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Robert Kaminski
Associate 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, research methods, crime mapping and analysis, applied quantitative methods.
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| Interests: |
Dr. Kaminski has conducted research on a variety of policing issues, including police use of force, assaults and murders of police, less-lethal technology, foot pursuits, training, and public perceptions of police. Recent research includes the impact of conducted energy devices (e.g., TASERS) and other uses of force on officer and suspect injuries, the effects of the Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University shootings on student fear of crime on campus, and correlates of inmate self-injury.
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| Research: |
2009:
-NIJ Use of Force - Final Report
2008:
- SC Law Enforcement Census Report
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. The final report is expected to be released soon. |
2004:
- SC Law Enforcement Census Report
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| Other Activities: |
Bob teaches courses on research methods, policing, crime analysis and statistics.
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| Books and Book Chapters (selected): |
Kaminski, Robert J. and Otto M. J. Adang. (forthcoming). Pepper Spray – Practice, Policy and Research. In Kuhns, Joseph B. & Knutsson, Johansen (Eds.). Police Use of Force: A Global Perspective. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger Security International.
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): |
Kaminski, Robert J. (forthcoming). Research on Conducted Energy Devices: Findings, Methods, and a Possible Alternative. Criminology and Public Policy.
Smith, Hayden P. and Robert J. Kaminski. (forthcoming). Inmate Self-Injurious Behaviors: Distinguishing Characteristics within a Retrospective Study. Criminal Justice and Behavior.
MacDonald, John M., Kaminski, Robert J., and Michael R. Smith. (in press). The Effect of Less-lethal Weapons on Injuries in Police Use of Force Events. American Journal of Public Health.
Kaminski, Robert J. and Thomas D. Stucky. (2009). Reassessing Political Explanations for Murders of Police. Homicide Studies 13(1):3-20.
Kaminski, Robert J. (2008). Assessing the County-level Structural Covariates of Police Homicides. Homicide Studies 12(4):350-380.
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):443-426.
Kaminski, Robert J. (2007). Police Foot Pursuits and Officer Safety. Law Enforcement Executive Forum 7(3):59-72.
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