Jo Dixon

Assoc Professor Of Sociology

Education

Ph.D. 1989 (Sociology), Indiana University;

M.A. 1981 (Sociology), Emory University;

B.A. 1972 (Sociology), University of North Carolina.

Areas of Research/Interest

Law and society; human rights; gender and law; legal profession; criminology; criminal courts; violence; Central Europe.

Articles:

  • "The Organizational Context of Criminal Sentencing" American Journal of
      Sociology     Vol. 100 (Number 5): 1157-1198
  • "The Nexus of Sex, Spousal Violence and the State" Law and Society Review
      Vol. 29 (Number 2): 359-376
  • "Stratification in the Legal Profession: Sex, Sector and Salary" (with Carroll
      Seron) Law and Society Review Vol. 29 (Number 3): 381-412
  • "Sex Symmetry in Psychiatric Diagnosis" (with Cynthia Gordon and Tasnim Khomusi)  Social Problems Vol.42 (Number 3): 429-448