STEPHANIE M. MYERS Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies University of Central Florida PO Box 161600 Orlando, FL 32816 E-mail: smyers@mail.ucf.edu Education Ph.D. Criminal Justice July 2002 Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York Dissertation Title: Police Encounters with Juvenile Suspects: Explaining the Use of Authority and Provision of Support Dissertation Chair: Robert E. Worden Funding Sponsor: The National Institute of Justice (dissertation fellowship) Areas of Specialization: Administration of Criminal Justice Policing Juvenile Justice Research Methods Evaluation Research M.A. Criminal Justice 1997 Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York B.A. Criminal Justice 1995 University at Albany, State University of New York Concentration: Psychology / Political Science Professional Experience Research Co-Principal Investigator, Juvenile Arrest Monitoring Program (JAM), Fall 2001 - Fall 2002. Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies, University of Central Florida. (With Kenneth Michael Reynolds, UCF).
Research Assistant, School-Based Partnership Program, Fall 1998 - Spring 2001. Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center, University at Albany. Principal Investigator: Robert E. Worden Research Assistant on the Albany Police Department s School-Based Partnership Project, sponsored by the office of community oriented policing services (COPS), which involves the collaborative efforts of the local police department and local high school. These two institutions are taking a problem oriented approach to address a growing problem of bullying and threatening behavior among high school students as they travel to and from school. My responsibilities for this project include: Liaison with these two institutions Technical assistance in the design and distribution of a student survey on victimization, fear levels, gang membership, and demographics Design of offender and victim surveys to be administered by APD Juvenile Unit detectives Cleaning and analyzing the student survey data Collecting, cleaning and analyzing police department incident data and calls for service (CAD) data which includes mapping these data utilizing the MAPINFO software Presentations of findings to city and school officials, and police department personnel Assisting in the development of an intervention Preliminary report to COPS on project analysis Writing an evaluation of the project and the effects of the implemented responses (with Robert E. Worden) Research Assistant, Project on Policing Neighborhoods (POPN), Spring 1996 - Spring 1999 Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center, University at Albany. Principal Investigators: Steven D. Mastrofski, George Mason University; Roger B. Parks, Indiana University; Albert Reiss, Jr., Yale University; Robert E. Worden, University at Albany. Research assistant on the Project on Policing Neighborhoods, an NIJ funded study of police, which involved multi method data collection at two research sites in an attempt to better understand police-citizen interactions under the rubric of community policing. My responsibilities on this project included: Assisting in the initial development and subsequent revision of data collection instruments Conducting systematic social observations of the police Page 2 of 7
Training of both graduate and undergraduate students on methods of systematic social observation of the police Cleaning and analyzing project data for utilization in reports to each police department and the funding sponsor, and in professional papers Statistical analyses of quantitative observational data of police behavior and survey data on police attitudes Collaborating in writing reports for the National Institute of Justice and professional papers Field Supervisor, Project on Policing Neighborhoods, Summers of 1996 and 1997. Indianapolis, IN and St. Petersburg, FL, respectively. My responsibilities during this time included: Direct supervision and day to day management of on-site project observers Testing project instruments in the field Data collection and management Checks for inconsistencies between qualitative and quantitative data as part of quality control Performing reliability checks of observer coding to check for observer inconsistencies Teaching Instructor for the following courses at the University of Central Florida: Juvenile Justice System (Fall 2001, Spring & Fall 2002) Policing (Summer & Fall 2002) Administration of Criminal Justice (Summer & Fall 2002) Instructor or teaching assistant for the following courses at the University at Albany: Policing in a Free Society (Summer 1998 and 2000, sole instructor) Systematic Social Observation (Spring 1997, teaching assistant for Robert Worden) Intro to Criminal Justice Administration (Spring 1996, teaching assistant for Alissa Worden) Page 3 of 7
Professional Activities Publications Myers, Stephanie M. (2001). Police Handling of Juveniles, in Encyclopedia of Crime & Justice (Joshua Dressler, Editor). MacMillan Reference USA: New York, New York. Paoline, Eugene A. III, Stephanie M. Myers, and Robert E. Worden (2000). Police Culture, Individualism, and Community Policing: Evidence from Two Police Departments. Justice Quarterly, Vol. 17 (3) pp.575-605. Papers Under Review Worden, Robert E. and Stephanie M. Myers. Police Encounters with Juvenile Suspects, currently working on a R&R from Criminology. Reports Reynolds, K. Michael, Stephanie Myers, and Sophia Dziegielewski (2002). The Orange County Sheriff s Office Juvenile Arrest and Monitoring Program. Report submitted to the Orange County Sheriff Office. Myers, Stephanie and Robert E. Worden (2002) The Albany School-Based Partnership Program: A Process and Outcome Evaluation. Report submitted to the Albany Police department. Worden, Robert E. and Stephanie M. Myers (1999) Police Encounters with Juvenile Suspects, Report to the National Research Council s Panel on Juvenile Crime: Prevention, Treatment and Control. This report has also been submitted to the National Institute of Justice (pursuant to Grant 95-IJ-CX-0071). Paoline, Eugene A. III, Stephanie M. Myers, and Robert E. Worden (1998) Police Culture, Individualism, and Community Policing: Evidence from Two Police Departments, Report to the National Institute of Justice (Grant 95-IJ-CX-0071). Albany, New York: Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center, University at Albany. Grants Myers, Stephanie M. (2001) Policing Juveniles: The Impact of Officer and Situational Characteristics on the Use of Authority and Provision of Support, dissertation Page 4 of 7
research funded by the National Institute of Justice, $15,000. Professional Conference Papers and Presentations Myers, Stephanie M. Policing Juveniles: The Impact of Officer and Situational Characteristics on the Use of Authority and Provision of Support, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, IL November (2002). Robert E. Worden, Stephanie M. Myers, and Eugene Paoline. Dimensions of Patrol Officers Performance and Behavior: Conceptualization and Measurement, presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA. November (2000). Worden, Robert E. and Stephanie M. Myers. Police Encounters with Juvenile Suspects, presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto Canada, November (1999). Worden, Robert, E., Stephanie M. Myers and Eugene A. Paoline. Patrol Officers Backgrounds, Outlooks, and Performance, presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto Canada, November (1999). Finn, John F. and Stephanie M. Myers. School Bullying: Assessing the Problem presented at the School Violence Conference, Troy New York, November (1999). Myers, Stephanie M and John F. Finn. Bullying and Threatening Behavior Among High School Students: A Problem Oriented Approach presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Orlando Florida, March (1999). Worden, Robert E. and Stephanie M. Myers. Policing of Juveniles presented at the National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Law and Justice, Panel on Juvenile Crime: Prevention, Treatment, and Control, Washington, DC, January (1999). Myers, Stephanie M., Eugene A. Paoline and Robert E. Worden. Patrol Officers Characteristics, Attitudes, and Performance presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC, November (1998). Paoline, Eugene A., Stephanie M. Myers and Robert E. Worden. Patrol Officers Backgrounds and Outlooks presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Diego, Novemeber (1997). Page 5 of 7
Worden, Robert E. and Stephanie M. Myers. Citizen Complaints Against the Police: Origins and Outcomes presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Louisville, March (1997). Awards and Honors Walter Francis Award (awarded to a graduate student who has 2001 Achieved distinction in the study of policing), School of Criminal Justice National Institute of Justice Dissertation Fellowship 2000-2001 School of Criminal Justice Fellowship Award 1999 School of Criminal Justice Teaching Assistantship 1997 (competitive funding) 1999-2000 Presidential Undergraduate Research Award (Death Penalty Research), 1995 School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany. Research in Progress Myers, Stephanie M. Policing Juveniles: The Impact of Officer and Situational Characteristics on the Use of Authority and Provision of Support, Manuscript from my dissertation research. Worden, Robert, E., Myers, Stephanie, M. and Eugene A. Paoline. Patrol Officers Backgrounds, Outlooks, and Performance, preliminary paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto Canada (1999). Myers, Stephanie M. and John F. Finn. Bullying and Threatening Behavior Among High School Students: A Problem Oriented Approach, preliminary paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Orlando Florida, March (1999) Beery, Tami, L., Stephanie Myers, Robert E. Worden, and Alissa Politz Worden. Policing Domestic Violence: Police Officers Characteristics, Attitudes, and Arrest Practices. Page 6 of 7
Service At the University of Central Florida: Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies Member, PhD Planning Committee for Criminal Justice. 2001-2002 College of Health and Public Affairs Member, TIP Criteria Committee Spring 2002 University Level/Student Service Judge, Campus Greek Awards Spring 2002 Service Continued; At the University at Albany: School of Criminal Justice Member, School of Criminal Justice Student Performance Committee. 1999-2000 Member, Graduate Student Association, Representative. 1998-1999 Member, School of Criminal Justice Admissions Committee. 1998-1999 To the Academic Community: Member, Search Committee for Editor Position for ACJS Today 2001-2002 References available upon request Page 7 of 7