John DeCarlo, University of New Haven

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Associate Professor West Haven, Connecticut JDeCarlo@newhaven.edu Office: (203) 931-2983

Expert In

Environmental criminology Eyewitness memory Management strategies Organizational dysfunction & change Police system organization Police unionism Policing efficacy Policing methodologies

Bio/Research

John DeCarlo, Ph.D, has 34 years of police experience and is a retired chief of police. He is also the co-founder of NexGen Public Safety Software Solutions and served as the director of research and development for the company. DeCarlo is currently conducting research in police contagion shootin...

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Bio/Research

John DeCarlo, Ph.D, has 34 years of police experience and is a retired chief of police. He is also the co-founder of NexGen Public Safety Software Solutions and served as the director of research and development for the company. DeCarlo is currently conducting research in police contagion shooting and the antecedents to violence escalation and conducting action research in areas of police education and organizational change interventions and predictive policing and analysis. Dr. DeCarlo has been the recipient of several federal grants to study policing in the United States. Dr. DeCarlo is the founder of The Center for Advanced Policing at UNH and coordinated the Police Studies program at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
He currently serves as the Chair of the Police section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and the deputy chair of the ACJS constitution and bylaws committee.

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Media Appearances

WTNH, Jan. 14, 2015, Bridgeport Police Department hiring officers to fill deficit WTNH, Mar. 12, 2015, Local expert: Community policing is the answer NBC News, Oct. 16, 2015, Family of Slain Teen Deven Guilford Sues Michigan Cop for Roadside Shooting Branford Eagle, Sept. 9, 2015, Crime Drop? What Crime Drop?