Michael L. Radelet
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Dr. Michael L. Radelet is a sociologist at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is the Chairman in the department of Sociology at the university. Radelet works as a professor of sociology at University of Colorado Boulder. In his research, Radelet focuses on his interests in criminology, deviance, capital punishment, societal reaction to crime, racial disparities in death sentencing and crime victims. Radelet has taught at the Universities that he worked for courses covering introductory sociology, criminology for both undergraduate and graduate levels, capital punishment for both undergraduate and graduate levels, sociology of mental health and illness for both undergraduate and graduate levels, graduate seminar on health professions, social and ethical issues in medical practice, human development, statistics, and social problems. He is the author of the novel Facing the Death Penalty that was published in 1989, in which he describes the realities of capital punishment to those of the condemned.