Marcus Felson is the originator of the routine activity approach and of Crime and Everyday Life. He has also authored Crime and Nature, and serves as Professor at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. nbsp; He has a B.A. from University of Chicago, an M.A. and nbsp; Ph.D. from the Univeristy of Michigan, and has received the 2014 Honoris Causa from the Universidad Miguel Hernandez in nbsp; Spain. nbsp; Professor Felson has been given the Ronald Clarke Award by the Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis group, and the Paul Tappan Award of the Western Society of Criminology. He has been a guest lecturer in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, El… Salvador, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Itlay, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, nbsp; Norway, Poland, Scotland, Spain, South Africa, Sweden and Switzerland. He has applied routine activity thinking to many topics, including theft, violence, child molesting, white collar crime, and corruption.
Mary A. Eckert , Marcus Felson's wife andnbsp;life partner, has a M.A. and Ph.D. from New York University. Hernbsp;B.A. is from the College of New Rochelle. Dr. Eckert has devoted an active career to applied research in criminal justice andnbsp;program evaluation.nbsp; She served as Research Director of the New York City Criminal Justice Agency, Inc., where she authored many research reports and guided that agency'snbsp;diverse research agenda, including work on pretrial risk assessment, court-case processing, and evaluating alternative-to-incarceration programs. She then served in the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, with a special focus on statistical evaluation of vehicle stops… to assist the New Jersey State Police in reducing the potential for racial profiling. Her work has been recognized by the New York Association of Pretrial Service Agencies and the State of New Jersey.nbsp; She has also served as an adjunct professor at New York University, Montclair State University, and Texas State University.