Kenneth Mullen

Associate Professor of Political Science/Criminal Justice AND Director of MS CJ&C Program
B.S., California State Univ. at Hayward, M.S., California State Univ. at Sacramento, Ph.D., State Univ. of New York, Albany.
Joined ASU in 1992.
Office located in Whitener Hall, second floor, room 126.
Phone- 828-262-6096
E-Mail:mullenkl@appstate.edu

Past President, North Carolina Criminal Justice Association

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Classes Taught:

Introduction to Criminal Justice (CJ 1100)
Police Process (CJ 2020)
Corrections (CJ 3420)
Forensic Investigation (CJ 3535)
Conspiracies, Cover-ups, and Crimes (CJ 3534)
Contemporary Police Issues (CJ 4620)
Private Security (CJ 4580)
Organized Crime (CJ 4680)
Law Enforcement (CJ 5535)

Awards:

Advisor of the Year: 2000-2001 for the College of Arts and Sciences
Teacher of the Year: 1996-97 for the College of Arts and Sciences presented by the ASU Student Government Association
Nominated "Teacher of the Year:1994-95" for the College of Arts and Sciences by the ASU Student Government Association
Nominated "Teacher of the Year:1998-99" for the College of Arts and Sciences by the ASU Student Government Association

Service:

Faculty Advisor: Forensic Science Club 2000-Present
Faculty Advisor: Student Veterans Association 1993-present (winner of "Best New Student Organization: 1994-95")
Faculty Advisor: Criminal Justice Club: 1994-95

Research:

�Crime on Campus: A survey of Space Users.� Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal Vol 3 n 4 (Fall 2001): 33-46. (With Matthew B. Robinson)

�Gang Membership: Opportunity, Poverty, and Rebelliousness.� South African Journal of Criminology Vol 10 no 2 (1997):1-8. (with James Houston)

�A Planned Change Perspective in Community Policing� National Institute of Justice, Community Policing Consortium (1997) http://www.commuitypolicing.org/publications (with Michael L. Barker)

"The Computerization of the Police: Fitting Technology to Style." Police Computer Review Vol 4 no 2. (1995): 17-21.

"California's Agencies on Computer's Cutting Edge." The Peace Officers Research Association of California's Vol 26 no. 8 (1994): 21.

"Cross-Deputization in Indian Country." Police Studies Vol 16 no. 4 (Winter 1993): 157-66. (with Michael L. Barker).

"A Perspective on Determinate Sentencing," Criminal Justice Policy Review Vol 4 no. 3 (Fall 93): 201-13. (with M.G. Neithercutt and B.G. Carmichael).

�Levels of Software Adoption by City Police Agencies�. in Criminal Justice Technology in the 21st Century, pp 65-82. Edited by Laura J. Moriarty and David L. Carter. Springfield, Il: Charles C. Thomas Publisher: 1998.

�August Vollmer� in Encyclopedia of Criminology. Edited by Richard A. Wright. Chicago: Fitzroy-Dearborn: 2002 (forthcomming).

�O.W. Wilson� in Encyclopedia of Criminology. Edited by Richard A. Wright. Chicago: Fitzroy-Dearborn: 2002 (forthcomming).

�RICO� in Encyclopedia of American Conspiracy Theories. Edited by Peter Knight. Santa Barbara, Ca.: ABC-CLIO Publishers: 2003 (forthcoming)

�Alan Burg� in Encyclopedia of American Conspiracy Theories. Edited by Peter Knight. Santa Barbara, Ca.: ABC-CLIO Publishers: 2003 (forthcoming)