Social Sciences

Dr. James Beeks
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Public Policy, 2008 - Walden University
Master: Public Administration, 2000 - Troy State University
B.A. Major: Geography/Minor Physical Education, 1967

SERVICE
Established a training and community outreach program with Federal Law Enforcement Agencies that delivers post certification and continuing education credits on the impact of crime on local law enforcement personnel, professional counselors, and victim advocates.  Information of crime trends is made available to the public and criminal justice students at the seminar.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
My professional experience was in the public sector with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Geography was the foundation because it provided a platform to understand world cultures, geographical relationships, and geopolitics. Public Policy, Criminal Justice and Geography are interrelated and form a foundation for the study of criminal justice.

PUBLICATIONS
September 25, 2008
The Yoo 200 Torture Memorandum, Abu Ghraib, the Central Intelligence
Agency and the Judicial Charismatic Leadership Model presented at the:
Southeastern Conference of Public Administration

July 2009
The Faith-Based Initiative and The Religious Right: Shredding The First Amendment (ISBM-10:3639180402)

April 2010
A Spatial Survey of Cannabis Cultivation in the American South, 1987-2008