| David Kirk | |
| Fields: | Sociology |
| Workplaces: | University of Oxford's Nuffield College University of Texas at Austin |
| Education: | Vanderbilt University University of Chicago |
| Thesis Title: | Unraveling the neighborhood and school effects on youth behavior |
| Thesis Url: | https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70249992 |
| Thesis Year: | 2006 |
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| Academic Advisors: | Robert J. Sampson[1] |
| Awards: | 2010 James F. Short Jr. Distinguished Article Award from the Crime, Law, and Deviance Section of the American Sociological Association |
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David S. Kirk is an American sociologist and professor of sociology in the Department of Sociology and Nuffield College, Oxford.[2] Before joining the Oxford faculty in 2015, he was an associate professor in the department of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin.[3] His research interests have included the effects of high concentrations of former prisoners in a neighborhood on their probability of reoffending,[4] and the effects of Uber on rates of drunk driving in the United States.[5]