Robert S. Agnew Emory University, USA

Robert Agnew is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Emory University.  His research focuses on the causes of crime and delinquency, particularly his general strain theory of delinquency.  His has published over 150 articles/chapters and seven books, including Juvenile Delinquency: Causes and Control (Oxford, 2018); Criminological Theory: Past to Present (Oxford, 2018); Toward A Unified Criminology: Integrating Assumptions about Crime, People, and Society (NYU Press, 2011); Pressured into Crime: An Overview of General Strain Theory (Oxford, 2006); and Why Do Criminals Offend: A General Theory of Crime and Delinquency (Oxford, 2005).  He served as President of the American Society of Criminology (ASC) and is a Fellow of that organization.  He received the ASC’s Edwin H. Sutherland Award, generally considered the highest honor in criminology, and was elected to the Southern Sociological Society Roll of Honor.