faculty

Dae-Hoon Kwak

   Visiting Assistant Professor

   Curriculum Vitae / Website

Kwak

Education

  • Ph.D (Exp)  Criminal Justice, Michigan State University
  • M.A.              Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska at Omaha
  • B.L.              Criminal Justice, Kyounggi University, Korea

Research Interests

  • Community and Crime
  • Policing (Use of force, stress, & job satisfaction)
  • Statistics & Research Methods
  • Crime Analysis/Mapping (Crime forecasting/GIS)
  • Sentencing process (Juvenile cases)

Course Taught

  • CRIJ 2328  Police Systems & Practices
  • CRIJ 3305  Research Methods in Social Sciences 
  • CRIJ 3306  Law & Society 
  • CRIJ 5315  Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
  • CRIJ 5320  Advanced Methods of Social Research
 

Grants

2010  Texas Military Forces Training Initiative, Border Studies Initiative,
funded by Department of Defense, $683,384 (Co-Principle Investigator).

2007  Improvement of Regulations for Misdemeanors (Anti-Social Behaviors), funded by Korean National Police Agency, $40,000 (Co-Principle Investigator).

Select Publications

Hartley, Richard D., Dae-Hoon Kwak, and Mirang Park (2010), “Exploring Sex Disparity in Sentencing Outcomes: A Focus on Narcotics Offenders in South Korea.” International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology doi:10.1177/0306624X09360966.

Kim, Eunyoung, Dae-Hoon Kwak, and Minwoo Yun (2010) “Investigating the Effects of Peer Association and Parental Influence on Adolescent Substance Use: A Study of Adolescents in South Korea.” Journal of Criminal Justice 38(1): 17-24.

Morash, Merry, Dae-Hoon Kwak, Vincent Hoffman, Changhun Lee, Sunho Cho, and ByongOok Moon (2008), "Stressors, Coping Resources and Strategies, and Police Stress in South Korea"  Jounral of Criminal Justice 36(3): 231-239.

Park, YoonHwan and Dae-Hoon Kwak (2008), "Exploring the Reciprocal Relationship between Homeownership and Crime: The Cross-Sectional Study on U.S. Metropolitan Areas"  Housing Studies Review 16(2): 73-94.

Terrill, William, Fredrik Leinfelt, and Dae-Hoon Kwak (2008), “Examining Police Use of Force: A Smaller Agency Perspective.” Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management 31(1): 57-76.

Morash, Merry, Dae-Hoon Kwak, and Robin Haarr (2006), “Gender Differences in the Predictors of Police Stress.” Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management 29(3): 541-563.

Morash, Merry, Robin Haarr, and Dae-Hoon Kwak (2006), “Multilevel Influences on Police Stress.” Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 22(1): 26-43.