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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 2007, he is engaged in several funded research projects involving Indiana criminal justice grant programs that support drug and crime control, victim services, and juvenile services, 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

2007. Forthcoming. "Terrorism Geography: An Analysis of U.S. Terrorist Incidents, 1997 to 2005," Geographical Review.

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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