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James Q. Wilson (born May 27 , 1931 ) is the Ronald Reagan Professor of Public Policy at Pepperdine University in California, and a Professor emeritus at UCLA . He has a Ph.D. ( 1959 ) and masters degree (1957) from the University Of Chicago and an undergraduate degree from the University Of Redlands (1952). He is a former Chairman of the White House Task Force On Crime ( 1966 ), of the National Advisor Commission On Drug Abuse Prevention ( 1972 - 73 ), of the Attorney General's Task Force On Violent Crime ( 1981 ), and the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board ( 1985 - 90 ). Wilson is also a member of the President's Council On Bioethics . He is a former President of the American Political Science Association . He currently serves on the Board Of Directors for the New England Electric System , Protection One , RAND , and State Farm Mutual Insurance . He is the chairman of the Council Of Academic Advisors Of The American Enterprise Institute . Wilson is a member of the American Academy Of Arts And Sciences and the American Philosophical Society .

He was awarded the Presidential Medal Of Freedom by President George W. Bush in 2003 .


WRITINGS BY JAMES Q. WILSON

  • '' American Government ''

  • ''Bureaucracy''

  • ''Crime and Human Nature'' (1985)

  • ''The Moral Sense'' (1993)

  • ''Political Organizations''

  • ''Thinking About Crime''

  • ''Varieties of Police Behavior''

  • ''The Marriage Problem'' (2002)

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