Hagedorn, John M.

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HAGEDORN, John M.

HAGEDORN, John M. American, b. 1947. Genres: Urban studies, Social work. Career: Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), community organizer with Southside Welfare Rights and Milwaukee Organizing Committee, 1968-73; industrial worker and editor of a rank-and-file newspaper in Chelsea, MA, 1974-78; Impact Press Service, Chicago, IL, journalist, 1978-80; Sherman Park Community Association, interim director, community organizer, and coordinator of anti-crime programs, 1982-83; Community Relations-Social Development Commission, Milwaukee, WI, director of Youth Diversion Project, 1983-85; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, project director at Urban Research Center, 1985-88; Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Service, Milwaukee, youth program coordinator, 1988-91; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, principal investigator and project director, 199196; University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago, assistant professor of criminal justice, 1996-. Marquette University, instructor, 1988; Milwaukee Area Technical College, instructor, 1988; Beloit College, seminar speaker, 1990, 1992; Aurora University, instructor, 1992-96. Publications: (with P. Macon) People and Folks: Gangs, Crime, and the Underclass in a Rustbelt City, 1988; Forsaking Our Children: Bureaucracy and Reform in the Child Welfare System, 1995. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews to journals. Address: Urban Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201, U.S.A.

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