BIOGRAPHY
DORIS CHU, Assistant Professor of Criminology, Ph.D.

Education/Discipline:


Education:

State University of New York at Albany, Ph.D. in Criminal Justice
State University of New York at Albany, M.A. in Criminal Justice
Oklahoma City University, M.Ed. in Education  

Specialties

Comparative Criminal Justice, Policing, Life-Course Explanations of Criminal Offending and Desistance, Religion and Desistance

Teaching: Introduction to Criminal Justice; Criminology; Social Statistics; Juvenile  
                   Delinquency; Women and Criminal Justice

Research

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

              Sun, Ivan Y., Doris Chu , and Hung E. Sung (forthcoming). “The mediating effect of economic deprivation on crime” International Journal of Comparative Criminology .
              Sun, Ivan Y. and Doris Chu . (forthcoming). “A comparison of occupational attitudes between Taiwanese and American police officers” International Journal of Police Sciences and Management.
              Sun, Ivan Y. and Doris Chu . (forthcoming). “Gender difference in policing: An analysis of Taiwanese police's attitudes” Police Practice and Research: An International Journal.
              Brewer, Loretta and Doris Chu (forthcoming). “Caregivers at risk: The implications of health disparities.” The Journal of Stress, Trauma and Crisis: An International Journal.
              Chu, Doris (2007). “Religiosity and desistance from drug use.” Criminal Justice and Behavior , 34, 661-679.
Chu, Doris and Ivan Y. Sun (2007). “A comparison of attitudinal differences between Taiwanese and American police supervisors” Police Quarterly, 10 (1), 63-86.
              Sun, Ivan Y., Hung E. Sung, and Doris Chu (2007). “Collateral gains from the military? A cross-national analysis of the armed forces-crime relationship” International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (in press).            
Chu, Doris and Ivan Sun (2006). “Female officers' job related attitudes: A comparative perspective of Taiwan and the United States” Women and Criminal Justice, 18 (1&2)
              Gingerich, Terry and Doris Chu (2006). “A comparative perspective of community policing in Taiwan and Washington State” Asian Journal of Criminology, 1 (2), 119-135.
              Sun, Ivan Y. and Doris Chu (2006). “Comparison of job-related attitudes of Taiwanese and American police officers” Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management , 29(2), 190-210.
              Chu, Doris , John H. Song, and John Dombrink (2005). “Chinese immigrants' perceptions of the police in New York City” International Criminal Justice Review , 15(2) , 101-114.
Sung, Hung-En and Doris Chu (2003). “Does participation in the global economy reduce political corruption? An empirical inquiry.” International Journal of Comparative Criminology, 3(2), 94-118.

Book Chapter and Encyclopedia Entry

“Charismatic evangelicals' war on drugs: The case of the assemblies of God”; Amount: $44,970 (#2005012, Hung-En Sung, Principal Investigator); Funded by the Louisville Institute. Role: Co-Principal Investigator. Awarded in May 2005.
“Chinese immigrants' perception toward the police in New York City”; Amount: $2,500; Faculty Research Grant; Arkansas State University. Role: Principal Investigator. Awarded in July 2004.

Work in Progress

                Co-editing Asia/ Pacific Volume of a multi-volume book

Gingerich, Terry and Doris Chu (2006). Book Chapter: “Police forces and correctional systems of Taiwan, Republic of China” in World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems 2 nd edition (Thomson Gale Publication).

Chu, Doris (2007). Entry: “Broken Windows Theory of Crime” in the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology , ed. G. Ritzer (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing), p825-826.

GRANTS AWARDED

“Chinese communities and their police in San Francisco”; Amount: $3,300; Faculty Research Grant; Arkansas State University. Role: Principal Investigator. Awarded in March 2007.

“Female officers' job related attitudes -A comparative perspective of Taiwan and the United States”; Amount: $1190; Eleanor Lane International Travel Fund (with matched fund); Arkansas State University. Role: Principal Investigator. Awarded in September 2005.

set “Crime and Punishment around the World” for Greenwood Publishers (General Editor: Graeme Newman).