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James Q. Wilson

James Q. Wilson

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James Q. Wilson was born in Denver, Colorado. In 1952, he received a B.A. degree from the University of Redlands. In 1957 he received a M.A. degree in political science from the University of Chicago, followed by a Ph.D. degree in 1959. In 1961, he became the Shattuck Professor of Government at Harvard University. During this time, he contributed to several government policy bodies, including the White House Task Force on Crime in 1966, the National Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse Prevention in 1972, the Attorney General's Task Force on Violent Crime in 1981, and the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board from 1985 to 1990. In 1987, he relocated and became the James Collins Professor of Management and Public Policy at the UCLA Anderson School of Management at UCLA. In 1998, he became the Ronald Reagan Professor of Public Policy at Pepperdine University's School of Public Policy. He is currently a professor and senior fellow at the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy at Boston College.

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  • American government

    Representative edition published 2020

    Open Work
  • American Government

    Representative edition published 2018

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  • American government

    Representative edition published 2017

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  • American Government: Institutions and Policies

    Representative edition published 2016

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  • Families, schools, and delinquency prevention

    Representative edition published 2013

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  • American Government

    Representative edition published 2013

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  • American government

    Representative edition published 2012

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  • American government

    Representative edition published 2011

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  • Crime and public policy - 2. edición

    Representative edition published 2011

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  • American politics, then & now and other essays

    Representative edition published 2010

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  • Crime

    Representative edition published 2010

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  • American Politics, Then & Now: And Other Essays

    Representative edition published 2010

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  • Understanding America

    Representative edition published 2009

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  • American Government

    Representative edition published 2009

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  • Understanding America

    Representative edition published 2008

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  • The Tanner lectures on human values

    Representative edition published 2008

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  • American Government the Essentials

    Representative edition published 2007

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  • American Government Essentials 10th Edition Plus Eduspace

    Representative edition published 2006

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  • American Governement Dolphin Ed

    Representative edition published 2005

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  • Student eBook to accompany "American Government"

    Representative edition published 2005

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  • Physics Lab Experiments

    Representative edition published 2004

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  • American Government: Institutions and Policies

    Representative edition published 2003

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  • American Government With Upgrade Cd-rom

    Representative edition published 2003

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  • Crime

    Representative edition published 2002

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