267 DeVos                                     Phone:     (616) 331-7145
School of Criminal Justice                Fax:         (616) 331-7155
Grand Valley State University          Email:   hewittj@gvsu.edu
401 W. Fulton
Grand Rapids, MI 49504

Dr. Hewitt was born in Carmel, California, grew up in Muncie, Indiana, and did his undergraduate work at Western Washington State College in Bellingham, Washington. He received his B.A. degree in History with a concentration in Chinese history and a minor in Sociology. His Ph.D. in Sociology was completed at Washington State University. His teaching spans 40 years at small and large state colleges and universities as well as in small liberal arts colleges in Arizona, Washington, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and West Virginia.

Professor Hewitt’s research and writing over the decades have focused on disparities in judicial sentencing, the effects of sentencing reform efforts, historical patterns in crime, and how adult oppression of children contributes to delinquency. Most recently, he has been exploring the role of race in the valuing of baseball and football cards and the criminological insights found in the lyrics of songs by Johnny Cash. Dr. Hewitt’s teaching at GVSU typically includes courses on juvenile justice, youth crime, the senior Capstone, and introduction to criminal justice.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

Delinquency in Society: The Essentials, co-authored with Robert Regoli and Matt DeLisi. Boston: Jones and Bartlett (forthcoming 2010).

Delinquency in Society, 8th ed., co-authored with Robert Regoli and Matt DeLisi. Boston: Jones and Bartlett (2010).

“Negotiating Roles and Relationships: Stepping Through the Minefield of Co-authors and Textbook Publishers,”co-authored with Robert Regoli. Journal of Scholarly Publishing (forthcoming, July, 2010).

"The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same: Race on the Cover of Sports Illustrated," co-authored with Eric Prim, Robert Preuhs, and Robert Regoli. National Social Science Journal (forthcoming, 2010).

"Valuing Textbook Writing in Academic Personnel Reviews," co-authored with Robert Regoli. Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology (forthcoming, 2009).

"The Contextual Nature of the Family Structure/Delinquency Relationship,"
co-authored with Christopher Kierkus. Journal of Criminal Justice 37:123-132 (2009).

Exploring Criminal Justice: The Essentials, co-authored with Robert Regoli.
Boston: Jones and Bartlett (2009).

"Race, Fear, and Firearms: The Roles of Demographics and Guilt Assuagement
in the Creation of a Political Partition," co-authored with Eric Primm and Robert Regoli. Journal of African American Studies 13: 63-73 (2009).