David W.M. Sorensen

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Senior Researcher L.I. Brandes Allé 13 st.tv.
Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen 1956 Frederiksberg C
Øster Farimagsgade 5, Bld. 16 Denmark
1016 Copenhagen K (+45) 3537-2903
[email protected]

Personal

• Born May 29, 1964, in New York, NY.

• US citizen residing in Denmark since September 1997.

• Married, one son.

Education
• Ph.D., Summa cum laude, Criminal Justice. School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University,
Newark, NJ, January 2003.
• M.A., Summa cum laude, Criminal Justice. School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University,
Newark, NJ, 1994.
• B.A., Magna cum laude, Sociology. Split minor in Psychology and Public Policy. University
of Arizona, Tucson, AZ., 1989.
Ph.D. Thesis: "The Effects of Intimate Partnering and Marital Failure on Criminal Behavior: Social
Causation or Self-Selection?" Committee: Drs. Jeffrey Fagan, Mercer L. Sullivan, Ronald V. Clarke,
and Elin J. Waring.
Relevant Work Experience
2010 Senior Researcher (seniorforsker), Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen.
Since October 25, 2010.
2008-2010 Research Analyst (fuldmægtig), Research Division, Ministry of Justice, Copenhagen,
Denmark. June 1, 2008-May 31, 2010.
Since 2005 External Lecturer (kursuslektor): “Crime and Justice in Scandinavia.” Masters of Law
Program, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen. September 1, 2005-December
31, 2007 (as sole lecturer), and then again since August 25, 2009, as head of a lecture
team).
2005-2007 Associate Research Professor (forskningslektor), Faculty of Law, University of
Copenhagen August 25, 2005-November 30, 2007.
2003-2005 Assistant Research Professor/Post-doc (forskningsadjunct/post-doc forsker), Research
Department III, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen. January 2003-August
2005.
Since 1998 English Abstracts Editor, Scandinavian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Law
(Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab) published by the Scandinavian Research
Council for Criminology. Since December 1998.
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1997-2002 Guest Researcher, Institute on Legal Science D (Det Retsvidenskabelige Institut D),
Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, October 1997 to December 2002.
1997-1999 Consultant, The MacArthur Research Program on Adolescent Development and
Juvenile Justice, Dr. Laurence Steinberg, P.I., April 1997 to January 1999. Compiled
detailed overviews of existing panel data relevant to juvenile risk assessment and
amenability to treatment.
1997 Research Associate, Risk Assessment Study for New Jersey's Juvenile Justice
Commission, Dr. James O. Finckenauer, P.I., School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers
University, December 1996 to September 1997. Constructed and validated
instruments predictive/indicative of juvenile recidivism and placement needs. Trained
research assistants to gather and code data. Provided written and oral reports to the
sponsor. This $43,000 grant was sponsored by the New Jersey Juvenile Justice
Commission, State of New Jersey.
1996-1997 Research Assistant, Soviet-Émigré Organized Crime Project, Drs. James Finckenauer
and Elin Waring, P.I.s, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University, September 1996
to September 1997. Performed Network and Cluster Analysis in a UNIX-based, SAS
environment on this $222,000 NIJ grant.
1994-1996 Network/Systems Manager, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University, August
1994 to September 1996. Maintained 56 networked PC's/Macs. Activities included
networking new machines, troubleshooting non-functional machines, installing and
upgrading software, purchasing, consulting, and serving on campus and university
computing committees. Supervisor: Dean Allan Futernick.
1991-1992 Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Co.,
August 1991 to June 1992. "Deviance in US Society." Designed and taught course
material for presentation to 100 students one day per week for two semesters. Served
as supplemental essay exam and paper-grader for 400-student lecture course.
Supervisor: Dr. Patricia Adler.
1991-1992 Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Co.,
January 1992 to June 1992. Collected and abstracted research material for Regoli and
Hewitt’s Delinquency in Society, 2nd Ed. 1994. Supervisor: Dr. Robert Regoli.
1990-1991 Research Assistant, The New York City Criminal Justice Agency, New York, NY, July
1990 to August 1991. Designed statistical tables and assisted in the preparation of
research reports. Supervisor: Dr. Mary Eckert.
Consulting
European Commission’s Expert Group on the Need for Data on Crime and Criminal Justice,
Brussels, Belgium, February 5-6, 2009 and January 12-13, 2010.
Peer Review Service
Crime, Law and Social Change
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention
Grants and Fellowships
2010-11 The Rise in Residential Burglary. DKK. 385,585 (US$ 69,009 based on DKr 5.6=US$1,
December 16, 2010) from the Danish Crime Prevention Council (DKK 200,000) and
the Ministry of Justice (DKK 185,585). October 1, 2010-July 1, 2010.
2005-7 Violence against public servants. With sociologist Peter Kruize and economist David
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Dreyer Lassen, both of Copenhagen University. DKK. 2.740.000 (US$ 472,760 based
on DKr 5.8=US$1, April 15, 2005) from the Rockwool Foundation’s Research Unit,
Copenhagen, Denmark. August 1, 2005 - November 30, 2007.
2004 Travel patterns of Danish burglars. DKK 198.112 (US$ 32,439 based on DKr 6.1=US$1)
from the Danish Ministry of Justice. July 1, 2004 - November 1, 2004.
2004 Temporal patterns of domestic burglaries in Denmark. DKK 48.094 (US$ 7,399 based on DKr
6.5=US$1) from the Danish Ministry of Justice. February 1, 2004 - March 1, 2004.
2003 Temporal and repeat victimization patterns of domestic burglaries in Denmark. DKK 144.078
(US$ 22,166 based on DKr 6.5=US$1) from the Danish Ministry of Justice. August
20, 2003 - November 20, 2003.
2003 Review of burglary prevention experiments. DKK 142.101 (US$ 20,300 based on
DKr7=US$1) from the Danish Ministry of Justice. January 1, 2003 - April 1, 2003.
1998 $10,000 Dissertation Grant Award from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.
1998 $13,000 Pre-Doctoral National Research Service Award from NIMH, National
Institutes of Health, 1998 - 1999.
1997 $10,000 Pre-Doctoral Research Training Award and Fellowship from the National
Consortium on Violence Research (NCOVR), August 1997 - May 1998.
1992-6 Excellence Fellowship. Circa $100,000 four-year merit scholarship, School of Criminal
Justice, Rutgers University, August 1992 - July 1996.
Publications
2010 Treatment versus proportionality: Indeterminate versus determinate sentences to treatment
and the risk of recidivism among mentally ill offenders. Globalisering i Kriminologien
(Globalisation in Criminology). Rekjavik, Iceland: Scandinavian Research Council for
Criminology.
2010 Evaluering af Tidsbegrænsning af Foranstaltninger, with Britta Kyvsgaard and Anne-Julie Boesen
Pedersen (An Evaluation of Determinate Sentencing for Mentally Ill Offenders).
Copenhagen: Ministry of Justice, 59 pages.
2010 Denmark, with Nanna Gabrielsen. In Junger-Tas et al. Juvenile Delinquency in Europe and
Beyond: An International Perspective on Key Issues and Causes. New York: Springer, 191-202.
2009 Trends in juvenile co-offending: Denmark 1981-2005. Proceedings of NSfK’s 51st Research
Seminar, Gilleleje, Denmark: Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology: 118-128.
2009 Afsoning I hjemmet - En forløbsanalyse vedrørende fodlænkeordningen vedrørende fodlænkeordningen, with
Britta Kyvsgaard. (Serving Time at Home: A Process Evaluation of the Electronic
Monitoring Program). Copenhagen: Ministry of Justice, 18 pages..
2008 Police versus survey-based trends in assault from four Scandinavian countries, 1980-2005.
Disorder in urban public space: Resistance or crime? Stockholm: Scandinavian Research Council for
Criminology: 76-84.
2008 Vold mod Offentligt Ansatte (Violence against Public Employees). With Peter Kruize og David
Dreyer Lassen. Odense: Syddansk Universitets Forlag (published by the University of
Southern Denmark), 168 pages.
2007 Trends in Danish Violence and Workplace Violence. Proceedings of NSfK:s 49th Research
Seminar, Djurö, Sweden. Stockholm: Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology. 246-256.
2007 Kriminalitetsrejsen - Om indbrudstyves mobilitet (The Journey to Crime: On the Mobility of
Residential Burglars). Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab (Scandinavian Journal of
Criminal Law and Criminology) 94(2): 143-159.
2007 Scandinavian Prospects for a Place-Based Randomized Experiment on Burglary Reduction.
Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention 8(1): 97–112.
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2006 Examining the Rise in Registered Violence against Danish Public Servants: A Project in
Progress. In Våld - Med eller Utan Mening (Violence – With or Without Meaning)
NSfK:s 48th Research Seminar, Reykholt, Iceland. Stockholm: Scandinavian Research Council for
Criminology, 462-466.
2005 The (Absence of) Evidence Concerning the Effects of Situational Crime Prevention on
Burglary – and Scandinavian Prospects for Improvement. Kriminalitetsforebygging – Muligheter
og Begrensninge (Crime Prevention: Possibilities and Limitations). Stockholm: Scandinavian
Research Council for Criminology. 181-194.
2005 The Journey to Danish Residential Burglary. Copenhagen: Ministry of Justice, 42 pages.
2004 Repeat Burglary in the Private Danish Home: Extent, Time Course, and Implications for Prevention.
Copenhagen: Ministry of Justice, 65 pages.
2004 Temporal Patterns in Danish Residential Burglary. Copenhagen: Ministry of Justice, 36 pages.
2004 Repeat Burglary in the Private Danish Home (summary of research). Fängselseforskning
(Prison Research). Helsinki: Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology, 247-259.
2003 Do Anti-Revictimization Programs Generalize Across Borders? Prospects for a Danish
Experiment in Burglary Reduction. Crime and Crime Control in an Integrating Europe. Helsinki,
Finland: Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology, 275-283.
2003 The Nature and Prevention of Residential Burglary: A Review of the Literature with An Eye Toward
Prevention in Denmark. Copenhagen: Ministry of Justice, 86 pages.
2003 The Effects of Intimate Partnering and Marital Failure on Criminal Behavior: Social Causation or Self-
Selection. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Publishing, 373 pages.
2001 Causal Perspectives on Desistance from Offending: Does Anybody Really Change? Social
Change and Crime in Scandinavia and the Baltic Region. Helsinki, Finland: Scandinavian Research
Council for Criminology, 167-175.
2001 “Turning Points” or Selection Effects? Examining Marriage and Desistance within a
Longitudinal, Fixed Effects Framework. In The Criminological Yearbook 2000, edited by
Annika Snare. Det Retsvidenskabelige Institut D, University of Copenhagen Press, 143-163.
2000 Behavioral Stability and its Recent Investigation in Theoretical Criminology. In The
Criminological Yearbook 1999, edited by Lene Ravn and Peter Kruize. Det Retsvidenskabelige
Institut D, University of Copenhagen Press, 189-202.
1995 A Multivariate Analysis of Individual, Situational, and Environmental Factors Associated
with Police Assault Injuries, with Robert J. Kaminski. The American Journal of Police 14(3):
3-48.
1994 Motor Vehicle Accidents. In The Generality of Deviance, edited by Travis Hirschi and Michael
R. Gottfredson. New Brunswick: Transaction, 113-130.
Book Reviews
2009 In Danish. Robert I. Mawby (2007) “Burglary.” Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab
(Scandinavian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Law) 96(2): 216-218.
1998 In Danish. Franklin Zimring and Gordon Hawkin’s (1997) “Crime is Not the Problem:
Lethal Violence in America.” Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab (Scandinavian Journal of
Criminal Law and Criminology). 85(5): 405-409.
Invited Speaking Engagements
2010 “Repeat Victimization and the National Burglary Prevention Strategy.” Presentation to
district police chiefs at the quarterly meeting of the National Burglary Prevention Unit of the
Danish National Police (Rigspolitiets Nationale Indbrudsstab) on invitation of Chief
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Inspector Ove Bundgaard Larsen, National Investigation Center (NEC), Copenhagen, May
4, 2010.
2008 “Statistics on Crime and Justice”. Asked by the Office of the Director of Public
Prosecutions (Rigsadvokaten) to explain the use of criminal statistics for policymaking in
Denmark to 15 visiting senior prosecutors from Vietnam, Rigsadvokaten, Copenhagen,
October 21, 2008.
2007 “Trends in Violence.” Educational forum for high school students titled “Violence in the
public space” (translated from Danish). Rødovre High School, Rødovre, Denmark, April 17,
2007.
2006 “What Advice Can We Give People about Burglary Prevention, and How Do We Know if it
Works?” Main speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Danish Crime Prevention Council (Det
Kriminalpræventive Råd), Copenhagen, Denmark, March 22, 2006.
2005 “Repeat Victimization and its Implications for Burglary Prevention.” For The Association of
Younger Criminologists (Foreningen af Yngre Kriminologer/FYK). Copenhagen, September 28,
2005.
2003 “Desistance from Offending: Social Causation or Self-Selection?” For The Association of
Younger Criminologists (Foreningen af Yngre Kriminologer/FYK). Copenhagen, September 17,
2003.
Conference Presentations
2010 “Treatment versus Proportionality: Indeterminate versus Determinate Sentences to
Treatment and the Risk of Recidivism among Mentally Ill Offenders.” Scandinavian
Research Council for Criminology, Klækken, Norway, May 11, 2010.
2010 “Criminal Recidivism among the Mentally Ill: A Tale of Five Registries”. Seminar on
Scandinavian Register-based Research on Crime and Punishment. Statistics Norway, Oslo,
February 1, 2010.
2009 “Comparing police-reported and victim survey-based trends in assault in four Nordic
countries, 1980-2006.” American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA, USA, November
2009.
2009 “The Decline of Juvenile Co-offending in Denmark, 1981-2005.” Stockholm Criminology
Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, June 23, 2009 (panel chair).
2009 “Danish Patterns in Juvenile Co-offending, 1981-2005.” Scandinavian Research Council for
Criminology, Gilleleje, Denmark, May 14-16, 2009.
2008 “Scandinavian Trends in Assault, 1980-2005: A Tale of Two Measures.” Stockholm
Criminology Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2008.
2008 “Police versus Survey-based Trends in Assault from Four Nordic Countries, 1980-2005”
Nordisk Samarbejdsråd for Kriminologi’s (NSfK’s) 50. Forskningsseminarium. Forsaa,
Finland, 6. maj 2008.
2007 “Trends in Danish Workplace Violence: A Review of National Longitudinal Data”.
Stockholm Criminology Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, June 4, 2007.
2007 “Trends in Danish Violence and Workplace Violence.” 49th Research Seminar of the
Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology Djurö, Sweden, June 2, 2007.
2006 “The Rise in Registered Violence against Danish Public Servants: Increased Violence or
Increased Reporting? Stockholm Criminology Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, June 15,
2006.
2006 “Violence Against Public Servants in Denmark.” 48th Research Seminar of the Scandinavian
Research Council for Criminology. Reykholt, Island, May 5, 2006.
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2005 "Buffer Zones and Long Hauls: Danish Journeys to Residential Burglary by Type of
Property" American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada, November 17, 2005.
2005 “The (Absence of) Evidence Concerning the Effects of Situational Crime Prevention on
Burglary.” 47th Research Seminar of the Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology.
Klækken, Norway, May 20, 2005.
2004 “Is Repeat Victimization a Global Phenomenon?” American Society of Criminology,
Nashville, Tennessee, November 19, 2004.
2004 “The Extent and Time Course of Repeat Burglary in Denmark: Global Similarities and Local
Differences.” European Society of Criminology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 27,
2004.
2004 “The Frequency and Time Course of Repeat Burglary in Denmark.” 46th Research Seminar
of the Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology. Rørvig, Denmark, April 23, 2004.
2003 “Do Anti-Revictimization Programs Generalize Across Borders? Prospects for a Danish
Experiment in Burglary Reduction.” European Society of Criminology, Helsinki, Finland,
August 28, 2003.
2001 “Causal Perspectives on Desistance from Offending: Does Anybody Really Change?” 43rd
Research Seminar of the Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology. Jurmala, Latvia,
May 30, 2001.
2000 “Turning Points or Selection Artifacts?: Examining Stability and Change within a Fixed
Effects Framework.” American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA, November 20,
2000.
1998 “Existing Panel Data on Juvenile Violence: Exploring Risk Assessment and Amenability to
Treatment.” American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC, November 1998.
1998 “An American in Denmark: Portrait of a ‘Nation not Obsessed with Crime.’” American
Society of Criminology, Washington, DC, November 1998.
1996 “Problems and Prospects of Existing Panel Studies: Breaking New Ground with Old Data.”
American Society of Criminology, Chicago, IL, November 19, 1996.
1994 “A Multivariate Analysis of Individual, Situational, and Environmental Factors Associated
with Police Assault Injuries,” with Robert J. Kaminski. American Society of Criminology,
Miami, FL, November 11, 1994.
1990 “Motor Vehicle Accidents and Self Control.” American Society of Criminology, Baltimore,
MD, November 8, 1990.
Brown Bag Speaking Engagements
2010 “Mini-course in Regression Analysis.” Ministry of Justice, Copenhagen, May 21, 2010.
2001 “Social Causation, Self-Selection, and Desistance from Offending.” Institute on Legal
Science D, University of Copenhagen, April 3, 2001.
1997 “Intimate Partnerships, Procreation, and Desistance from Offending.” Institute on Legal
Science, University of Copenhagen, November 1997.
1990 “Physical Sanctions and Impulsivity: Implications of A General Theory of Crime.” The
New York City Criminal Justice Agency, December 1990.
Guest Teaching at the University of Copenhagen
2006 "The Use of Randomized Experiments in Crime Prevention Research”. Guest lecturer in
Balvig, Holmberg and Snare’s “Diploma Education in Criminology,” University of
Copenhagen, November 25, 2006.
2005 "Danish Crime and Victimization in an International Perspective.” Guest lecturer in Ulla
Bondeson’s course, “Crime and Justice.” University of Copenhagen, February 8, 2005.
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2001-6 "Ethical Issues in the US Criminal Justice System.” Guest lecturer in Ulla Bondeson’s
courses, “Law and Morality,” “Ethics in the Criminal Justice System,” and “Scandinavian
Criminal Policy.” University of Copenhagen: November 2001; October 7, 2003; October 8,
2004; February 9, 2006.
2001-5 "Issues in American Criminal Justice.” Guest lecturer in Ulla Bondeson’s courses, “Crime
and Justice” and “Scandinavian Criminal Policy.” University of Copenhagen: March 22,
2001; March 19, 2002; March 18, 2003; February 22, 2005.
1997 “US Drug Policy.” Guest lecturer in Annika Snare’s course, “Criminology.” University of
Copenhagen, November 1997.
Honors and Awards
1997 National Institute of Justice Invitee, Criminal Justice Longitudinal Data Analysis Program,
ICPSR, University of Michigan, June 1997.
1995 Recipient, with Robert Kaminski, of MCB Publishing's "Literati Club Award for Excellence"
for "the most outstanding paper published in the 1995 volume of the American Journal of
Police."
1995 Core Qualifying Examination: Pass with Distinction, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers
University, October 1995.
1993 Richard Hughes Award: Highest Class Standing (4.0) in M.A. Program, School of Criminal
Justice, Rutgers University, 1993.
1992 Excellence Fellowship: Four year merit scholarship, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers
University. August 1992 to July 1996.
1990 Cited in the acknowledgments of A General Theory of Crime (Hirschi and Gottfredson, 1990)
1988 Maynard Erickson Undergraduate Sociology Award for Outstanding Student of the Year.
University of Arizona, 1988.
1988 University of Arizona Honors Society.
Chronological List of Professors with Whom I Have Had the Honor of Doing Graduate
Level Coursework
• Travis Hirschi, Michael Gottfredson (University of Arizona)
• Delbert Elliott, Kirk Williams (University of Colorado)
• Andrew von Hirsch, Jeffrey Fagan, Gerhard Mueller, David Weisburd, Ron Clarke, James
Finckenauer, Don Gottfredson, Todd Clear, Elin Waring, Bill Spellman (Rutgers University)