Dr. Brown has been a
member of the faculty of The University of Texas at Brownsville since 1998.
Prior to joining The University of Texas at Brownsville he worked as a
policy analyst in Washington, DC, spent time working in South Korea, and
taught at Eastern Illinois University. In 2006 he was granted a
developmental leave of absence and returned to South Korea where he spent
the year teaching and conducting research. Dr. Brown has published research
in more than a dozen academic journals such as Crime & Delinquency,
the Journal of Criminal Justice, and Policing: An International
Journal of Police Strategies & Management.
Research Interests
- Fear of Crime
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Law Enforcement Issues (e.g., public
perceptions of the police, community policing)
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Juvenile Issues (e.g., school security,
juvenile delinquency)
Most Recent Courses Taught
- Current Literature and Research
(Research Methods)
- Introduction to Criminal Justice
- Issues in Law Enforcement
- Nature of Crime (Criminology)
- Police Systems and Practices
Most Recent Publications
- "Community policing in post-September
11 America: A comment on the concept of community-oriented
counterterrorism," (2007) in Police Practice & Research.
- "Public perceptions of the police in
Mexico: A case study," (2006) with William Reed Benedict and William
Wilkinson in Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies
and Management.
- "Understanding and assessing school
police officers: A conceptual and methodological comment," (2006) in the
Journal of Criminal Justice.
- "Bullets, blades, and being afraid in
Hispanic high schools: An explanatory study of the presence of weapons
and fear of weapon-associated victimization among high school students
in a border town," with William Reed Benedict (2004) in Crime &
Delinquency.
- "Perceptions of the police: Past
findings, methodological issues, conceptual issues, and policy
implications," with William Reed Benedict (2002) in Policing: An
International Journal of Police Strategies and Management.
- "Perceptions of police and fear of
crime in a rural setting: Utility of a geographically focused survey for
police services, planning, and assessment," with William Reed Benedict
(2000) in Criminal Justice Policy Review.
Degrees
- B.A., Psychology/Sociology, Bellarmine College.
- M.A., Sociology, University of Louisville.
- Ph.D., Sociology, Kansas State University.
