Aki Roberts

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Office:  Northwest Quadrant–Building B, Room 7515
Phone: 414/229-6943
E-mail:  aki@uwm.edu

Summer Office Hours (May 19–Sept. 2, 2013):  By appointment

Degree:

Ph.D., Sociology, University of New Mexico

Areas of Specialization:

Criminology, Crime Justice Outcome, Motor Vehicle Theft, Japanese Crime, National Incident Based Reporting Systems (NIBRS)

Teaching Schedule

Spring 2014
Sociol 261-402:  Introduction to Statistical Thinking in Sociology
Fall 2013
Sociol 261-402:  Introduction to Statistical Thinking in Sociology
Spring 2013
Sociol 261-401: Introduction to Statistical Thinking in Sociology (pdf)

Selected Publications:

Roberts, A. In press. Motor vehicle recovery: A multi-level event history analysis of NIBRS data. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency (has already appeared in “online first”).

Roberts, A & Lyons, C. (2011). Hispanic victims and homicide clearance by arrest.  Homicide Studies 15: 48-73.

Roberts, A. & Lyons, C. (2009). Victim-offender racial dyads and clearance of lethal and non-lethal assault. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 46: 301-326.

Roberts, A. (2009). Contributions of the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) to substantive knowledge in criminology: A review of research. Sociology Compass 3: 433-458. 

Roberts, A. & Roberts, J. M., Jr. (2009). Impact of network ties on change in police agency practices. Policing 32: 38-55.