Bio: Paul
Stretesky received his PhD from Florida State University and has studied
environmental justice and crime for the past 15 years. He is currently
the co-editor (with M.J. Lynch) of the Ashgate book series entitled Green Criminology and
helps coordinate the International Green Criminology, Environmental Crime, and
Ecological Justice Working Group that consists of nearly 70
scholars located in more than a dozen countries. Dr. Stretesky has published
three books, including Environmental Law, Crime and Justice in 2009
(co-authors R. Burns and M.J. Lynch). His work demonstrates why criminologists
should be concerned with environmental harm and inequality and how they can
better contribute to the emerging area of green criminology. Dr. Stretesky's current
research is focused on the distribution and potential impact of non-profit
organizations that engage in environmental policing. In addition to books and
dozens of book chapters, Dr. Stretesky has published 47 peer reviewed research
articles on environmental justice, crime and violence. Some of that research
has been funded by the Environmental Protection Agency, state and local
criminal justice agencies, and non-profit organizations. His most prominent
works include the study of the relationship between lead and homicide (with
M.J. Lynch) published in the American Medical Association’s Archives of Pediatrics and
Adolescent Medicine, the examination of relationship between race
and lead exposure (with M.J. Lynch) published in the American Sociological
Association’s Journal of
Health and Social Behavior, and the predictors of corporate
environmental self-policing published in American Society of Criminology’s Criminology. Dr.
Stretesky teaches courses in statistics, environmental justice, and
environmental crime. He also engages in community-centered research and is
now working with Families of Homicide Victims and Missing Persons, Inc., a
Colorado-based non-profit organization. He co-directs (with Dr. Burton) the
School's Environmental Policy, Management, and Law Concentration and is
co-chair (with Dr. Martin) of the University Core Curriculum and Oversight
Committee.
Representative Publications:
Books
Pogrebin, Mark, Paul B. Stretesky, and Prabha Unnithan. 2009. Guns,
Violence, and Criminal Behavior: Accounts from the Inside. Boulder,
Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers, pp. 155
Burns, Ronald G., Michael Lynch & Paul B. Stretesky. 2008. Environmental
Law, Crime, and Justice: An Introduction. New York, NY: LFB Scholarly
Publishing, pp. 298.
Peer Reviewed Articles
Lynch, Michael J. and Paul B. Stretesky. (in press). The distribution of water-monitoring organizations across states: Implications for community environmental policing and social justice. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management.
Stretesky, Paul B., Sheila Huss, Michael J. Lynch, Sammy Zarhan, & Bob Childs. 2011. The founding of environmental justice organizations across counties during the 1990s and 2000s: Civil rights and environmental cross movement effects. Social Problems, 58, 3: 330-360.
Stretesky, Paul B., Tara O. Shelley, & Matthew S. Crow. 2010. Do conservation organizations influence the social production of natural resource violations? Organization and Environment, 23, 4: 398-416.
Stretesky, Paul B. & Michael J. Lynch. 2009. A
cross-national study of the association between per capita carbon dioxide emissions and exports to the United States. Social Science Research 38, 1: 239-250.
Stretesky, Paul B. 2009. National case-control study of homicide offending and methamphetamine use. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 24, 6: 911-924.
Stretesky, Paul B. & Mark R. Pogrebin. 2007. Gang related gun violence: Socialization, identity and self. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 36:85-114.
Reprinted in:
- Loseke, D. 2013. Methdological Thinking: Basic Issues in Social Research Design. Sage. Pp. 179-187.
- Pogrebin, M. 2012. About Criminals. Sage. Pp. 129-144.
- Cahill, S.E., & K. Sandstrom. 2010. Readings in Social Psychology and Microsociology. Oxford University Press. Pp. 173-182.
- Cromwell, P. 2009. In Their Own Words: Criminals on Crime. Oxford University Press. Pp. 301-323.
- Hornsby, R. & Hobbs, R. 2008. Gun Crime. Ashgate. Pp. 3-32.
Stretesky, Paul B. 2006. Corporate self-policing and the environment. Criminology, 44:671-708.
Reprinted in:
- White, R. 2009. Environmental Crime. Willan. Pp. 608-630.
Stretesky, Paul B. & Jackie Gabriel. 2005. Self-policing and the environment: Predicting self-disclosure of Clean Air Act Violations under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Audit Policy. Society and Natural Resources, 18: 871-887.
Stretesky, Paul B., Amie M. Schuck & Michael J. Hogan. 2004. Space matters: An analysis of poverty, poverty clustering, and violent crime. Justice
Quarterly, 21:817-841.
Stretesky, Paul B., & Michael J. Lynch. 2004. The relationship between lead and crime. Journal of Health and Social Behavior,
45:214-229.
Lynch, Michael J., & Paul B. Stretesky. 2003. The meaning of
green: Towards a clarification of the term green and its meaning for the
development of a green criminology. Theoretical Criminology, 7:217-238.
Reprinted in:
- White, R. 2009. Environmental Crime. Willan. Pp. 84-103.
- South, N., & P. Beirne. 2006. Green Criminology. Ashgate. Pp. 507-528.
Stretesky, Paul B., 2003. Environmental inequity and the distribution of air lead levels across U.S. counties: Implications for the production of racial inequality. Sociological Spectrum, 23:91-118.
Stretesky, Paul B., & Michael J. Lynch. 2002. Environmental
hazards and school segregation in Hillsborough County Florida, 1987-1999. Sociological
Quarterly, 43:553-573.
Stretesky, Paul B., & Michael Lynch. 2001. The relationship between lead exposure and homicide. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent
Medicine, 155:579-582
Lynch, Michael J., Paul B. Stretesky & Paul Hammond. 2000. Media coverage of chemical crimes, Hillsborough County, Florida, 1987-1997. British
Journal of Criminology, 40:111-125.
Stretesky, Paul B., & Michael J. Hogan. 1998. Environmental justice: an analysis of superfund sites in Florida. Social Problems, 45:268-287.