Paul F Cromwell

Paul F. Cromwell is professor of criminal justice and director of the School of Community Affairs at Wichita State University. He received his Ph.D. in criminology from Florida State University in 1986. He holds a B.S. and an M.A. in Sociology from Sam Houston State University in Texas, as well as a Master of public administration from Texas Christian University. He has previously taught at the University of Texas-Permian Basin and the University of Miami. Dr. Cromwell has extensive experience...See more

Paul F. Cromwell is professor of criminal justice and director of the School of Community Affairs at Wichita State University. He received his Ph.D. in criminology from Florida State University in 1986. He holds a B.S. and an M.A. in Sociology from Sam Houston State University in Texas, as well as a Master of public administration from Texas Christian University. He has previously taught at the University of Texas-Permian Basin and the University of Miami. Dr. Cromwell has extensive experience in the criminal justice system, including service as a U.S. probation and parole officer, chief juvenile probation officer, and commissioner and chairman of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. Dr. Cromwell is author and editor of 16 books and numerous articles and book chapters in the academic literature in the field of criminal justice and criminology, including BREAKING AND ENTERING: BURGLARS ON BURGLARY (Wadsworth, 2003), IN THEIR OWN WORDS: CRIMINALS ON CRIME Roxbury, 2006), and CRIME AND JUSTICE IN AMERICA (Prentice-Hall, 2000). In 2000 he received the University's Academy for Effective Teaching Award. See less