CMJ5200_ONL5FA_ONL5F_22 - Quantitative Methods for CJ

 Welcome to QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR CJ!
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Name: Curtis R. Blakely, Ph.D.
Email Address: cblakely@south.edu
Phone: Please contact me by Email.
Office Hours: Anytime by Email/If needed by Skype.
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Curtis R. Blakely received a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from the University of Nebraska, a specialist degree from the University of Central Missouri and a doctorate from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.  He has held professorships at several universities.  Curtis has served as a State Probation/Parole Officer, as a Classification Specialist, and as a Police Training Specialist for a  Railroad Police Department and for a Regional Community Policing Institute.  

Curtis has written several books including his most recent, Socio-Physics: Applying the Natural Sciences to Criminal Justice and Penology (Revised/Expanded Edition, 2017).

He has also written numerous articles that have been published world-wide.  One article was cited in a legal brief argued before the U.S. Supreme Court and his insights into prison privatization were showcased in a London Times article.  He has also held elected positions with the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and the American Correctional Association.  

Curtis has trained with the FBI, helped establish an internship program with the Secret Service's Electronics Crime Laboratory (South East Region), has worked with the national intelligence community and has provided instructional guidance to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at their Training Academy (Regina, SK).  He is the recipient of numerous honors including a commendation from the State of New Mexico for his capture of an escaped felon. Officials from the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the State of California have sought his advice on prison management and offender treatment. As a volunteer with the United Nations, Curtis has assisted in composing reports that assess prison conditions in France, Belgium and Brazil.

Much of Curtis' time is now spent teaching a variety of "national security" courses to members of the federal law enforcement and military communities.

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