Jeffery Patterson
Jeffery Patterson
Associate Director
Texas Tech University, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Social Work
Email: jefpatte@ttu.edu
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Bio: Dr. Patterson earned his PhD in Sociology at the University of Georgia, Athens. He is the Secretary-Treasurer of the Peace, War, and Social Conflict section of the American Sociological Association.
Specialization: Social control, organizations, & knowledge/beliefs
Research Interests: Systems, Organizational Sociology, and Sociology of Knowledge.
Selected Publications
Patterson, Jeffery. 2025. Homicide in Global and Historical Perspective. Cognella Academic Publishing.
Cooney, Mark and Jeffery Patterson. 2023. “Individualization and the Decline of Homicide: England 1250-1750”. Journal of Criminal Justice
Patterson, Jeffery. 2020. “Structures of Stability: An Application of Blackian Theory to Studying the Longevity of a Wiccan Coven”. The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies 22(1).