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CURRICULUM VITAEof

RICHARD R. BENNETTJanuary, 2013

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Office Address:Department of Justice, Law and SocietySchool of Public AffairsAmerican University4400 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20016TEL (202) 885-2956FAX (202) 885-2907E-mail: [email protected]

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Washington State University, Sociology/Criminal Justice, 1976M.A. Florida State University, Criminology/Criminal Justice, 1970B.A. Randolph-Macon College, Sociology, 1968

CURRENT POSITION

Professor of Justice, Department of Justice, Law and Society (1987 - Present). Duties: Instruction of graduate and undergraduate students, advisement, and university and communityservice. Areas of instruction: Quantitative Analyses, Research Methods, ComparativeCriminology and Criminal Justice, Police Behavior and Cognition, and Crime Control Policy.

ACADEMIC AND RELATED EXPERIENCE

Director of Graduate Studies (2011 - present, 1988-1994), Department of Justice, Law, andSociety, School of Public Affairs, The American University. Duties: Create and implementprogram initiatives to build JLS graduate programs: Master’s and Ph.D. Recruit, evaluate andadmit graduate students into both programs. Monitor graduate student progress, administerMaster-level comprehensive examinations, and monitor doctoral dissertation progress.

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Public Affairs (2002 - 2004). Duties: Assistthe dean and departmental chairs in developing and maintaining SPA’s academic programs. Assist the faculty in their professional development. Act as the dean’s representative in all AU

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Academic Integrity Code violation cases. Represent the dean at school, university andcommunity functions as appropriate.

Chair, Department of Justice Law and Society (1996 - 1999, 2005 - 2006). Duties: Administer an academic department of 13 tenured faculty, 4 temporary faculty and 4 staffmembers. Assist faculty and staff in their professional development. Represent the departmentat school as well as at university and community events.

Associate Professor (1981 - 1987), School of Justice, The American University.

Assistant Professor (1979 - 1981), School of Justice, The American University.

Assistant Professor and Director of Graduate Studies (1975 - 1977), Department of CriminalJustice, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio. Duties: program planning anddevelopment, university and community service, as well as academic and professionaladvisement of criminal justice graduate students. Also served in research capacity withYoungstown's Urban Studies Center. Areas of instruction: Quantitative Analyses, ResearchMethods, Program Evaluation, Policy Research, Sociology of Law, and Advanced Criminology.

Teaching Assistant (1972 - 1973), Department of Sociology, Washington State University,Pullman, Washington. Areas of instruction: Criminology and Deviance.

Assistant Professor (1970 - 1972), Criminal Justice Services, East Tennessee State University,Johnson City, Tennessee. Duties: Development of undergraduate and Master's curricula,occupational and academic advisement of criminal justice majors, university and communityservice. Areas of instruction: Law Enforcement Administration, Police Planning,Police-Community Relations.

Lecturer (1972) Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy, Donelson, Tennessee. Areasof instruction: Police Community Relations and Police Supervision

Lecturer (1970 - 1972), First Tennessee Region Law Enforcement Training Academy. Areas ofinstruction: Crime Scene Photography, Police Community Relations, Techniques of ImpactInteraction, and Police Supervision.

PROFESSIONAL AND RELATED EXPERIENCE

Associate Research Scientist (1977 - 1979), Policy Analysis Division, Highway SafetyResearch Institute, University of Michigan. Research and administrative duties as PrincipalInvestigator and Project Coordinator on several projects.

Deputy Sheriff (1973 - 1975), Whitman County, Washington. In addition to generalenforcement, other activities included criminal investigation, crime scene photography, andtraining.


Director of Research (1970 - 1972), First Tennessee Region Law Enforcement PlanningAgency, Johnson City, Tennessee. In addition to coordination of research activities, other dutiesincluded program design, implementation, and evaluation in the areas of police training, lawenforcement operations, correctional feasibility, and correctional operations.

Deputy Sheriff-Criminal Investigator (1970 - 1972), Washington County, Tennessee. Inaddition to criminal investigation, other duties included crime scene photography and recordmanagement.

Cottage Supervisor (1966), Beaumont School for Boys State Training School, Beaumont,Virginia .

Patrolman (1965), Ocean City Police Department, Ocean City, New Jersey.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (1972 - present)Chair, ACJS Founder’s Award Committee, 2011, 2012Executive Counselor, International Section, 2007-2009Past President, 2003-2004President, 2002-2003First Vice President, 2001-2002Second Vice President, 2000-2001Trustee-at-Large (three-year elected term), 1997-2000Trustee-at-large (three-year elected term) 1980-1983Chair, Nominations and Election Committee, 2003-2004Chair, Teller’s Committee, 2009-2012Chair, Program Committee for the 1 Key Issues Conference of the Societies ofst

Criminology, 2004Chair, Budget, Audit and Finance Committee, 2000-2001Chair, Justice Quarterly Editor Selection Committee, 2000-2001Chair, Ethics Committee, 1998 - 2000

Created the ACJS Code of Ethics. Took effect March 21, 2000Chair, Committee on Journal Publication, 1982

Created Justice Quarterly, the official publication of ACJSChair, Organizational Priorities Committee, 1981 - 1983Chair, Awards Committee, 1977Chair, Committee on Research in Criminal Justice, 1977 - 1979Member:

Founder’s Award. 2010Publications Committee, 1983Program Committee, 1978, 1982, 2005, 2012Liaison Committee, 1978 - 1982Section on International Criminal Justice, 1978 - present


Member Distinguished Book Award Committee, 1994 - 1996Research Committee, 1980 - 1984Accreditation and Standards Committee, 1980 - 1981Nominations and Election Committee, 1985, 2008Awards Committee, 2005

American Society of Criminology (1975 - present)Trustee, Division of International Criminology, 2005-2007Representative, Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA), 2005 - 2007Chair, Ethics Committee, 1996 - 1997Co-chair, Committee on Caribbean Criminology, 1997 - 1999Member:

Nominations Committee, 2007- 2008, 1993 - 1995Vollmer Award Committee 2008-2009Block Award Committee, 2005- 2006Ethics Committee, 1991-1997Program Committee, Comparative Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2007Program Committee, Comparative Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2005Program Committee, Comparative Methods, 2003Program Committee, 1997-1998Public Policy Committee, 2003 - 2006Distinguished Book Award Committee, 1994 - 1996Student Awards Committee, 2001 - 2002Student Affairs Committee, 2001 - 2002Membership Committee, 1977 - 1979Site Selection Committee, 1978 - 1982, 1984Board of Advisors, Committee on International Research, 1978 - 1982Committee on the Regulation of Crime and Criminal Justice, 1980National Policy Committee, 1984 - 1985

The Working Group on Caribbean Criminology (1995 - 2003)Executive Board Member, 1995 -1998

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Outstanding Mentor Award for significant contributions to the professional developmentof students and colleagues, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, 2012.

Founder’s Award for Outstanding Service to ACJS and the Profession, Academy ofCriminal Justice Sciences, 2008

Recognition of Achievement Award for outstanding service to the Bureau of DiplomaticSecurity, U.S. Department of State, 2008

Gerhard O. W. Mueller Award for Outstanding Contributions to InternationalCriminal Justice, International Section of the Academy of Criminal JusticeSciences, 2007


School of Public Affairs Outstanding Service Award, School of Public Affairs, 2004National Society of Collegiate Scholars, 2003Fulbright Senior Research Scholar Award: To study the police in Jamaica, Barbados,

and Trinidad and Tobago, 1993 - 1994School of Public Affairs Outstanding Teacher Award, 1991 Alpha Lambda Delta's (AU) Professor of the Year, 1984School of Justice Outstanding Teacher Award, 1983NIMH Fellowship in Deviance, Washington State University, 1973 - 1975University Fellow, Florida State University, 1969 - 1970Pi Gamma Mu, National Honorary Social Science Society, 1972Delta Tau Kappa, International Honorary Social Science Society, 1969

GOVERNING BOARDS

Member, Board of Advisors to the Guggenheim Criminal Justice Project at the US Library ofCongress, 2011 to present.

Chairman, Institutional Review Board of the Police Foundation, Washington, DC, 2000 topresent

INTERNATIONAL GUEST LECTURESHIPS

University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Understanding the American Criminal JusticeSystem, March, 2009University of Macau, Macau, China, Understanding the American Criminal Justice System,November, 2010University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, The Police Training Dilemma: ImplementingTraining Skills and Principles in the Field, October, 2004

PROFESSIONAL EDITORIAL AND REVIEW ACTIVITIES

Deputy Editor, Justice Quarterly, 1985 - 1987Associate Editor, Caribbean Journal of Criminology, 2012-presentAssociate Editor, International Journal of Comparative Criminology, 2000-presentAssociate Editor, Journal of Ethnicity and Criminal Justice, 2000-presentAssociate Editor, European Journal of Criminology, 2003- presentAssociate Editor, Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 1996-1999Associate Editor, Public Policy Series, Georgetown University Press, 1996- presentAssociate Editor, The Caribbean Journal of Criminology and Public Safety 1995- presentAssociate Editor, Sociological Imagination, 1993-1996Associate Editor, Public Policy Series, The American University Press, 1990 - 1995Associate Editor, Justice Quarterly, 1983 - 1985, 1989 - 1993Guest Editor, Caribbean Journal of Criminology and Public Security, 2009. International Advisory Board, European Journal of Criminology, 2002 - presentAdvisory Board, Handbook of Transnational Crime and Justice, 2004


Book Review Editor, Journal of Criminal Justice, 1978 - 1979Reviewer, American Journal of Police, 1995 - presentReviewer, American Journal of Sociology, 2001 - presentReviewer, International Criminal Justice Review, 1990 - presentReviewer, Justice Quarterly, 1983 - presentReviewer, Journal of Criminal Justice, 1976 - presentReviewer, Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 1991 - presentReviewer, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 1991 - presentReviewer, Crime, Law, and Social Change, 1993 to presentReviewer, Criminal Justice and Behavior, 1981 - presentReviewer, Criminal Justice Review, 1982 - presentReviewer, Criminology, 1979 - presentReviewer, Social Forces, 1990- presentReviewer, Sociological Quarterly, 1990 - presentReviewer, Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1992 - presentReviewer, Fulbright Research Award, 1998 - presentReviewer, Crime and Justice Research, 2001 - presentReviewer, Sociological Spectrum, 2001 - presentReviewer, National Science Foundation, 2002 - presentReviewer, Security Journal, 2008 - presentReviewer, Houghton-Mifflin Publishers, John Wiley and Sons, Brooks/Cole, and Sage Publications

PUBLICATIONS: REFEREED JOURNALS ARTICLES

2010 “Comparative Criminological and Criminal Justice Research and the Data that DriveThem.” International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice. 33: 172 -192.

2009 “Excessive Use of Force in Trinidad and Tobago: Investigating Its Determinants AcrossTime.” Caribbean Journal of Criminology and Public Safety. 13: 1- 47. (with DeboraPfaff).

2009 “Policing People with Mental Illness in Trinidad and Tobago.” Caribbean Journal ofCriminology and Public Safety. 13: 189-216. (with Melissa Schaefer Morabito).

2008 “Economic Assistance on Crime: A Cross-National Investigation.” European Journal ofCriminology, 5: 217-238. (with Joanne Savage and Mona Danner).

2006 “Socrates in the Modern Classroom: How Are Large Classes in Criminal Justice BeingTaught?” Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 17: 103-120. (with Melissa SchaeferMorabito).


2006 “Determinants of Constables’ Perceptions of Community Policing in Three DevelopingNations” Police Quarterly, 9: 234-265. (with Melissa Schaefer Morabito).

2004 “Calls for Service: Mobilization of the Police across Socio-Cultural Environments.”Police Practice and Research: An International Journal, 5: 25-41.

2004 “Comparative Criminology and Criminal Justice Research: The State of OurKnowledge.” Justice Quarterly, 21: 1-21.

Reprinted in Teaching About Comparative and InternationalCriminal Justice, Harry Dammer and Philip Reichel, (eds.), Pp 1-21, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, 2007.

2002 “The Effect of Work Environment on Levels of Police Cynicism: A ComparativeStudy.” (with Erica Schmitt). Police Quarterly, 5: 493-522.

2001 “Police Work in the Caribbean: The Influence of Gender and Nation.” Policing:An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management. 24: 56-87. (withJeanne Flavin).

1998 "Unemployment and Crime: A Cross-National Assessment of a Popular Hypothesis." Caribbean Journal of Criminology and Social Psychology. 3: 1-29. (with Brian Forst).

1997 “Status Inequality and Crime: The Effect of Design, Scope, and Specification.”International Criminal Justice Journal. 7: 1-30. (with James P. Lynch).

1997 “Excessive Force: A Comparative Study of Police in The Caribbean.” Justice Quarterly.14: 651-686.

1997 “Crime and Development in the Caribbean: An Investigation of Traditional ExplanatoryModels.” Caribbean Journal of Criminology and Social Psychology. 2: 1-35. (with BillShields and Beth Daniels).

Reprinted in Crime, Delinquency and Justice, Ramesh Deosaran,(ed.). Pp 401-429, Ian Randele Publishers, Kingston, Jamaica, 2007.

1997 “The Determinants of Job Satisfaction among Police Constables: A ComparativeStudy in Three Developing Nations.” Justice Quarterly. 14: 295-323.

Reprinted in Criminal Justice in the Caribbean, Maureen Cain,(ed.) Willan Publishing (Forthcoming)

1996 “Development, Gender and Crime: The Scope of the Routine Activity Approach.”


Justice Quarterly. 13: 31-56. (with Tammy Anderson).

1996 “Towards a Caribbean Criminology: Crime and Society in the Caribbean.” CaribbeanJournal of Criminology and Social-Psychology. 1: 8-37 (with James P. Lynch)

Reprinted in Crime, Delinquency and Justice, Ramesh Deosaran,(ed.). Pp 43-65, Ian Randele Publishers, Kingston, Jamaica, 2007.

1994 “Determinants of Fear of Crime: The Effect of Cultural Setting.” Justice Quarterly. 11:357-381 (with Jeanne Flavin)

1994 “Observations on Crime Reporting in a Developing Nation.” Criminology. 32: 135-148.(with Bruce Wiegand)

1992 “The Will to Win: Determinants of Public Support for the Drug War in Belize.” Crime,Law, and Social Change. 19: 203-220. (with Bruce Wiegand)

1991 “Routine Activities: A Cross-National Assessment of a Criminological Perspective.” Social Forces. 70: 147-163.

1991 “Development and Crime: A Cross-National, Time-Series Analysis of CompetingModels.” Sociological Quarterly. 32: 343-363.

1991 “Structural Determinants of Juvenile Property Crime: A Cross-National, Time-SeriesAnalysis.” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. 28: 262-287 (with PeterBasiotis).

1990 “Does a Difference Make a Difference: Comparing Cross-National Crime Indicators.”Criminology. 28: 153-181. (with James P. Lynch).

Reprinted in Issues in Comparative Criminology, 1997. Piers Beirne and DavidNelken, (eds.). Pp. 173-202. Dartmouth Publishing.

1985 “Crime and Economic Development: A Longitudinal Cross-national Analysis.” Annalesde Vaucresson. 22: 13-32 (with Louise Shelley).

1984 “Becoming Blue: A Longitudinal Study of Police Recruit Socialization.” Journal of

Police Science and Administration. 12: 47-58.

1983 “Investigating the Effect of Police on the Incidence of Criminality: A Cross-nationalstudy.” Criminal Justice Review. 8: 32-39 (with Sandra Baxter).

1982 “Police Effects on Crime Clearance Rates: A Cross-national Study.” InternationalJournal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice. 6: 177-193.


1982 “Translating Criminological Theory into Action Programs: Theoretical and PoliticalConsiderations.” Criminal Justice Review 7: 1-8 (with Sandra Baxter).

1980 “Police Occupational Solidarity: Probing a Determinant in the Deterioration ofPolice/Citizen Relations.” Journal of Criminal Justice. 8: 111-122 (with RobertCorrigan).

1980 “Constructing Cross-cultural Theories in Criminology and Criminal Justice: Applicationof the Generative Approach.” Criminology. 18: 252-268.

1979 “Criminal Justice Education in the United States: A Profile.” Journal of CriminalJustice. 7: 147-172. (with Ineke Marshall).

1976 “The Necessity of Critical Examination of Criminal Justice Concepts: A Case of the'Symbolic Assailant'.’ Journal of Police Science and Administration. 4: 82-87.

1975 “The Police Personality: A Test of the Predispositional Model.” Journal of PoliceScience and Administration. 3:439-445 (with Theodore Greenstein).

1974 “Order Effects in Rokeach's Value Survey.” Journal of Research in Personality. 8:393-396 (with Theodore Greenstein).

In Progress

“The Effects of Community Cohesion and Collective Efficacy on PoliceLegitimacy.”(With Melissa S. Morabito, Erik Alda and Anthony Harriott)

“Governmental Legitimacy and Policing Styles: The Effect of Corruption onCitizen/Police Behavior.” (With James P. Lynch)

“Community Cohesion and Empowerment and its Effect on the Fear of Crime: Acomparative Analysis.” (With Melissa S. Morabito and Erik Alda)

PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS, MONOGRAPHS, BOOK CHAPTERS

2012 “The Police: Transitioning to Citizen Security.” In Anthony Harriott (ed.), CaribbeanHuman Development Report 2012, pp. 93- 114. New York: United NationsDevelopment Program.

1985 "The Police and Community Participation in Anti-Crime Programs." In James Fyfe (ed.),Police Management Issues. Washington, D. C.: International City ManagementAssociation. pp. 132-146 (with Sandra Baxter).


1983 Police at Work: Policy Issues and Analysis. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.

1978 “The Effect of Education on Police Value Similarity and Performance: A MultivariateAnalysis of an Explanatory Model.” In Charles F. Wellford (ed.), Quantitative Studies inCriminology. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, pp. 147-174.

1975 “Crime and Law.” In A. L. Mauss (ed.), Social Problems as Social Movements.Philadelphia: J. P. Lippincott, pp. 75-114.

1975 On Developing a Scientific Body of Knowledge for Criminal Justice. New York: Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

In Progress

Policing Paradise: A Comparative Study of Constables, Citizens, and the Administrationof Justice in Three Caribbean Nations. Book length manuscript. Projected publicationdate: Spring, 2014.

PUBLICATIONS: RESEARCH NOTES, BOOK REVIEWS, AND OTHER

2009 “Introduction: Special Issue on Criminal Justice Research in Trinidad and Tobago.”Caribbean Journal of Criminology and Public Safety. 13: (with Ed Maguire).

2008 “Forward.” In Roslyn Muraskin and Albert R. Roberts (eds.), Visions for Change. UpperSaddle River, NJ: Pearson, pp. XXII - XXIV.

2005 “Barbados: The Royal Barbados Police Force.” Encyclopedia of Law EnforcementVolume 3. M. R. Haberfeld (ed.) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

2003 Police and Crime Control in Jamaica by Anthony Harriott, in Police Quarterly, 6: 222 -226.

1999 Dirty Business by Maurice Punch, in Justice Quarterly. 15: 763 - 766.

1997 “Development of a Caribbean Criminology: Guest Editorial,” Caribbean Journal ofCriminology and Social Psychology. 1: 2-9.

1985 “Crime Control vs. Crime Prevention.” Citizen Participation. 6: (Summer) (with SandraBaxter)

1984 “Committee Determines Annual Meeting Choices.” ACJS Today (with KnowltonJohnson)

1982 Crime and Modernization by Louise Shelley, in Journal of Criminal Justice. 10: 505-507.


1980 On the Take: From Petty Crooks to Presidents. by William J. Chambliss, in Journal ofCriminal Justice. 8: 189-191.

1979 Police in a Time of Change. by John J. Broderick, in Journal of Criminology andCriminal Law. 70: 137-139.

1978 Delinquency, Crime and Society. by James F. Short (ed.), in Journal of Criminal Justice.6: 88-90.

1978 Police Professionalism. by Barbara Raffel Price, in Journal of Criminology and CriminalLaw. 69: 265-266.

PUBLICATIONS: POLICY RELATED MONOGRAPHS AND FINAL REPORTS

1997 Crime in Dominica. McLean, Va: Applied Research Analysts.

1996 Trend Analyses of Grenada’s Crime: From 1982 to 1994. McLean, Va: AppliedResearch Analysts, June.

1995 Crime in Guyana. McLean, Va: Applied Research Analysts.

1995 Crime in Jamaican Resorts. McLean, VA: Applied Research Analysts. The report wasdiscussed in The Latin American Advisor, January 6, 1995, and the Toronto SaturdayStar (Toronto, Ontario, CN), January 14, 1995.

1994 Royal Barbados Police Force SPSS Workshop Exercise Book. McLean, VA: AppliedResearch Analysts.

1993 Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Programs: An Assessment of the DemonstrationSites. McLean VA: The Circle, Inc. (with Anna Laszlo and Judith Smith)

1991 Bureau of Indian Affairs Law Enforcement Funding Methodology: Final Report.Alexandria, VA: AmerInd, Inc. (with Tom Miller)

1981 Identification of Countermeasures for Unsafe Driving Actions: Final Report. AnnArbor, MI: Highway Safety Research Institute, University of Michigan. (with KentJoscelyn and staff).

1980 Police Enforcement Procedures for Unsafe Driving Actions: Final Report. Ann Arbor,MI: Highway Safety Research Institute, University of Michigan. (with Kent Joscelyn andstaff).

1979 Police Enforcement Procedures for Speeding, Following Too Closely, and Driving Left of


Center: A Review of the Literature. Ann Arbor, MI: Highway Safety Research Institute,University of Michigan. (with Kent Joscelyn and staff).

1972 An Analysis of Current and Projected Needs of Selected County Jail Facilities of the EastTennessee Region. Johnson City, TN: First Tennessee Region Law EnforcementPlanning Agency (with Philip Jackson).

1972 Comprehensive Evaluation of a 160 Hour In-service Training Academy for Relevance,Content and Development. Johnson City, TN: First Tennessee Law Enforcement PlanningAgency.

1972 Upgrading Small Local Police Agencies. Nashville: Municipal Technical AdvisoryService (with Philip Jackson and Garland Musick).

1971 Police Entrance Examination: Pretest and Critique. Nashville: Municipal TechnicalAdvisory Service (with Philip Jackson and Garland Musick).

1970 "Evaluation of the Planning Efforts of the First Tennessee Region." In ComprehensivePlan, 1970. Johnson City, TN: First Tennessee Law Enforcement Planning Agency.

1969 Comprehensive Plan, 1969. Johnson City, TN: First Tennessee Region LawEnforcement Planning Agency (with David R. Scruggs and Marvin Camfield).

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

2011 - 2012 Principal Investigator, International Police Training Program: Armenia, Sub-Contract with the International Chiefs of Police through INL, US Department ofState. ($33,000 sub-contract)

2010 - Prsnt Principal Investigator, Executive Forum for the Study of Terrorism. Anti-TerroristAssistance Program, US Department of State. ($84,00 to $168,000 per yearcooperative agreement)

2010 - 2012 Researcher, United Nations Caribbean Human Development Program, The Police:Transitioning to Citizen Security ($25,000 contract)

2000-2010 Principal Investigator, National Anti-Terrorism Executive Forum. Anti-TerroristAssistance Program, US Department of State. ($1.1 million cooperativeagreement)

2003-Prsnt Principal Investigator, NIJ Criminal Justice Research Assistantship Program.National Institute of Justice, US Department of Justice. ($300,000 per year)(Funding supports 2-3 doctoral students per year)


2007- 2010 Principal Investigator, Senior Crisis Management Seminar. Anti-Terrorist Assistance Program, US Department of State. ($1.3million cooperative agreement)

2007- 2008 Principal Investigator, Leadership Seminar. Anti-TerroristAssistance Program, US Department of State. ($85,000 cooperativeagreement)

2007-2008 Principal Investigator, Policing Paradise II: OrganizationalBehavior of Policing in the Caribbean, American University,Faculty Research Award. ($9,000)

2004-2005 Principal Investigator, Correlates of Crime in a Changing World.American University, Faculty Research Award. ($9,500)

1994 Principal Investigator, A Survey of Police Constables in Three CaribbeanNations: A Comparative Study. The American University, Faculty ResearchAward. ($7,500)

1994 Fulbright Senior Scholar, American Republics Research Program. To studypolice organization and operations in Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad andTobago.

1990 Principal Investigator, Evaluating National Drug Policies: A Case of Belize.Office of Program and Research Development, The American University, FacultyResearch Award. ($6,250)

1980 Principal Investigator, A Feasibility Study for the Generation of a Cross-NationalData Archive in Criminal Justice. Office of Program and Research Development,The American University ($5,000).

1979 Co-principle Investigator, Identification, Definition, and Measurement of UnsafeDriving Actions. DOT-HS-02023.

1979 Project Coordinator. Impact of Police Tactics on Unsafe Driving Actions.DOT-HS-8-01827.

EXPERT WITNESS

1995 Cousineau, McGuire and Anderson, Minneapolis, Minnesota1994 Mundy, Holt, and Mance, Washington, D.C.


CONSULTANTSHIPS

1997 - Prsnt Police Foundation: Chairman of the Institutional Review Board

1998 - Prsnt Fulbright International Scholar Program: Application Review Board forCriminology

1999 - 2001 TraCCC, American University/US Department of State (research methodologistsand evaluator)

1996 Community Policing Consortium: Peer reviewer (review of contract and grantapplications for funding)

1994 - 1996 International Criminal Investigation Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) [Creating and delivering training programs in the area of 1) statistical applicationsfor police managers, 2) crime prevention strategies].

1996 Department of Justice Peer Review Panel (evaluation of Small Grants Programapplications for funding).

1995 Department of Justice Peer Review Panel (evaluation of Cops Ahead Programapplications for funding and modification).

1994- 1995 KOKOSO, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles (develop a strategic crime preventionprogram for the five islands of the Netherlands Antilles).

1991 - 1995 AmerInd, Inc. (consulting on BIA police resource allocation project: developingsurvey instrument, creating allocation model, implementing model)

1992 National Institute of Justice Peer Review Panel (evaluation of community policeresearch proposals for possible funding by NIJ).

1990 - 1993 New Futures, Inc. (consulting on BJA/DEA Clandestine Laboratory CleanupProject; designing, fielding, analyzing, and interpreting evaluation data)

1989 - 1993 The Circle, Inc (methodology and statistical analysis)

1987 - 1990 National Center for Institutions and Alternatives (methodology and statisticalanalysis).

1985 First Tennessee Region Law Enforcement Training Academy (police in-servicecrime scene photography and investigation).

1983 Mississippi Board of Trustees (evaluation of State Criminal Justice Programs).


1982 - 1985 Advanced Research Resources Organization, Rockville, MD (police testing).

1982 - 1983 District of Columbia Crime Commission (consultant to Crime PreventionSubcommittee and Apprehension Subcommittee).

1981 National Institute of Justice (data reduction and analyses).

1980 Highway Safety Research Institute, University of Michigan (researchmethodology, data analyses).

1980 - 1988 The Police Foundation, Washington, D.C. (research methodology, data reductionand analyses, research proposal writing).

1979 Office of Criminal Justice Education and Training, LEAA.

SELECTED PAPER PRESENTATIONS AT SCHOLARLY MEETINGS

(To date, over 70 paper presentations have been made, many of which have beensubsequently published)

2012 “The Effects of Community Cohesion and Collective Efficacy on Citizen Perceptions ofPolice Legitimacy.” Presented at the American Society of Criminology in Chicago (withMelissa Morabito, Erik Alda and Tony Harriott).

2011 “The Determinants of Police Corruption and the Willingness of the Police to Combat It.”Presented at the American Society of Criminology in Washington, DC (with AndrewBennett)

2010 “Factors Affecting Police Officers’ Acceptance of Community Policing as a Viable LawEnforcement Strategy.” Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in SanDiego, California (with Jane Palmer).

2009 “Police Corruption: Investigating Its Determinates in Developing Nations.”Presented atthe European Society of Criminology in Ljubljana, Slovenia (with Debora Pfaff).

2008 Police Response to People with Mental Illness: A Comparative Approach.” Presented atthe American Society of Criminology in St Louis, MO (with Melissa Morabito).

2007 “Excessive Use of Force in a Developing Nation: Investigating its Determinants.”Presented at the American Society of Criminology in Atlanta, GA (with DeboraPfaff).

2007 “Policing People with Mental Illness in a Developing Nation.” Presented at theAmerican Society of Criminology in Atlanta, GA (with Melissa Morabito).


2007 “Police Corruption: Investigating Its Determinants in a Developing Nation.”Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences meetings in Seattle, WA.(with Debora Pfaff).

2006 “Corruption and the Decision to Report Crimes to the Police.” Presented at theAmerican Society of Criminology in Los Angles, CA. (with James P. Lynch).

2006 “The Importance of Social Support: Understanding Theft Patterns Cross-Nationally.” Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences meetings in Baltimore, MD. (withMelissa Schaefer Morabito and Debora Maniflod and Jessica Park)

2005 “Institutional Social Support and Crime: A Cross-national Investigation.” Presented atthe American Society of Criminology in Toronto, Canada. (with Melissa SchaeferMorabito)

2005 “Gender, Opportunity and Crime: A Cross-National Investigation.” Presented at theAcademy of Criminal Justice Sciences meetings in Chicago, IL. (with Melissa SchaeferMorabito and Patrick J. Smythe)

2004 “Development, Religiosity and Crime: A Cross-National, Time-Series Analysis.”Presented at the American Society of Criminology in Nashville, TN. (with MelissaScheafer Morabito)

2004 “Socrates in the Modern Classroom: Can Effective Learning Take Place in LargeClasses.” Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Meetings in Las Vegas,NV. (with Melissa Scheafer Morabito)

2003 “Differential Deployment, Violent Environments and Police Incidents: An ExploratoryInvestigation.” Presented at the American Society of Criminology Meetings in Denver,CO. (with Robert Kane).

2003 “Comparative Criminology and Criminal Justice Research: The State of OurKnowledge.” Presidential address presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciencesmeeting in Boston, MA.

2002 “Determinants of Constables’ Perceptions of Community Policing in Three DevelopingNations.” Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Meetings in Anaheim,CA.

2000 “Calls for Service: Mobilization of the Police Across Socio-Cultural Environments.” Presented at the American Society of Criminology Meetings in November in SanFrancisco, CA.


2000 “Doing Comparative Justice: Negotiating Access to Criminal Justice Settings.”Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Meetings in New Orleans,LA.

1999 “The Effect of Work Environment on Levels of Police Cynicism: A ComparativeStudy.”Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Meetings in March inOrlando, FL.

1998 “Policing Paradise: The Dimensions of Police Work in Three Caribbean Nations.”Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Meetings in March inAlbuquerque, NM.

1997 “The Context of Crime and Disorder in the Caribbean: A Case Study Analysis of ThreeNations.” Presented at the American Society of Criminology Meetings in November inSan Diego, CA.

1997 “Policing Paradise: Police Organizational Culture, Occupational Subcultures, and PoliceScripts.” Presented at the American Society of Criminology Meetings in November inSan Diego, CA.

1997 “Crime and Development: An Argument for an Alternative Methodology” Presented atthe Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Meetings in March in Louisville, KY.

1996 “Policing Paradise: Modeling the Effects of Political Culture on Police OrganizationalSubcultures.” Presented at the American Society of Criminology Meeting in Novemberin Chicago.

1996 “Gender and Policing in the Caribbean: A Comparative Study of Constables in ThreeNations.” Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Meetings in March inLas Vegas.

1995 “Unemployment and Crime.” Presented at the American Society of CriminologyMeetings in November in Boston. MA.

1995 “Police Leadership, Supervision, and Perceived Use of Excessive Force: A ComparativeStudy in Three Caribbean Nations.” Presented at the Academy of Criminal SciencesMeetings in March in Boston, MA.

1994 “Unemployment and Crime: A Cross-National Assessment of a PopularHypothesis.” Presented at the American Society of Criminology meetings inMiami, FL.

1994 “The Determinants of Job Satisfaction among Police Constables. A Comparative Studyin Three Developing Nations.” Presented at the American Society of Criminology


meetings in Miami, FL.

1993 “Development, Opportunity and Crime: The Effect of Gender.” Presented at theAmerican Sociological Association meetings in Miami, FL.

1991 “Nationalism and the U.S. War on Drugs.” Presented at the Academy of Criminal JusticeSciences meetings in Nashville, TN.

1990 “Victimization and the Police: Crime Reporting in a Developing Nation.” Presented at theAmerican Society of Criminology meetings in Baltimore, MD.

1990 “Religious Belief Systems and Crime: A Cross-National Analysis.” Presented at theannual Meetings of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Denver, CO.

1987 “Routine Activities: A Cross-National Structural Investigation.” Presented at the annualmeetings of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Ill.

1986 “Probability of Sanctions and Criminal Behavior: A Cross-National Time SeriesAnalysis.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology,Montreal, Canada.

1984 “Preventing Crime or Changing Perceptions: The Effects of Neighborhood CrimeControl Activities.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal JusticeSciences, Chicago, IL.

1983 “Coercive versus Participatory Dispute Resolution: An Evaluation of AlternativeForms.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences,San Antonio, TX.

1981 “Constructing Cross-national Crime and Criminal Justice Archives: A Conceptual andProcedural Model.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society ofCriminology, Washington, D.C.

1981 “Funding for Criminal Justice Research.” Presented at the annual meeting of theAcademy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.

1978 “Police Occupational Socialization: Issues in the Investigation of Process.” Presented atthe annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA.

1976 “Police Value Systems: An Analysis of the Situational Model.” Presented at the annualmeeting of the American Society of Criminology, Tucson, AZ.

1972 “Have the Courts Handcuffed the Police?” Presented at East Tennessee State University,Third Seminar on Community Problems, Johnson City, TN.


1971 “Police Militancy: A Viable Reaction to Minority Status.” Presented at the SixteenthAnnual Conference on Corrections, Tallahassee, FL.

PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

2012 “Community Cohesion and Collective Efficacy on Police Legitimacy.” Presented at theEuropean Society of Criminology in Bilbao, Spain (with Melissa Morabito and TonyHarriott).

2012 “Citizen Security in the Caribbean: The Criminal Justice System.” Presented at the 42ndmeetings of the Caribbean Development Bank in Grand Cayman, West Indies.

2009 “Police Corruption: Investigating Its Determinates in Developing Nations.”Presented atthe European Society of Criminology in Ljubljana, Slovenia (with Debora Pfaff).

2007 “The Effects of Governmental Corruption upon Citizen’s Decisions to Report Crime.” Presented at the 2 Istanbul Conference on Democracy and Global Security, Istanbul,nd

Turkey.

2007 “Challenges in Contemporary Comparative Criminology Research.” Presented atthe Crime, Law and Justice in Chinese Societies: Global Challenges and LocalResponses meetings in Hong Kong, China (via Teleconferencing).

2004 “Governmental Legitimacy and Police Effectiveness: The Effect of Corruption onCitizen’s Willingness to Report Crimes.” Presented at the Third International Conferenceon Crime and Criminal Justice in the Caribbean, Kingston, Jamaica.

2003 “Governmental Legitimacy and Policing Styles: The Effect of Corruption onCitizen-Police Behavior.” Presented at the XIII World Congress of Criminologyof the International Society of Criminology, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

2002 “Legitimacy and Policing Styles: The Effect of Citizen Cooperation on Police Behavior inPost-Colonial Societies. Presented at the 2 Conference of the European Society ofnd

Criminology , Toledo, Spain.

2001 “Police Cynicism and the Police Work Environment.” Presented at the 2 Internationalnd

Conference on Crime and Criminal Justice in the Caribbean, Kingston, Jamaica.

2000 “The Police Training Dilemma: Implementing Training Skills and Principles in theField.” Presented at the Joao Pinheiro Foundation, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

1999 “Gender and Policing: A Comparative Study of Constables in Three Nations” Presentedat the 1 Caribbean Crime and Criminal Justice Conference, Bridgtown, Barbados.st


1996 “The Importance of Crime Analysis in Crime Control and Prevention Activities.” Presented at the Working Group on Caribbean Criminology meeting at the ExpressHouse, January, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies.

1995 “Towards a Caribbean Criminology: Crime and Society in the Caribbean.” Presented atthe inaugural meeting of the Working Group in Caribbean Criminology, September, Portof Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies.

1994 “Preventing and Controlling Crime in the Caribbean.” Presented at the Heads ofCriminal Investigation Division Conference, September, St. Christopher, West Indies.

1994 “Crime Prevention Policy: Preventing Crime in Underdeveloped Nations.” Presented atthe 4th Annual Conference on Crime and Justice, University of the West Indies, St.Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies.

1993 “The Police Role in Preventing Crime: Practical Aspects.” Presented at the SolomonMcLeod Lecture Theatre, Police Administration Building, Port of Spain, Trinidad andTobago, West Indies.

1992 “Correlates of Fear: The Effects of Cultural Setting.” (with Jeanne M. Flavin). Presentedat the Caribbean Studies Association, Grenada, West Indies.

1991 “Determinants of Fear: A Tale of Two Cities.” (with Jeanne M. Flavin). Presented at theLaw and Society Meetings, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

1991 “Status Inequality and Property Crime: Investigating the Correlates of Crime.” (with

James P. Lynch). Presented at the Law and Society Meetings, Amsterdam, TheNetherlands.

1990 “Crime and Development: Investigating Alternative Hypotheses.” Invited presentation at the Juridsch Studiecentrum, Rijksuniversiteit, Leiden, The Netherlands.

1989 “Crime and Development: Crime Trends and Public Policy in Developing Nations.’" Invited presentation at the Bliss Institute, Belize, C. A.

1984 “Industrialization and Crime: A longitudinal Cross-National Analysis.” Presented at theInternational Sociological Association (ILANUD) meetings in Costa Rica, CA.

1980 “Police Recruit Socialization: A Longitudinal Study.” Presented at the InternationalSeminar on Police Management and Control, Nijenrode, The Netherlands.

REFERENCES Available on request.

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