Dr. James Tuttle is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Montana, beginning his appointment in the Fall of 2020. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Tuttle worked as an Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Saint Francis (Indiana) from the Fall of 2018 to the Spring of 2020. In 2018, Dr. Tuttle was awarded a Ph.D. in Sociology (with a concentration in Crime, Deviance, and Social Control) from North Carolina State University.

Experience

  • –present
    Professor of Sociology and Criminology, University of Montana

Publications

  • 2025
    Crime Wave: The American Homicide Epidemic, NYU Press

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