Richard Rosenfeld (December 20, 1948 – January 8, 2024) was an American criminologist and former Curators’ Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri–St.
[2] After serving as a postdoctoral research fellow in criminology at the Carnegie Mellon University School of Urban and Public Affairs (1984-1985), he worked as an assistant professor of sociology at Skidmore College (1985-1989).
[2] In 1989, he joined the Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice at the UMSL as an assistant professor and research fellow in the Center for Metropolitan Studies (1989-1997).
[7] A 2015 report authored by Rosenfeld and released by the Sentencing Project that found that there was no convincing evidence of the alleged Ferguson effect in St.
[2] Within the American Society of Criminology, he was recognized as a Fellow (2005), with the Edwin H. Sutherland Award (2017), and served as President in 2010.