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Robert Kaminski
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., The University at Albany, State University of New York ( 2002)
Office: 111 Currell College
Phone: (803) 777-1560
Fax: (803) 777-9600
Email: kaminskb@mailbox.sc.edu
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| Areas of Specialization:
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Policing (police use of force, violence against the police, public perceptions of the police), research methods, crime mapping and analysis, applied quantitative methods.
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| Interests: |
Dr. Kaminski is currently engaged in research on police foot pursuits, the impact of conducted energy devices on use-of-force outcomes, the effect of the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill on violence against on police, the role of informal social networks in policing, and the impact of the Virginia Tech shooting incident on fear of crime on campus. His past research examined spatial and temporal correlates of violence against the police, the influence of arrestee impairment on use of force, predictors of domestic violence among military personnel, police officer satisfaction with defense and control tactics training, the incapacitative and deterrent effects of oleoresin capsicum, the impact of the media on public perceptions of the police, and minority interest in police work.
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| Research: |
2007:
- Basic Law Enforcement Training Report
- SC Deaths in Police Custody (forms)
- USC - RCSD Foot Pursuit Survey
2005:
- Gang Survey
- NIJ Use of Force:
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A Multi-Method Evaluation of Police Use of Force Outcomes is a grant from the National Institute of Justice to professors Alpert, Smith, and Kaminski. This project is in it's final stages with results expected in summer 2008. |
2004:
- SC Law Enforcement Census Report
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| Other Activities: |
Bob is currently teaching research methods and policing.
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| Books and Book Chapters (selected): |
Kaminski, Robert J. (2004) The Murder of Police Officers. New York, NY: LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC.
Kaminski, Robert J., Jefferis, Eric S., and Chanchalat Chanhatasilpa. (2000) A Spatial Analysis of American Police Killed in the Line of Duty,” pp. 212-220, in Turnbull, L., Hendrix, H. E., and B. D. Dent, eds., Atlas of Crime: Mapping the Criminal Landscape, Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press.
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| Articles (selected): |
Smith, Michael R., Kaminski, Robert J., Rojek, Jeffery, Alpert, Geoffrey P., and Jason Mathis. (2007) The Impact of Conducted Energy Devices and Other Types of Force and Resistance on Police and Suspect Injuries. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management 30(3) - forthcoming.
Adang, Otto M.J., Kaminski, Robert J., Howell, Megan Q., and Jos Mensink. (2006) Assessing the Performance of Pepper Spray in Use-of-Force Encounters: The Dutch Experience. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management 29(2):282-305.
Kaminski, Robert J. (2007) Police Foot Pursuits and Officer Safety. Law Enforcement Executive Forum 7(3):59-72.
Kaminski, Robert J., DiGiovanni, Clete, and Raymond Downs. (2004) The Use of Force Between the Police and Persons with Impaired Judgment. Police Quarterly 7(3):311-338.
Rosen, Leora N., Kaminski, Robert J., Moore-Parmley, Angela, Knudson, Kathryn H., and Peggy Fancher. (2003) The Effects of Peer Group Climate on Intimate Partner Violence Among Married Male U.S. Army Soldiers. Violence Against Women 9(9):1045-1071.
Kaminski, Robert J., Jefferis, Eric, and Joanne Gu. (2003) Community Correlates of Serious Assaults on Police. Police Quarterly 6(2):119-149.
Kaminski, Robert J. and Thomas B. Marvell. (2002) A Comparison of Changes in Police and General Homicides, 1930 – 1998. Criminology 40(1):701-720.
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