| Lauren Krivo | |
| Birth Name: | Lauren Joy Krivo |
| Nationality: | American |
| Fields: | Sociology Criminology |
| Workplaces: | Rutgers University |
| Alma Mater: | Washington University in St. Louis University of Texas at Austin |
| Thesis Title: | Regional Economic Redistribution and Female and Male Unemployment |
| Thesis Url: | http://search.proquest.com/docview/303321633 |
| Thesis Year: | 1984 |
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| Known For: | Work on race and crime in the United States |
| Awards: | 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Division on People of Color and Crime of the American Society of Criminology |
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Lauren J. Krivo is an American sociologist who is professor of sociology at Rutgers University, where she is also an affiliated professor in the Program in Criminal Justice. She is also the director of graduate studies in Rutgers' sociology department. She is known for her work on residential segregation and disadvantage as they relate to race and crime in the United States.[1] [2] She co-founded the Racial Democracy, Crime, and Justice Network, a national network of scholars dedicated to researching race, crime, and justice, along with her longtime collaborator Ruth D. Peterson.[3]