CURRICULUM VITAE
April 2009
Geoffrey P. Alpert
INTERNET SITE: www.deadlyforce.com
ADDRESS: Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
Phone: (803) 777-6424 Cell: (803) 446.4139 Fax (803) 777-7319
e-mail: geoffa@mailbox.sc.edu
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Washington State University l975
University of Oregon Law School l974-l975
M.A. University of Oregon l970
B.A. University of Oregon l969
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS:
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Bruce Smith Award for
Outstanding Contributions to Criminal Justice. 2009.
University of South Carolina Alpha Chapter of Mortar Board,
Excellence in Teaching, 2006- 2007.
University of South Carolina Alpha Chapter of Mortar Board, Excellence in Teaching, 2000 - 2001.
University of South Carolina Educational Foundation Research Award, 1995.
Police Development and Training Fellowship, German Marshall Fund, Republic of Germany, 1992.
Senior Research Scholar, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Washington, DC. 1991.
Directeur d'Etudes Associe, Maison des Sciences de L'Homme, Paris, France. l985-l987.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:
Chair, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. University of South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina. 2002 – 2007.
Director of Research, College of Criminal Justice. University of South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina. 1999 - 2002.
Director, Criminal Justice Program, Department of Sociology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. l985 - 1988.
Director, Center for Study of Law and Society, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. l98l -1988.
Legal Ombudsman, Lane County District Attorney's Office, Eugene, Oregon. l978 - l98l.
Coordinator, Victim/Witness Bureau, El Paso County District Attorney's Office, Colorado Springs, Colorado. 1979.
Director of Research, Georgia Department of Corrections, Atlanta, Georgia. l97l - l972.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, College of Criminal Justice, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. August, 1988 - Present.
Professor of Sociology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, l985 - 1988.
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. l98l - 1985.
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Administration, University of Colorado, Colorado
Springs, 1978 - l979.
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Political Economy, School of Social Sciences, The University
of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas. l975 - 1977.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.
l972 - 1976.
Instructor, Department of Sociology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia. l97l - l972.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Principal Investigator, Perceptions of the Organization and Violence of Gangs. Bureau of Justice
Assistance. 2008 – present.
Principal Investigator, A Multi-Method Evaluation of Police Use of Force Outcomes. National
Institute of Justice. 2005 – present.
Academic Affiliate, The Analysis Group. Development of a Methodology for Analysis of Los Angeles Police Department Pedestrian and Motor Vehicle Stop Data. Los Angeles, CA. 2004 - 2007.
Principal Investigator, Assessing Police Officers’ Decision Making and Discretion. National
Institute of Justice. 2002 - 2005.
Principal Investigator, Investigating Racial Profiling in the Miami-Dade Police Department. Miami-
Dade County. 2000 - 2005.
Co-Principal Investigator, The Effect of Community Policing on Urban Violence. American Statistical Association and Bureau of Justice Statistics. 2000 - 2002.
Associate Project Director, Promoting Police Accountability. Office of Community Oriented
Policing Services. 2000 - 2003.
Principal Investigator, The Lexington County Domestic Violence Court: A Partnership and Evaluation. National Institute of Justice. 2000 - 2003.
Principal Investigator, An Analysis of the Force Factor: Measuring Police Use of Force Relative to
Suspect Resistance. National Institute of Justice. 1998 - 2001.
Member, Olympic Research Group. Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games and the State of Georgia. 1996.
Principal Investigator, Facilitating Organizational Change: Shaping Philosophies Through Individual
and Organizational Evaluations. National Institute of Justice. 1996 - 1999.
Principal Investigator, An Analysis of Police Use-of-Force Data. National Institute of Justice. 1996 - 1998.
Principal Investigator, Police Pursuit Driving and Use of Excessive Force. National Institute of
Justice. 1994 - 1997.
Principal Consultant, State Evaluation Capacity Building Program. National Institute of Justice. 1992 - 1996.
Principal Investigator, Firearm Use and Analysis, Metro-Dade Police Department, 1994 - 1995.
Principal Investigator, Evaluation of Hi-Risk Police Activities. Insurance Reserve Fund. State of South Carolina. 1995.
Member, Study Group on Criminal Justice Research and Outcome Measures. Princeton
University/Bureau of Justice Statistics. 1992 - 1994.
Co-Principal Investigator, Evaluation of Tactical Narcotics Team, Metro-Dade Police Department, 1991 - 1993.
Research Professor, Institute of Public Affairs, University of South Carolina. 1989 - 1996.
Principal Investigator, Police Officer Task Analysis, City of Columbia, 1989 - 1990.
Principal Investigator, National Survey of Security Needs, American Society of Industrial Security, 1989 - 1990.
Principal Investigator, Firearm Use and Analysis, Metro-Dade Police Department, 1988 - 1989.
Principal Investigator, Police Pursuit Project, U. S. Department of Transportation. 1987 - 1988.
Research Director, Police Pursuit Project, Dade Association of Chiefs of Police, Dade County, Florida. 1985 - 1988.
Director, Review of Deadly Force Training and Policies of the Dallas Police Department. 1986 -1987.
Co-Director of Research, School Dropout Prevention Center, University of Miami. l985 - 1986.
Principal Investigator, Impact of Police Behavior in a Multi-Ethnic Setting, Metro-Dade Police
Department, Miami, Florida. l985 - 1986.
Research Director, Use of Deadly Force Project, Dade Association of Chiefs of Police, Dade County, Florida. l983.
Consultant, Deadly Force Project, Police Foundation, Washington, D.C. l983 - 1984.
Principal Investigator, Center for Business-Government Relations, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon. l978 - l978.
Research Associate, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 1977.
Principal Investigator, Legal Aid to Prisoners Project, School of Social Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, 1976.
Research Associate, Southeastern Correctional and Criminological Research Center, Florida State University. Tallahassee, Florida, l97l.
PUBLICATIONS:
Books and Monographs:
Noble, J. and G. Alpert. Managing Accountability Systems for Police Conduct: Internal Affairs and External Oversight. Prospect Heights, IL.: Waveland Press (2009).
Alpert, G., R. Dunham, and M. Stroshine. Policing: Continuity and Change. Prospect Heights, IL.: Waveland Press (2006).
Alpert, G., and R. Dunham Understanding Police Use of Force: Officers, Suspects, and Reciprocity.
New York: Cambridge University Press (2004).
Smith, W. and G. Alpert. Management of Emergency Vehicle Operational Risks. Evanston, IL:
Northwestern University Center for Public Safety (2003).
Alpert, G. and J. MacDonald. Understanding Social Science Research: Applications in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Prospect Heights, IL.: Waveland Press (2001).
Alpert, G., D. Kenney, R. Dunham and W. Smith. Police Pursuits: What We Know. Washington,
DC: Police Executive Research Forum (2000).
Alpert, G. and A. Piquero (eds.). Community Policing: Contemporary Readings. Prospect Heights,
IL.: Waveland Press (1998) Second Edition (2000).
Alpert, G. and R. Dunham. The Force Factor: Measuring Police Use of Force Relative to Suspect
Resistance. Washington, DC: Police Executive Research Forum (1997).
Alpert, G. and R. Dunham. Police Use of Deadly Force: A Statistical Analysis of the Metro-Dade
Police Department. Washington, DC: Police Executive Research Forum (1995).
Kappeler, V., R.Sluder and G. Alpert. Forces of Deviance: The Dark Side of Policing. Prospect
Heights, IL: Waveland Press (1994) Second Edition (1998).
Alpert, G. and L. Fridell. Police Vehicles and Firearms: Instruments of Deadly Force. Prospect
Heights, IL.: Waveland Press (1992).
Alpert, G. and R. Dunham. Police Pursuit Driving: Controlling Responses to Emergency Situations .
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1990).
Hawkins, R. and G. Alpert. Adult Correctional Systems). Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall (1989).
Dunham, R. and G. Alpert (eds.).Critical Issues In Policing: Contemporary Readings. Prospect
Heights, IL: Waveland Press (1989). Second Edition (1993). Third Edition (1997). Fourth Edition
(2001), Fifth Edition (2005).
Alpert, G. and R. Dunham. Policing Multi-Ethnic Neighborhoods. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press
(1988).
Alpert, G. and R. Dunham. Policing Urban America. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press (1988).
Second Edition (1992) Third Edition (1997).
K. Haas and G. Alpert. The Dilemmas of Punishment: Readings in Contemporary Corrections.
Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press (1986), Second Edition (1991), Third Edition, (1995).
Fourth Edition (1999), Fifth Edition (2006).
Alpert, G. The American System of Criminal Justice. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications (1985).
Alpert, G. (ed.). Legal Rights of Prisoners. (Volume l4, Sage Criminal Justice Systems Annuals -
editor). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications (1980).
Nissman, D., Barnes, B. and G. Alpert. Beating the Insanity Defense: Denying the License to Kill.
Lexington, MA: Lexington Books (l980).
Alpert, G. Legal Rights of Prisoners: An Analysis of Legal Aid. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books
(l978). Selected for Lawyers Literary Club, March, l979.
Articles, Book Chapters and Other Selected Publications:
Alpert, G. and J. Noble. Forthcoming 2009. Lies, True Lies, and Conscious Deception: Police
Officers and the Truth. Police Quarterly.
Alpert, G. Interpreting Police Use of Force and the Construction of Reality. Forthcoming 2009.
Criminology & Public Policy.
Schultz, D., Ed Hudak and G. Alpert. 2009. Emergency Driving and Pursuits: The Officer’s
Perspective. FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin 78: 1 – 7.
Hasisi, Badi, Geoffrey P. Alpert and Dan Flynn. Forthcoming 2009. The Impacts of Policing
Terrorism on Society: Lessons from Israel and the U.S. in David Weisburd, Thomas E. Feucht, Idit
Hakimi, Lois Felson Mock and Simon Perry (Eds.). To Protect and Serve: Policing in an Age of
Terrorism and Beyond. New York: Springer.
Dunham, R. and G. Alpert. 2009. Officer and Suspect Demeanor: A Qualitative Analysis of Change.
Police Quarterly, Vol. 12: 6-21.
Alpert, G. and W. Smith. 2008. Police Pursuits after Scott v Harris: Far from Ideal? Police
Foundation: Ideas in American Policing Series #10.
Alpert, G. 2008. Review of Police Interrogation and American Justice (by Richard Leo).
Contemporary Sociology 37: 465 – 466.
Stroshine, M., G. Alpert, and R. Dunham 2008. The Influence of "Working Rules" on Police
Suspicion and Discretionary Decision Making. Police Quarterly 11: 315-337
Alpert, G. Eliminate Race as the Only Reason for Police-Citizen Encounters. 2007. Criminology &
Public Policy 6: 671 - 678.
Smith, M. and G. Alpert. 2007. Explaining Police Bias: A Theory of Social Conditioning and
Illusory Correlation. Criminal Justice and Behavior 34: 1262 – 1283.
Smith, M., R. Kaminski, J. Rojek, G. Alpert and J. Mathis. 2007. The Impact of Conducted Energy
Devices and Other Types of Force and Resistance on Officer and Suspect Injuries. Policing: An
International Journal of Police Strategies & Management 30: 423 - 446.
Alpert, G., R. Dunham and M. Smith. Investigating Racial Profiling By The Miami-Dade Police
Department: A Multimethod Approach. Criminology & Public Policy 6: 25 - 56 (2007).
Alpert, G. Review Essay – Investigating the Investigators: Social Science and the Police. Criminal
Justice Ethics 25: 39 – 43 (2006)
Smith, M, M. Makarios, and G. Alpert. Differential Suspicion: Theory Specification and Gender
Effects in the Traffic Stop Context. Justice Quarterly 23: 271 – 295 (2006).
Parker, K., J. MacDonald, W. Jennings and G. Alpert. Racial Threat, Urban Conditions and Police
Use of Force: Assessing the Direct and Indirect Linkages Across Multiple Urban Areas. Justice
Research and Policy 7: 53 – 79 (2005).
Alpert, G., J. MacDonald and R. Dunham. Police Suspicion and Discretionary Decision Making
During Citizen Stops Criminology 43: 407 – 434 (2005).
Dunham, R., G. Alpert, M. Stroshine, and K. Bennett. Transforming Citizens Into Suspects: Factors
That Influence the Formation of Police Suspicion. Police Quarterly 8:366 – 393 (2005).
Alpert, G. Police Pursuits. Pp. 352 – 353 in Sullivan, Larry and Dorothy Moses Schultz (eds.)
Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 2005.
Dunham, R. and G. Alpert. The Foundation of the Police Role in Society. Pp. 1-17 in Critical Issues
in Policing: Contemporary Readings (Dunham, R. and G. Alpert, eds). Prospect Heights, IL:
Waveland Press (2005).
Alpert, G. Short, James. F. Pp. 1529 - 1531 in Encyclopedia of Criminology. New York:
Routledge. 2005.
Alpert, G., R. Dunham, and J. MacDonald. Interactive Police-Citizen Encounters that Result in
Force
Police Quarterly 7: 475 - 488 (2004).
Smith, M., G. Alpert and R. Dunham. Towards a Better Benchmark: Assessing the Utility of Not-at-
Fault Traffic Crash Data in Racial Profiling Research. Justice Research and Policy 6: 44 - 69 2004).
Walker, S and G. Alpert. Early Intervention Systems: The New Paradigm. Pp. 221 - 235 in
Hickman, M., A. Piquero and J. Greene (eds.) Police Integrity and Ethics. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth
Group. 2004.
Wilson, G., R. Dunham and G. Alpert. Prejudice in Police Profiling: Assessing An Overlooked
Aspect in Prior Research. American Behavioral Scientist 47: 896 - 909 (2004).
Dunham, R. and G. Alpert. The Effects of Officer and Suspect Ethnicity in Use-of-Force Incidents.
Pp. 102 - 114, in Karen Terry and Delores Jones-Brown (eds.), Policing and Minority Communities:
Bridging the Gap. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall (2004).
Parker, K., J. MacDonald, G. Alpert, M. Smith, and A. Piquero. A Contextual Study of Racial
Profiling: Assessing the Theoretical Rationale for the Study of Racial Profiling at the Local Level).
American Behavioral Scientist 47: 943 - 962 (2004).
Gover, A., J. MacDonald and G. Alpert. Combating Domestic Violence: Findings from an
Evaluation of a Local Domestic Violence Court. Criminology and Public Policy 3: 109 - 132
(2003).
Terrill, W., G. Alpert, R. Dunham and M. Smith A Management Tool for Evaluating Police Use of
Force: An Application of the Force Factor. Police Quarterly 6: 150 - 171 (2003).
MacDonald, J., P. Manz, G. Alpert and R. Dunham Police Use of Force: Examining the Relationship
Between Calls for Service and the Balance of Police Force and Suspect Resistance. Journal of
Criminal Justice 31: 119 - 127 (2003).
Smith, M., and G. Alpert. Searching for Direction: Courts, Social Science, and the Adjudication of
Racial Profiling Claims Justice Quarterly 19: 673 - 703 (2002).
Alpert, G. Effective Use of Expert Witnesses in Police Misconduct Cases: The Changing Role of the
Expert Witness. Proceedings. 2002 Annual Convention of the Association of Trial Lawyers of
America. Pages 1817- 1825 (2002).
Alpert, G. Deadly Force. Vol. 2, Pp. 471 - 472. Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment. Thousand
Oaks, CA: Sage Publications (2002).
Alpert, G. Police Pursuits. Vol. 3, Pp. 1181 - 1184. Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications (2002).
Walker, S. and G. Alpert. Early Warning Systems as Risk Management for Police. Pp. 219-230 in
K. Lersch (ed.) Policing and Misconduct. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall (2002).
Alpert, G. Police Pursuit Driving, Chapter 4, Proceedings Texas State Bar Association Suing and
Defending Governmental Entities. Austin, TX. 2002.
Alpert, G., D. Flynn and A. Piquero. Effective Community Policing Performance. Justice Research
and Policy 3:80 - 94 (2001).
Walker, S. G. Alpert and D. Kenney. Early Warning Systems: Responding to the Problem Officer
National Institute of Justice, Research in Brief. July 2001.
Reprinted Pp. 95 – 101 in Victor, Joseph and Joanne Naughton, Criminal Justice: Annual Editions.
Guilford, CT: McGraw-Hill. 2003.
Reprinted Pp. 152 – 164 in Thurman, Quint and Jihong Zhao (eds.) Contemporary Policing:
Controversies, Challenges and Solutions. Los Angeles, CA: Roxbury Publishing Co. 2004.
Alpert, G. and MacDonald. Police Use of Force: An Analysis of Organizational Characteristics.
Justice Quarterly 18: 393 - 409 (2001).
MacDonald, J., R. Kaminski, G. Alpert and A. Tennenbaum) The Temporal Relationship Between
Police Killings of Civilians and Criminal Homicide: A Refined Version of the Danger-Perception
Theory Crime and Delinquency 47: 155 - 172 (2001).
Walker, S. and G. Alpert. Early Warning Systems for Police: Concept, History and Issues. Police
Quarterly 3: 132-152 (2000).
Alpert, G. and D. Flynn. Community Policing and Major Special Events: A Case Study of Super
Bowl XXXIII. Pp. 169 - 185 in Brito, Corina and Eugenia Gratto (eds.) Problem Oriented Policing.
Washington, DC: Police Executive Research Forum. 2000.
Walker, S. and G. Alpert. Police Accountability and Early Warning Systems: Developing Policies
and Programs. Justice Research and Policy 2: 59 - 72 (2000).
Alpert, G., D. Kenney and T. Oettemier. Performance Measures Shape Officers Actions. National
Institute of Justice Journal July: 26-27 (2000).
Alpert, G. and K. Coxe. The Role of Women in Policing: Assignments and Specialization. Page 165
Encyclopedia of Women and Crime. Phoenix: The Oryx Press (2000).
Smith, M. and G. Alpert. Pepper Spray: A Safe and Reasonable Response to Suspect Verbal
Resistance. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management 23: 233-245
(2000).
Walker, S. and G. Alpert. Early Warning Systems for Police: A New Approach to Accountability
International City Management Association, IQ Service Report 32: 1 - 11 (2000).
Alpert, G. and M. Smith. Police Use-of-Force Data: Where We Are and Where We Should Be
Going. Police Quarterly 2: 57-78 (1999).
Greene, J. and G. Alpert. Police: Overview. Pp. 531-539. Violence in America: An Encyclopedia.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons (1999).
Alpert, G. and R. Dunham. The Force Factor: Measuring and Assessing Police Use of Force and
Suspect Resistance. Pp. 45-60 in National Institute of Justice Research Report, Use of Force by Police: Overview of National and Local Data. Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice and Bureau of Justice Statistics (1999).
Reprinted Pp. 97-117 in Tautman, Neal. Police Work: A Career Survival Guide. Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall (2005).
Madden, T and G. Alpert. Toward the Development of a Pursuit Decision Calculus: Pursuit Benefits
versus Pursuit Cost. Justice Research and Policy 1: 23-41(1999).
MacDonald, J., G. Alpert and A. Tennenbaum) Justifiable Homicide by Police and Criminal
Homicide: A Research Note Journal of Crime and Justice XXII 153-166 (1999).
MacDonald, J. and G. Alpert. Public Attitudes Toward Police Pursuit Driving. Journal of Criminal
Justice 26: 185-194 (1998).
Reprinted in A. Del Carmen. Perspectives: Criminal Justice. Coursewise Publishing: St. Paul, MN(1999).
Reprinted Pp. 170-182 in W. Palacios, P. Cromwell and R. Dunham (eds.) Crime and Justice in
America. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall (2001).
Alpert, G., and A. Clarke. County of Sacramento v Lewis: Its Impact and Unanswered Questions.
Police Forum 8: 1 - 9 (1998).
Alpert, G. Helicopters in Pursuit Operations. National Institute of Justice, Research in Action.
August 1998.
Alpert, G. A Factorial Analysis of Police Pursuit Driving Decisions Justice Quarterly 15: 347-359
(1998).
Alpert, G., R. Dunham and A. Piquero. On the Study of Neighborhoods and the Police. Pp. 309-326
in Community Policing: Contemporary Readings (G. Alpert and A. Piquero eds.). Prospect Heights,
IL.: Waveland Press (1998).
Alpert, G., MacDonald, J. and Gover. The Use of Helicopters in Policing: Necessity or Waste?
Police Forum 8: 9-14 (1998).
Dunham, R., G. Alpert, D. Kenney and P. Cromwell. High Speed Pursuit: The Offender’s
Perspective. Criminal Justice and Behavior 20: 30-45 (1998).
Alpert, G. and A. Clarke. County of Sacramento v Lewis: A Look at its Impact and Unanswered
Questions. Subject to Debate 12: 1, 3, 4 - 5 (1998).
Alpert, G., D. Kenney and R. Dunham. Police Pursuits and the Use of Force: Recognizing and
Managing “the Pucker Factor.” Justice Quarterly 14: 371-385 (1997).
Reprinted Pp. 291 – 303 in M. Palmiotto (ed.) Police Misconduct) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice
Hall (2001).
Alpert, G., A. Clarke, and W. Smith. The Constitutional Implications of High Speed Police Pursuits
Under a Substantive Due Process Analysis: Homeward Through the Haze The University of
Memphis Law Review 27: 599-662 (1997).
Kenney, D, and G. Alpert. A National Survey of Pursuits and the Use of Police Force: Data from
Law Enforcement Agencies. Journal of Criminal Justice 25: 315-323 (1997).
Reprinted in D. Kenney and R. McNamara (eds.) Police and Policing: Contemporary Issues.
Westport, CT: Praeger (1999).
Reprinted Pp. 200 – 209 in Thurman, Quint and Jihong Zhao (eds.) Contemporary Policing:
Controversies, Challenges and Solutions. Los Angeles, CA: Roxbury Publishing Co. 2004.
Alpert, G. Police Pursuit: Policies and Training. National Institute of Justice, Research in Brief.
May 1997.
Dunham, R. and G. Alpert. Police Shootings: Myths and Realities. Pp. 115-123 in Paul Cromwell
and Roger Dunham (Eds). Crime and Justice in America. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall (1997,
2001).
Alpert, G. Pursuit Driving: Planning Policies and Action from Agency, Officer, and Public
Information. Police Forum 7: 1-12 (1997).
Alpert, G., W. Smith, A. Clarke and M. Cosgrove. The Case for a Post-Arrest Use of Force
Continuum: Constitutional and Practical Implications of Police Restraint Procedures. Criminal Law
Bulletin 32: 49-61 (1996).
Crouch, B. and G. Alpert. The American Prison Crisis. Pp. 121-136 in C. Calhoun and G. Ritzer,
Perspectives on Criminal Justice. McGraw-Hill: New York (1996).
Dunham, R. and G. Alpert. Controlling the Use of Force: An Evaluation of Street-Level Narcotics
Interdiction in Miami. American Journal of Police XV (No. 1): 83-100 (1995).
Reprinted Pp. 189-204 in D. Kenney and G. Cordner (eds.) Managing Police Personnel. Cincinnati:
Anderson publishing Co. (1996).
Dunham, R. and G. Alpert. Multi-Ethnic Communities: Interactive Model. Pp. 436-440 in W.
Bailey (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Police Science. New York: Garland Publishing. Inc. (1995).
Kappeler, V., R. Sluder and G. Alpert. Breeding Deviant Conformity: Police Ideology and Culture.
Pp. 243 - 262 in V. Kappeler (ed.). The Police in Society: Touchstone Readings. Prospect Heights,
IL: Waveland Press (1995).
Reprinted Pp. 284-301 in Critical Issues In Policing: Contemporary Readings (Dunham, R. and G.
Alpert eds.). Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press (1997, 2005).
Alpert, G. and T. Madden. Police Pursuit Driving: An Empirical Analysis of Critical Decisions.
American Journal of Police XIII (No. 4): 23-45 (1994).
Crouch, B., G. Alpert, J. Marquart and K. Haas The American Prison Crisis: Clashing Philosophies
of Punishment and Crowded Cellblocks. Pp. 64 - 80 The Dilemmas of Corrections: Contemporary
Readings (Haas, K and G. Alpert, eds.). Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press (1998). Pp. 84-100
(1998).
Alpert, G. The Management of Police Pursuit Driving. Pp. 599-609 in W. Bailey (ed.) The
Encyclopedia of Police Science. New York: Garland Publishing Inc. (1995).
Reprinted Pp. 547-564 in Critical Issues In Policing: Contemporary Readings (Dunham, R. and G.
Alpert, eds.). 3rd. Edition Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press (1997).
Alpert, G. and W. Smith. How Reasonable is the Reasonable Man?: Police and Excessive Force.
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 85: 481-501 (1994).
Alpert, G. and W. Smith. Developing Police Policy: An Evaluation of the Control. American Journal
of Police 13 (#2): 1-20 (1994).
Reprinted Pp. 237-251 in Critical Issues In Policing: Contemporary Readings (Dunham, R. and G.
Alpert, eds.). 2nd. Edition Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press (1993).
Smith, W., and G. Alpert. Risky Business: Exposure Under Section 1983. Public Risk 8: 6-9 (1994).
Reprinted Pp. 3-4 in ALERT International Newsletter January and March 1995.
Alpert, G.and M. Moore. Measuring Police Performance in the New Paradigm of Policing . Pp. 109-
142 in Bureau of Justice Statistics, Performance Measures for the Criminal Justice System.
Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1993.
Reprinted Pp. 265-281 in Critical Issues In Policing: Contemporary Readings (Dunham, R. and G.
Alpert, eds.). Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press (1997).
Reprinted Pp. 215-232 in Community Policing: Contemporary Readings (Alpert, G. and A. Piquero,
eds). Prospect Heights, IL.: Waveland Press (1998).
Alpert, G. and M. Smith. The Police and the Americans with Disabilities Act - Who is Being
Discriminated Against?. Criminal Law Bulletin 29: 516-528 (1993).
Apospori, E. and G. Alpert. The Role of Differential Experience with the Criminal Justice System in
Changes in Perceptions of Severity of legal Sanctions over Time. Crime and Delinquency 39: 184-
194 (1993).
Smith, W. and G. Alpert. Policing the Defective Centurion: Decertification and Beyond. Criminal
Law Bulletin 29: 147-157 (1993).
Reprinted Pp. 355 – 366 in M. Palmiotto (ed.) Police Misconduct. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice
Hall (2001).
Apospori, E., G. Alpert and R. Paternoster)The Effects of Involvement with the Criminal Justice
System: A Neglected Dimension of the Experience and Perceptions Relationship. Justice Quarterly
9: 379-392 (1992).
Greene, J., G. Alpert and P. Styles. Values and Culture in Two American Police Departments:
Lessons from King Arthur. Contemporary Criminal Justice 8: 183-207 (1992).
Reprinted Pp. 179-207 in Law Enforcement Operations and Management (Edited by Marilyn
McShane and Frank Williams) New York: Garland Publishing. 1997.
Alpert, G. and W. Smith. Police Policy: Is the Control Principle out of Control? Police and Security
News 8: 2, 30-33 (1992).
Alpert, G., W. Smith and D. Watters. Implications of the Rodney King Beating. Criminal Law
Bulletin 28: 469-479 (1992).
Alpert, G. and W. Smith. A Critical and Constructive Look at the Defensibility of Police Pursuit
Training. Pp. 172-193 in J. Bizzack (ed.) Issues in Policing: New Perspectives. Autumn House
Publishing: Lexington, Ky (1992).
Alpert, G. The Importance of Data Quality for Research and Practice. Proceedings of the National
Conference on Improving the Quality of Criminal History Records: 34-35 (1992).
Dunham, R and G. Alpert. Understanding the Dynamics of Officer Age and Gender in Police
Pursuits. American Journal of Police 10: 51-61 (1991).
Alpert, G. and W. Smith. Beyond City Limits and Into the Wood(s): A Brief Look at the Policy
Impact of City of Canton v Harris and Wood v Ostrander. American Journal of Police 10: 19-40
(1991).
Alpert, G. Analyzing Police Pursuit. Criminal Law Bulletin 27: 358-367 (1991).
Alpert, G. Hiring and Promoting Police Officers in Small Departments: Limiting the Role of
Psychological Testing. Criminal Law Bulletin 27: 261-269 (1991).
Reprinted Pp. 96-105 in Critical Issues In Policing: Contemporary Readings (Dunham, R. and G.
Alpert, eds.). 2nd. Edition Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press (1993).
Alpert, G. Cross-Gender Guarding, Personal Privacy and Institutional Security: Perspectives of Jail
Inmates. Criminal Justice and Behavior 18: 304-317 (1991).
Alpert, G. Establishing Roadblocks to Control the Drunk Driver. Criminal Law Bulletin 27: 51-58
(1991).
Alpert, G. Controlling Pursuit Driving: The Need for Policy and Training. Police and Security News
6: 6-13 (1990).
Alpert, G. and W. Smith. Defensibility of Law Enforcement Training. Criminal Law Bulletin 26:
452-458 (1990).
Haas, K. and G. Alpert. Drug Testing at Work. Criminal Justice Policy Review 3: 376-390 (1989).
Alpert, G. and R. Dunham. Policing Hot Pursuits: the Discovery of Aleatory Elements. Journal of
Criminal Law and Criminology 80: 521-539 (1989).
Alpert, G. City of Canton v Harris and the Deliberate Indifference Standard. Criminal Law Bulletin
25: 466-472 (1989).
Alpert, G. and K. Haas. American Prisoners and the Right of Access to the Courts: A Vanishing
Concept of Protection. Pp. 65-87 in Lynn Goodstein and Doris MacKenzie (eds.) The American
Prison: Issues in Research and Policy New York: Plenum (1989).
Reprinted Pp. 223-246 in Haas, K. and G. Alpert (eds.) The Dilemmas of Corrections:
Contemporary Readings (Haas, K. and G. Alpert, eds). Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press Third
Edition (1995). Fourth Edition, Pp. 244-267 (1998).
Alpert, G. Judge David Bazelon: Questioning Authority (Review Essay) Journal of Criminal Law
and Criminology 79: 1381-1388 (1989).
Alpert, G. and R. Dunham. Research on Police Pursuits: Applications for law Enforcement.
American Journal of Police 7: 123-131 (1988).
Alpert, G. Police Pursuit: Linking Data to Decisions Criminal Law Bulletin 24: 453-462 (1988).
Lang, G., R. Dunham and G. Alpert. Factors Related to the Academic Success and Failure of
College Football Players: The Case of the Mental Dropout) Youth and Society 20: 210-222 (1988).
Alpert, G. and R. Dunham. Neighborhood Differences in Attitudes Toward Policing: Evidence for a
New Approach to Policing in a Multi-Ethnic Setting. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 79:
504-523 (1988).
Reprinted, in part, Pp. 57 - 60 in R. Mutchnick and B. Berg, Research Methods for the Social
Sciences. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. 1996.
Mills, R., R. Dunham and G. Alpert. Working with High-Risk Youth in Prevention and Early
Intervention Programs) Adolescence 23: 643-660 (1988).
Zimmerman, R., T. Biggers and G.Alpert. Nursing, Nursing Education and Anxiety. Journal of
Nursing Education 27: 411-417 (1988).
Alpert, G. and B.Crouch. Sports Violence: History, Overview and Suggestions for Reduction. The
Journal of Applied Research in Coaching and Athletics 3: 101-119 (1988).
Alpert, G., R. Dunham, and L. Lewis. Police and Drug Testing) Criminal Law Bulletin 24: 155-166
(1988). Reprinted Pp. 298-310 in Critical Issues In Policing: Contemporary Readings (Dunham, R.
and G. Alpert, eds.).
Alpert, G. Questioning Police Pursuit in Urban Areas. Journal of Police Science and Administration
17: 298-306 (1987).
Reprinted Pp. 216-229 in Critical Issues In Policing: Contemporary Readings (Dunham, R. and G.
Alpert eds). Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press (1989).
Sullivan, P., Dunham, R. and G. Alpert. Attitude Structures of Different Ethnic and Age Groups
Concerning Police. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 78: 501-521 (1987).
Dunham, R. and G. Alpert. Keeping Juvenile Delinquents in School: A Prediction Model.
Adolescence 23: 45-57 (1987).
Alpert, G. and M. Llabre. Social Scientists as Expert Witnesses. The Florida Bar Journal 60
(November) 10: 31-34 (1986).
Alpert, G. and R. Dunham. Community Policing. Journal of Police Science and Administration 14
(September): 212-222 (1986).
Reprinted Pp. 432-450 in Critical Issues In Policing: Contemporary Readings (Dunham, R. and G.
Alpert, eds.). 2nd. Edition. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press (1993).
McBride, D. C. Habermeil, D. Chitwood and G. Alpert. Drugs and Homicide.Bulletin of the New
York Academy of Medicine 62: 447-508 (1986).
Alpert, G. and P. Anderson. The Most Deadly Force: Police Pursuits Justice Quarterly 3 (March: 1-
15 (1986).
Reprinted in R. Homant and D. Kennedy (eds.) Police and Law Enforcement (Volume 5) New
York: AMS Press (1988).
Reprinted Pp. 304 – 315 in M. Palmiotto (ed.) Police Misconduct () Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Prentice Hall (2001).
Alpert, G. R. Dunham and D.J. Conners. Black Representation on Juries in Miami: a Research Note.
Justice System Journal 11 (Spring): 79-88 (1986).
Alpert, G. and DeFoor, A. Telephone Search Warrants: A Proposal for Florida. The Florida Bar
Journal 60 (March): 61-63 (1986).
Dunham, R. and G. Alpert. Keeping Marginal Youth in School: a Prevention Model. Youth and
Society 17: 346-361 (1986).
McClellend, K. and G. Alpert. Factor Analysis Applied to Magnitude Estimates of Punishment
Seriousness: Patterns of Individual Differences. Journal of Quantitative Criminology l: 307-3l7
(1985).
Alpert, G. and T. Petersen. The Grand Jury Report. Justice Quarterly 2: 23-50 (1985).
Haas, K. and G. Alpert. Judicial Rulemaking and the Fourth Amendment: Cars, Containers and
Exclusionary Justice. Alabama Law Review 35: 23l (1984).
Crouch, B., G. Alpert and R. Huff. Prison Reform by Judicial Decree: The Unintended
Consequences of Ruiz v Estelle, Justice System Journal 9: 29l-305 (1984).
Reprinted Pp. 258-271 in Haas, K. and G. Alpert (eds.) The Dilemmas of Corrections Third Edition,
Prospect Heights: Waveland Press (1995). Fourth Edition Pp. 309-323 (1999).
Alpert, G. The Needs of the Judiciary and Misapplications of Social Research: the Case of Female
Guards in Men's Prisons, Criminology 22: 44l-456 (1984).
Reprinted Pp. 154-166 in P. Anderson and T. Winfree (eds.) Expert Witnesses. Albany, NY: State
University of New York Press (1987).
DeFoor, A. and G. Alpert. Florida's Invisible Jails. The Judges' Journal 23: 33, 46 (1984).
DeFoor, A. and G.Alpert. Telephone Search Warrants, University of Miami Law Review 38: 625-
636 (1984).
Alpert, G. and R. Huff. Defending the Accused: Competence and Strategies. pp. 247-27l in William
McDonald (ed.) The Defense Counsel. Beverly Hills: Sage (1983).
Alpert, G. Women Prisoners and the Law: Which Way Will the Pendulum Swing ? Journal of
Criminal Justice l0: 37-44 (1982).
Reprinted Pp. l7l-l82 in B. Price and N. Sokoloff (eds.) The Criminal Justice System and Women.
New York: Clark Boardman (1982).
Alpert, G. and B. Crouch. Sex and Occupational Socialization: A Longitudinal Study of Prison
Guards. Criminal Justice and Behavior 9: l39-l76 (1982).
Alpert, G. and R. Huff. Organizational Compliance with Court-Ordered Reform: the Need for
Evaluation Research. Pp. 115-124 in M. Morash (ed.) Implementing Criminal Justice Policies.
Beverly Hills: Sage Publications (1982).
Alpert, G., R. White and P. Geisel. The Intervention of Business Leaders. pp. l55-l73 in Charles V.
Willie and Susan Greenblatt (eds.) Community Politics and Educational Change. New York:
Longman (1981).
Alpert, G. Criminal Defense Attorneys: A Typology of Defense Strategies, Criminal Law Bulletin
l7: 38l-404 (1981).
Alpert, G. and R. Huff. Prisoners, the Law and Politics: Planning for Legal Aid. New England
Journal on Prison Law 7: 304-340 (1981). First prize, l98l National Writing Competition, New
England School of Law.
Alpert, G. and R. Dukes. Criminal Victimization from a Police Perspective. Journal of Police
Science and Administration 8: 21-30 (1980).
Alpert, G. and B. Crouch. Prison Guards' Attitudes Toward Components of the Criminal Justice
System. Criminology l8: 227-236 (1980).
Alpert, G. Inadequate Defense Counsel: An Empirical Analysis of Prisoners' Perceptions The
American Journal of Criminal Law 7: 1-21 (1979).
Alpert, G. Recent Developments in the Office of the Prosecutor The Prosecutor l4: 34l-344 (1979).
Alpert, G. Patterns of Change in Prisonization: A Longitudinal Analysis, Criminal Justice and Behavior 6: l59-174 (1979).
Alpert, G. and G. Noblit. Advocacy and Rehabilitation in Women's Prison. Law and Policy
Quarterly l: 207-222 (1979).
Reprinted Pp. 272-284 in K. Haas and G.P. Alpert (eds.) The Dilemmas of Punishment. Prospect
Heights: Waveland Press (1986).
Alpert, G. Institutional Diversity and Prisonization: A Longitudinal Analysis, LAE Journal of the
American Criminal Justice Association 4l: 3l-39 (1979).
Alpert, G. Legal Ombudsman: New Roles for an Old Office, Victimology: An International Journal
4: 268- 278 (1979).
Alpert, G. and D. Hicks. Patterns of Social Change and Adaptation in Prisons. Social Science
Quarterly 59: 37-50 (1978).
Alpert, G. The Determinants of Prisoners' Decisions to Seek Legal Aid New England Journal of Prison Law 4: 309-325 (1978).
Alpert, G. and N. Miller. Legal Delivery Systems to Prisoners. The Justice System Journal 4: 9-26 (1978).
Alpert, G. A Comparative Study of the Effects of Ideology on Prisonization, LAE Journal of the
American Criminal Justice Association 41: 77-86 (1978).
Alpert, G., J. Finney and J. Short. Legal Services, Prisoners' Attitudes, and `Rehabilitation.' Journal
of Criminal Law and Criminology 69: 6l6-626 (1978).
Alpert, G. and D. Hicks. Prisoners' Attitudes toward Components of Legal and Judicial Systems.
Criminology l4: 46l-482 (1977).
Reprinted Pp. 31-52 in D. MacNamara and F. Montanino (eds.) Incarceration: The Sociology of
Imprisonment. Beverly Hills, California: Sage Publications, l978.
Alpert, G. Prisons as Formal Organizations: Compliance Theory in Action Sociology and Social
Research 63: 112-130 (1978).
Alpert, G. Collective Violence Behind Bars. pp. 2l-34 in M. Reidel and P. Vales (eds.) Treating the
Offender: Problems and Issues. Praeger Publishers: New York (1977).
Alpert, G. A Comparative Look at Prisonization: Sex and Prison Culture Quarterly Journal of
Corrections l: 29-34 (1977).
Alpert, G. Prisoners' Right of Access to Courts: Planning for Legal Aid, Washington Law Review 5l
(July) 3: 653-675 (1976).
Reprinted Pp. 3l4-335 in D. Petersen and C. Thomas (eds.) Corrections: Problems and Prospects.
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall (l980).
GRANTS, CONTRACTS AND AWARDS:
Perceptions of the Organization and Violence of Gangs. Bureau of Justice Assistance. 2008.
A Study on the Effects of Tasers on Humans. Miami-Dade County, Florida. 2007.
A Multi-Method Evaluation of Police Use of Force Outcomes. National Institute of Justice. 2005.
Assessing Police Officers’ Decision Making and Discretion. National Institute of Justice. 2001.
The Lexington County Domestic Violence Court: A Partnership and Evaluation. National Institute
of Justice. 2000.
Promoting Police Accountability: A Technical Assistance Program. Office of Community Oriented
Policing Services. Washington, DC. 2000.
Investigating Racial Profiling in the Miami-Dade Police Department. Miami-Dade County, Florida.
2000.
The Effect of Community Policing on Urban Violence. American Statistical Association, Committee
on Law and Justice. 2000.
Carolinas Institute for Community Policing. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. 1999,
2000.
The Force Factor: Measuring Police Use of Force Relative to Suspect Resistance. National Institute
of Justice. 1998.
Facilitating Organizational Change: Shaping Philosophies Through Individual and Organizational
Evaluations. National Institute of Justice. 1996.
An Analysis of Police Use-of-Force Data. National Institute of Justice. 1996.
Firearm Use and Analysis for the Metro-Dade Police Department. Metropolitan Dade County,
Florida. 1994.
Evaluation of Hi-Risk Police Activities. Insurance Reserve Fund. State of South Carolina. 1994.
Police Pursuit Driving and Use of Excessive Force. National Institute of Justice. 1994.
Evaluation of Tactical Narcotics Team, Metro-Dade Police Department, 1991.
Police Report Writing. Wackenhut Services, Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC. 1990.
Police Officer Task Analysis. City of Columbia. 1989.
National Survey of Security Needs. American Society of Industrial Security Foundation. 1989.
Firearm Use and Analysis for the Metro-Dade Police Department. Metropolitan Dade County,
Florida. 1988.
Review of Deadly Force Training and Policies of the Dallas Police Department. City of Dallas,
Texas. 1987.
Police Pursuits: Integrating the Empirical Research with Policy. U.S. Department of Transportation.
1987.
Police Use of Deadly Force Project - An Update. City of Miami. 1987.
Impact of Police Behavior in a Multi-Ethnic Setting. Metro-Dade County, Florida. 1985.
Police Use of Deadly Force, City of Dallas, Texas. l984.
Police Use of Deadly Force, City of Miami. l983.
Establishment of Prisoners' Rights Project - Oregon Division of Corrections. l980.
Integrated Victim Assistance. L.E.A.A. - U. S. Department of Justice. Written for the 4th Judicial
District Attorney's Office (Colorado) l980.
Comprehensive Career Criminal Program. L.E.A.A. - U. S. Department of Justice. Written for the
Lane County (Oregon) District Attorney's Office. l979.
Evaluation of Parole Decision Guidelines. National Institute of Corrections. l978.
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS:
Police Pursuits in an Age of Innovation and Reform. 2008. Alexandria, Va. International
Association of Chiefs of Police.
A Multi-Method Evaluation of Police Use of Force Outcomes. 2008. A Final Report to the National
Institute of Justice. Washington, DC.
The Charleston Area Crime Summit Report. Prepared for the North Charleston and City of
Charleston Police Departments. November 2007.
Pedestrian and Motor Vehicle Post-Stop Data Analyses Report. Prepared for the City of Los
Angeles. July 2006. www.analysisgroup.com/AnalysisGroup/article.aspx?id=1811
Miami-Dade Police Department Racial Profiling Study. November 2004, Released, May 2005.
Not-At-Fault Traffic Crash Data Pp. 66-75 in Amy Ferrall, Jana Rumminger and Jack McDevitt
(eds.) New Challenges in Confronting Racial Profiling in the 21st Century. Northeastern University.
2005.
Proposed Pedestrian and Motor Vehicle Stop Data Analyses Methodology Report. Prepared for the
City of Los Angeles. January 2005. www.lacity,org/lapdstops
Rapport, D’Enquete de Coronor. Bureau du Coronor Quebec. 2004.
Assessing Police Officers’ Decision Making and Discretion. A Final Report to the National Institute
of Justice. 2004.
Police Pursuits. Pp. 122-123 in William Geller and Darrel Stephens (eds.) Local Government Police
Management. Washington, DC: International City/County Management Association. 2003.
Early Intervention Systems for Law Enforcement Agencies: A Planning and Management Guide. A
Final Report to the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. 2003.
Evaluation of the Local Initiated Research Partnership Program. A Final Report to the National
Institute of Justice. 2003.
The Lexington County Domestic Violence Court: A Partnership and Evaluation. A Final Report to
the National Institute of Justice. 2003.
Early Intervention Systems for Law Enforcement Agencies: A Planning and Management Guide. A
Final Report to the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. 2002.
The Effect of Community Policing on Urban Violence. A Final Report to the American Statistical
Association and Bureau of Justice Statistics. 2002.
The Force Factor: Measuring Police Use of Force Relative to Suspect Resistance. A Final Report to
the National Institute of Justice. 2001.
Community Policing Performance Measures. An Essay and Curriculum for the Carolinas Institute
for Community Policing. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. 2000.
Ethics and Integrity in Community Policing. An Essay and Curriculum for the Carolinas Institute
for Community Policing. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. 2000.
Responding to the Problem Police Officer: A National Study of Early Warning Systems. A Final
Report to the National Institute of Justice.1999.
Policy and Training: the First Two Building Blocks of a Pursuit Plan for the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police. A Final Report to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Public Complaints
Commission. 1999. Published in Police Pursuits and Public Safety. A Report by the RCMP Public
Complaints Commission. Autumn, 1999.
Facilitating Organizational Change: Shaping Philosophies Through Individual and Organizational
Evaluations. A Final Report to the National Institute of Justice. 1998.
An Analysis of Police Use-of-Force Data. A Final Report to the National Institute of Justice. 1998.
Helicopters and their Uses in Police Pursuit. A Final Report to the National Institute of Justice. 1997.
Police Pursuit and the Excessive Use of Force. A Final Report to the National Institute of Justice.
1996.
A Critical Function Assessment of the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office. 1995.
Violent Crime in South Carolina: The Influence of Race, Gender and Age. Reports Prepared for the
South Carolina Department of Law Enforcement and the NAACP. December 1992 and February 1994.
Pursuit Driving: Balancing Public Safety and Law Enforcement, Testimony to United States House
of Representatives, Committee on Government Operations Sub-Committee on Government
Information Justice and Agriculture. July 1992.
Developing Pursuit Policy Guidelines and the Assessment of Risk. Remarks made to the House
Safety Committee, State of Massachusetts. March 1992.
Developing a Decentralized Police Department from a National Police Force: A Report to the
Bundeskriminalamt and the German Marshall Fund. March 1992.
Police Pursuit: An Assessment of Risk and Need for Policy. Remarks made to the Senate
Transportation Committee, State of Pennsylvania. February 1992.
Policy, Practice and Training in the Police Use of Deadly Force. Montgomery County, Maryland
Grand Jury. July, 1991.
The Frequency of Intersection Accidents During Police Vehicle Emergency Runs. Police Executive
Research Forum. (1991).
An Analysis of Pursuit Driving: Duval County (FL) Grand Jury (Spring 1989).
Metro-Dade Police Department Discharge of Firearm Study, 1984-1988. Dade County, Florida
(1989).
Police Pursuit: A Comprehensive Review and Empirical Assessment. Dade Association of Chiefs of
Police. Dade County, Florida (1988).
L'Impact d'Immigration Des Algeriens a Paris. La Maison des Sciences de L'Homme. Paris (1987).
Review of Deadly Force Training and Policies of The Dallas Police Department. City of Dallas (1987).
Police Use of Deadly Force in Miami 1980-1986. Miami Police Department (1987).
Crime Analysis and Recommendations for Criminal Justice Resource Management. Criminal Justice
Council, Dade County, Florida (1986).
Civilian Attacks on Police Officers. Dade County Police Benevolent Association. Miami (1985).
Mentally Ill Criminals in Dade County. Citizens' Crime Commission, Miami, Florida (l985).
Youth Gangs in Dade County. Final Report of the Grand Jury, Dade County, Florida (Fall l984).
Police Use of Deadly Force in Dallas, Texas: l980-l983. Dallas Police Department, Dallas, l984.
School Dropouts in Dade County. Final Report of the Grand Jury, Dade County, (Spring l984).
Final Report, Overtown Blue Ribbon Committee, Miami, Florida. l983.
Police Use of Deadly Force. Final Report of the Grand Jury, Dade County, Florida (Spring l983).
Legal Rights of Correctional Officers. Florida Department of Corrections, (October l982).
The Grand Jury Looks at Itself: A Follow-Up Study. Final Report of the Grand Jury, Dade County,
Florida (Fall l982).
The Impact of Mariels and other Entrants on South Florida. Final Report of the Grand Jury, Dade
County, Florida (Spring l982).
BOOK REVIEWS:
American Journal of Police
Contemporary Sociology
Criminology
Criminal Justice Review
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
Sociology: Reviews of New Books
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE:
Editorial Board, The Justice System Journal 1994 - 1998
Associate Editorial Consultant, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 1990 - 1998
Editorial Board, American Journal of Criminal Justice. 1989 - 1998
Contributing Editor, Criminal Law Bulletin. 1987 - 1995
Board of Editors, Sociological Inquiry. 1987 - 1998
Associate Editor, Criminology. 1980 - 1984.
Advisory Board, Police Liability Review. 1989 - 1998.
Advisory Board, Annual Editions: Criminal Justice (Dushkin). 1988 - 1994.
Editor, Georgia Journal of Corrections. 1971 - 1972.
Editor, American Journal of Police 1995 - 1997.
Associate Editor, Justice Quarterly 1995 - 1998.
Editor, Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management 1997 - 1999.
Associate Editor, Justice Research and Policy 1998 - 2001
Editorial Board, Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement 2004 – 2005.
Executive Board, Journal of Crime and Delinquency 2000 – present.
Series Editor, Wadsworth Publishing 2000- 2007.
Special Reader:
American Journal of Criminal Justice Police Quarterly
American Journal of Police Law and Society Review
American Journal of Sociology Sociological Inquiry
American Sociological Review Sociological Focus
Crime & Public Policy Social Problems
Criminal Justice and Behavior Social Science Quarterly
Criminology: An International Journal Cambridge University Press
Journal of Crime and Delinquency McGraw Hill Publishing Company
Journal of Criminal Justice Praeger Press
Journal of Justice Issues Sage Publications
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency Wadsworth Publishing
Journal of Quantitative Criminology West Publications
Judicature
Justice Quarterly
Justice System Journal
Law and Human Behavior
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Invited Participant, Annual Meeting of the Police Executive Research Forum. Washington, DC, March 2009.
Invited Participant, Linking Local Law Enforcement Internal Affairs Practices and Community Trust
Building: City Managers/Mayors Roundtable. International Association of Chiefs of Police. October 2008.
Instructor, FBI National Academy. FBI Academy, Quantico, VA. May 2008.
Member, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Committee on Use of Force. 2008 – present.
Member, California POST California Vehicle Operations Training Advisory Council. 2008 –present.
Presenter, Suing and Defending the Police. Annual Meeting of the Police Executive Research Forum. Miami, April 2008.
Keynote Speaker, Seattle Police Department. Investigating and Evaluating a Police Pursuit:
Reducing Exposure and Liability. Seattle, WA. February 2008.
Keynote Speaker, Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission. Offender Pursuit Seminar. Bothell, WA. February 2008.
Presenter, Charleston Police Department. Seminar for Pursuit Management. Charleston, SC. February 2008.
Instructor, FBI National Academy. FBI Academy, Quantico, VA. December 2007.
Presenter, The Charleston Area Crime Summit. North Charleston, SC. November 2007.
Presenter, To Protect and to Serve … Police and Policing in an Age of Terrorism and Beyond.
Ministry of Public Security and National Institute of Justice. Jerusalem, Israel. October 2007.
Presenter, Police Driver Trainers’ Seminar. Peel Regional Police, Brampton, Ontario Canada. August 2007.
Presenter, Major Cities Chiefs of Police Task Force on Internal Affairs. Dallas, TX. May 2007.
Instructor, FBI National Academy. FBI Academy, Quantico, VA. May 2007.
Presenter, Scott v Harris: The Supreme Court revisits police use of deadly force. Annual Meeting of
the Police Executive Research Forum. Chicago. April 2007.
Consultant, Advisory Committee on Police Standards (Racial Profiling). State of New Jersey.
January, 2007.
Member, Research Advisory Committee, Police Foundation. Washington, DC. 2007 – present.
Invited Participant, Workshop on Policing Research. National Institute of Justice. Washington, DC. November 2006.
Presenter, New Developments in Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention Conference, University of
Shanghai, Shanghai, China. October, 2006.
Instructor, Early Identification Systems. International Association of Chiefs of Police. Maple
Grove, MN. September 2006.
Instructor, Police Use of Force and Pursuits. Pharr, TX. Police Department. June, 2006.
Instructor, FBI National Academy. FBI Academy, Quantico, VA. May 2006.
Instructor, National Summit on Police Use of Force. Institute for Law Enforcement Administration. Plano, TX. January 2006.
Invited Participant, Strategies for Resolving Conflict and Minimizing the Use of Force. PERF, San
Diego, CA. December 2005.
Senior Advisor, Major Cities Chiefs of Police Task Force on Internal Affairs. Los Angeles, CA. 2005 – 2008.
Invited Participant, Symposium on Conducted Electronic Devices. PERF, Houston, TX. October 2005.
Guest Editor, Police Quarterly. Vol. 8 Number 3, September 2005.
Invited Participant, 14th World Congress of Criminology. University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA. August 2005.
Invited Participant, Less-Lethal Technology Symposium. U.S. Department of Justice. Washington, DC. April 2005.
Member, South Carolina Law Enforcement Training Advisory Council. Department of Public
Safety. Columbia, South Carolina. 2005 – 2006.
Invited Participant, Best Practices in Managing Police Use of Force. Los Angeles Police
Department. Los Angels, CA. March 2005.
Presenter, Early Identification Systems: A Changing Paradigm. Internal Affairs. Institute for Law
Enforcement Administration. Plano, TX. November 2004.
Presenter, By the Numbers: How to Analyze Race Data from Vehicle Stops. Kansas City, Police
Executive Research Forum. August 2004.
Presenter, The Annual Conference on Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation. Washington, DC. July 2004.
Presenter, Pursuit Driving, Executive Management Program. Northwestern University Center for Public Safety. May 2004.
Consultant, Coroner’s Office. Inquest on Police Pursuit Driving. Quebec, Canada. 2004.
Presenter, Western Regional Racially Biased Policing Summit. Sacramento Police Department.
Sacramento, CA. February 2004.
Panelist, Pursuit Driving Training Symposium. Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Glynco,
GA. (Sites throughout the United States) 2002 - 2004.
Consultant, Citizen Advisory Panel on Pursuit Policy. Orlando Police Department. Orlando, Fl. December 2003.
Presenter, Enrichment Retreat. Royal Bahamas Police Force. Nassau. November 2003.
Presenter, The Annual Conference on Racial Profiling. Northwestern University. Chicago. November 2003.
Presenter, The Annual Conference on Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation. Washington, DC
July 2003.
Invited Participant, Minority Trust and Confidence in the Police. National Institute of Justice.
Washington, DC. July 2003.
Presenter, Community Oriented Police Services Annual Meeting. Washington, DC: June 2003.
Presenter, Promoting Cooperative Strategies to Prevent Racial Profiling. Sacramento Police
Department. Sacramento, CA. June 2003.
Presenter, Confronting Racial Profiling in the 21st. Century: New Challenges and Implications for
Racial Justice. Northeastern University. Boston, MA. March 2003.
Moderator and Panel Member, Racial Profiling Conference, The Foley Institute for Public Policy
and Public Service. Washington State University. February 2003.
Presenter, Pursuit Driving. Rocky Mountain Criminal Justice Conference. Gatlinburg, TN.
November 2002.
Invited Participant, Minority Trust and Confidence in the Police. National Institute of Justice.
Washington, DC. October 2002.
Panelist, Racial Profiling. Smith College, Northhampton, MA. September 2002.
Presenter, State Bar of Texas Suing and Defending Governmental Entities Course. Galveston, TX.
August 2002.
Panelist, Excessive Force Demonstration. State Bar of Texas Suing and Defending Governmental
Entities Course. Galveston, TX. August 2002.
Presenter, Annual Convention of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Atlanta, GA. August
2002.
Presenter, Committee to Review Research on Police Policy and Practices. National Research
Council. Washington, DC. April 2002.
Presenter, Racial Profiling: Setting the Research Agenda. Center for Studies in Criminology and
Law. University of Florida. October 2001.
Presenter, Racial Profiling, Bureau of Justice Statistics/Justice Research & Statistics Association
Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA October 2001.
Presenter, Early Warning Systems and the Police. Pasadena, California Police Department, October2001.
Presenter, “Pursuit Driving - Dynamics and Liability.” High Liability Trainers’ Conference.
Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Orlando, FL. August 2001.
Presenter, The Annual Conference on Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation. National Institute
of Justice. Washington, D.C. July 2001.
Academic Community Liaison, National Commission on Law Enforcement Integrity. 2001 - 2005.
Invited Participant, Ethics and Integrity Curriculum Development. Office of Community Oriented
Policing Services. Washington, DC: May 2001.
Presenter, Early Warning Systems and the Police. School of Professional Studies, Johns Hopkins
University. Baltimore, MD. April 2001.
Panelist, Pursuit Driver Training Symposium. Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Glynco,
GA. March 2001.
Presenter, Speed Enforcement/Aggressive Driving Conference. Institute of Police Technology and
Management. Orlando, FL. March 2001.
Invited Participant: Early Warning System Curricula Development Meeting. Regional Community
Policing Institute for New England. Boston Police Department. Boston, MA: January 2001.
Presenter, Working Session on Police Practices. Department of Justice. Washington, DC: November 2000.
Presenter, The Annual Conference on Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation. National Institute
of Justice. July 2000.
Invited Participant: Police Pursuit Issues for Managers and Supervisors: Curriculum Development
Conference. Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Glynco, GA. May 2000.
Presenter, Police Use of Force in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Miami-Dade County Criminal
Justice Council. Miami, Fl: November 1999.
Presenter and Moderator, Building Accountability into Police Operations. Department of Justice.
Washington, DC: November 1999.
Presenter, The Annual Conference on Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation. National Institute of Justice. July 1999.
Invited Participant: Homicide Clearance Rate Project. Implementation Group Meeting. Justice
Research and Statistics Association. Washington, DC. May 1999.
Presenter, Less than Lethal Force: A Safe and Reasonable Response to Suspect Resistance, Law
Enforcement Applications of Non-Lethal Weapons. Quantico, VA. May 1999.
Presenter, Measuring Police Use of Force Relative to Suspect Resistance. International Association
of Chiefs of Police Annual Conference. Salt Lake City, October 1998.
Presenter, The Annual Conference on Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation. National Institute
of Justice. July 1998.
Keynote Speaker, Seminar on Risk Management: Police Use of Deadly Force and Pursuit Driving.
Southwestern Law Enforcement Institute. Dallas, Texas. November 1995, May 1996, May 1998.
Presenter, Locally Initiated Research Partnership Program Conference. National Institute of Justice. February 1998.
Presenter, Pursuit Policy and Practice. International Association of Women Police Conference.
Dallas, November 1997.
Presenter, Meeting the Challenges of Crime and Justice: The Annual Conference on Criminal Justice
Research and Evaluation. Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice. Washington, DC: July 1997.
Presenter, Locally Initiated Research Partnership Program Conference. National Institute of Justice.
January 1997.
Faculty, Southwestern Law Enforcement Institute Management College. Dallas, Texas. January 1977.
Presenter, State and Local Partnership Training for Criminal Justice. Bureau of Justice Assistance. January 1997.
Presenter, Lessons Learned form the 1996 Olympic Games. Special Events Planning and
Management Symposium. Metro-Dade Police Department. September 1996.
Member, National Criminal Justice Network Consumer Advisory Network. 1996.
Presenter, and Workshop Director, Building a Safer Society: The Annual Conference on Criminal
Justice Research and Evaluation. Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice. Washington,
DC: August 1996.
Police in Pursuit: Policy and Practice. Research in Progress Series (Video). National Institute of
Justice. July 1996.
Presenter, Use-of-Force Cluster Conference. National Institute of Justice. Washington, DC: April 1996.
Discussant, Measuring What Matters, National Institute of Justice. Washington, DC: November
1995, May 1996.
Presenter, Police Pursuits and the Use of Force: Recognizing and Managing “the Pucker Factor.”
The Annual Conference on Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation. National Institute of Justice.
Washington, DC. July 1995.
Invited Participant, Police Use of Force Focus Group. National Institute of Justice/Bureau of Justice
Statistics. Washington, DC: May 1995.
Presenter, Hi-Risk Police Activities and Managing Their Risks. South Carolina Sheriff’s
Association. May 1995.
Presenter, Police Pursuits. Making Policy Decisions. Transportation Research Board. Washington,
DC. January 1995.
Invited Participant, Strategic Planning Workshop: Developing a Police Research and Evaluation
Agenda. National Institute of Justice. December 1994.
Presenter, Special Events Planning and Management Symposium. Metropolitan Police Institute.
Miami, October 1994.
Invited Participant, Justice Research & Statistics Association Annual Meeting. Atlanta, October1994.Pursuit Driving and Risk Assessment Seminar. Indiana Police Chiefs Association. Anderson, IN.September 1994.
Principal Evaluator, State Evaluation Capacity Building Program. National Institute of Justice. 1992- Present.
Invited Participant, Focus Groups Sessions on Community Policing and the Crime Bill. National
Institute of Justice, Washington, DC. July - August 1994.
Presenter, Use of Force and Pursuit Risks, Southeastern Campus Safety Institute. Long Beach,
Mississippi, August 1994.
Invited Speaker, South Carolina City and County Management Association Annual Meeting, Hilton
Head, July 1994.
Member, Pursuit Guidelines Development Advisory Committee, California Peace Officer Standards
and Training, 1994.
Facilitator, Pursuit Policy Workshop. Criminal Justice Institute, St. Petersburg Community College.
February 1994.
Presenter, Frontiers of Legal Thought Conference. Duke Law School. Durham, North Carolina.
January 1994.
Keynote Speaker, Seminar on Risk Management: Police Use of Deadly Force and Pursuit Driving.
Southwestern Law Enforcement Institute. Dallas, Texas. May 1993.
Keynote Address, Police Vehicle Pursuits: Policy Implications and Liability. Illinois State
University and the Traffic Institute, Northwestern University. Normal, Il. April 1993.
Invited Lecturer, Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University. Cambridge, England. March1993.
Presenter, Reducing the Risk of Emergency Vehicle Operations, Risk Management Services, South
Carolina Budget and Control Board. Columbia, South Carolina. December 1992.
Invited Participant, Bureau of Justice Statistics/ Justice Research and Statistics Association 1992
Annual Conference. New Orleans, September 1992.
Testimony on police pursuit to United States House of Representatives, Committee on Government
Operations Sub-Committee on Government Information Justice and Agriculture. July 1992.
Faculty, Graduate Course on Victimology. The Free University. Amsterdam, July 1992.
Invited Participant, Annual Conference on Evaluating Drug Initiatives. Washington, DC. July 1992.
Curriculum Development for the Bachelor's Degree in Law Enforcement. State of Minnesota 1992.
Testimony on police pursuit to the House Safety Committee, State of Massachusetts, March 1992.
Developing a Decentralized Police Department from a National Police Force. Presented to
Bundeskriminalamt Wiesbaden, Germany. March 1992.
Managing a Community-Oriented Police Department. Presentation to the Wiesbaden Police. March1992.
Testimony on police pursuit to the Senate Transportation Committee, State of Pennsylvania.February 1992.
Pursuit Driving Policy Development Seminar. Texas Commission on Peace Officer Standards and
Training. Austin, TX. May and November 1991.
Keynote Speaker, Risk Management and Pursuit Driving. Texas Municipal League. Arlington,
Texas. August 1991.
Invited Participant, National Field Study on Gangs and Gang Violence. U.S. Department of Justice.
Dallas, June 1991.
The Importance of Data Quality for Practice and Research. National Conference on Improving the
Quality of Criminal History Records. Washington, DC. June 1991.
Keynote Speaker, Training Versus Education in Law Enforcement. Virginia Criminal Justice
Educators Annual Conference. Leesburg, VA. May 1991.
Pursuit Driving and Risk Assessment Seminar. Indiana Police Chiefs Association. Jasper, IN. April1991.
Invited Participant, Attorney General's Summit on Law Enforcement Responses to Violent Crime:
Public Safety in the Nineties. Washington, DC. March 1991.
Matching Structure to Objective. Law Enforcement Management Institute of The Texas Commission
on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education. San Antonio, Texas. February 1991.
Managing Risk: The Case of Pursuit Driving. National A.L.E.R.T. Conference. Columbia, SC. February 1991.
Invited Speaker, Risk Assessment, Pursuit Driving and Police Use of Deadly Force. South Carolina
Association of Counties. Columbia, December 1990.
Invited Speaker, Pursuit Driving: Analyzing Risk. National Municipal Lawyers Organization.
Boston, September 1990.
Keynote Speaker, Police Pursuit Driving. Texas Municipal League. San Antonio, TX. July 1990.
Consultant, Monroe County (Florida) Sheriff's Department, Key West, FL. June - July 1990.
Keynote Speaker, Seminars on Pursuit Driving. Southwestern Law Enforcement Institute. 1989 -1990.
Commencement Speaker, Charleston County Police Academy, Charleston, SC. September 1989.
Consultant, Duval County (FL) Grand Jury. April - July 1989.
Invited Speaker, Civil Disorders and Police Use of Deadly Force, Southwestern Law Enforcement
Institute, Dallas, Texas, March 1989.
Invited Participant, Cross-Gender Supervision, National Academy of Corrections, Boulder.
December 1988.
Invited Participant, Workshop on Communities and Crime Control, National Research Council,
Miami. January 1988.
Conferencier, La Maison des Sciences de L'Homme, Paris. December 1987.
Invited Speaker, Criminal Law Section, Annual Meeting of the Oregon State Bar. Seaside, Oregon. September 1987.
Board of Directors, Adolescent Chemical Dependency Program. Dade County, Florida.1987 - 1988.
Keynote Speaker, Sports and Violence. The American College of Sports Medicine. Las Vegas. May 1987.
Keynote Research Address, Police Pursuit Seminar. Empirical Determinants of Police Pursuits. The
Police Foundation. Los Angeles. March 1987.
Educational Consultant, G. Gordon Liddy Institute of Corporate Security and Private Investigation. Miami, Florida. 1986.
Consultant, Dade County (Florida) Grand Jury. February, 1982 - August 1986.
Board of Directors, Citizens' Crime Commission. Miami, Florida. March l985 - August 1988.
Member, Dade County Community Task Force on Jury Selection. May l984 - December l984.
Member, Dade County Mayor's Committee to Develop an Action Plan for Social and Economic
Development for the Black Community. May 1983 - January 1984.
Member, City of Miami Blue-Ribbon Committee to Study Racial Unrest. Jan. 1983 - July 1984.
Invited Speaker, John Jay College of Criminal Justice. New York. Police Use of Deadly Force in Miami. April 1984.
Consultant, Florida Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, Florida. January 1982 - June 1984.
Consultant and Trainer, National Street Law Institute, Georgetown University Law Center,
Washington, DC. 1982 - 1984.
Member, Dallas Criminal Justice Task Force, Dallas, TX. October 1975 - December 1977.
COURSES TAUGHT:
Graduate Undergraduate Law Enforcement
Criminal Justice Criminal Justice Accountability Systems
Social Control Corrections Police Use of Force
Criminology Criminology Police Use of Deadly Force
Formal Organizations Juvenile Delinquency Performance Measures
Juvenile Delinquency Law and Society Pursuit Driving Decisions
Law and Society Police and the Community Report Writing
Policing in America Social problems Ethics and Integrity
Research Methods Sociology of Organizations
Politics of Crime Survey Research Methods
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
Publications Committee 2009 - present
American Bar Association
Committee on Corrections 1980
American Sociological Association
American Society of Criminology
Student Affairs Committee 1989-1990
Publications Committee 1985-1986
Site Selection Committee 1984-1985
Chair, Site Selection Committee 1983-1984
Chair, Local Arrangements Committee 1978
Committee on Criminal Justice Education 1977-1978
Membership Committee 1975-1977
Program Committee 1995-1997
Statewide Policy Committee 1995- 1997
National Policy Committee 1996- 1998
Bloch Award Committee 2009-2010
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Ethics Training Sub-Committee 1997-1999
Justice Research and Statistics Association
Board of Directors 2004-2005
Western Society of Criminology
Vice-President 1979-1980
Executive Secretary 1977-1978
Chair, Program Committee 1976-1977