Harold Grasmick: Honored Professor and Proud Father
Dr. Harold Grasmick wears many hats, including an inspiring instructor, a prolific writer, a proud father to Jacob, a Norman High School senior, and best friend to Ivan, his Siberian husky.
Dr. Grasmick received his Ph.D. in sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1973. He joined the revival of interest in criminal deviance in the late 1960’s and began studying the theory of shame and embarrassment as a deterrent.
He became a member of the Department of Sociology at OU in 1977. While at OU, he has served as director of Applied Sociology for Urban Native American Agencies, director of Master’s Level Training in Applied Sociology for Public Service Careers and co-director of the Center for the Study of Crime, Delinquency and Social Control.
Named a Distinguished Lecturer by the University of Oklahoma Associates in 1984, he also has received the Student Athletic Advisory Board’s Most Inspiring Professor in 1999, the Kinney-Sugg College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Professor in 2003 and the President’s Associates Presidential Professorship in 2004.
Dr. Grasmick began publishing articles in 1974 and he continues researching his theories on criminal deviance and its deterrents. He is credited with creating the “Grasmick’s Low Self-Control Scale”, used to measure self-control in criminal deviants and has published articles on subjects such as religiosity and compliance with the law, the urbanization of Native Americans and female crime. Currently, Dr. Grasmick is working with Dr. Susan Sharp and a colleague in Japan to test theories of deviant behavior in Japan and in the United States.
For more information on Dr. Grasmick’s career, please visit his Web page.
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