John Paul Wright

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John Paul Wright
Education Indiana State University (B.S., 1991; M.A., 1992) University of Cincinnati (Ph.D., 1996)
Known for Biosocial criminology
Scientific career
Fields Criminology
Institutions University of Cincinnati College of Education Criminal Justice and Human Services, East Tennessee State University
Thesis Parental support and juvenile delinquency: a test of social support theory  (1996)
Doctoral advisor Francis T. Cullen
Doctoral students Kevin Beaver [1]

John Paul Wright is an American criminologist and proponent of biosocial criminology. He is a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services. He is also the director of the graduate program in criminal justice there. [2] Among the students whose Ph.D. theses he has overseen is Kevin Beaver, a professor at Florida State University. [1]

He previously taught at East Tennessee State University for five years (1995-2000), [2] and was granted tenure there in 2000. [3]

Wright is a self-described conservative. He co-wrote with Matt DeLisi "Conservative Criminology: A Call to Restore Balance to the Social Sciences" [4] and its companion web site. [5] He has argued that humans are members of distinct races, each with distinct, evolutionarily endowed traits. [6] This view is rejected by modern science. [7] [8] [9] Wright has written articles for Quillette on the subject of "human biodiversity" (HBD). [10]

Betsy DeVos, Education Secretary for the Trump Administration cited Wright's work to justify rolling back Obama-era policies aimed at addressing inequities in school discipline. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 Cohen, Patricia (19 June 2011). "Genetic Basis for Crime: A New Look". The New York Times.
  2. 1 2 "John Paul Wright". University of Cincinnati. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
  3. "TBR grants tenure and promotion to ETSU faculty". East Tennessee State University. 29 June 2000.
  4. Wright, John Paul (November 2015). Conservative Criminology: A Call to Restore Balance to the Social Sciences. Routledge. ISBN   9781138125131 . Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  5. Wright, John Paul. "Conservative Criminology". Conservative Criminology. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  6. Wright, John Paul (October 2008). Biosocial Criminology New Directions in Theory and Research. Routledge. ISBN   9780415989442 . Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  7. Templeton, A. (2016). "Evolution and Notions of Human Race". In Losos, J.; Lenski, R. (eds.). How Evolution Shapes Our Lives: Essays on Biology and Society. Princeton; Oxford: Princeton University Press. pp. 346–361. doi:10.2307/j.ctv7h0s6j.26. ... the answer to the question whether races exist in humans is clear and unambiguous: no.
  8. Wagner, Jennifer K.; Yu, Joon-Ho; Ifekwunigwe, Jayne O.; Harrell, Tanya M.; Bamshad, Michael J.; Royal, Charmaine D. (February 2017). "Anthropologists' views on race, ancestry, and genetics". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 162 (2): 318–327. doi:10.1002/ajpa.23120. PMC   5299519 . PMID   27874171.
  9. American Association of Physical Anthropologists (27 March 2019). "AAPA Statement on Race and Racism". American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  10. Richards, Imogen; Jones, Callum (2021). "Quillette, classical liberalism, and the international New Right". Contemporary Far-Right Thinkers and the Future of Liberal Democracy. London: Routledge. pp. 126–127. ISBN   978-1003105176.
  11. Camera, Lauren (March 28, 2019). "The Race Research Cited by DeVos". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 25 April 2020.