Dr. Randolph Grinc

Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice

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Office: Student Center, Room 4139
Office Hours: Spring 2007:  MW 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.; Th 7:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Campus Extension: 3562

E-mail Address: rgrinc@caldwell.edu

 

Professional Information:

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

1994-Present.            Caldwell College, Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice

1985-1990.                  Seton Hall University, Adjunct Assistant Professor

1998                           County College of Morris, Program Developer, Community and Professional Programs

1985-1987.                  Pace University (Manhattan), Adjunct Instructor

1981-1987.                  New York University,  Adjunct Instructor/Teaching Assistant

Taught courses in undergraduate Introduction to Sociology, Introduction to Criminal Justice, Criminology, Deviance and Social Control, Urban Sociology, Social Science Research Methods, Social Problems, Social Stratification, Sociology of Sport, Juvenile Delinquency, Police and Law Enforcement, Community Policing, and Penology.

Committee Work: Elected to Faculty Council (Fall 2004-Spring 2007 term), Adult Undergraduate Education Task Force, Continuing Education Committee (issues concerning adult student population), Enrollment Committee (admissions and retention issues), Caldwell Scholars Committee (interdisciplinary program of study for high-GPA students), Benefits Task Force (faculty representative), Faculty Development Committee, Faculty advisor to Sociology and Criminal Justice Student’s Association.

 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

 2003-Present.      Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management 

Peer Review Consultant.  Peer reviewer for research studies related to policing.

1998-1999.           Vera Institute of Justice 

Consultant on La Bodega de la Familia Project.  Provided technical assistance on evaluation of a Vera demonstration project to provide services to families of drug users on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

1996-1997.           John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Research Center.

Senior Field Investigator/Senior Research Associate on Youth Firearms Violence Initiative Project, Bridgeport Connecticut:  Principle Investigator on evaluation of U.S. Department of Justice-funded anti-firearm initiative.  Responsible for evaluation design, supervision of field staff, and analysis of qualitative data.

1995.                    Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.

Steering Committee/Advisory Board Member on Evaluation of Title I of the 1994 Crime Bill project to evaluate community policing in the United States.

 1995.                  United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice.

Peer Review Consultant: Assist in providing technical advice and peer review of selected grant applications which have been submitted to the National Institute of Justice for funding.

1989-1994.         Research Associate, Vera Institute of Justice.

Project Director on New York City Police Department Community Policing Performance Measurement Project (1993-1994): developed a community policing performance measurement system for the New York City Police Department; responsible for the development of qualitative interview instruments, interviewing police officers and community residents, budget and survey development, and computer-assisted analysis of qualitative data.

Project Director on New York City Department of Correction Individualized Monitoring System and Male/Female Work Release Projects (1993): conducted evaluation of electronic monitoring of criminal defendants in the community; authored report to the New York City Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Department of Correction.

Deputy Director on National Innovative Neighborhood-Oriented Policing Project (1991-1993): co-authored project proposal to the National Institute of Justice; planned and coordinated site visit activities to five research sites; conducted and supervised field observations of five community-oriented policing projects (Tempe, AZ, Portland, OR; Hayward, CA; Houston, TX); conducted panel interviews with police, city officials and community residents; responsible for development of panel interview schedules; responsible for computer-assisted analysis of observational and qualitative data; co-authored reports to National Institute of Justice and Bureau of Justice Assistance; assisted in management of $400,000 research budget.

Deputy Director on Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem Evaluation Project (1991-1993):  coordinated field staff; responsible for field interviews and qualitative data analysis; co-authored report to Mayor’s Office.

Research Associate on Tactical Narcotics Teams Evaluation Project (1989-1992): trained and supervised field interviewers conducting household surveys; developed interview scheduling procedures; conducted in-depth panel interviews of community leaders and residents; analyzed qualitative data from panel interviews; wrote results of interview analysis; developed community profiles of three Brooklyn neighborhoods covered by study; co-authored interim and final reports to the National Institute of Justice and New York City Police Department.

PUBLICATIONS

 Randolph M. Grinc (with Susan Sadd).  2000.  “Implementation Challenges in Community Policing:  Innovative Neighborhood-Oriented Policing in Eight Cities.”  Reprinted in Policing Communities: Understanding Crime and Solving Problems, edited by Ronald W. Glensor, Mark E. Correia, and Kenneth J. Peak.  Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing Company.

Grinc, Randolph M.  1998.  “‘Angels in Marble’:  Problems in Stimulating Community Involvement in Community Policing.”  Reprinted in Community Justice, edited by David R. Karp and Amitai Etzioni.  New York:  Rowman and Littlefield.

Randolph M. Grinc (with Susan Sadd).  1996.  “Implementation Challenges in Community Policing:  Innovative Neighborhood-Oriented Policing in Eight Cities.” (NIJ Research In Brief)  Washington, D.C.:  U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice.

Grinc, Randolph M.  1994.  “Angels in Marble:  Problems in Stimulating Community Involvement in Community Policing.”  Crime and Delinquency, 40, 437-468.

Randolph M. Grinc (with Susan Sadd).  1994.  “Innovative Neighborhood-Oriented Policing Programs:  An Evaluation of Community Policing Programs in Eight Cities.”  Pp. 27-52 in Community Policing:  Testing the Promises, edited by Dennis P. Rosenbaum.  Newbury Park, CA:  Sage Publications.

 Randolph M. Grinc (with Susan Sadd).  1993. “The Effects of Drug Use and Sales on Three Urban Communities.” Pp. 175-197 in Drugs and the Community, edited by Robert C. Davis, Arthur J. Lurigio and Dennis P. Rosenbaum.  Springfield, IL: Charles Thomas, Inc.

 Presentations at Professional Conferences

Grinc, Randolph M.  1995.  Issues in Community Policing:  An Overview of Police Department, Interagency and Community Implementation Problems in Community Policing.  Paper and Training Session Presented at the 1995 Hispanic-American Police Command Officers of America (HAPCOA) Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 30, 1995.

 Grinc, Randolph M.  1994.  “Problems in Stimulating Community Involvement in Community Policing:  The BJA INOP Experience.”  Paper Presented at the 1994 American Society of Criminology Conference, Miami, Florida, November 10, 1994.

Grinc, Randolph M.  1993.  “Problems in the Implementation of Community Policing:  An Evaluation of Eight   Innovative Neighborhood-Oriented Policing Programs.”  Paper presented at the Conference for Community Policing for Safe Neighborhoods, sponsored the United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice and Bureau of Justice Assistance, Washington, D.C., August 23, 1993.

Grinc, Randolph M.  1993.  “Problems in Implementing Community Policing:  An Evaluation of BJA's Innovative Neighborhood-Oriented Policing Programs.”  Paper presented at the Fourth Annual Conference on Evaluating Crime and Drug Control Initiatives, sponsored by the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Washington, D.C.,  June 28, 1993.

Grinc, Randolph M.  1992.  “A National and Local Evaluation of Community Policing Outcomes.”  Paper presented at the Fourth Annual Chancellor's Lecture Series on Law Enforcement, Seton Hall University Community Policing Problem-Solving Forum.

 

REPORTS TO FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL FUNDING AGENCIES

Grinc, Randolph M. (with Susan Sadd).  1995.  Innovative Neighborhood-Oriented Policing:  Descriptions of Programs in Eight Cities.  Washington, D.C.:  National Institute of Justice.

Grinc, Randolph M. (with Susan Sadd).  1995.  Issues in Community Policing:  Problems in the Implementation of Eight Innovative Neighborhood-Oriented Policing Programs.  Washington, D.C.:  National Institute of Justice .

Grinc, Randolph M. (with Susan Sadd).  1993.  Issues in Community Policing:  An Evaluation of Eight Innovative Neighborhood-Oriented Policing Projects.  Vera Institute of Justice.  (Interim report Submitted to the National Institute of Justice).

Grinc, Randolph M. (with Susan Sadd).  1993.  Innovative Neighborhood-Oriented Policing:  Descriptions of Programs in Eight Cities.  Vera Institute of Justice.  (Interim Report Submitted to the National Institute of Justice).

Grinc, Randolph M.  1993.  The Department of Correction's Individualized Monitoring System.  Report               submitted to the New York City Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Commissioner for Alternatives to Incarceration, Department of Correction.

Sadd, Susan, and Randolph M. Grinc.  1993.  The Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem:  Research Results from the First Two Years.  New York:  Vera Institute of Justice.  Report Submitted to the Office of the Mayor of New York City.

Sadd, Susan, Michele Sviridoff, Richard Curtis, and Randolph M. Grinc.  1992.  The Community Effects of Street-Level Narcotics Enforcement: A Study of the New York City Police Department's Tactical Narcotics Teams.  New York: Vera Institute of Justice (Report submitted to the National Institute of Justice and New York City Police Department).

 

EDUCATION

 1990.  Ph.D., Sociology, New York University

 1984.  M.A., Sociology, New York University (certificate of concentration in Crime, Law, and Deviance)

 1980.  B.A., Criminal Justice (Department of Sociology), Seton Hall University

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

1981-1984.        Graduate Teaching Assistantships and Full Scholarships, Department of Sociology, New York     University.

 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

 Society for the Study of Social Problems

American Society of Criminology

American Sociological Association

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

 

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