Introduction to Criminal Justice: Practice and Process

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Ken Peak is professor emeritus and former chairman of the Department of Criminal Justice, University of Nevada, Reno, where he was named "Teacher of the Year" by the university's Honor Society. After serving as a municipal police officer in Kansas, he subsequently held positions as a nine-county criminal justice planner; director of a four-state Technical Assistance Institute for the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration; chief of university police at Pittsburg State University (Kansas); acting chief, department of public safety, University of Nevada, Reno; and assistant professor of criminal justice at Wichita State University. He has published more than 40 textbooks (on general and community policing, criminal justice administration, police supervision and management, introductory criminal justice, and women in law enforcement), two historical books (on Kansas bootlegging and temperance), and more than 60 additional journal articles and invited book chapters. He served as chairman of the Police Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences; president of the Western and Pacific Association of Criminal Justice Educators; and two gubernatorial appointments to statewide criminal justice committees while residing in Kansas. He holds a doctorate from the University of Kansas.

Tamara D. Herold is an associate professor of criminal justice and graduate director at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). She holds a doctorate from the University of Cincinnati. Her research interests include crime opportunity structures, place management, and crowd violence. She is the recipient of UNLV's Spanos Distinguished Teaching Award, Faculty Excellence Award, and Greenspun College of Urban Affairs Teaching Award. Her publications propose, extend, or test crime science theoretical models. They also help to translate research findings into practice and policy. Her work has appeared in various outlets, including Criminology and Justice Quarterly. She has published numerous practitioner-focused research papers, including two Problem-Oriented Policing Guides funded by the COPS Office and research monographs selected as Herman Goldstein Excellence in Problem-Oriented Policing Award finalists. Her book Preventing Crowd Violence (co-edited with Johannes Knutsson), has been translated into two foreign languages. Dr. Herold serves as director of UNLV's Crowd Management Research Council, and conducts research and training for police agencies, major sports leagues, and private industries.