Department of Sociology

Professor, Department Chair

Dr. Patrick received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California at Riverside in 1991. In graduate school Dr. Patrick specialized in Social Psychology and Formal Organizations and these specializations along with the rigorous training required in Methods and Theory have guided his work since arriving at Boise State University in 1991.

While Dr. Patrick’s first few years at BSU saw a continuation of his graduate work in Organizational Control and Computer Simulation, adaptation to the local environment resulted in changing research directions including a movement into Criminological studies of juvenile diversion programs, drug courts, inequality in juvenile corrections and most centrally a long term study of child sexual abuse. This last area of research is now the main focus of Dr. Patrick’s research with his research associates. Dr. Patrick has not only begun reporting the results of data collected for the State but begun the development, and related testing, of a theory of child sexual abuse combining a number of different theoretical perspectives.

Courses Taught

• Introduction to Computer Applications in the Social Sciences SOC210
• Introduction to Social Statistics SOC310
• Social Psychology SOC/PSYCH 431
• Bureaucracy and Formal Organizations SOC487
• Criminology SOC417