Police Leadership and Administration (ePub)

Gennaro F. Vito is a Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Louisville. He also serves as a faculty member in the Administrative Officer's Course at the Southern Police Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in Public Administration from The Ohio State University. Active in professional organizations, he is a past President and Fellow of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and recipient of its Bruce Smith Award in recognition of outstanding contributions to criminal justice as an academic or professional. He is also the recipient of the following awards: Educator of the Year Award from the Southern Criminal Justice Association (1991), the Dean's Outstanding Performance Award for Research and Scholarly Activities from the former College of Urban and Public Affairs at University of Louisville (1990), the Dean's Award for Outstanding Research from the College of Arts and Sciences, the President's Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Research (2002), and as a Distinguished University Scholar (2008). He is the author of more than 100 professional, refereed journal articles (in such journals as Criminology, The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Justice Quarterly, Police Quarterly, and The Prison Journal) and more than 50 technical research reports. He has published on topics including capital sentencing, police consolidation, police traffic stops, policing strategies for drug problems in public housing, attitudes toward capital punishment, and the effectiveness of criminal justice programs, such as drug elimination programs, drug courts, and drug testing of probationers and parolees. He has made more than 100 presentations at professional meetings, including the American Correctional Association, the International Community Corrections Association, and the Kentucky Bar Association. He is to co-author of nine textbooks in criminal justice and criminology.