Faculty & Staff
Scott Akins, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-3703
Phone: 541-737-5370
Fax: 541-737-5372
E-mail: sakins@oregonstate.edu
Areas of Interest:
- Criminology and Deviance
- Drug Use, Abuse and Policy
- Research Methods & Statistics
- Community Studies
Current Projects:
- The Control of Consciousness Alteration--Substance Use, Abuse and Policy
- Race/Ethnic Differences in Substance Use and Problems
- Racial Segregation, Concentrated Disadvantage and Crime
- Immigration, Acculturation and Drug Use
- Recent Immigration and Violence
Brief Vita
Education:
- Ph.D. - Sociology, Washington State University, 2002
- M.A. - Sociology, Washington State University, 1999
- B.S. - Criminal Justice, Northern Arizona University, 1994
Recent Publications:
Books:
- Mosher, Clayton and Scott Akins. 2007. Drugs and Drug Policy: The Control of Consciousness Alteration. Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles:
- Akins, Scott, Rubén Rumbaut and Richard Stansfield. Forthcoming. “Immigration, Economic Disadvantage and Homicide: An analysis of communities in Austin, Texas.” Homicide Studies.
- Akins, Scott. 2009. "Racial Segregation, Economic Disadvantage and Violent Crime." Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice 7: 30-52
- Akins, Scott, Clayton Mosher, Chad L. Smith and Jane Florence Gauthier. 2008. "The Effect of Acculturation on Patterns of Hispanic Substance Use in Washington State." Journal of Drug Issues, 38: 103-118
- Akins, Scott. 2007. "Racial Segregation and Crime." Sociology Compass 1:81-94.
- Akins, Scott. 2003. "Racial Segregation and Property Crime: Examining the mediating effect of police strength." Justice Quarterly 20:675-695.
- Akins, Scott, Clayton Mosher, Thomas Rotolo and Robert Griffin. 2003. "Patterns and Correlates of Substance Use Among American Indians in Washington State." Journal of Drug Issues: 33:45-74.
- Akins, Scott. 2003. Public Alcohol Bans: An assessment of their potential effectiveness for reducing crime and disorder. The New Zealand Police.
- Akins, Scott and Robert Griffin. 2000. "Multiple Birth Rates and Racial Type: A research note regarding r/K theory." Deviant Behavior 21:15-22.
Recent Grants:
- Akins, Scott. 2007. "The Etiology of Substance Use & Abuse among American Indians in Washington State." OSU Research office Faculty Time Release Grant
- Akins, Scott. 2007. "Evaluation of Linn County Drug Prevention Program." DHHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
- Akins, Scott. 2003. "An Evaluation of Public Alcohol Bans." The New Zealand Police.
- Akins, Scott. 2003. "An Examination of the Causes and Correlates of Substance Use and Abuse." Victoria University Research Fund.
Honors & Awards:
- 2001 James F. Short Jr. Research Award
- 2001 Washington State University Sociology Department Outstanding Dissertation Award
- 2001 William R. Wiley Exposition of Scholarship and Research, Social and Administrative Sciences Division.
- 2001 Ann Madsen Depew Memorial Scholarship
- 1996 Washington State University First Award for Promise in Graduate School
