David Jacobs (sociologist)

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David Jacobs
NationalityAmerican
Education University of Georgia (B.A., 1968), Vanderbilt University (M.A., 1972; Ph.D., 1975)
Awards1998 Distinguished article award from the American Sociological Association's Political Sociology Section
Scientific career
Fields Political sociology
Institutions Ohio State University
Thesis Economic inequality, state policies, and crime rates  (1975)

David Jacobs is an American sociologist and professor emeritus of sociology at Ohio State University. He is known for his work in political sociology and political economy, which has included research on issues such as labor relations, policing, and capital punishment. [1] [2] [3] For example, his research has found that death sentences are most common in U.S. states where lynchings were formerly the most frequent, [4] and that black death row inmates convicted of killing whites are more likely to be executed than whites convicted of killing blacks. [5] [6] Jacobs also noted that U.S. states with the largest African American minorities were more likely to maintain the death penalty. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Contributors" . American Journal of Sociology. 109 (2): i. September 1, 2003. doi:10.1086/381605. ISSN   0002-9602. S2CID   222436807.
  2. ↑ "David Jacobs". Department of Sociology. November 2, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  3. ↑ Semelka, Sara (June 25, 2009). "More police, less crime? It's not that easy". Columbia Daily Tribune. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Study links lynchings, death sentences". UPI. September 27, 2005. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  5. ↑ Company, Johnson Publishing (August 20, 2007). "Blacks on Death Row Who Killed Whites More Likely To Be Executed". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. p. 15.{{cite magazine}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ↑ Conant, Eve (July 31, 2007). "Study Finds Racial Disparity in Executions". Newsweek.
  7. ↑ Manuel R. Torres, entry “Marginalization,” in Richard T. Schaefer, editor, Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society, Sage Publications, 2008, ISBN   978-1412926942, vol. 1, pp. 871–872.


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