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    Faculty

  • Position:

    • Instructor

  • Concentration:

    • Criminology and Criminal Justice
    • Green Criminology
    • State Crime
    • Police Organizations
    • Organizational Behavior
    • Leadership
    • Qualitative Research Methods
    • Crime, Law, & Deviance

  • Department:

    • Sociology

  • Education:

    • Ph.D. in Sociology
    • M.A. in Criminology
    • B.A. Criminology

Biography

Chris Moloney, PhD, serves as the senior director of Higher Education Consulting at The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB). In that role, he leads the development of external engagement and business development strategies focused on building the capacity of boards, institutions, and leadership teams, manages a national portfolio of higher education clients, and is a key voice and creator of AGB Consulting’s digital initiatives as well as conference presentations. Moloney maintains an active presence in higher education, serving as an instructor for multiple institutions, including Colorado State University, where he earned his PhD in sociology, and the University of Hawaii at Hilo. His research sits at the intersection of organizational transformation, innovative leadership, and technology. His current work focuses on the digital transformation of public safety agencies and the digital literacy skills and capabilities of public safety industry professionals. Moloney served for five years as the manager of the Sociological Quarterly, a peer-reviewed academic journal with 1,200 institutional subscribers, and as the study abroad program director for Norwich University in the Far East. His research and publication background includes developing and implementing quantitative and qualitative studies in partnership with government agencies and NGOs, and publishing articles and books on a variety of topics within the sociological, criminological, and criminal justice fields. Moloney holds a BA from the University of Miami, an MA from the George Washington University. He has co-authored three books and many other publications.

Publications

PUBLICATIONS AND SCHOLARSHIP

BOOKS & TEXTBOOKS

 

(In production) Hass, A.Y., Moloney, C.J. 2022. Profiles in Crime: Typologies of Criminal Behavior. San Diego: Cognella.

(In production) Hass, A.Y., Moloney, C.J., Chambliss, W.J.  2022. Criminology: Connecting Theory, Research and Practice 3rd Ed.  Kendall-Hunt.   

 

Hass, A.Y., Moloney, C.J., Chambliss, W.J.  2016. Criminology: Connecting Theory, Research and Practice 2nd Ed.  London, UK:  Routledge.  

 

Chambliss, W.J.  Moloney, C.J.  2014.  State Crime (4 volumes).  London, UK:  Routledge.

 

JOURNAL ARTICLES

 

 

Moloney, C.J., Unnithan, P., and Zhang, W. 2022. “Assessing Law Enforcement’s Cybercrime Capacity.” The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin (April 7). Available: https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/assessing-law-enforcements-cybercrime-capacity-and-capability-

 

Greenwood, I. Potterf, J. Moloney, C.J., and Unnithan, P. 2022. “Interaction Satisfaction with University Police, Procedural Justice, and Student Perceptions of Safety and Fear on Campus.” International Journal of Police Science and Management 0(0): 1-15.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F14613557221074985

 

Moloney, C.J. Unnithan, P.N. 2019. “Reacting to Invasive Species: The Construction of a Moral Panic over Burmese Pythons.” Sociological Inquiry 89, 3, 351-372. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/soin.12255.

 

Moloney, C.J.  Chambliss, W.J.  2014.  “Slaughtering the Bison, Controlling Native Americans: A State Crime and Green Criminology Synthesis.”  Critical Criminology 22 (3): 319-338.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-013-9220-5.

  1. Reprinted in: Chambliss, W.J. Moloney, C.J. (Eds). State Crime: Critical Concepts in Criminology, 4 Volumes. London, UK: Routledge.   

BOOK and/or ANTHOLOGY CHAPTERS

 

(Under Review) Moloney, C.J., Unnithan, P. 2022. “The Impact of COVID-19 on Cybercrime Units in the United States.” Submitted to: Policing during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Perspective.

Chambliss, W.J., Moloney, C.J. 2019. “Toward a Sociology of Organizational Criminal Conspiracies”, Ch.1, pp.1-27, in Explorations in Critical Criminology in Honor of William J. Chambliss. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004411678_002

Moloney, C.J.  2014. “The Sociology of Human Trafficking.”  In Michael Palmiotto (Ed.) Human Trafficking: A Law Enforcement Approach.  Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. ISBN 9780367669751.

ENCYCLOPEDIA AND HANDBOOK ENTRIES

 

Moloney, C.J.  2013.  Multiple entries totaling 10,000+ words in the Encyclopedia of WhiteCollar and Corporate Crime, 2nd Edition, Lawrence M. Salinger and Geoffrey J. Golson, Eds).  Los Angeles, Sage Publications.

  1. Entries included:
    1. “Calvin Coolidge”
    2. “Charles Keating”
  • “Fake Antiquities Fraud”
  1. “RICO (Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act”
  2. “The Buffalo Creek Disaster”
  3. “The Department of Justice”
  • “The Endangered Species Act”
  • “The Knapp Commission”
  1. “The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969”

Moloney, C.J. 2012.  In The International Green Criminology Working Group online encyclopedia.

  1. Entries included:
  1. “The Buffalo Creek Flood and Disaster.”
  2. “The Endangered Species Act”. “The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.”
  3. “The Santa Barbara Oil Spill.”

 

BOOK REVIEWS

 

Moloney, C.J.  2016.  “The Brooklyn Thrill-Kill Gang and the Great Comic Book Scare of the 1950s,” by Mariah Adin.  Rutgers University: Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books, January.     

 

Moloney, C.J.  2016.  “Pop Culture Panics:  How Moral Crusaders Construct Meanings of Deviance and Delinquency,” by Karen Sternheimer.  Rutgers University: Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books, January.  

 

Moloney, C.J.  2015.  “Environmental Harm: An Eco-justice Perspective”, by Rob White.  Rutgers University: Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books, March.   

Moloney, C.J.  2014.  “Emerging Issues in Green Criminology: Exploring Power, Justice  and Harm”, Edited by Reece Walters, Diane Solomon Westerhuis and Tanya Wyatt.  Rutgers University:  Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books, January.     

 

Moloney, C.J.  2014.  “Becky Pettit’s, ‘Invisible Men: Mass Incarceration and the Myth of Black Progress’.”  The Social Science Journal 51(1): pp.148-149.

POLICY BRIEFS & WHITE PAPERS

 

Moloney, C.J.  2016.  “Overview of Gun-Related Violence and Assorted Issues.”  Prepared for the Matt Dunne campaign for Vermont Governor, 2016.

Moloney, C.J.  2015.  “The Legalization of Recreational Marijuana in Vermont: An Analysis of Current Issues and Policy Options.”  Prepared for the Matt Dunne campaign for Vermont Governor, 2016.

Moloney, C.J.  2015.  “Developing an Opiate Crisis Policy Response in Vermont”.  Prepared for the Matt Dunne campaign for Vermont Governor, 2016.

Moloney, C.J.  2015.  “Data on Opioid Use, Abuse and Dependency in the United States and Vermont.”  Prepared for the Matt Dunne campaign for Vermont Governor, 2016.

 

ADDITIONAL & MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS

Moloney, C.J. 2015.  Poetry published in George Washington University Alumni Magazine.

Fall.

Moloney, C.J.  2013.  “A Visual Green Criminology?  Thoughts on a novel approach to the study of green crimes.”  The Green Criminology Monthly  #13.  September.

Moloney, C.J.  2013.  “On the Parallels between Green and State Crime Studies.”  The Green Criminology Monthly #7, March.

PUBLICATIONS AND SCHOLARSHIP

 

BOOKS & TEXTBOOKS

 

(In production) Hass, A.Y., Moloney, C.J. 2022. Profiles in Crime: Typologies of Criminal Behavior. San Diego: Cognella.

(In production) Hass, A.Y., Moloney, C.J., Chambliss, W.J.  2022. Criminology: Connecting Theory, Research and Practice 3rd Ed.  Kendall-Hunt.   

 

Hass, A.Y., Moloney, C.J., Chambliss, W.J.  2016. Criminology: Connecting Theory, Research and Practice 2nd Ed.  London, UK:  Routledge.  

 

Chambliss, W.J.  Moloney, C.J.  2014.  State Crime (4 volumes).  London, UK:  Routledge.

 

JOURNAL ARTICLES

 

 

Moloney, C.J., Unnithan, P., and Zhang, W. 2022. “Assessing Law Enforcement’s Cybercrime Capacity.” The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin (April 7). Available: https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/assessing-law-enforcements-cybercrime-capacity-and-capability-

 

Greenwood, I. Potterf, J. Moloney, C.J., and Unnithan, P. 2022. “Interaction Satisfaction with University Police, Procedural Justice, and Student Perceptions of Safety and Fear on Campus.” International Journal of Police Science and Management 0(0): 1-15.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F14613557221074985

 

Moloney, C.J. Unnithan, P.N. 2019. “Reacting to Invasive Species: The Construction of a Moral Panic over Burmese Pythons.” Sociological Inquiry 89, 3, 351-372. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/soin.12255.

 

Moloney, C.J.  Chambliss, W.J.  2014.  “Slaughtering the Bison, Controlling Native Americans: A State Crime and Green Criminology Synthesis.”  Critical Criminology 22 (3): 319-338.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-013-9220-5.

  1. Reprinted in: Chambliss, W.J. Moloney, C.J. (Eds). State Crime: Critical Concepts in Criminology, 4 Volumes. London, UK: Routledge.   

BOOK and/or ANTHOLOGY CHAPTERS

 

(Under Review) Moloney, C.J., Unnithan, P. 2022. “The Impact of COVID-19 on Cybercrime Units in the United States.” Submitted to: Policing during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Perspective.

Chambliss, W.J., Moloney, C.J. 2019. “Toward a Sociology of Organizational Criminal Conspiracies”, Ch.1, pp.1-27, in Explorations in Critical Criminology in Honor of William J. Chambliss. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004411678_002

Moloney, C.J.  2014. “The Sociology of Human Trafficking.”  In Michael Palmiotto (Ed.) Human Trafficking: A Law Enforcement Approach.  Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. ISBN 9780367669751.

ENCYCLOPEDIA AND HANDBOOK ENTRIES

 

Moloney, C.J.  2013.  Multiple entries totaling 10,000+ words in the Encyclopedia of WhiteCollar and Corporate Crime, 2nd Edition, Lawrence M. Salinger and Geoffrey J. Golson, Eds).  Los Angeles, Sage Publications.

  1. Entries included:
    1. “Calvin Coolidge”
    2. “Charles Keating”
  • “Fake Antiquities Fraud”
  1. “RICO (Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act”
  2. “The Buffalo Creek Disaster”
  3. “The Department of Justice”
  • “The Endangered Species Act”
  • “The Knapp Commission”
  1. “The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969”

Moloney, C.J. 2012.  In The International Green Criminology Working Group online encyclopedia.

  1. Entries included:
  1. “The Buffalo Creek Flood and Disaster.”
  2. “The Endangered Species Act”. “The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.”
  3. “The Santa Barbara Oil Spill.”

 

BOOK REVIEWS

 

Moloney, C.J.  2016.  “The Brooklyn Thrill-Kill Gang and the Great Comic Book Scare of the 1950s,” by Mariah Adin.  Rutgers University: Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books, January.     

 

Moloney, C.J.  2016.  “Pop Culture Panics:  How Moral Crusaders Construct Meanings of Deviance and Delinquency,” by Karen Sternheimer.  Rutgers University: Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books, January.  

 

Moloney, C.J.  2015.  “Environmental Harm: An Eco-justice Perspective”, by Rob White.  Rutgers University: Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books, March.   

Moloney, C.J.  2014.  “Emerging Issues in Green Criminology: Exploring Power, Justice  and Harm”, Edited by Reece Walters, Diane Solomon Westerhuis and Tanya Wyatt.  Rutgers University:  Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books, January.     

 

Moloney, C.J.  2014.  “Becky Pettit’s, ‘Invisible Men: Mass Incarceration and the Myth of Black Progress’.”  The Social Science Journal 51(1): pp.148-149.

POLICY BRIEFS & WHITE PAPERS

 

Moloney, C.J.  2016.  “Overview of Gun-Related Violence and Assorted Issues.”  Prepared for the Matt Dunne campaign for Vermont Governor, 2016.

Moloney, C.J.  2015.  “The Legalization of Recreational Marijuana in Vermont: An Analysis of Current Issues and Policy Options.”  Prepared for the Matt Dunne campaign for Vermont Governor, 2016.

Moloney, C.J.  2015.  “Developing an Opiate Crisis Policy Response in Vermont”.  Prepared for the Matt Dunne campaign for Vermont Governor, 2016.

Moloney, C.J.  2015.  “Data on Opioid Use, Abuse and Dependency in the United States and Vermont.”  Prepared for the Matt Dunne campaign for Vermont Governor, 2016.

 

ADDITIONAL & MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS

Moloney, C.J. 2015.  Poetry published in George Washington University Alumni Magazine.

Fall.

Moloney, C.J.  2013.  “A Visual Green Criminology?  Thoughts on a novel approach to the study of green crimes.”  The Green Criminology Monthly  #13.  September.

Moloney, C.J.  2013.  “On the Parallels between Green and State Crime Studies.”  The Green Criminology Monthly #7, March.

Courses

  • SOC 372_Sociology of Deviance (801.401) Summer, Online

    Syllabus

    The purpose this course is to assist you in developing a better understanding of what deviance is and why it matters. Any course on the sociology of deviance has the general objective of illuminating “how society defines what is strange or normal, acceptable or unacceptable” (Haenfler 2013: 2). We will spend the first half of the course developing our knowledge about what deviance is and how we can understand it using different theoretical tools. Over the rest of the course, we will look more closely, and critically, at different forms of deviance, societal reactions and attempts to control deviance, and how people and groups resist deviant labels. Throughout this exploration process, we will continue applying our theoretical knowledge to understand how and why certain things and people are called deviant while others are not.

  • SOC 311_Sociological Research Methods (801.401) Summer, Online

    Syllabus

    Research influences every facet of human life. Understanding how to conduct good research and seeing how research impacts our world are critically important skills for life and career. This course will introduce you to social science research methods, with special emphasis on engaging in good research in sociology, criminal justice, and criminology. We will begin by discussing why research matters and then look at what distinguishes good from bad research. Throughout the semester we will explore specific types of research methods and you will gain experience developing a research proposal. The goal is that you leave this course more knowledgeable about the basic theory and methods behind conducting social science research, with a clearer vision for how to leverage different research methods to understand our world and be a more engaged citizen.