L. Paul Sutton , Ph.D.
Professor of Criminal Justice
PSFA 149
(619) 594-4449
psutton@mail.sdsu.edu
Education
PhD,
State University of
New York at Albany
Areas of Interest
criminal law and
procedure,
sentencing,
social control,
criminal justice and the
media
Website
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~psutton/
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Dr. Paul Sutton is a professor of criminal justice in the School of Public Affairs. After receiving his Master’s and Ph.D from SUNY-Albany, his research and academic travels moved him from New York to the University of New Mexico to the National Center for State Courts in Williamsburg, Virginia, to his current home at SDSU.
His research and writing covers the spectrum from criminal victimization and state compensation of victims of crime, to the causes and treatment of juvenile delinquency, constitutional law, criminal sentencing, and the sentencing and treatment of criminal offenders.
Since 1980, he has produced two Emmy-winning documentaries about life in the New Mexico State Penitentiary--Doing Time and Doing Time: Ten Years Later. Together, the films provide a rare glimpse into the stark and often dangerous world of maximum security. In tandem, the programs garnered five Emmy’s and a host of national and international film festival awards.
He continues to produce crime and prison-related documentaries using new media technology and has introduced his students to that engaging technology as they produce their own documentary programs in his classes.
Over the past 20 years, he has introduced nearly two thousand students, first hand, to the compelling realities of incarceration through a unique immersion program in which students spend a week touring eight correctional facilities across California, including San Quentin, Folsom, and the notorious Pelican Bay State Prison.
He is currently producing a feature-length documentary about that experience and its impact on the attitudes and perspectives of students who are a part of it.
He appears regularly on television and radio--as well as in the print media--in an effort to heighten public awareness--and understanding--of important justice issues.
To see a feature article (from SDSU's "Minds that Move the World" series) that describes Professor Sutton's Prison Tours, click on the following link: http://advancement.sdsu.edu/marcomm/features/2007/prison.htmlhttp://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~psutton/
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