He is Professor of Criminology, Law and Society and Dean of the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine. He previously taught at Ohio State University, Purdue University, and UC Irvine and served as a visiting professor at the University of Hawaii. He is currently president (2000-2001) of the American Society of Criminology. His other honors include the Donald Cressey Award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency (1992), the Paul Tappan Award from the western Society of Criminology (1993), and the Herbert Bloch Award from the American Society of Criminology (1994).