His research interests lie in the arena of policing, situational crime prevention, and spatial analysis. His publications include work on the impact of casinos and crime, the effect of different low income housing on disorder patterns, and the legal ramifications of traffic checkpoints. He works closely with local law enforcement agencies and has served as an external evaluator for several projects, including a methamphetamine interdiction effort, a campaign to reduce commercial traffic accidents, and a BJA funded Smart Policing grants covering prescription drug abuse. He currently teaches a section of the introduction to CJ course, a class on policing, a crime mapping class, a class on criminal justice ethics, and a section of the senior seminar. He has a doctorate and a master's in criminal justice from the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Curriculum Vitae