Curriculum Vitae

for

KENNETH J. PEAK

Address: 3385 Martini Rd. Dept. of Criminal Justice

Sparks, Nevada 89434 University of Nevada, Reno

(775) 626-3777 Reno, Nevada 89557-0026

(775) 784-4695

Education

Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1983. Major: Educational Policy and Administration. Minor: Law (coursework with special arrangement, University of Kansas School of Law). Dissertation: "An Analysis of Postsecondary Correctional Education Programs in State Prisons for Adults."

Bachelor's and master's degrees in sociology, Pittsburg State University (Kansas). Named to Dean's Honor Roll three semesters; admitted to Alpha Kappa Delta (honorary fraternity in sociology).

Employment History

1983-present: Department of Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Reno; tenured in 1987, promoted to full professor in 1992. The department has approximately 450 majors and 150 minors. Duties include teaching (named "Teacher of the Year" by UNR Honor Society, 1984-85); research (19 books authored or co-authored in 15 years, and 56 book journal articles, monographs, and book chapters have been published to date); university and community service; member of the graduate faculty (including the National Judicial College); related duties.

Chairman, UNR Department of Criminal Justice, 1984-1993.

1988-1989: upon request by the UNR Administration, served as UNR Acting Director of Public Safety - concurrent with being chair of the CJ Department – with administrative responsibility over both the police and parking divisions.

1978-1983: Coordinator and Assistant Professor, Wichita State University Administration of Justice Outreach Program for Southeast Kansas region (based at Pittsburg State University). Duties included administration of, and instruction in graduate and undergraduate programs with 75 majors; admissions; degree checks; administering oral exams; hiring adjunct faculty.

1976-78: Director, Department of Campus Police, Pittsburg State University. Duties included supervision of all sworn and non-sworn personnel responsible for law enforcement, security, and parking functions. Several innovations were brought about, including the hiring of female and minority personnel, uniform crime reporting, and expanded in-service training. This position was primarily assumed for the acquisition of administrative police experience.

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1976: Project Director, Technical Assistance Institute, Washburn University of Topeka. This federally-funded four-state program was the only of its kind in the nation, providing technical assistance to criminal justice personnel in the states of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska. Four professional staff members were supervised, and grant-writing duties were included.

1974-1976: Criminal Justice Planner, Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission. A federally-funded, nine-county position for writing of grant applications and project development, with over 100 grant applications resulting and more than two million dollars in funded projects (including the Southeast Kansas Regional Correctional Center in Ft. Scott).

1970-1974: Police Officer, City of Pittsburg, Kansas. Duties included those of conventional municipal law enforcement, including supervisory assignments.

Awards and Grants

"UCCSN Outstanding Employees and Students" program, recognized as an Outstanding Faculty Member, UNR, 1997-98

“Outstanding Alumnus Award” and commencement speaker, Ft. Scott Community College (Kansas), 2003

"Outstanding Young Alumnus" Award, conferred by Pittsburg State University (Kansas), October 1991

"Teacher of the Year" Award, Univ. of Nevada Honor Society, 1984-85

“Outstanding Service Award,” Police Section, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, for service as section President, 2001

Co-recipient of the annual "Edgar Langsdorf Award for Excellence in Writing", Kansas State Historical Society, 1989.

Awarded $3000 by UNR administrators in 1995 to develop a symposium, "A Time to Lose: The History and Legacy of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education. Conducted at UNR (300 participants) in Feb. 1996 and at area NAACP and other church groups

Awarded three UNR Instructional Enhancement Grants ($2500 total), two for developing a comparative criminal justice systems course in 1994, the other for "Distance Education Training" of UNR faculty, 1989. As a result, three articles (two on comparative CJ, one on distance education) were published in the Journal of Criminal Justice Education.

Sponsored research: $5500 for a municipal survey of Sparks, Nevada (1990).

University Service

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Chairman, Faculty Development Leave Committee, 2006-2007

Co-Chair, committee studying statewide university and college policing (Chancellor/Board of Regents appointment), 2002

Presidential Appointments: Consultant to the Committee to Study Public Safety Consolidation in the Truckee Meadows (with teaching load reduction); University Promotion and Tenure Committee; Task Force on Student Conduct; Intercollegiate Athletics Board (3 yrs.)

Vice Presidential Appt.: University Assessment Committee, Alcohol Policy Committee

College: (Human & Community Sciences and Arts and Science): Personnel committees (promotion & tenure; chaired both HCS and A&S committees, with 14 years' total service); Teaching Excellence Award Committee (2 yrs); Courses and Curriculum Committee; HCS Policy Advisory Committee (4 years), including several PAC subcommittees (e.g., to create a teaching award, and to expand PAC membership), and presenting several “brownbag” workshops to assist HCS faculty in publishing and in seeking tenure/promotion.

Other University: Local host, American Society of Criminology, November 1989, Reno, Nevada, 1100 attendees); Institutional Studies and Budget; Campus Affairs (2 yrs.); Bylaws and Code (2 yrs.); Disaster and Contingency Planning

Graduate Committee Membership: service has been held on approximately 60 graduate committees in chemistry (Ph.D.), political science (Ph.D., M.P.A.), psychology (M.S.), social work (M.S.W.), and education (Ed.D., Ed.S. & M.S.)

Community Service

Vice President/Board of Directors, Hot August Nights, Reno, 2001-2006 (this event celebrates music and cars of the 1950s and 1960s, generating $240 million in annual revenues, brings 400,000 people to the community

Develop and help administer promotional exams (deputy chief, lieutenant, and sergeant) for the Sparks, NV Police Department assessment center (w/stipend); facilitator for Sparks Fire Department battalion chief promotions; oral board member, Nevada Department of Prisons, Sparks police chief search committee, Reno airport authority chief search committee

Staff Support Member, Task Force on Law Enforcement Consolidation for Washoe County

Instruction at area police academy and citizens' police academies

Vice Chairman, Sparks, Nevada, Planning Commission

Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect (appointed by Washoe County Commission)

Two gubernatorial appointments were received while residing in Kansas, to the Governor's Committee on Crime Prevention and the Governor's Committee on Criminal Administration.

Chairman, Southeast Kansas Regional Correctional Center

Chairman, Southeast Kansas Regional Criminal Justice Advisory Board.

Mayor, City of Girard, Kansas.

Professional Offices and Boards

Chairman of the Police Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, 1998-1999; as such, assisted in developing Police Quarterly, a national, refereed journal, and served as its first Deputy Editor

President (1995-96), 1st Vice President, and 2d Vice President, Western and Pacific Association of Criminal Justice Educators

"Judicial Member in the National Judicial College Assembly," 1997

Courses Instructed

Courses have been instructed with as many as 225 students (i.e., introductory CJ class). Current areas of teaching interest include introduction, comparative CJ systems, policing, victimology, senior seminar, and administration. A newly developed graduate course, “Planned Change in CJ” to be offered in Spring 2006. Graduate/undergraduate courses instructed at Wichita State University are listed below (asterisk denotes graduate courses):

Comparative CJ Systems Statistics/Research Methods*

Police in America Crime in American Literature

Criminology* Criminal Justice Planning*

Prisoners' Rights and Remedies* Criminal Law

Criminal Procedure Introduction to Criminal Justice

Victimology* Judicial Process*

Education and Training in CJ* Critical Issues in CJ*

General Seminar* Police/Community Relations

Security Administration Agency Administration* Senior Seminar

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RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION

Books (Published)

Vivian Lord and Kenneth J. Peak, Women in Law Enforcement Careers: A Guide for Preparing and Succeeding. Prentice Hall, 2005.

K. J. Peak and R. Glensor, Community Policing and Problem Solving: Strategies and Practices (4th ed.), Prentice Hall, 2005.

Justice Administration: Police, Courts, and Corrections Management, 4th ed., Prentice Hall, 2004.

Policing America: Methods, Issues, Challenges, 4th ed., 2003, Prentice Hall.

K. Peak, L. Gaines, Ron Glensor, Police Supervision and Management: In an Era of Community Policing (2d ed). Prentice Hall, 2003.

K. Peak and R.Glensor, Community Policing and Problem Solving: Strategies and Practices (3d ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002.

Justice Administration: Police, Courts, and Corrections Management, 3d ed., Prentice Hall, 2001.

K. Peak and P. Peak, Kansas Temperance: Much Ado About Booze, 1870-1920, Sunflower University Press, 2000.

Policing Communities: Understanding Crime and Solving Problems, An Anthology, Roxbury Press, 2000, co-edited with R. Glensor and M. Correia.

Policing America: Methods, Issues, Challenges, 3d ed., Prentice Hall.

R. Glensor, K. Peak, and L. Gaines, Police Supervision. McGraw-Hill, 1999.

K. J. Peak and R. W. Glensor, Community Policing and Problem Solving: Strategies and Practices (2d ed. Prentice Hall, 1999.

Justice Administration: Police, Courts, and Corrections Management, 2d ed., Prentice Hall, 1998.

Policing America: Methods, Issues, Challenges, 2d ed., Prentice Hall, 1997.

K. Peak and R.Glensor, Community Policing and Problem Solving: Strategies and Practices. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996.

Justice Administration: Police, Courts, and Corrections Management, Prentice Hall, 1995.

Policing America: Methods, Issues, Challenges, Regents/Prentice Hall, 1992.

P. O'Brien and K. Peak, Kansas Bootleggers. Manhattan, Ks.: The Sunflower (Kansas State) University Press, 1991.

Monographs

Crimes Involving Tourism, a Problem Oriented Policing Guide for the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2004 (R. Glensor’s name appears on this and the two guides below, although he did none of the actual writing).

Cruising, a Problem Oriented Policing Guide for the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2005.

Street Racing, a Problem Oriented Policing Guide for the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2005.

Individual Chapter Contributions

R. Glensor and K. Peak, “Strategic IT Planning,” in Issues in Information Technology: A Reader for the Busy Police Chief Executive, R. W. Glensor and G. Murphy, eds. Washington, D.C.: Police Executive Research Forum, February 2005, pp. 29-39.

K. Peak and T. Griffin, "Gangs: Status, Characteristics, Community and Police Responses, and Policy Implications." In R. Muraskin and A. R. Roberts (eds.), Visions for Change: Crime and Justice in the Twenty-First Century, 3d ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002, pp. 52-68.

K. Peak, R. W. Glensor, and L. K. Gaines, "Supervising the Police." Chapter contribution in D. Kenney and Robert P. McNamara, Police and Policing: Contemporary Issues (2d ed.) Praeger, 1999

"Gangs: Origin, Status, Community Responses, and Policy Implications." In R. Muraskin and A. R. Roberts (eds.), Visions for Change: Crime and Justice in the Twenty-First Century, 2d ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999, pp. 51-63.

K. Peak and K. Braunstein, "On Guard: The Private Security Industry in America," in Chang and Palmiotto (eds.), Introduction to Criminal Justice: Theory and Practice. Wichita, Ks.: MidContinent Academic Press, 1997, pp. 281-300

"African Americans in Policing," in R. Dunham and G. Alpert, Critical Issues in Policing: Contemporary Readings, (3d. ed.) (Prospect Heights, Il.: Waveland Press, 1997,), pp. 356-362.

"Gangs: Origin, Outlook, and Policy Implications," in R. Muraskin and A. R. Roberts (eds.), Visions for Change: Crime and Justice in the Twenty-First Century (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996), pp. 7-18.

"The Professionalization of Campus Policing: Comparing Campus and Municipal Law Enforcement Agencies," in eds. J. J. Sloan and B. Fisher, Campus Crime: Legal, Social, and Policy Perspectives (Springfield, Ill.: Charles C. Thomas, 1995), pp. 228-245.

"On Guard: The Private Security Industry in America," in Dae Chang and James Fagin (eds.), Introduction to Criminal Justice: Theory and Application, 2d. ed. (Geneva, IL: Paladin House, 1985).

Case Studies in the Governance of Higher Education, by J. Sherwood (ed.). Chapter contribution. University of Kansas Press, 1981.

Journal Articles

2006

K. Peak and Jason W. Peak, “Liquor Wars and the Law: Decisions of the Kansas Supreme Court, 1861 to 1920,” Kansas History 29(2) (Summer 2006):84-100; Kansas State Historical Society

2000

"Sex Offenders," in Violence in America, a 3-volume encyclopedia, Scribner's.

1999

K. Peak, B. G. Stitt, and R. W. Glensor, "Ethics in Community Policing and Problem Solving," Police Quarterly 1(3), pp. 19-35.

R. Glensor and K. Peak, "Complexities of the Problem Solving Process: Barriers and Challenges to Daily Practice," in State of California Department of Justice, Attorney General's Office, Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving: Now and Beyond, July 1999, pp. 76-83.

R. Glensor, K. Peak, and M. Correia, "Focusing on Prey Rather Than Predators: A Problem Oriented Response to Repeat Victimization," in Policing Communities: Understanding Crime and Solving Problems, An Anthology, Roxbury Press.

1998

R. W. Glensor and K. Peak, "Lasting Impact: Maintaining Neighborhood Order," accepted for publication by the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin 67 (March), pp. 1-7.

K. Peak, S. Evans, F. Adams, and H. Ashby, "Recruiting and Testing Criminal Investigators: A Job-Related Approach," The Police Chief, April 1998, pp. 165-168.

1997

K. Peak and M. Waldo, "On Assigning and Assessing Students' Prose: A Discipline-Based Approach," Journal of Criminal Justice Education, Spring 1997, pp. 75-80.

"On Teaching Comparative Criminal Justice: Lessons Learned," Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 7(2), Fall 1996 (appeared in May 1997), pp. 305-315.

1996

K. J. Peak and R. W. Glensor, "Policing for the Future in Nevada: Addressing Crime and Disorder," Nevada Public Affairs Review, 1996, pp. 23-28.

R. Glensor and K. Peak, "Implementing Change: Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving," FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, 65(7), July 1996, pp. 14-21.

"Things Fearful to Name": An Overview of Sex Crimes and Perversions." Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 12(2), May 1996, pp. 204-14.

1995

R. F. Brand and Ken Peak, "Assessing Police Training Curriculums: 'Consumer Reports'," The Justice Professional (9)1, Winter 1995, pp. 45-58.

Two encyclopedia entries, "Community Oriented Policing: Rationale" (with B. Grant Stitt) and "Nonlethal Weapons: History," in W. G. Bailey (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Police Science, 2d ed., New York: Garland Publishing Company, 1995.

1994

"Policing and Crime in Indian Country: History, Issues, Challenges," Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 10(2), May 1994, pp. 79-94.

R. Glensor and K. Peak, "Policing the Homeless: A Problem-Oriented Response," The Police Chief, 61(10), November 1994, pp. 101-103.

"Police Executives as Agents of Change," The Police Chief 61(1), January 1994, pp. 27-29.

1993

K. Peak and F. S. Del Papa, "Criminal Justice Enters the Womb: Enforcing the `Right' to be Born Drug Free." The Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol. 21, No. 2 (1993), 245-263.

K. Peak and J. Hubach, "The World's Oldest Tool for Professional Law Enforcement: Historical and Legal Perspectives on the Police Baton." The Justice Professional, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Winter 1993), 1-22.

1992

K. Peak, R. Bradshaw, and R. Glensor, "Improving Citizen Perceptions of the Police: 'Back to the Basics' with a Community Policing Strategy," Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol. 20, No. 1, 1992, 25-40.

K. Peak and J. Penegor, "Police Chief Acquisitions: A Comparison of Internal and External Selections," American Journal of Police, Vol. 11, No. 1, 1992, 17-32.

K. Peak, D. Farenholtz, and G. Coxey,"Physical Abilities Testing for Police Officers: A Flexible, Job Related Approach," The Police Chief, Vol. 59, No. 1, Jan. 1992, 51-56.

B. G. Stitt and K. Peak, "Police Professionalism and the Dilemma of Enforcement of Victimless Crime Laws," The Justice Professional, Vol. 6, No. 2, Winter 1992, 20-38.

1991

"The Comparative Systems Course in Criminal Justice: Findings from a National Survey." Journal of Criminal Justice Education, Vol. 2, No. 2, Fall 1991, 267-272.

"Criminal Justice in the Outland: The Methods and Promise of Distance Education." Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 2(1), Spring 1991, 133-137.

1990

"On Successful Criminal Justice Survey Research: A 'Personal Touch' Model for Enhancing Rates of Return." Criminal Justice Policy Review, Vol. 4, No. 3, September, 268-277 (pub. in Spng. 1992)

"The Nevada Crime Victims Compensation Program: Doing Unto Others..." Nevada Public Affairs Review, 2, 26-31, December (non-refereed).

K. Peak, R. V. Bradshaw, and R. Glensor, "On the Success and Function of Community Policing: The Reno Experience." The Police Chief, 57(10), 61-66, October.

"Law Enforcement Policy and Management for the '90s: A Professor's Caveats as Viewed from the Street." Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 6(2), 60-69, May.

"The Quest for Alternatives to Lethal Weapons: A Heuristic View." Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 6(1), 8-22.

1989

"Federal Law, Policy, and Criminal Justice in Indian Country: A Historical Perspective." Journal of Criminal Justice, 17(5), 393-407.

"Campus Law Enforcement in Flux: Changing Times and Future Expectations." Campus Law Enforcement Journal, 19(6), 21-25 (non-refereed).

1988

P. O'Brien, K. Peak, and B. Robins, "It May Have Been Illegal, But It Wasn't Wrong": The Kansas Balkans Bootlegging Culture, 1920-1940." Kansas History, 11(4), 260-271, 1988-1989.

"Campus Law Enforcement: A National Survey of Administration and Operation." Campus Law Enforcement Journal, 19(5), 33-35, (non-refereed).

1987

K. Peak and J. Spencer, "Crime in Indian Country: Another 'Trail of Tears.'" Journal of Criminal Justice, 15(6), 485-494.

"Paraphernalia for Illicit Activities: Pandering to Crimes and Vices in a Permissive Society." Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 3(1).

"Campus Policing in America: The State of the Art." The Police Chief, 54(6), 22-24 (became refereed in 1988).

1986

"Crime Victim Reparation: Legislative Revival of the Offended Ones." Federal Probation, 50(3), 36-41.

K. Peak and J. Marschall, "The High Cost of Public Safety." American School and University, 58(10), 26-34.

1985

"Correctional Research in Theory and Praxis: Political and Operational Hinderances." Criminal Justice Review, 10(2), 27-31.

1984

"Directors of Correctional Education: Contemporary Program Nature and Delivery Systems in the U.S." Journal of Correctional Education, 34(3), 79-83.

P. O'Brien and K. Peak, "Dr. William Warner, the Girard Press, and Anti-Saloonism in Early Crawford County." The Little Balkans Review, 4(4) (non-refereed).

1983

"Postsecondary Correctional Education: Contemporary Program Nature and Delivery Systems in the U.S." Journal of Correctional Education, 35(2), 58-66.

1975

"Grantsmanship: A Necessary Addendum to the Police Administrator's Workload." The Police Chief, 42(4), 52-53 (non-refereed).

Papers Presented at Professional Meetings

R. W. Glensor and Ken Peak, "Complexities of the Problem Solving Process: Barriers and Challenges to Daily Practice," annual conference of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), Orlando, Florida, March 1999

Peak, K. and R.W. Glensor, "Focusing on Prey Rather Than Predators: Repeat Victimization as a Tool for Problem Oriented Policing," annual conference, ACJS, Albuquerque, NM, March 1998

Peak, K., B.G. Stitt, and Glensor, R.W., "Ethics in Community Policing," annual conference of the the Western and Pacific Association of Criminal Justice Educators (WAPCJE), November 1997, Reno

"The Future of Community Policing: Needs and Challenges," invited paper (with honorarium) presented at the 7th Sino-American Criminal Justice Institute conference in Taoyuan, Taiwan, August 1996

Peak, K. and Glensor, R., "Anatomy of the Police Problem Solving Process: A Case Study," presented at WAPCJE, Reno, Nevada, November, 1995

"Observations from the Bench: Criminal Justice Faculty and Writing Assessment," presented at the Writing Across the Curriculum national conference, February 1995, Charleston, S.C.

Peak, K. and Glensor, R., "Implementing Community Policing and Problem Solving: Issues and Concerns," WAPCJE, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 1994

Glensor, R. and Peak, K., "Community Policing and Multiculturalism," WAPCJE, Reno, Nevada, October 1993

Peak, K. and Del Papa, F. S., "Criminal Justice Enters the Womb: Enforcing the `Right' to be Born Drug-Free," ACJS, March 1993, Kansas City, Missouri

Glensor, R. and Peak, K., "Community Policing's Role in Improving Community Perceptions of the Police," ACJS, March 1993, Kansas City, Missouri

Tafoya, W. and Peak, K., "The Los Angeles Riots: Aberration or Precursor," WAPCJE, Long Beach, California, October 1992

Peak, K. and Del Papa, F. S., "Delivering Illegal Substances In Utero: Legal and Moral Issues of Prosecuting `Bad Mommies'." WAPCJE, November 1991, Reno, Nevada

Farenholtz, D., Rhodes, E. C., and Peak, K. "Development of a Physical Abilities Standard for Police Officers in Sparks, Nevada." Canadian Association of Sports Science, October 1991, Kingston, Ontario

Peak, K. and Hubach, J., "Use of the Stick for Social Control: Historical and Legal Perspectives." Western Social Sciences Assn., April 1991, Reno

"The Comparative Justice Systems Course in Criminal Justice: A National Survey." An invited presentation, ACJS, March 1991, Louisville

"Televising Criminal Justice Courses to the Outland: The Methods and Promise of Distance Education." WAPCJE, November 1990, San Francisco

"On Survey Research in Criminal Justice: How to Succeed with a Total Design Model." ACJS, March 1990, Denver

Stitt, B. G. & Peak, K. "Police Professionalism and the Dilemma of the Enforcement of Victimless Crimes." ACJS, March 1990, Denver

"The Evolution of Criminal Justice in Indian Country." American Society of Criminology (ASC), November 1989, Reno

"Problems of Contemporary Police Administration: A Professor's View from the Street." WAPCJE, November 1989, Reno

"Campus Policing in America: The State of the Art." International Assn. of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, July 1986, Reno

"Correctional Research: Addressing Contemporary Political and Operational Hinderances." ASC, November 1985, San Diego

"Crime Victim Reparation: Legislative Revival of the Offended Ones." WAPCJE, November 1985, Reno

Editorial Boards and Manuscript Reviews

Manuscript reviewer, Policing, Journal of Criminal Justice, Journal of Criminal Justice Education, Journal of Crime and Justice, Police Studies, American Journal of Police, Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, and Journal of Correctional Education. Book reviewer, Wadsworth, Brooks/Cole, and Merrill publishing houses; the Kansas State Historical Society; and the Journal of Criminal Justice