Robert Crutchfield

Robert Crutchfield is an American sociologist and professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Washington, known for his 2014 book Get A Job: Labor Markets, Economic Opportunity, and Crime. He received his B.A. from Thiel College and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. He has served as vice president of the American Society of Criminology, as chair of the American Sociological Association's Crime, Law, and Deviance Section, and as a member of that association's committee, and he sat on the National Research Council's Committee on Law and Justice from 2005 to 2011. He is a fellow of the American Society of Criminology and has received the University of Washington's Distinguished Teaching Award.