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 Dr. Morris Jenkins is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice. Dr. Jenkins received his B.A. from Claflin College, his J.D. from Stetson University College of Law, and his Ph.D. from Northeastern University. He is and has been involved in and with many community-based organizations. Dr. Jenkins has taught and trained students at every level, including elementary school and law and graduate students. Dr. Jenkins has trained thousands of young people and adults in law-related education (LRE), conflict resolution, and mediation. In addition, he has provided multicultural/diversity training to many police departments, probation departments, and corrections staff across the nation. Dr. Jenkins has taught a number of graduate courses in law and education, mediation and classroom management for teachers, administrators, and corrections personnel. His publishing and research interests include, civic education as a means to violence prevention in communities, restorative justice, gangs, and juvenile justice policy. He has testified at a number of state legislative hearings on the topics of restorative justice, the constitutionality of highway safety initiatives, and gangs. Dr. Jenkins is and has been involved on various academic committees and community boards. Dr. Jenkins is still active in the community and is currently involved with programs that deal with homelessness, juvenile crime, and race relations. Office Phone Number: 419-530-2313. Email: Morris.Jenkins@utoledo.edu. Curriculum Vitae |
 Dr. Shanhe Jiang is an Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice. He holds Ph.D. in Sociology from the State University of New York at Albany. He has published over 40 journal articles and books. He has also taught more than 16 years at the college level. His major teaching and research interests include methodology, corrections, organizational behavior, and juvenile delinquency. He is currently working on several research projects on youth and corrections. Office Phone Number: 419-530-4329. Email: Shanhe.Jiang@utoledo.edu. Curriculum Vitae |
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In 1983, Mr. Nathan was a founding member of Nathan & Roberts in Toledo. That law firm today is known as Arnold & Caruso following a recent merger with another Toledo firm. Mr. Nathan's primary interest lies in the field of corrections. He has served as a special master or court monitor for federal courts in Ohio, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Texas, and Puerto Rico. His role in that capacity has been to oversee the implementation of remedial orders intended to correct unconstitutional conditions in jails and prisons in those jurisdictions. Several of his appointments, those in Texas, New Mexico, and Puerto Rico, involved entire adult correctional systems. Federal courts also have appointed Mr. Nathan to serve as an expert witness for the court on a number of occasions. In addition, he has testified on behalf of plaintiff classes in several major class actions in New York, California, and Wisconsin concerning conditions of confinement and the use of force in maximum and super-maximum security prisons. The Special Litigation Division of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice has employed him as an expert consultant in projects involving jails in New York and Memphis. He also assisted the Department of Justice in the development of core standards for jails holding persons under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service, the U.S. Marshal, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Mr. Nathan has written and published in the field of corrections. His article, The Use of Masters in Institutional Reform Litigation, 10 U.Tol.L.Rev 419 (1979), has been widely cited by courts and scholars. He also was a contributor to the Handbook for Special Masters published by the National Institution of Corrections and has contributed to several colloquia on the subjects of prison crowding and the provision of health care in a correctional setting. Mr. Nathan has served as a consultant to several state correctional agencies, including the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. His most recent project for the ODRC was a system wide evaluation of the inmate grievance system. Office Phone Number: 419-530-4676. Email: Vincent.Nathan@utoledo.edu. Curriculum Vitae
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 Mr. Mike Stevenson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice. He holds an M.S. and has extensive experience in law enforcement, including having been a Ohio State Highway Patrol officer. Office Phone Number: 419-530-5352. Email: Michael.Stevenson@utoledo.edu. |
Dr. Kasey A. Tucker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice. She earned her Ph.D. in sociology from Western Michigan University with emphasis on criminology (law enforcement & white collar crime) and applied research methodology. She also has a cognate concentration in public administration (focusing on policy analysis & evaluation methodology). Her academic pursuits focus on law enforcement issues, particularly law enforcement officer death and training. Specifically, she is working on research projects looking evaluations of several law enforcement training practices, exploring law enforcement officer deaths both at the structural and situational levels, and crime mapping and COMPSTAT program effectiveness in law enforcement agencies. Further, she is a co-investigator in a Police Pursuit Study at the Minneapolis Police Department, along with the chief of police of the Minneapolis, MN Police Department and colleagues at Winona State University (MN), and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). Her collaborative research interests include: the jail project "Living on the Fringe", the Toledo juvenile drug court evaluation, the Toledo teen court initiative, and a comparative analysis of student perceptions of the police in Canada, China, Japan and the United States. Office Phone Number: 419-530-4314. Email: Kasey.Tucker@utoledo.edu. |
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 Dr. Marion Boss retired as a professor in the department. |
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| The below individuals have either taught part-time since Fall 2003 or are currently teaching part-time for the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Toledo. There are other individuals who have also taught for the department. All part-time faculty have added valuable learning experiences for the students. They are all appreciated.
Betsy Brooks is a law student at the law school at the University of Toledo. Katie Bush is a dispatcher with the University of Toledo Police Department and she graduated from the Masters of Arts in Criminal Justice from the University of Toledo. Ray Carroll is a Captain with the Toledo Police Department. Dianna Conley-Bloomfield is a deputy sheriff with the Lucas County Sheriff's Department. She currently works with the juvenile court. Hugh Daley is a Deputy Warden at the North Central Correctional Institution in Marion. Gabrielle Davis is an Instructor of Law In Clinical Education with the law school at the University of Toledo. Andrew Dier is a detective wiht the University of Toledo Police Department. Derrick Diggs is a Deputy Chief with the Toledo Police Department. Helen (Bobbie) Finn-Will is a Chief Probation Officer with the Oregon Municipal Court. She has extensive experience in corrections and probation. She also acts as the department's Internship Coordinator. Steve Forrester is a detective with the Toledo Police Department. Roger Minnich is an officer with the Toledo Police Department. Angela L. Ondrus is a local criminal justice expert. Paul Paquette was a full-time faculty in the department. He retired in late 2003. Laura Restivo is a Magistrate for the Lucas County Juvenile Court. Joseph Scalzo has extensive experience as a criminal defense attorney. Frederick Schnoor is a Sgt. with the Sylvania Police Department. John (Jack) Shuba before his recent retirement, he was in charge of research and related matters at the Lucas County Sheriff's Department. Floyd Simon recently retired as the Probation Administrator for Lucas County. Tricia White is a counselor at the Lucas County Jail. |
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 Patricia Komives is the department secretary. She is in HH 3000. Her phone number is 419-530-2142. Her e-mail is Patricia.Komives@utoledo.edu. |
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Daniel Hall was an Associate Professor and chair of the Department of Criminal Justice from 2001 to 2003. He left to become the Dean of the Miami University, Hamilton, Ohio campus. Carter Wilson is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Toledo. Jeremy Wilson was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice in the 2002/2003 academic year. He left in the Summer of 2003 to work for Rand. |
Dr. David Baker is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice. He earned his Ph.D. in sociology from York University (crime and delinquency) and his academic pursuits focus on a synthesis of crime, gender and crime, race and crime in criminological discourse, particularly images of victims and offenders in popular culture/mass media. This is informed by a critical criminological inquiry. He is completing work on a series of articles examining the integration of crime, race, and gender. Dr. Baker edited Reading Racism and Criminal Justice System (Canadian Scholar’s Press 1994) and he has presented a number of papers at both the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. He is currently working on research projects that examine qualitatively the effects of substance abuse treatment services on reducing criminal recidivism. Office Phone Number: 419-530-5351. Email: 
Mr. Michael Collins is the Internship Coordinator for the Department of Criminal Justice and is the former executive director of the Ohio Police Corps. He holds an executive M.B.A. and has extensive experience in policing. Office Phone Number: 419-530-2236. Email: 
Mr. Vincent M. Nathan is a Lecturer in the Department of Criminal Justice. Professor Nathan received his B.A. in English Literature and his LL.B. from The University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. His law school faculty elected him to the Order of the Coif. Following his graduation from law school in 1961, he became a teaching assistant at Indiana University College of Law in Bloomington. He joined the faculty of The University of Toledo College of Law in 1963, where he taught and served as assistant dean and associate dean until 1979. Mr. Nathan left teaching in that year to enter private practice in Toledo.
Mr. John (Jack) Shuba is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice. He holds an J.D. from the College of Law, the University of Toledo. He has extensive experience in the field of criminal justice, especially with the Lucas County Sheriff's Department. Office Phone Number: 419-530-2185. Email: 
Dr. Lois A. Ventura is an Associate Professor in and the Interim Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology with a major in criminology and corrections. Dr. Ventura was employed for over 20 years with the Lucas County Sheriff’s Office, as a director in the corrections division. During her work with the Sheriff’s Office, Dr. Ventura was instrumental in the development of a jail mental health and substance abuse program, which won state and national recognition. Dr. Ventura’s research interest is investigating factors which reduce the recidivism of criminal offenders with mental health and/or substance abuse problems. Dr. Ventura was the lead researcher on a major project funded by the Ohio Department Mental Health investigating the effects of case management on the recidivism of persons with mental illness who are released from jail. The findings of this study were published in the October 1998 journal edition of Psychiatric Services. Dr. Ventura has served as a consultant for the National Institute of Corrections, GAINS Center, as well other state and federal agencies on model corrections programs for offenders with mental health and substance problems. Dr. Ventura is currently working on research projects which examine the effects of substance abuse treatment services on reducing criminal recidivism. Office Phone Number: 419-530-2142/2660. Email: 
Mr. Mark Wintgens, M.Ed., is the criminal justice academic advisor. He may be reached at (419) 530-5360. His office is located at HHS, Room 1100E. Email: