Research

NSU/BSO research initiatives are aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of public safety projects, expanding the body of theoretical and applied knowledge in public safety services, establishing programs to improve professionalism in public safety for both individuals and organizations, expanding quality professional education in public safety, and training for various special needs of the law enforcement community.

• New Sheriff's Office Uniforms: CJI students Denise Champagne, Melisa Hubbard and Karan Kane are working with the Broward County Sheriff’s Office. The county has not changed their uniforms in 30 years and is now conducting research to determine which are best!  The CJI students just completed the first component of the project by inputting the survey in excel format.  The data will be collated by Staff Services and the second component will entail the analysis of survey results which would be undertaken next week.  The goal is to expose these students to "real" data sets and provide them with the tools to manage a survey project.  An outcome of this project is for the students to hone their research and analytical skills and utilize these skills in graduate courses.
• Criminal Justice and Behavior: A former Nova Southeastern University, Center for Psychological Studies (CPS) student, now an Air Force Major, who recently completed his second Iraqi deployment, had his dissertation project accepted for publication in “Criminal Justice and Behavior”. The Abstract is provided below.
  • Abstract
• National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Crime and Justice Research Grant: This research grant will be used to develop a pilot program conducted over a three-year period with the Juvenile Assessment Center and the Juvenile and Child Safety Services Bureau of the Broward County Sheriff’s Office (BSO), in collaboration with Nova Southeastern University (NSU) College of Osteopathic Medicine.
  • NIJ Crime and Justice Research Grant
• National Institute of Justice (NIJ) FY08 Research and Evaluation on Justice System Responses to Violence Against Women
  • Abstract
• The Law Enforcement Officer Stress Survey (LEOSS)
  • Evaluation of Psychometric Properties
• Getting into the Minds of Hostage-Takers (GHosT-RAP) Research Project
  • GHosT-RAP
• Needs Assessment of the Mentally Ill Involved in the Broward County Criminal Justice System: Nova Southeastern University (NSU) researchers, Drs. Lenore Walker, James Pann, David Shapiro, Vincent Van Hasselt, and Ryan Montes, were awarded a NSU Quality of Life grant to assess the needs of the mentally ill involved in the criminal justice system in Broward County.  The grant is funded by the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO). 
  • Project Summary