Evan T. Sorg, Ph.D.

Evan T. Sorg, Ph.D.

Evan T. Sorg, Ph.D.

Evan T. Sorg, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
 
Biography

Dr. Evan Sorg is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Law and Justice Studies at Rowan University. He received his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Temple University in 2015. Prior to doing his graduate work he was a police officer with the New York City Police Department. His research involves police innovations, place-based criminology and the evaluation of policing interventions. He published his first book entitled Foot Patrol: Rethinking the Cornerstone of Policing (Springer, 2017) in November of 2017 along with co-author Jerry H. Ratcliffe, Temple University. Other recent publications appear in journals such as Criminology, Justice Quarterly, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency and Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice.

Dr. Sorg teaches courses to local and and international police commanders and crime analysts on topics such as intelligence-led policing, crime mapping and crime analysis. At Rowan, he teaches Crime Mapping and Crime Analysis I, Crime Mapping and Crime Analysis II, and Critical Issues in American Law Enforcement. He is the creator and administrator of the Law and Justice Studies' Certificate of Undergraduate Study in Crime Mapping and Crime Analysis. He also serves on the Executive Board of the American Society of Criminology's Division of Policing. He spends his summers fluke fishing the Jersey Shore on his boat, the "Cop Doc." 

Selected Publications

Ratcliffe, Jerry H. & Sorg, Evan T. (2017). Foot Patrol: Rethinking the Cornerstone of Policing. Springer.

Sorg, Evan T., Wood, Jennifer D., Groff, Elizabeth R., & Ratcliffe, Jerry H. (2017) Explaining Dosage Diffusion During Hot Spot Patrols: An Application of Foraging Theory to Police Officer Behavior. Justice Quarterly, 34(6).

Sorg, Evan T. (2016) Classifying import and domestic hot spots of crime by offender home proximity. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice.

Sorg, Evan T., Wood, Jennifer D., Groff, Elizabeth R. & Ratcliffe, Jerry H. (2014) Boundary adherence during place-based policing evaluations: A research note. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 51(3), 377-393.

Sorg, Evan T., Haberman, Cory P., Ratcliffe, Jerry H. & Groff, Elizabeth R. (2013) Foot patrol in violent crime hot spots: The longitudinal impact of deterrence and posttreatment effects of displacement. Criminology, 51(1), 65-101.

Email: sorg@rowan.edu
Phone:(856) 256-4500 extension 53725
Homepagehttp://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319652467 

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