Police Militarization / SpringerBriefs in Criminology (PDF)

Dr. Frederick Turner II is the Chair for Criminal Justice and Homeland Security programs in the Graduate School at Keiser University in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Dr. Turner holds a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice with a focus in Behavioral Science from Nova Southeastern University. He has over 12 years of combined experience serving in the U.S. Navy as a military policer with multiple deployments to the Middle East and the Department of Homeland Security/Customs and Border Protection as an Intelligence Analyst. In this role, he maintained effective working relationships with counterparts in law enforcement and intelligence communities. His current research focuses on the public's perception of militarization of policing and police legitimacy.





Dr. Bryanna Fox is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology and Courtesy Professor in the Department of Mental Health, Law, and Policy at the University of South Florida. Dr. Fox earned her Ph.D. in psychological criminology from the University of Cambridge in England. She is a former FBI Special Agent, former research consultant for the FBI's Field Investigation Group in Tampa, and former research fellow in the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit (BSU) in Quantico, Virginia. Her main research interests relate to the identification of psychological and developmental risk factors for criminal behavior, developing evidence-based tools for law enforcement, and conducting experimental field research.