Jonathan Roger Sorensen (born October 10, 1965) is an American sociologist, criminologist, and professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the
East Carolina University College of Human Ecology. He is known for his research on
capital punishment in the United States
In the United States, capital punishment (also known as the death penalty) is a legal penalty in 27 states (of which two, Oregon and Wyoming, do not currently have any inmates sentenced to death), throughout the country at the federal leve ...
and how it can be influenced by extralegal factors such as victim race.
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1965 births
Living people
East Carolina University faculty
Sam Houston State University alumni
Prairie View A&M University people
American criminologists