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DR. SAMUEL NUNN

Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Director of Criminal Justice Research, Center for Urban Policy and the Environment
OFFICE: BS 4080
PHONE: 317-274-8763
E-MAIL: snunn@iupui.edu

Professor Nunn came to SPEA-IUPUI in 1993, after four years as a faculty member in public administration at the University of North Texas, and eight years as a municipal administrator in Texas. In 2008, he is engaged in several funded research projects involving Indiana criminal justice agencies, as well as a series of in-depth analyses of vehicular crashes and traffic safety programs within the state of Indiana.

EDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MAJOR FIELDS OF EXPERTISE

INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

2008. "Measuring Criminal Justice Technology Outputs: The Case of Title III Wiretap Productivity, 1987-2005," Journal of Criminal Justice 36(4): 344-353. August.

2007. "Incidents of Terrorism in the United States, 1997 to 2005," Geographical Review 97(1): 89-111. January.

2006. "Tell Us What's Going to Happen: Information Feeds to the War on Terror," CTHEORY: Theory, Technology and Culture 29(3). Available at www.ctheory.net/articles.aspx?id=518. September.

2006. "Cybercrime," entry in G. Ritzer (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Sociology. Blackwell Publishing, Ltd. Oxford, UK.

2006. (and K.D. Quinet, D. Christ, K. Rowe). "Interdiction Day: Covert Surveillance Operations, Drugs and Serious Crime in an Inner City Neighborhood," Police Quarterly9(1): 73-99. February

2005. "Preventing the Next Terrorist Attack: The Theory and Practice of Homeland Security Information Systems," Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management2 (1). Article 1. Available at http://www.bepress.com/jhsem/vol2/iss1/1. September.

2005. "The Technology Infrastructure of Criminal Justice," chapter 1 in L. Moriarty (ed.), Criminal Justice Technology in the 21st Century. Charles C. Thomas Publishers, Ltd. Springfield, IL.

2004. "Thinking the Inevitable: Suicide Attacks in America and the Design of Effective Public Safety Policies", Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management 1(4), 1-21. Article 401. Available at http://www.bepress.com/jhsem/vol1/iss4/401

2003. "Seeking Tools for the War on Terror: A Critical Assessment of Emerging Technologies in Law Enforcement," Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management 26(3): 454-472.

2003. (and K. D. Quinet and N. Kinkaid). "Training Police: A Case Study of Differential Impacts of Problem Oriented Policing Training," Police Practice and Research 4 (3): 263-283.

2002. "When Superman Used X-Ray Vision, Did He Have A Search Warrant? Emerging Law Enforcement Technologies and the Transformation Of Urban Space," Journal of Urban Technology 9(3): 69-87.

2002. (and K. D. Quinet). "Evaluating the Effects of Information Technology on Problem-Oriented Policing: If It Doesn't Fit, Must We Quit?" Evaluation Review 26(1): 81-108. February.

2001. "Cities, Space, and the New World of Urban Law Enforcement Technologies," Journal of Urban Affairs 23(3-4): 259-278.

2001. "Police Information Technology: Assessing the Effects of Computerization on Urban Police Functions," Public Administration Review 61(2): 203-216. March/April.

2000. "Police Technology in Cities: Changes and Challenges," Technology and Society 22(4): 11-27. Fall.

1998. (and K.D. Quinet) "Illuminating Crime: The Impact of Street Lighting on Calls for Police Service." Evaluation Review 22(6): 751-779. December.

1994. "How Capital Technologies Affect Municipal Service Outcomes: The Case of Police Mobile Digital Terminals and Stolen Vehicle Recoveries," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 13(3): 539-559. Summer.

1993. "Computers in the Cop Car: Impact of the Mobile Digital Computer on Motor Vehicle Theft Clearance Rates and Recovery in a Texas City," Evaluation Review 17 (2): 184-205. April.

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