Research & Creative Activities
The Division faculty engaged in a wide variety of scholarly work over the past six years. This work includes articles for peer reviewed journals, professional industry publications, and the presentation of papers at professional conferences. In summary the faculty as a whole have completed 44 evaluation research projects, published 14 peer reviewed journal articles and have numerous others published in industry periodicals and manuals, made 15 contributions to academic publications such as encyclopedias, have published 10 books, 7 book chapters, and made presentations of scholarly work at 92 professional conferences or meetings.
Dr. Ernest Uwazie is internationally recognized for his work in the area of conflict resolution and mediation in Africa, with specific interest in Nigeria . He has been awarded nearly $1 Million in grants for his work in mediation and alternative dispute resolution. Xin Ren is widely recognized for her work in the area of human trafficking. Miki Vohryzek-Bolden has conducted evaluation research on a wide variety of activities in corrections and law enforcement as well as co-authoring a book on terrorism and publishing in peer reviewed and scholarly journals on issues related to corrections and domestic terrorism. She has acted as the lead researcher in a number of evaluation studies conducted by members of this division, most recently an evaluation of multi-jurisdictional drug task forces conducted jointly with Dr.s Vizzard, Capron and Farmer. Dr. Jim Hernandez has done a large number of evaluation studies for use in court proceedings on gangs and related issues. He and other faculty have served as expert witnesses in a variety of trials.
There is significant breadth and diversity in the areas of research and scholarship as a result of the diversity of the Division faculty. Those members with management experience in law enforcement write and speak widely on related issues in policing in America and abroad. The new members of the faculty teaching law courses have done research, writing and presentation in areas of criminal procedure focusing on search and seizure, and juvenile law focusing on the transfer of juveniles to adult criminal court in California .
New members of the Division faculty, those joining between 2000 and 2002, have taken an aggressive approach to scholarship and research. Don Dixon has worked extensively in his first three years to present widely on geographic information systems. The faculty has presented numerous papers at local, regional and national academic conferences. Tim Capron and Sue Cote have written widely used text books, and Hugh Wilson , a recognized authority on drug issues, edits an annual on this topic used by universities throughout the nation. William Vizzard is a nationally recognized expert on issues relating to gun control and federal law enforcement having published both books and articles in those areas as well as appearing on NPR, the News Hour, the History Channel, the Discovery Channel and numerous national newspapers. Marlyn Jones has written extensively on issues of drug policy and criminal justice in the Caribbean . Donald Dixon has emerged as a pioneer in the developing field of crime analysis. Ricky Gutierrez has recently published a book on community policing. Bruce Bikle has edited a book on prison life and Cecil Canton has contributed a chapter to a book on Black experience in America .
The Division faculty demonstrates a commitment to continued scholarship with numerous manuscripts and journal articles currently under review for publication in the coming year.
