Faculty Experts

criminology, criminal law/criminal justice, emergency response/emergency management, NYPD, policing/law enforcement, terrorism, white collar crime

politics/policy, US presidency

courts, criminal justice, cybersecurity/cybercrime, fraud, investigations, law/legislation/legislatures/ money laundering, policing/law enforcement, privacy, prosecution, virtual currency

adult prosecution of adolescents, alternatives to incarceration, juvenile justice, misdemeanor processing, prison education, re-entry

background checks, corporate security, crime prevention, cybersecurity/cybercrime, financial crime, private security, white collar crime

conservatism, education/school choice, interest groups/lobbying, money in elections, US presidency

civil rights, Constitutional law, gender & justice, legal history of racial justice & oppression, race & the law

corrections/re-entry, mental illness, trauma/abuse

community-based alternatives, crime statistics, delinquency cases, juvenile justice, policy analysis, program evaluation, violence reduction

sex offender evaluation, sexual abuse/child sexual abuse, sexual violence prevention, sexual violence prevention in Latino cultures

courts, criminal law/criminal justice, guns/gun violence, law/legislation/legislatures, money laundering, policing/law enforcement

education/school choice, environment, science education

ghost guns, police ethics, police interrogation, police use of force, policing

mental illness in law enforcement, policing, police-community relations

forensic & clinical toxicology

corrections/re-entry, courts, guns/gun violence, mental illness, politics/policy, substance abuse/addiction, trauma/abuse

emergency response, firescience, firefighting & fire prevention, trends in US fire protection

archaeology/Egyptology, bioinformatics, biological/forensic anthropology, conservation biology, Covid-19, ecology of infectious diseases, environmental monitoring, epidemiology, etiology of autoimmune diseases, evolutionary biology, field medicine, pathology

domestic violence, gun violence, violence intervention

critical race theory & racial politics, diversity pipeline programs, diversifying professions, international public & criminal law, race & higher education

economic history, economics of crime & justice, neoliberal capitalism & the criminal justice system, political economy of race, stratification economics

African American urban youth, police/community relations, police in inner cities, policing/law enforcement, race/race relations, use of force

American/African-American/diasporic critical race theory, corrections/re-entry, criminal justice through the lens of the humanities, global justice systems

cross-race identification, eyewitness identification, police identification procedures, show-ups & mug shot searches

emergency management/recovery especially in vulnerable populations, gun violence

Baleares Island of Mallorca, collective memory/silence after mass killings, genocide, Latin American military sociology, Spain, state violence

juveniles, multicultural groups & noncriminal populations, police & FBI psychopathy, psychopathy & aggression, psychopathy/violence predictors in women, trauma

administrative law, anti-corruption strategies, ethics & accountability, gun control, legislative process, NYS criminal law, statutory interpretation, criminal law/criminal justice, guns/gun violence, law/legislation/legislatures, Supreme Court

battered women advocacy & counseling, child abuse, child custody, domestic violence, trauma/abuse

active shooters, gun violence, hate crimes, mass violence, school shootings, terrorism

child sex abuse, church abuse, forensic psychology, insanity defense, mass shooters, Munchausen syndrome, personality disorders, self-harm, stalking, suicide, violent offenders, women who kill kids, trauma/abuse

cold cases, criminal ID technologies, criminal investigation, homicide, missing persons, officer-involved shootings, policing/law enforcement, serial killers, sexual assault

Black political economy, community economics, cooperative economics, popular economic literacy, solidarity economics

corrections/re-entry, crime statistics, criminal law/criminal justice, education/school choice, policing/law enforcement

campaigns & elections, Cuba, Latino nonprofits, Latino politics in US, Latinx studies, public health in Latin America & US Latino communities, Spanish-speaking Caribbean

counterterrorism, integrity & ethics, leadership, police interactions with the mentally ill, police procedure, policing & police training

auto theft & carjacking, crime analysis, crime statistics, gun violence, homicide, micro-level crime using GIS, neighborhood socioeconomic factors & crime, NYC crime trends, public housing & crime

crime statistics, domestic violence, emergency response/emergency management, guns/gun violence, hate crime, policing/law enforcement, security, terrorism

depression/recession in communities of color, double wage gap, economics, labor economics, labor market discrimination, poverty, racial/social justice, women/gender justice

corrections/re-entry, criminal law/criminal justice

criminal justice reform, #MeToo, sexual harassment, sex offenses, sex offender registries, sexual abuse/child sexual abuse, sexual education in schools, trauma/abuse

emergency management, fire services, first responders, emergency response/emergency management, fire safety/building codes/fire codes, fire science

mental health services for populations of color, racial socialization, racial trauma, racism-related coping, workplace racial discrimination, trauma/abuse

death penalty, eyewitness identification, interrogation/confession, investigative errors, parental rights termination, wrongful conviction

Black mothers & children, perceptions of crime & discriminatory policymaking, systemic inequality

confidential informants, juvenile justice, legal socialization of adolescent males, police/community relations, policing/law enforcement, race, stop & frisk

courts, criminal law/criminal justice, domestic violence, human trafficking, law/legislation/legislatures, prosecution, Supreme Court, trauma/abuse, US Constitution

economic/social rights, environment, grassroots politics, left/socialist politics, NYC/NYS elections, protest, politics, social movements, voting rights, youth politics/protests

eyewitness identification, false confessions, false memories, police interrogation

criminal law/criminal justice, domestic violence, guns/gun violence, juvenile justice, organized crime, policing/law enforcement

policing conflict, police pursuits, policing/law enforcement, tasers, use of force

corrections/re-entry, correctional educational programs, hate crime, juvenile justice, mental illness, sexual abuse, trauma/abuse

corrections/re-entry, courts, juvenile justice, probation/parole, program assessment/evaluation, rehabilitation, risk/need assessment

courts, eyewitness identification, police interrogation

evolution/evolutionary biology, forensic DNA analysis, genetics, human decomposition & postmortem analysis, microbiology, molecular biology, plants & forensic botany, pharmacology & toxicology, synthetic marijuana

celebrity & politics, gender & politics, human trafficking, sex work/sex industry, trauma/abuse

Constitutional law, judicial confirmations, politics, US Courts of Appeals/Supreme Court decision-making, voting rights

capital punishment, Constitutional law, criminal law, educational equity, law & ethics

courts/legal system, criminal justice reform, defense attorneys & public defenders, diversion programs, gun violence, homelessness & the criminal legal system, police accountability, prosecutors, reducing incarceration

business cycles, economics, government spending/debt, household debt, monetary policy/Federal Reserve, productivity, rent control

courts/legal system, organized crime

corrections/re-entry, criminal law/criminal justice, law/legislation/legislatures, NYPD, security, urban development

child abuse, child trafficking, community-based services, corrections/re-entry, gender, girls in the juvenile legal system, juvenile justice, prison education, race/class in corrections, restorative justice, trauma/abuse, youth sexual/physical abuse

community corrections, corrections policy, corrections/re-entry, Latin American corrections

criminal justice policy, criminology, disaster/emergency management, domestic violence, homeland security, police accountability, police use of force, policing/law enfocement, prisons, public safety

courts/legal system, criminal law/criminal justice

Black politics, medical abuse, medical discrimination, non-voting as political engagement, police brutality in Black communities, politics of chronic illness, race/gender & political engagement, violence & American political habits

civil rights, criminal justice, international human rights law, Latin American & Latinx studies

managing large police departments, police/community relations, police use of force, policing/law enforcement, prosecution, undercover criminal investigations

civil rights, criminal law/criminal justice, cybersecurity/cybercrime, hate crime, human rights, human trafficking, international security, mental illness, money laundering, security, terrorism, white collar crime

Asian Americans, discrimination, diversity, equity & inclusion, Filipino Americans, hate crime, homophobia, LGBTQ+ issues, microaggressions, systemic racism, transphobia

managing large police departments, police-community relations, policing/law enforcement, prosecution, use of force, undercover criminal investigations

climate change, environment, globalization, Middle East, political violence, social & environmental justice, sustainable energy, US economic & environmental history

eyewitness identification, juries, law

bank/credit card fraud, Constitutional law, criminal procedure, embezzlement, environmental crime, extradition, law identity theft, insurance & financial fraud, tax crime, white collar crime

Cuban history/society, ethnicity, immigration, Latinxs (esp. Cubans) in US, political culture, US-Cuba policy

authorized use of deadly force, crime & justice, hate crime, race, sentencing

cybersecurity/cybercrime, white collar crime

cold cases, criminal ID technologies, criminal investigations, GPS monitoring, guns/gun violence, home invasion, homicide, internal investigations, narcotics investigations, officer-involved shootings, organized crime investigations, serial killers, surveillance, terrorism

comparative policing, international criminal justice, police/community relations, police disciplinary matters, police mental health, police morale

bail reform, case delays, crime statistics, domestic violence, drug courts, early release, NY justice reform, prosecutor-led diversion, reducing NYC incarceration, re-entry courts, Rikers Island

Dominican literature, Hispanic mental health, trauma

disaster preparedness/management, emergency response, inter-organizational coordination, natural hazards, social equity in public administration & emergency management

bomb detection, firearms, GPS monitoring, ghost guns, organized crime investigations, policing/law enforcement, surveillance, terrorism

policing/law enforcement, police training, police procedure, stop & frisk, use of force

criminal justice, gender-based violence in Latin America, gender rights, international human rights, race, class & ethnicity in the US

courts/legal system, crime statistics, criminal law/criminal justice, cybersecurity/cybercrime, domestic violence, education/school choice, eyewitness identification, guns/gun violence, hate crime, juvenile justice, law/legislation/legislatures, NYPD, organized crime, policing/law enforcement, privacy, security

forensic accounting, financial crime, fraud investigation, international corruption, money laundering, sanctions, terrorist financing, whistleblowers, white collar crime

crime scene behavior, criminal psychopathology, homicide, mass murder, rape, serial killing

crime pattern theory, crime prevention, environmental criminology, policing/law enforcement, social disorganization, use of force

criminal law, criminal procedure, financial & transactional analysis, fraud risk, organized crime, white collar crime

child abuse, cyberpredators, cybersecurity/cybercrime, domestic violence, doxxers, harrassers & bullies, image-based sexual abuse, human trafficking, romance scammers, sextortionists, stalkers, swatters, terrorism, theft, trauma/abuse, trolls

choir, music/music theory, opera, piano, voice

courts, law/legislation/legislatures, politics/policy, Supreme Court/US Constitution, US presidency

law, police practice & procedure litigation, police pursuits

CompStat & crime statistics, community policing, police performance, policy analysis, stop & frisk

domestic violence, guns/gun violence, mental illness, NYPD, policing/law enforcement, prosecution, security, sexual abuse, trauma/abuse

domestic violence, environment, human trafficking, policing/law enforcement, trauma/abuse, urban development/gentrification

corrections/re-entry, criminal law/criminal justice, criminology, emergency response/management, juvenile justice, NYPD, policing/law enforcement, prosecution, sentencing, use of force

criminal law/criminal justice, Ponzi/pyramid schemes, white collar crime

eyewitness identification, false memories, police interrogation, trauma/abuse

e-batteries, explosions, fire engineers, fire protection systems, fire safety/building codes/fire codes, fire science, hazardous materials, hazmat response, nuclear explosions, power plants

sex offender policy, sexual abuse, trauma/abuse, victimization

banks & economic development, economics, gentrification, international economies & immigrants, inflation & vulnerable communities, pandemic & commercial real estate, redlining, tax levies

art crime/theft, cultural heritage, deliberate destruction of art during war & protest, museum security, repatriation of stolen/looted art

domestic violence, sexual abuse, trauma/abuse, urban development, victims' rights

9/11, counterinsurgency, intelligence, FBI, NYC history, NYPD, surveillance, terrorism/counterterrorism

educator networks, immigration, undocumented student support

courts/legal system, criminal law/criminal justice, guns/gun violence, hate crime, juvenile justice, law/legislation/legislatures, Ponzi/pyramid schemes, Supreme Court/US Constitution, white collar crime

cybersecurity, data interception, dark web fentanyl sales, digital evidence, forensics, information security, law/legislation/legislatures, NYPD, social media & mobile investigations, technology & law enforcement, security, terrorism, white collar crime

Bill of Rights, class actions against the NYPD & corrections departments, death penalty, Guantanamo Bay detainees, New York criminal law, Second Amendment

corrections/re-entry, crime statistics, cybersecurity/cybercrime, domestic violence, eyewitness identification, hate crime, mental illness, sexual abuse, terrorism, trauma/abuse, white collar crime

housing for people with mental illness, mental health stigma, trauma/abuse, treatment of people with severe mental illness