Faculty and Staff

James Tuttle

Assistant Professor

Contact

Office
Social Sciences 307
Phone
406-243-5912
Email
james.tuttle@mso.umt.edu
Office Hours

M/W/F 10-11 a.m.

Curriculum Vitae
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Personal Summary

Dr. James Tuttle is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Montana, beginning his appointment in the Fall of 2020. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Tuttle worked as an Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Saint Francis (Indiana) from the Fall of 2018 to the Spring of 2020. In 2018, Dr. Tuttle was awarded a Ph.D. in Sociology (with a concentration in Crime, Deviance, and Social Control) from North Carolina State University.

Education

  • Ph.D., Sociology, North Carolina State University
  • M.S., Sociology, North Carolina State University
  • B.S., Sociology and Psychology, McPherson College

Courses Taught

Spring 2024

  • SOCI 221: Criminal Justice System (Online)
  • SOCI 439: Advanced Criminological Theory

Projects

Funded Research

Jackson Bunch, Mark Heirigs, and James Tuttle (Co-Principal Investigator). (2023-2024). “Analysis of Calibrate Pretrial Diversion Program.” Missoula County Attorney’s Office.·Total Amount Awarded: $25,716

Jackson Bunch, Mark Heirigs, and James Tuttle (Co-Principal Investigator). (2021-2022). “Factors Impacting Recidivism among Persons under Supervision by US Probation in Montana.” United States Probation, District of Montana.·Total Amount Awarded: $99,431

Selected Publications

Manuscripts in Progress:

  • Crime Wave: The American Homicide Epidemic, 2015-2021
  • "The Great Burglary Decline of the 2010s and the Case of the Missing Teenage Burglars"

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Tuttle, James, Mark Heirigs, and Jackson Bunch. (Accepted). “Employment and Recidivism on Federal Probation: A Comparison between Whites and Native Americans under Supervision.” Journal of Crime and Justice.

Tuttle, James. (2023). “The End of the Age-Crime Curve? A Historical Comparison of Male Arrest Rates in the United States, 1985-2019.” British Journal of Criminology. (Online First).

  • To be featured in the April 2024 New York State Youth Justice Institute Webinar

Tuttle, James, Gregorio Gimenez, and Beatriz Barrado. (2023). “The Societal Context of School-Based Bullying Victimization: An Application of Institutional Anomie Theory in a Cross-National Sample.” Journal of School Violence, 22(1): 28-43.

Tuttle, James. (2022). “Inequality, Concentrated Disadvantage, and Homicide: Towards a Multi-Level Theory of Economic Inequality and Crime.” International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 46(3), 215-232.

Tuttle, James, Patricia L. McCall, and Kenneth C. Land. (2021). “The Crime Decline in Cross-National Context: A Panel Analysis of Homicide Rates within Latent Trajectory Groups.” Global Crime, 22(3), 240-264.

Tuttle, James. (2019). “Murder in the Shadows: Evidence for an Institutional Legitimacy Theory of Crime.” International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 43(1): 13-27.

  • Student Paper Competition Winner: Division of International Criminology, American Society of Criminology  

Tuttle, James, Patricia L. McCall, and Kenneth C. Land. (2018). “Latent Trajectories of Cross-National Homicide Trends: Structural Characteristics of Underlying Groups.” Homicide Studies, 22(4): 343-369.

Tuttle, James. (2018). “Specifying the Effect of Social Welfare Expenditures on Homicide and Suicide: A Cross-National, Longitudinal Examination of the Stream Analogy of Lethal Violence.” Justice Quarterly, 35(1): 87-113.

Chapters in Edited Volumes:

2024 - "Social Structure and Homicide" in Taking Stock of Homicide. Temple University Press.

2020 - “Increasing Incarceration Rates and the Homicide Decline Among OECD Nations, 1993- 2005” in Homicide: Risk Factors, Trends, and Prevention Strategies. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Professional Experience

  • 2020-Present - Assistant Professor of Sociology & Criminology, University of Montana
  • 2018-2020 - Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice & Criminology, University of Saint Francis
  • 2014-2018 - Graduate Instructor, North Carolina State University

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