Faculty Bio

Eric S. Ling, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Criminal Justice

Education

• B.Soc.Sc. (Jt. Hons) University of Birmingham, England
• Cert. Ed. (Further and Higher Education) University of Wolverhampton, England
• M.A., Ph.D. The Ohio State University

Courses

• Introduction to Criminal Justice
• Punishment and Corrections
• Comparative Criminal Justice
• Criminology
• Senior Seminar

Research Interests

• Sentencing
• Structural inequality and justice
• Restorative Justice

Honors

• York City Community Service Award, 2010

Recent Publications

• Ling, E.S. & Whiteley, K. (in press). Restorative justice 101. In J. Charlton, P.J. Verrecchia, & S. Pavelka, International perspectives on restorative justice and education. Richmond, ON Canada: Centre for the Study of Crime, Restorative Justice and Community Safety.
• Ling, E.S. & Verrecchia, P.J. (submitted for publication). An assessment of community attitudes toward the police.

Recent Presentations

• Ling, E.S. & Hanbury, B. (2009). Jail suicides in Pennsylvania: A demographic profile. Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences national conference.