Ralph Taylor, Ph.D.
Criminial Justice
509 Gladfelter Hall
(215) 204-7169

Doctoral Dissertation:
"Perception of Density: An Individual Differences Approach" 1977.

Education:
Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, 1977. Social Psychology.
M.A. Johns Hopkins University, 1975. Social Psychology.
B.A. Dartmouth College, 1972. (Cum Laude; Distinction in Major) Psychology.

Selected Publications:
Breaking Away from Broken Windows: Baltimore Neighbrohoods and the Nationwide Fight Against Crime, Grime, Fear and Decline. Boulder, Westview Press, 2000.

Human Territorial Functioning: An Empirical Evolutionary Perspective on Individual and Small Group Territorial Cognitions, Behaviors, and Consequences. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988.

(with Mason, R.) Responses to Prison for Environmental Criminals: Impacts of Incident, Perpetrator and Respondent Characteristics. Environment and Behavior. (in press)

Order and Disorder of Streetblocks and Neighborhoods: Ecology, Microecology and the Systemic Model of Social Organization. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency - 34, 113-155, 1997.

(with Covington, J.) Community Structural Change and Fear of Crime. Social Problems - 40, 374-397. (1993)

Honors:
Outstanding Teacher Award, College of Liberal Arts (April, 2000)