Heidi S. Bonner Department of Criminal Justice College of Human Ecology 240 Rivers Building East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27858 252-328-4382 bonnerhe@ecu.edu Education PhD, Criminal Justice, University at Albany, 2012 Chair: Robert E. Worden, PhD Dissertation: How Patrol Officers Make a Decision: Comparing a Structural Model to a Process Model M.A. Criminal Justice, University at Albany, 2006 M.S. Justice Studies, San Jose State University, 2003 B.A. Political Science and Criminal Justice, Gustavus Adolphus College, 1997 Professional Experience 1/13-present 10/11-present Assistant Professor East Carolina University, Department of Criminal Justice Affiliated Researcher The John F. Finn Institute for Public Safety, Inc. 1/12-12/12 Instructor East Carolina University, Department of Criminal Justice 11/09-7/11 Program Research Specialist 2 NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services 1/09-11/09 Senior Analyst The John F. Finn Institute for Public Safety, Inc. 9/04-12/08 Graduate Research Assistant Hindelang Center, University at Albany
6/07-9/07 Graduate Research Assistant University of Central Florida 9/02-12/03 Graduate Research Assistant San Jose State University Funded Activity Fall 2014 $11,454 contract from the Greenville Police Department to conduct research study entitled Citizen Engagement and Satisfaction with the Greenville Police Department Research Articles & Chapters Bonner, Heidi S. (under review). The decision process: police officers search for information in dispute encounters. Policing & Society. Worden, Robert E., Sarah J. McLean, and Heidi S. Bonner (2014). Research partners in criminal justice: notes from Syracuse. Criminal Justice Studies, 27(3): 278-293. Worden, Robert E., Sarah J. McLean, and Heidi S. Bonner (in press). You can observe a lot by watching: contributions of systematic social observation to our understanding of the police. For Dunham and Alpert (eds), Critical Issues in Policing: Contemporary Readings. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press. Bonner, Heidi S. (forthcoming). Police officer decision making in dispute encounters: digging deeper into the black box. American Journal of Criminal Justice. DOI: 10.1007/s12103-014-9274-2 Sorenson, J., Bonner, H., Visconte, S., Vigen, M., & Woods, S.O. (accepted). Home invasion homicide offenders: An analysis of subsequent prison rule violations. Violence and Victims. Jones, Mark & Bonner, Heidi S. (revise and resubmit). What should criminal justice interns know? Comparing the opinions of student interns and criminal justice practitioners. Journal of Criminal Justice Education. Urwick, Aubrey M.* and Heidi S. Bonner. (forthcoming). Pulling Levers Strategy. For Schreck, C.J. (ed), The Encyclopedia of Juvenile Delinquency and Justice. *student co-author
McLean, Sarah J., Robert E. Worden, MoonSun Kim, Tara L. Garmley, and Heidi S. Bonner (2010). Operation Safe Corridor: An outcome evaluation. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 21(3): 363-380. Worden, Robert E. and Heidi S. Bonner. (2006). Differential Police Response, in Jack R. Greene, ed., Encyclopedia of Police Science (402-404). New York: Routledge. Research in Progress ECU Student Opinion of Crime Risk and Campus Safety. Report to the East Carolina University Police Department, Greenville, NC. Directed Gun Patrols to Reduce Violence: An Assessment of One City s Initiative (with Robert E. Worden, Sarah J. McLean and MoonSun Kim). Complainant s Perceptions of Police Complaint Review (with Robert E. Worden and Sarah J. McLean). Patrol Consumers of Intelligence Products (with Sarah J. McLean and Robert E. Worden). The Politics of Police Accountability (with Robert E. Worden). Structure versus Process: Modeling the Patrol Officer Decision in Dispute Encounters The Meaning and Measurement of Citizen Demeanor Revisited (with Robert E. Worden). Undergraduate Student Opinion and the North Carolina Gun Law (with Megan Magers and Jon Maskalay). Undergraduate Student Perceptions of Activities that Lead to Victimization Risk (with Megan Magers and Jon Maskalay). Technical Reports Bonner, Heidi S. (2015). Citizen Fear of Crime and Satisfaction with the Police: Final Report. Report to the Greenville Police Department, Greenville, NC. Bonner, Heidi S. (2014). Patrol Deployment Transition: Preliminary Report. Report to the Greenville Police Department, Greenville, NC. Office of Justice Research and Performance (2011). Profile of Article 216 Felony Drug Court Participants (Drug Law Reform Series, Report No. 3). Albany, NY: Division of Criminal Justice Services. (member of authoring group, with Leslie Kellam and Jing Liu).
Office of Justice Research and Performance (2010). New York State Prison Felony Drug Arrest, Indictment and Commitment Trends, 1973-2008 (Drug Law Reform Series, Report No. 1). Albany, NY: Division of Criminal Justice Services. (member of authoring group, with Leslie Kellam, Jeehoon Kim, and Jing Liu). Office of Justice Research and Performance (2010). Profile of Felony Drug Offenders Committed to New York State Prison, 2008 (Drug Law Reform Series, Report No. 2). Albany, NY: Division of Criminal Justice Services. (member of authoring group, with Leslie Kellam, Jeehoon Kim, and Jing Liu). McLean, Sarah J., Heidi S. Bonner, and Robert E. Worden (2009). An Evaluation of the Troy Truancy Abatement Program. Report to the City of Troy Juvenile Crime Enforcement Coalition. Albany, NY: John F. Finn Institute for Public Safety. Bonner, Heidi S., Sarah J. McLean, and Robert E. Worden (2009). Process Assessment of Albany Police Department s Zone Maintenance Initiative. Report to the Albany Police Department Command Staff. Albany, NY: John F. Finn Institute for Public Safety. Worden, Robert E., Sarah J. McLean, Heidi S. Bonner, MoonSun Kim, Tanya Meisenholder. (2007). Strategic Problem Solving in Selected IMPACT Sites: Observations from the Field, 2004-2007. Report to the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services. Albany, NY: Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center, University at Albany. Worden, Robert E., Sarah J. McLean, Heidi S. Bonner, MoonSun Kim, Tanya Meisenholder, Shelley L. Schlief, and Heather C. Stroker (2006). Analytical Support for Strategic Problem Solving. Report to the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services. Albany, NY: Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center, University at Albany. Other Publications Bonner, Heidi S. (2014). The Flipped Classroom: Course Design to Increase Representation, Expression, and Engagement. University of North Carolina System: College STAR Project. Retrieved from http://www.collegestar.org McLean, Sarah, J., Heidi S. Bonner, and Robert E. Worden (2010). Truancy reduction: A synopsis. Albany, NY: The John F. Finn Institute for Public Safety, Inc. Bonner, Heidi S., Robert E. Worden, and Sarah J. McLean (2008). Focused deterrence initiatives: A synopsis. Albany, NY: The John F. Finn Institute for Public Safety, Inc. Bonner, Heidi S., Sarah J. McLean, and Robert E. Worden (2008). CeaseFire Chicago: A synopsis. Albany, NY: The John F. Finn Institute for Public Safety, Inc.
Conference Papers Professional Activities Complainants Perceptions of Police Complaint Review (with Robert E. Worden and Sarah J. McLean) presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (Orlando, FL), March 2015. The Meaning and Measurement of Suspect Demeanor Revisited (with Robert E. Worden) presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (Atlanta, GA), November 2013. Skills and Knowledge Areas Essential for Criminal Justice Interns: Comparing Students and Criminal Justice Professionals (with Mark Jones) presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (Atlanta, GA), November 2013. How Patrol Officers Make a Decision: Comparing a Structural Model to a Process Model presented at the College of Human Ecology Faculty Research Day (Greenville, NC), May 2013. A Look inside the Black Box : Modeling the Patrol Officer Decision Process in Dispute Encounters presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (Dallas, TX), March 2013. How Patrol Officers Make a Decision: Comparing a Structural Model to a Process Model presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (Chicago, IL), 2012. The Process of Police Decision Making in Dispute Resolution Cases presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (Washington, DC), 2011. Patrol Officers Perceptions of Non-Lethal Force Policies: Assistance, Restrictiveness, and Guidance (with Eugene A. Paoline) presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (St. Louis, MO), 2008. $45 Million Later: The Police Knew What They Were Doing All Along (with Sarah J. McLean, MoonSun Kim, and Robert E. Worden) presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (Atlanta, GA), 2007. Capturing Crime Displacement and Diffusion of Benefit Effects during/after Police Interventions (with MoonSun Kim, Sarah J. McLean, and Robert E. Worden) presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (Atlanta, GA), 2007. A Multi-Site Evaluation of RICO Prosecutions against Gangs (with Robert E. Worden, Sarah McLean, and MoonSun Kim) presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (Atlanta, GA), 2007.
The Politics of Police Accountability (with Robert E. Worden) presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2005. Teaching Undergraduate Courses Introduction to Criminal Justice Crime and Criminality Police Operations (hybrid) Principles of Criminal Law (hybrid) Research Methods Criminal Justice Administration and Management Organized Crime Issues and Problems in Criminal Justice (online) Graduate Courses Principles of Criminal Justice Administration and Management (online) Honors Theses Supervised Dany Hernandez, Police Integrity: The promotion of ethical behavior and elimination of the abuse of power from police officers (2012-2013) Independent Studies Supervised Fall 2013 Aubrey Urwick (undergraduate) Taylor Johnson (undergraduate) Sam Schneider (undergraduate) Spring 2014 Taylor Johnson (undergraduate) Sam Schneider (undergraduate) Fall 2014 Anthony Lane (undergraduate) William Chisholm (undergraduate) Morgan Bridgers (undergraduate) Spring 2015 Anthony Lane (undergraduate) Service Professional Service Board Member, Board of Trustees, John F. Finn Institute for Public Safety, 2014-2016 University Service Member, ECU Police Department Strategic Plan Committee, 2014-2015 Member, Honors College Application Review Team, 2014-2015
Member, QEP Assessment Team, Summer 2014 Member, ECU Student Conduct Board, 2013-2015 College Service Member, Unit Administrator Review Committee, 2014-2015 College of Human Ecology Faculty Research Liaison, 2013-2015 Department Service Advisor, Alpha Phi Sigma, Department of Criminal Justice, 2012-present Co-Chair, Curriculum Committee, Department of Criminal Justice, 2013-2015 Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of Criminal Justice, 2012-2013 Member, MSCJ Admissions Committee, 2014-2015 Member, Faculty Research and Development Committee, 2013-2015 Chair, Faculty Research and Development Committee, 2012-2013 Member, Policy & Planning Committee, 2012-2014 Member, Search Committee, 2012-2013 Member, Special Ad Hoc Committee on Funded Research, 2012-2015 Faculty Mentor, Criminal Justice Independent Study, 2013-2015 Faculty Mentor, Senior Honors Thesis, 2012-2013 Editorial Service Ad hoc reviewing for Law and Society Review and Police Practice and Research Professional Affiliations Member, American Society of Criminology Member, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Member, Police Executive Research Forum Member, International Association of Chiefs of Police Honors BB&T Faculty Leadership Fellows Program, East Carolina University, Spring 2015 TCVL Fellowship, East Carolina University, April 2014 Writing Across Curriculum Academy Fellow, East Carolina University, Spring 2014 CHE Inter-disciplinary Research Funding Award, East Carolina University, October 2013 Teaching with Technology Academy Fellow, East Carolina University, June 2013 Chair s Faculty Excellence Award, East Carolina University, May 2013 University Distinguished Dissertation Award, University at Albany, May 2013 Initiatives for Women Endowed Award, University at Albany, July 2009 Lt. John F. Finn Scholarship, University at Albany, May 2009 Walter M. Francis Policing Award, University at Albany, May 2007 Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholarship, San Jose State University, May 2002