Into The Abyss:
A Personal Journey into the World of Street Gangs

by Mike Carlie, Ph.D.        
Copyright
© 2002
Michael K. Carlie
Continually updated.

~ Table of Contents ~
Home | Foreword | Preface | Orientation

What I Learned | Conclusions
End Note |
Solutions
Resources
| Appendix
Site Map / Contents
| New Research

Up-To-Date Gang-Related News


About the Author

You can explore the many topics in this book or
begin reading the book from the beginning.

Mike Carlie was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1944. He attended the University of Missouri (Columbia) where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1966 and a Master of Arts in 1967. Both degrees were in sociology.

In 1967 Dr. Carlie received a scholarship from the Midwest Center for Social Research on Aging to attend Washington University (St. Louis) where he received a Ph.D. in sociology in 1970.

Since that time Dr. Carlie has taught at the University of Missouri in St. Louis, Ball State University (Muncie, IN), and at Southwest Missouri State University (Springfield, MO), where he is currently a professor of sociology and criminal justice in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.


On a break at the Waag from riding with the Amsterdam Politie (Police) Department

Since 1970 Dr. Carlie has been conducting research and teaching a variety of courses on such topics as corrections, law enforcement, youth gangs, capital punishment, crime and the media, and a course which introduces students to the both the juvenile- and criminal justice systems in the United States.

He has served as a consultant to the Departments of Corrections in Indiana and Missouri, as President of the Board of several group homes for delinquent youth, as a member of the United States Department of Justice's Criminal Justice Planning Agency, and spent six years teaching inside a state penitentiary.

Dr. Carlie is an author, lecturer, guest speaker, and advisor, and currently serves on a variety of criminal justice-related community boards and committees. If you would like to know more about Dr. Carlie, you can learn explore his resume.

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Dr. Mike Carlie
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Missouri State University
901 South National Avenue
Springfield, Missouri (USA) 65897

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Optional Exploration: Dr. Carlie created and maintains a site called AdviseNet which offers information of use to college students interested in studying about criminal justice or who are interested in entering the field of criminal justice as a career.

© 2002 Michael K. Carlie
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