André Des Rochers is a criminology and criminal justice professor at Loyola University Chicago and a criminologist for the FBI. He has an extensive list of published works on criminal justice, including books and articles and his book titled “Crime in America.” Professor Des Rochers received his doctorate from the University of Southern California.

 

Professor André Des Rochers: Criminology Expert at Loyola University Chicago —professor, FBI crime prevention specialist — gives expert insight into crime prevention in America. His book Crime in America offers invaluable information to all levels of society. Des Rochers is a criminology and criminal justice professor at Loyola University Chicago and a criminologist for the FBI. 

 

He has an extensive list of published works on criminal justice, including books and articles and his book titled “Crime in America.” Professor Des Rochers received his doctorate from the University of Southern California.Professor Des Rochers’ most recent work, written in 1990 and titled “Crime in America,” addresses the basic principles of crime, its causes, and its prevention methods. 

 

This book is broken into fifteen chapters with four distinct parts making this book easily accessible to many different audiences. This work is split into relevant sections covering various topics, including white-collar crime, violent crime, and drug use. As André Des Rochers adds, within each chapter, subcategories aid in understanding and make it easy to find information quickly. 

 

One significant principle addressed in “Crime in America” is the attorney´s social disorganization theory. André Des Rochers finally explains how this theory was initially noted as one way to explain deviance, but he later realized that it could also be labeled as a theory for criminal behavior.