RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND CURRENT PROJECTS

2006 Youth Surveillance and Intervention: A Peacekeeping Model.

Summary: In conjunction with the Carrollton Presbyterian Church an evaluation was conducted to determine a course of action to deal with youths congregating on church property.

2005 Proposal to assess Victimization Prevalence among Hispanic Women A proposal for research developed in response to the solicitation from the ASA/BJS Statistical Methodological Research Program Small Grants for Analysis of Data from Bureau of Justice Statistics. Denied.

1999-2005 Law Enforcement Certificate Program: Program Coordinator.   

Summary:  This program allows participants to take 24 units at the LASD and LAPD Leadership Institutes.  The entire 24 units are transferable into the undergraduate program through Extended Education, and 12 units are transferable into the graduate program with an emphasis in administration. Participants are required to take six courses over a period of five months. The program is currently a pilot project, but we hope to gain certificate approval by Spring, 2002. The main objective of this program is to provide command staff at the LASD and LAPD with the skills necessary to lead some of the largest law enforcement agencies in the country.   

1999-2005 Youth and Gang Violence Specialist Training Program: Departmental Adviser.

Summary: The program is a collaboration between the Department and The Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs.  The focus of this program is to improve the quality of services provided by gang intervention specialists and others in the non-profit and public sectors.  The training program consists of five courses that cover a range of issues related to service provision, such as the role of the individual, the history of street gangs, prevention and intervention techniques, community organizing, and truce and peace treaty development.  

2000-2005 Saudi Arabia Law Enforcement Exchange Program: Program Coordinator.

Summary: The purpose of this program is to provide Saudi scholars and practitioners with an opportunity to live and study in a different environment while enhancing their academic, professional and personal goals, and to gain practical training in various aspects of law enforcement that can be used at home. The program emphasizes language intensive training, practical field training, and tours of several Criminal Justice facilities.

1996 - 1999 Research Assistant
The Florida Law Enforcement Research Coalition
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-2170

Coordinated Research Activities for Executive Director Tony Pate.
This entailed conducting literature reviews, assisting with data collection and analysis, and participating in production of research reports and grant proposals. Performed various research-related tasks under the direction of Dr. Lorie Fridell and Dean Dan Maier-Katkin.

Other Proposals:

Proposal to Provide Problem-Oriented Policing Training and Technical Assistance. Submitted to Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles, April 27th, 2001.Funded.

Transforming the Police in an Emerging Democracy: The Czech Experience. Submitted to the International Research and Exchanges Board. Submitted Nov. 15th, 1999. Denied.

FLERC Projects:

Research Assistant
Hamilton-Fish National Institute on School and Community
Violence, Violence Prevention Strategy of Florida State University in conjunction with the Florida Department of Education funded by the National Institute of Justice, 1998 - Present.

Liaison to the Czech Republic - United States Criminal Justice Exchange Program.
Coordinated by Florida State University School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Florida Law Enforcement Research Coalition under the auspices of the U.S. State Department, November, 1997.

FLERC Proposals:

I assisted in the development of the following proposals:

Parallel American and Czech Surveys Regarding Crime, Fear and Criminal Justice System Legitimacy: Consolidating a Cross-National Collaboration. Submitted to the National Institute of
Justice by Florida State University in Collaboration with Charles University of the Czech Republic, decision pending, submitted September 1, 1998.

Putting the Florida Model Polices on the Streets: Policy Promulgation, Training and Facilitation. A proposal funded by the (Florida) Governor's Task Force on Domestic and Sexual Violence, submitted September, 1997.

Evaluation of the Police Corps Program. Technical proposal funded by the National Institute of Justice through Westat, Incorporated and The Florida Law Enforcement Research Coalition, submitted April 15, 1997.