Department of Criminal Justice

We welcome new faculty to our department this fall 2012.

 

Dr. Robert Grantham

Dr. Robert Grantham earned a doctoral degree from Purdue University (2005) in sociology, while pursuing a research agenda in urban crime. Dr. Grantham is co-editor of Urban Society: A Shame of Governance, which includes his recent article, discussing the relationship between policy, social disorganization and crime in large cities. Dr. Grantham's current research and teaching agenda is related to crime, law, deviance and public policy. He has served as a peer reviewer for Justice Quarterly and for the Law and Social Science section of the National Science Foundation; and has most recently been appointed to the editorial board of Thought and Action.

 

 

 

Dr. Khadija Monk

Professor Monk's areas of specialization are environmental criminology, crime prevention and policing. Her research centers on using the principles of environmental criminology to develop effective crime-specific prevention strategies. Professor Monk recently examined how crime is managed in central business districts in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. While pursuing her doctorate and working as a research associate with the University of Cincinnati Policing Institute, Professor Monk traveled across Ohio helping cities to implement an antiviolence campaign based on the Boston Gun Project, referred to as the Ohio Community Initiative to Reduce Violence. In addition, she worked as a community crime analyst for Cincinnati's Community Police Partnering Center. This organization sought to improve the relationship between the police and high-crime communities in an effort to address crime and disorder problems. Professor Monk has taught at the University of Cincinnati and for the California State University system. She graduated in June 2012 with a PhD in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati.

 

 

Last Modified: May 21, 2012