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Michael R. Smith
Associate Professor and Department Chair
Ph.D., Arizona State University, 1996. J.D.,
University of South Carolina, 1993
Office: 100G Currell College
Phone: (803) 777-7065
Fax: (803) 777-9600
Email: mrsmith@mailbox.sc.edu
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Police use of force, pursuits, racial profiling, and the intersection between policing, law and civil rights.
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Dr.Smith is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. He holds a J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law (1993) and a Ph.D. in Justice Studies from Arizona State University (1996). He is a former police officer and has directed a variety of national, state, and locally-funded research and evaluation projects on police and violent crime. Dr. Smith writes and conducts research on racial profiling, police use of force, and other critical policing issues. He teaches courses on policing, criminal law and procedure, and research and evaluation methods.
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2007:
- Basic Law Enforcement Training Report
2005:
- Gang Survey
- Law Enforcement Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina
- 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. |
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