| Jonathan Sorensen | |
| Birth Date: | 10 October 1965 |
| Fields: | Sociology Criminal justice |
| Workplaces: | East Carolina University Prairie View A&M University Vera Institute of Justice |
| Alma Mater: | Pan American University Sam Houston State University |
| Thesis Title: | The effects of legal and extra-legal factors on prosecutorial and jury decision making in post-Furman Texas capital cases |
| Thesis Url: | https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24604683 |
| Thesis Year: | 1990 |
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| Known For: | Work on capital punishment in the United States |
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Jonathan Roger Sorensen (born October 10, 1965) is an American sociologist, criminologist, and professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the East Carolina University College of Human Ecology. He is known for his research on capital punishment in the United Statesand how it can be influenced by extralegal factors such as victim race.[1] [2]