DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND SOCIOLOGY

Sociology Program

Malcolm Holmes

Professor Emeritus

mholmes@uwyo.edu

Academic Credits

Academic Positions

University of Wyoming, Professor of Sociology

Classes Taught

• Deviant Behavior
• Self and Society
• Sociological Principles
• Sociology of Law
• Sociological Theory

Research Interests

• Race, Crime, and Criminal Justice
• Police Violence
• Deviance and Social Control
• Race and Ethnicity
• Racial Threat Theory
• Social Psychology

Research Experience

Over the course of his career, Dr. Holmes has engaged in several large research projects concerning racial and ethnic inequalities in the administration of justice. His recent research focuses primarily on police violence in minority communities, which involves both empirical and theoretical analyses of the problem. His publications include a book on Race and Police Brutality, numerous articles in journals such as Criminology, Crime & Delinquency, Justice Quarterly, Social Forces, Social Problems and The Sociological Quarterly, as well as several book chapters. Currently, he is conducting a study of police-citizen relations in the U.S.-Mexico border region.