Weis, Joseph G.

Joseph G. Weis is Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington. He served for a number of years as the Director of the National Center for the Assessment of Delinquent Behavior and Its Prevention, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, as well as a member of the Washington State Governor s Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee. He is a past editor of the journal "Criminology" and a co-author, with Michael J. Hindelang and Travis Hirschi, of "Measuring Delinquency".