Curriculum Vitae
Sunghoon Roh
Office
P.O. Box 32107
Department of Political Science & Criminal Justice
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608-2107
(828) 262-6345
Home
385 Near Sawrey #2
Boone, NC 28607
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDS
Ph.D. Doctoral Candidate
College of Criminal Justice
Sam Houston State University
Major: Criminal Justice
Dissertation Topic: A Geographic Distribution of Calls for Service in
Texas Suburbs
Dissertation Advisor: Larry Hoover, Ph.D.
M.A. School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Florida State University, May 2000.
Major: Criminology and Criminal Justice
B.A. Department of Law
Korea National Police University, March 1993.
Major: Law
TEACHING AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Teaching Experience:
Introduction to Criminal Justice
Appalachian State University, Fall 2006
Contemporary Police Issues
Appalachian State University, Fall 2006
Criminology
Sam Houston State University, Spring 2005
Introduction to Research Methods
Sam Houston State University, Fall 2004-Spring 2005
Teaching Assistantships:
Introduction to Research Methods
Sam Houston State University, Fall 2002
Legal Aspects of Criminal Justice System
Sam Houston State University, Fall 2001
Other Professional Experiences
Research Assistant
Police Research Center, Sam Houston State University, Spring 2004
Duties: analyzing calls for service data which are gathered by 10 police
departments in Texas and managed by the Police Research Center.
Media Developer
Texas Commission of Law Enforcement Standards and Education (TCLEOSE),
Sam Houston State University, Spring 2003
Duties: making on-line training materials for law enforcement officers and
specializing in the development of video clips.
Chief Officer
Crime Prevention Division, Busanjin Police Department, Busan, South Korea,
September 2000 - August 2001
Duties: designing crime prevention plans and managing 18 sub-police stations.
Researcher
Korea National Police University, Summer 2000
Duties: developing police officer training materials.
Chief Officer
Criminal Investigation Unit, Busanjin Police Department, Busan, South Korea,
December 1995 - July 1998
Duties: crime investigations specializing in white-collar crimes and management
of the Criminal Investigation Unit.
Commander
Combat Police Force Unit, Busan Metropolitan Police Agency, Busan, South
Korea, June 1993 - June 1995
Duties: leading and commanding the Combat Police Force Unit in demonstrations.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
A Spatial Distribution of Calls for Service in Texas Suburbs. Paper presented at
the Annual Crime Mapping Research Conference, September, 2005, Savannah, GA.
The Geographic Distribution of Calls for Service in Texas. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, November, 2004, Nashville, TN.
Racial Disparity in Traffic Stops: Focusing on the Effect of Deployment Density and Black Proportion of the Stop Locations. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice, October 2004, Houston, TX.
A Journey with Murderers: A Geographic Profiling of Traveling Serial Killers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Asian Association of Police Studies, August, 2004, Huntsville, TX.
Motivation in the Community Policing Era: Application of Expectancy Theory. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, November, 2003, Denver, CO.
Police Assaults by Citizens in Korea. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, November, 2002, Chicago, IL.
Comparison of Inmates Health Care in State/Federal Prisons and Local Jails. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Criminal Justice Sciences, March, 2002, Anaheim, CA.
PUBLICATIONS
Roh, S. & Oliver, W. (2005). Effects of Community Policing upon Fear of
Crime: Understanding the Causal Linkage, Policing: An International Journal
of Police Strategies & Management, Forthcoming (September, 2005).
Roh, S. & Leipnik, M.R. (2005). Geographic Profiling and Spatial Analysis of
Serial Homicides, Chapter 8 in Geographic Information Systems and Crime
Analysis. Edited by Fahui Wang. Published by Idea Group, Inc. Hershey, PA.
Roh, S. (2004). Motivation in the Community Policing Era: Application of
Expectancy Theory, Electronic Journal of the Center for Research and
Doctoral Studies in Educational Leadership, Issue 3, April.
(http://www.shsu.edu/~edu_elc/journal/research%20online/researchex04.html)
Manuscripts in Preparation
Roh, S., Social Disorganization in Suburbs: A Study of Calls for Service
in Texas Suburbs
Tark, J., Choo, T.M., and Roh, S., Impacts of Race on the Decision of
Reporting Victimization to the Police: Asian's Pattern of Reporting Robbery and
Assault Victimizations.
Roh, S. & Hoover, L., Racial Disparity in Traffic Stops: Focusing on the Effect
of Deployment Density and Black Proportion of the Stop Locations.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Graduate Student Paper Competition Award in the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice (Second Place), Fall 2004
Title of the Paper: Racial Disparity in Traffic Stops: Focusing on the Effect of
Deployment Density and Black Proportion of the Stop Locations.
Sam Houston State University Graduate Academic Achievement Scholarship, Summer 2004
Graduate Student Paper Competition Award in the Annual Meeting of the
Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice (First Place), Fall 2003
Title of the Paper: Effects of Community Policing upon Fear of Crime:
Understanding the Causal Linkage.
Sam Houston State University Graduate Student Scholarship, 2001-2003
South Korea Government Foreign Study Fellowship, 1998-2000
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
The American Society of Criminology
Student Membership 2002-2005
The Asian Association of Police Studies
Student Membership 2002-2005
The Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice
Student Membership 2004-2005
The American Criminal Justice Sciences
Student Membership 2002-2003
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Ecological criminology (focusing on crime mapping), race in criminal justice system, crime prevention policies, community-oriented policing, and police administration and management
RELATED SKILLS
SPSS, ArcGIS, ArcView, GeoDA, CrimeStat, MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint