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Curriculum
Vita |
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2001-present |
Doctor of Philosophy (candidate) , Criminal Justice
School of Criminal Justice
Rutgers University – Newark, NJ
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1999-2001 |
Master of Arts , Criminal Justice
School of Criminal Justice
Rutgers University – Newark, NJ |
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1996-2000 |
Bachelor of Arts , Criminal Justice
Accelerated Joint Degree Program – Department of Criminal Justice
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey |
| Research and Professional Experience |
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2001-present |
Crime Prevention Analysis Lab, Research Associate
Located at the Department of Criminal Justice – California State
University, San Bernardino
Visiting Lecturer
Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Criminal Justice - California State University, San Bernardino
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2000-present |
Research Assistant
Research Assistant for the Greater Newark Safer Cities Initiative . Responsibilities include qualitative data collection and analysis, interviews with probation and parole departments, attendance at police functions and working group meetings, and assistance with press and media coverage of events. |
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2000-2001 |
Field Ethnographer
Field Ethnographer/Researcher for a study investigating police and community strategies regarding transvestite prostitution in New York City. Responsibilities include design of research methods and data collection, collection and analysis of qualitative data including police, community and prostitute interviews, observations, and litter analysis. |
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Research Assistant
Research Assistant for the Manhattan Institute funded grant, A Proposal to Study the New York City Police Department: Organizational Change and its Impact – a study of crime reduction in New York City during the 1990s. Responsibilities include collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data (including interviews, ride-a-longs, and social observations) and review of Compstat. |
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1999-2000 |
Research Assistant
Research Assistant for the Police Foundation – Office of Community Oriented Policing Services funded project, Bringing the Crime Victim into Community Policing. Responsibilities included conducting interviews of police chiefs, transcription of interviews and other qualitative and quantitative data collection. |
| Publications |
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Bichler-Robertson, G., and Potchak, M. (2002) “Testing the Importance of Target Selection
Factors Associated with the Blended Approach.” Security Journal. Forthcoming.
Bichler, Robertson, G. and Potchak, M. (2001) “ DUI among California State University – San Bernardino Students: Are Decisions Affected by Perceptions of risk?” The Delinquent Coyote, 2(1): 3-12.
Potchak, M.C., McGloin, J. and Zgoba, K. (2002) “A Spatial Analysis of Criminal Effort: Auto Theft in Newark”. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 13 (3): 257-284 .
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| Reports |
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Kelling, G.L., Wagers, M., Andresen, W.C., and Potchak, M. (2002) “The V-Free Initiative: A Report to the New Jersey Secretary of State”.
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Center for Criminal Justice Research
