Dr. Joanne Ziembo-Vogl
Dr. Joanne Ziembo-Vogl, Adivsor
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Joanne Ziembo-Vogl
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

241-C DeVos                                 Phone:    (616) 331-7134
School of Criminal Justice               Fax:         (616) 331-7155
Grand Valley State University         Email:       ziembovj@gvsu.edu
401 W. Fulton
Grand Rapids, MI 49504

Education:

Ph.D. in Social Science - Sociology;  Criminal Justice;  Communications-Mass Media and Criminal Justice Interactions, Michigan State University, 1998

M.S. in Police Administration, Michigan State University, 1993

B.A. in Criminal Justice; Sociology, Saginaw Valley State University, 1990

Teaching Areas:
Policing
Criminology
Media and Criminal Justice

Research:

“Police Research in Slovenia: Political and Cultural Obstacles.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois, November 15th, 2002. 

"Community Policing in Slovenia: The Transition to Democratic Policing in a Newly Independent Country." Fulbright Senior Scholar, College of Police and Security Studies, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. October, 2001 to January 2002.

 “Violence in the Media.”  Presented at the Institute of Criminology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, December 13, 2001.

“Community Policing and the Media: Examining the News Production Process in a Community-Oriented Setting.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Ontario, November 19, 1999.

Publications:

“Ethics in the Practice of Community Policing.” In Ethics, Integrity and Human Rights in Police Practice. Ljubljana: Ministry of the Interior, Republic of Slovenia, College of Police and Security Studies, [Translated from English original] (2003).

 “Moral values of students, police, and prison officers is Slovenia and Michigan.” In Research at the College of Police and Security Studies, 1996-2001. Ljubljana: Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Slovenia, College of Police and Security Studies (Abstract, 2003). 

 “Police chief’s perception of support for community policing.” The Journal of Community Policing  (No. 4, 2, 2001).

 “Community policing and civic journalism: Same wine, different bottle.”  The Journal of Community Policing (No. 2, 1, 2000).

“Exploring the function of the media in community policing.”  Police Forum (No. 8, 1, 1998).

 “Practice versus paradigm: How today's police departments define community policing.” Police Studies: The International Journal of Police Development (No. 19, 3, 1996)

Co-publisher of Community Policing Pages: A website devoted to the dissemination of community policing information and the stimulation of research and policy related to law enforcement issues.  Beginning publication in 1996, the site has served researchers, practitioners, and students nationally and internationally.


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