomen and Corporate Violence: The Silicone Breast Implant Case." (With Linda Rynbrandt.) Violence Against Women 1 (No. 3, September, 1995): 206-227.

"Exploring State Criminality: The Invasion of Panama." Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture 3 (No. 2, 1995): 43-52.

"State Violence and Violent Crime." Peace Review 6 (No. 2, Summer, 1994): 171-175.

Reprinted in David Friedrichs (Ed.), State Crime. Volume I: Defining, Delineating and Explaining State Crime. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing. (1998): 375-379.

"Ethics in Organizations: The Challenger Explosion." Pp. 165-185 in James Jaksa and Michael Pritchard, Communication Ethics: Methods of Analysis (2nd Edition). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth (1994).

Reprinted in James Jaksa and Michael Pritchard (Eds.), Responsible Communication: Ethical Issues in Business, Industry, and the Professions. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press (1996): 53-73.

"State-Corporate Crime in the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Production Complex." (With David Kauzlarich.) Journal of Human Justice 5 (No. 1, Autumn, 1993): 4-28.

Reprinted in David Friedrichs (Ed.), State Crime. Volume I: Defining, Delineating and Explaining State Crime. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing. (1998): 327-351.

"Toward the Study of Governmental Crime: Nuclear Weapons, Foreign Intervention, and International Law." (With David Kauzlarich and Brian Smith.) Humanity and Society 16 (No. 4, 1992): 543-563.

Reprinted in David Friedrichs (Ed.), State Crime. Volume I: Defining, Delineating and Explaining State Crime. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing. (1998): 49-69.

"The Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion: A Case Study of State-Corporate Crime." Pp. 212-241 in Kip Schlegel and David Weisburd (Eds.), White Collar Crime Reconsidered. Boston: Northeastern University Press (1992).

"Criminologists and the Social Movement Against Corporate Crime." Social Justice: A Journal of Crime, Conflict, and World Order 16 (No. 2, 1989): 146-164.

"The Space Shuttle Disaster: Ethical Issues in Organizational Decision-Making" reproduced on microfiche and placed in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system by the Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, Illinois. An abstract of the paper was published in Resources in Education (November, 1987).

"The Space Between Laws: The Problem of Corporate Crime in a Transnational Context." (With Raymond J. Michalowski.) Social Problems 34 (February, 1987): 301-320.

Reprinted in Nikos Passas (Ed.), Transnational Crime. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing. (1999).

Reprinted in William Newman and Frances Bourdreau (eds.), Understanding Social Life. West Publishing Co. (1993): 193-203.

Reprinted in William J. Chambliss and Janet Katz (eds.), Crime and Criminal Justice: A Conflict Perspective. New York: McGrawHill Book Company (1993).

Reprinted in William D. Perdue (ed.), Systemic Crisis. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich (1993): 479-495.

Reprinted in John F. Galliher (ed.), Human Behavior and Human Rights. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall (1991): 68-81.

Reprinted in Delos Kelley (ed.), Criminal Behavior. New York: St. Martin's Press (1990): 344-366

"The Pinto Prosecutor: An Interview with Michael A. Cosentino." Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences White Paper Series. ACJS Today (May, 1986): 3-5.

"Toward A Sociology of Nuclear Weapons." The Sociological Quarterly 26 (No. 3, 1985): 277-292.

"Defining the Concept of Crime: A Humanistic Perspective." Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 12 (September, 1985): 469-487.

"Strukturierte Ungleichheit, Verbrechensofer Und Strategien Sozialer Kontrolle: Ein Kritischer Blick auf Kriminal Pravention." ("Structured Inequality, Crime Victims and Social Control Strategies: A Critical View on Crime Prevention.") Translated by Helmut Janssen, Pp. 371-405 in Helmut Janssen and Hans-Jurgen Kerner (eds.), Verbrechensopfer, Socialarbeit Und Justiz (Victims of Crime, Social Work and Justice) Neve Folge, Vol. 3. Bonn: Deutschen Bewahrungshilfe (1985).

Reprinted in Helmut Janssen, Reiner Kaulitzki and Raymond J. Michalowski (eds.), Radikale Kriminologie - Themen and Theoretische Positionen der Ameridanischen Radical Criminology. Bielefeld: AJZ Druck and Verlag GmbH. (1988): 260-283.

"The Ideological Construction of Crime: An Analysis of the LEAA Career Criminal Program." Deviant Behavior. 5 (No. 2, 1984): 217-237.

"Critical Criminology, Traditional Crime, and Public Policy." Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 11 (June, 1984): 252-293.

"Is Corporate Crime Serious Crime? Criminal Justice and Corporate Crime Control." Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. 2 (June, 1984): 7-10.

"Corporate Criminality: The Development of an Idea." Pp. 13-37 in Ellen Hochstedler (ed.), Corporations as Criminals. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications (1984).

Translated into Japanese and published by Gakuyoh-Shoboh of Tokyo (1990).

"A Prolegomenon to the Study of Corporate Violence." Humanity and Society 7 (May, 1983): 149-178.

"From 'Habitual Offenders' to 'Career Criminals': The Historical Construction and Development of Criminal Categories." Law and Human Behavior 6 (Nos. 3/4, 1982): 273-293.

"The Debate Over the Definition of Crime: Paradigms, Values, and Criminological Work." Pp. 33-58 in Frederick Elliston and Norman E. Bowie (eds.) Ethics, Public Policy, and Criminal Justice. Cambridge, MA: Oelgeschlager, Gunn, and Hain (1982).

"Corporate Crime: An Organizational Perspective," Pp. 75-94 in Peter W. Wickman and Timothy B. Daily (eds.), White Collar and Economic Crime. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books. (1982).

"Critical Criminology in the Classroom" reproduced on microfiche by the Educational Resources Information Center, Document Reproduction Service, Boulder, CO. (1980). An Abstract of the paper was published in the July, 1980 issue of Resources in Education, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.

"Shock Parole: A Preliminary Evaluation." International Journal of Criminology and Penology 4 (1976): 271-284 (co-author).

Book Reviews

"Review of Explaining Criminals by Gwynn Nettler." Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 75 (1984): 307-309.

"Review of Corporate Deviance and Corporate and Governmental Deviance by David Ermann and Richard J. Lundman." Deviant Behavior. 4 (Nos. 3 and 4, 1983): 510-511.

"Review of Social Problems: A Critical Approach, by Kenneth Neubeck," Teaching Sociology 7 (October, 1980): 111-113.

"Review of Deviant Behavior: An Interactionist Approach, by Erich Goode," Contemporary Sociology 9 (July, 1980): 533-534.

"Review of Crime and Criminalization by Clayton Hartjen," Teaching Sociology 6 (July, 1979): 452-454.

TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS

WMU Forum

From 1987 until the tragic death of my good friend, Director and Producer Harvey Stewert on April 15, 1995, I served as Host and Co-Producer for a monthly Kalamazoo Public Access Cable Television Program, WMU Forum. This half-hour program explored important social issues and current events, drawing on Western Michigan University faculty, students, staff and occasional guests to provide their insights and expertise. I selected the topics and guests, researched the topic, organized the pre-production meeting, and hosted the program. The following 85 programs were produced and broadcast over the years:

Program #1: Prison Overcrowding

Guests:Tom Edmonds and Kevin Minor

First Air Date:July 23, 1987

Program #2: Green Politics

Guests:Maynard Kaufman and Eric Nelson

First Air Date:August 7, 1987

Program #3: The Constitution

Guests:Ralph Chandler

First Air Date:September 4, 1987

Program #4: Media Ethics

Guests:Tony Griffin and Jerry Morton

First Air Date:October 2, 1987

Program #5: Psychological Effects of Rape

Guests:Michele Burnette and Barbara Olasov

First Air Date:November 1987

Show Repeated:June 3, 1988

Program #6: Tropical Forests and Our Future

Guests:Ken Dahlberg and Norman Myers

First Air Date:March 4, 1988

Program #7: Crime Victims

Guests:Paul Friday and Gilbert Geis

First Air Date:May 6, 1988

Program #8: The Peace Movement

Guests:Paul Loeb

First Air Date:December 4, 1987

Program #9: Alzheimer's Disease

Guests:Ellen Page-Robin and Michelle Stone

First Air Date:January 3, 1988

Program #10:The Russian Method of Ballet Teaching

Guests:Eugene Mills and Cathy Huling

First Air Date:February 5, 1988

Program #11: MLK and Black America Today

Guests:Ben Wilson

First Air Date:April 1, 1988

Program #12: Ethics in Academia

Guests:Diether Haenicke and Mike Pritchard

First Air Date:July 1, 1988

Program #13: Solid Waste Management

Guests:Rhonda Sherman-Huntoon and Mike Swords

First Air Date:August 5, 1988

Program #14: Olympic Gold Medal Winners

Guests:Lew Carlson

First Air Date:September 2, 1988

Program #15: Presidential Election Campaign, 1988

Guests:Pete Renstrom and Chet Rogers

First Air Date:October 7, 1988

Program #16: Violence Against Women

Guests:Grace Orlando and Rich Oxhandler

First Air Date:November 4, 1988

Program #17: Peace Links

Guests:Betty Bumpers

First Air Date:December 2, 1988

Program #18: Corporate Crime

Guests:Peter Yeager

First Air Date:January 6, 1989

Program #19: Cross-Cultural Communication

Guests:James Leigh

First Air Date:February 3, 1989

Program #20 Water Resources

Guests:Tom Straw, Don Brown and Dick Passero

First Air Date:March 3, 1989

Program #21: Student Activism in the 80's

Guests:Brian Smith, Amy Walsh and Jess Reaser

First Air Date:April 7, 1989

Program #22: The Craft of Writing

Guests:Stu Dybeck

First Air Date:May 5, 1989

Show Repeated:August 3, 1990

Program #23: The Situation in Nicaragua

Guests:Don Cooney

First Air Date:June 2, 1989

Program #24: The Chinese Student Movement

Guests:Tiehan Liu, Jean Chang, and Tom Kostrezwa

First Air Date:July 7, 1989

Program #25: Sports Talk/Sports Metaphors

Guests:Bob Palmatier and Hal Ray

First Air Date:August 4, 1989

Program #26: Loss and Grief

Guests:Molly Vass

First Air Date:September 1, 1989

Show Repeated:July 5, 1991

Program #27: Michael Harrington and Democratic Socialism

Guests:Gary Dorrien

First Air Date:October 6, 1989

Program #28:The Drug Crisis

Guests:Paul C. Friday and Dennis Simpson

First Air Date:November 3, 1989

Program #29:Redefining National Security

Guests:Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr.

First Air Date:December 1, 1989

Program #30:Palestinian Conflict

Guests:Andrea Tally, Eric Johnson, and Rev. Donald Van Hoeven

First Air Date:January 5, 1990

Program #31:Soviet Union

Guests:Jim Butterfield and John Norman

First Air Date:February 2, 1990

Program #32:Eastern Europe

Guests:Bill Ritchie and Tom Kostrezwa

First Air Date:March 2, 1990

Program #33:Educational Restructuring

Guests:Ron Crowell and Pat Jenlink

First Air Date:April 6, 1990

Program #34:Jewish Theology of Liberation

Guests:Marc Ellis

First Air Date:May 4, 1990

Program #35:Parental Consent for Abortion Laws

Guests:Michelle Serlin and Dorothy Talanda

First Air Date:June 8, 1990

Program #36:Eastern Europe

Guests:Rudi Siebert

First Air Date:July 6, 1990

Program #37:Sunseeker, Solar Car

Guests:Dick Hathaway - Students

First Air Date:September 7, 1990

Program #38:The Life and Thought of B. F. Skinner

Guests:Jack Michael and Dick Malott

First Air Date:October 5, 1990

Program #39:The Savings and Loan Crisis

Guests:Ray Zelder and Richard Hatfield

First Air Date:November 2, 1990

Program #40:AIDS Education

Guests:Wayne Fuqua and Christine Zimmer

First Air Date:December 7, 1990

Program #41:Moral Issues in the Persian Gulf Crisis

Guests:Father John Grathwohl and Rev. Jim Wilson-Garrison

First Air Date:January 4, 1991

Program #42:Media Coverage of the Gulf War

Guests:George Robeck and Tony Griffin

First Air Date:February 1, 1991

Program #43:Gilmore Keyboard Festival

Guests:David Hook and David Pocock

First Air Date:March 1, 1991

Program #44:Prospects for Peace in the Middle East

Guests:Al Rosenthal and Sami Esmail

First Air Date:April 5, 1991

Program #45:Crisis in the Soviet Union

Guests:Lew Carlson

First Air Date:May 3, 1991

Program #46:New Directions in Criminology

Guests:Sue Caulfield

First Air Date:June 7, 1991

Program #47:The Theatre Today

Guests:Terry Williams and Marin Mazzie

First Air Date:August 2, 1991

Program #48:Understanding Entrepreneurs

Guests:Trudy Verser and Bill Redmon

First Air Date:September 6, 1991

Program #49:Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations

Guests:Lewis Walker and Earl Washington

First Air Date:October 4, 1991

Program #50:Teaching Peace and Nonviolence

Guests:Colman McCarthy

First Air Date:November 1, 1991

Program #51:Unplug the Christmas Machine

Guests:Holly Walls and Sara Schoolmaster

First Air Date:December 6, 1991

Show Repeated:December 4, 1992

Program #52:Ethical Issues in Advertising

Guests:Dennis Simpson and Ann Thompson

First Air Date:January 3, 1992

Program #53:Reflections on the Persian Gulf War

Guests:Jim Ferreira

First Air Date:February 7, 1992

Program #54:Women's History Month

Guests:Gwen Raaberg and Linda Borish

First Air Date:March 6, 1992

Program #55:Take Back the Night March

Guests:Sue Caulfield and Jennifer St. Pierre

First Air Date:April 3, 1992

Program #56:The Auto Insurance Controversy

Guests:Gary Mitchell and Ken Kennedy

First Air Date:May 1, 1992

Program #57:The Future of Yugoslavia

Guests:Rudi Siebert

First Air Date:June 5, 1992

Program #58:Race and Ethnic Relations

Guests:Doug Davidson

First Air Date:July 3, 1992

Program #59:Human Rights in Columbia

Guests:Leslie Wirpsa

First Air Date:August 7, 1992

Program #60:Women and Leadership

Guests:Shirley Van Hoeven

First Air Date:September 4, 1992

Show Repeated:January 7, 1994

Program #61:1992 Election

Guests:Pete Renstrom and Chet Rogers

First Air Date:October 2, 1992

Program #62:American Ideology

Guest:Howard Zinn

First Air Date:November 6, 1992

Program #63:Gilmore Young Artists Showcase

Guest:David Hook, Steve Zegree and Xavier Davis

First Air Date:January 1, 1993

Program #64:Thurgood Marshall's Legacy

Guest:Sandy Lipsey, Carolyn Williams

First Air Date:February 5, 1993

Program #65:Kalamazoo's Women's Festival

Guest:Allene Dietrich, Joan Morin and Sally Munger

First Air Date:March 5, 1993

Program #66:American Indian Issues

Guest:Don Fixico

First Air Date:April 2, 1993

Program #67:Michigan Political Issues

Guest:Howard Wolpe

First Air Date:May 7, 1993

Program #68:HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention

Guest:Wayne Fuqua, Chris Zimmer and Terry Baxter

First Air Date:June 4, 1993

Program #69:Clinton Crime Control Policies

Guest:Ray Michalowski

First Air Date:July 2, 1993

Program #70:The War in Bosnia

Guest:Rudi Siebert

First Air Date:August 6, 1993

Program #71:Issues in Diversity and Multiculturalism

Guest:Martha Warfield and Paul Wilson

First Air Date:September 3, 1993

Program #72:Central American Issues

Guest:Jack Nelson Pallmeyer

First Air Date:October 1, 1993

Program #73:U.S. Army School of the Americas

Guest:Father Roy Bourgeois

First Air Date:November 5, 1993