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Jeffrey Bumgarner

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Jeffrey Bumgarner

Dr. Bumgarner

Office: 109 Morris Hall (Office-MH 207D)
Phone: 507-389-1018
Email: jeffrey.bumgarner@mnsu.edu
Complete Vitae

Education

2000 - Ph.D. University of Minnesota, Human Resource Development
            Dissertation: An Assessment of the Perceptions of Police Professionalism Among
                                   Minnesota Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Students

1990 - M.A.P.A. Northern Illinois University, Public Administration
            Thesis: The Grove Commuter Shuttle: Variable Influences on the Levels of Rider
                          Satisfaction

1988 - B.A. University of Illinois, Political Science

 

Research Interests

   • Federal Law Enforcement

   • Homeland Security

   • Emergency Management

   • Police Professionalism and Training

   • Criminal Justice Public Policy

   • Public Organizations (Bureaucracy)

 

Selected Publications

Books:

   • Bumgarner, J. (ed.) (2008). Icons of Crime Fighting. Westport, CT: Greenwood.

   • Bumgarner, J. (2008). Emergency Management: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

   • Bumgarner, J. (2006). Federal Agents: The Growth of Federal Law Enforcement in America. Westport, CT: Praeger.

   • Bumgarner, J. (2004). Profiling and Criminal Justice in America. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

Refereed Journal Articles:

   • Bumgarner, J. (2008). “Community-related Correlates to Prosecutorial Decisions Regarding Accidental Killers: An Examination of Child Hyperthermia Automobile Deaths 2002-2006.” Criminal Law Bulletin. 44(5).

   • Walker, J., Burns, R., Bumgarner, J. & Bratina, M. (2008). “Federal Law Enforcement Careers: Laying the Groundwork.” Journal of Criminal Justice Education. 19(1), 110-135.

   • Lee, Y., Bumgarner, J., Widner, R., & Luo, Z. (2007). “Psychological Models of Stereotyping and Profiling in Law Enforcement: How to Increase Accuracy by Using More Non-racial Cues.” Journal of Crime and Justice. 30(1), 87-129.

   • Grandberg-Rademacker, S., Bumgarner, J., & Johnson, A. (2007). “Do School Violence Policies Matter? An Empirical Analysis of Four Approaches to Reduce School Violence.” Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice. 4(1), 3-29.

   • Bumgarner, J, Lewinski, B., Hudson, B. & Sapp, C. (2006). “An Examination of Police Officer Mental Chronometry.” Journal of the Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction. 12(3), 11-25.

   • Bumgarner, J. (2002). “An Assessment of the Perceptions of Policing as a Profession Among 2-Year and 4-Year Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Students.” Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 13(2), 313-334.

   • Bumgarner, J. (2001) “Police Professionalism: An Occupational Misnomer?” The Great Plains Sociologist, 13(1), 63-87.

Book Chapters:

   • Bumgarner, J. (2008). “Profiling and the Professionalization of Criminal Investigation” In. R. Kocsis (Ed.) Serial Murder and the Psychology of Violent Crimes. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.

   • Bumgarner, J. (2007). “Criminal Profiling and Public Policy” In. R. Kocsis (Ed.) Criminal Profiling: International Theory, Research, and Practice. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.

   • Bumgarner, J. (in press). “Law Enforcement Agencies” In M. Palmiotto (Ed.) International Security. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press.

   • Bumgarner, J. (in press). “Emergency and Disaster Management” In M. Palmiotto (Ed.) International Security. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press.

   • Bumgarner, J. (in press). “Excessive Use of Force” In M. Palmiotto (Ed.) International Security. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press.