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Mark Fleisher has been appointed the first Dr. Semi J. and Ruth
W. Begun Chair and Director of the Begun Center on Violencee Prevention,
Research and Education at CWRU's Mandel School of Applied Social
Sciences.
"We are extremely pleased to have someone of Mark's stature in
the field of violence research and prevention to direct the Begun
Center and hold the Begun chair," said Grover C. Gilmore, Mandel
School dean. "Under his leadership, and in partnership with local
and national leaders in the study of violence prevention, we are
committed to making the Begun Center the leader in research and
education on violence prevention."
Fleisher had been a professor of criminal justice sciences at
Illinois State University since 1999. He joined the Illinois State
faculty in 1993 as an associate professor. Prior to that he had
been an associate professor of anthropology at Washington State
University. From 1977-78 he was an assistant professor of anthropology
at Columbia University. He recently completed a major field research
project on women and gangs funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention in the U.S. Department of Justice.
In addition to his academic experience, Fleisher has held positions
in several correctional facilities. From 1992-93 he was a correctional
programs specialist in the North Central Regional office of the
Federal Bureau of Prisons. Earlier he had been a special assistant
to the regional directors in the Western and North Central regional
offices.
Fleisher is the author of four books dealing with the impacts
of crime and violence, including Beggars and Thieves and
Dead End Kids, which Choice magazine named, respectively,
as its 1995 and 1999 Outstanding Academic Book. He also has authored
or edited numerous professional journal articles and book chapters.
Fleisher holds a bachelor's degree from Harpur College, State
University of New York at Binghamton, and a doctorate in anthropology
from Washington State. He is a member of the American Society
of Criminology and the International Sunbelt Social Network Association.
The Begun Center was founded with a gift from Dr. Semi J. and
Ruth W. Begun, scientists who emigrated to the United States from
Germany in the early 1930s. Its goals are to form interdisciplinary
academic partnerships to research and analyze the causes and effects
of violent behavior, create a system for identifying populations
at risk for violent behavior, creating networks among parents,
educators and community groups to intervene in the cycle of violence
and build on existing interventions and curricula that address
social problems associated with youth violence.
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