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Woods, DeVere D.
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Teaching assignments include Law Enforcement , Criminal Justice, Criminal Investigation, and Criminalistics. Research and publication interests include Community Policing, Police Management and Administration, and Policy Implementation. HH 206; (812) 237-2190; DeVere.Woods@indstate.edu Biography: Before coming to ISU, Dr. Woods had a career in law enforcement and served as a consultant for the National Center for Community Policing at Michigan State University. He has served as an advisor for CIRCIPOL the research center for the National Police of El Salvador. His research has been incorporated into training materials for the Police Executive Research Forum, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and Military Police of the State of Sao Paulo—Brazil.
Education: Ph D. in Social Science/Criminal Justice from Michigan State University. Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice/Political Science from Saginaw Valley State University. Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. Associate’s degree in Applied Science degree in Criminal Justice from Delta College. Graduate of the forensic science program of the American Institute of Applied Science.
Research Interests: Research interests include a criminal and forensic investigation; community policing; evaluation of police policy and tactics; police administration and management, informal work groups, crime analysis, and crime profiling.
Selected Publications: Books Woods, D. (2013). O’Hara’s Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation. Eight edition. Springfield, IL: Charles Thomas Publishing. Woods, D. (2013). A Review Guide for O’Hara’s Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation. Eighth edition. Springfield, IL: Charles Thomas Publishing. Journals Woods, D.; Mackey, B.; Rumler, M.; Davis, J. and Litchford, H. (2013). On Your Page, In Your Head: Police Use of Social Networking Information, Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 13 (2): 120-128. Woods, D. (2011). Cold Case Investigation, Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 11 (2): 23-32. Woods, D. & Grimes, J. (2009). MS-13: A domestic and Foreign Threat. Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 9 (4): 139-153. Woods, D. & Polizzi, D. (2008). Shoot Me!: An Overview of Suicide-by-Cop. Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 8 (2): 49-60. Woods, D. (2007). Robbery: Offenders, victims, and places. Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 7 (2): 175-184. Woods, D., Skelton, D. & Ponce, C. (2005). Transforming Crisis to Consensus: The Origins of Civilian Policing in El Salvador. Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 5 (3): 161-172. Ponce, C., Woods, D. & Skelton, D. (2005). Changing Tactics: How the National Police of El Salvador Eliminated Kidnapping. Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 5 (3): 173-185. Woods, D. & Myrha, K. (2005). The Twenty-First Century Detective. Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 5 (2): 51-61. Huckabee, R. & Woods, D. (2004, November). Policing in the Early Twentieth Century. Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 4 (7): 173-183. Woods, D. (2004, September). Is Assigning Patrol Officers Enough? Priorities and Community Policing: The Trojanowicz Perspective. Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 4 (5): 7-20. Woods, D. & Woods, M. (2004, July). Horror Stories: Dysfunctional Practices in Community Policing, Law Enforcement Executive Forum, 4 (4): 71-90. Woods, D. & Craddock, A. (2004). Goals: Congruity and Conflict Among Police Officers and Police Chiefs, Journal of Crime and Justice, 27 (1):87-118. Woods, D. & Zimbo-Vogl, J. (2001). Police Chief’s Perception of Support for Community Policing, The Journal of Community Policing, 2 (3): 45-63. Zimbo-Vogl, J. & Woods, D. (1996). Community Policing: Practice Versus Paradigm, Police Studies, 19 (3): 33-50.
Book Chapters Woods, D. (2015). Criminology for Everyone. In Criminal Justice for the Curious: Why Study Criminal Justice? Kishor Vaidya (editor). The Curious Academic Publishing. (ISBN 978-1-925128-68-0). Woods, D. & Polizzi, D. (2008, March). Shoot Me!: An Overview of Suicide-by-Cop. AELE Law Enforcement Legal Center Instructor’s Manual. Chicago. Woods, D. (2006). Piquerism: The Investigative Challenge of Serial Murder. Chapter 6 in P. Shon & D. Milovanovic (Eds.) Serial Killers: Understanding Lust Murder. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press. Woods, D., Skelton, D. & Ponce, C. (2004). The Origins and Development of the Policia Nacional Civil of El Salvador. In G. Mesko, M. Pagon, and B. Dobovsek (eds)Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Dilemmas of Contemporary Criminal Justice (pp. 172-181). College of Police and Security Studies, Slovenia. Shon, P. & Woods, D. (2004) Police Interrogations: A Lacanian Perspective. In G. Mesko, M. Pagon, and B. Dobovsek (eds) Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Dilemmas of Contemporary Criminal Justice (pp. 432 to 439). College of Police and Security Studies, Slovenia. Ponce, C., Woods, D., Skelton, D. (2004). Eliminating the Kidnappers in El Salvador. In G. Mesko, M. Pagon, and B. Dobovsek (eds) Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Dilemmas of Contemporary Criminal Justice (pp. 259-269). College of Police and Security Studies, Slovenia.
Professional Publications Woods, D. (1999, Fall). Supervising Officers in the Community Policing Age, Sheriff Times, PH 7, 1(10): 6-7. Woods, D. (1998). A Community Policing Bibliography. In Community Policing: How to Get Started. By Robert Trojanowicz and Bonnie Bucqueroux. Second Edition. Cincinnati: Anderson Publishing. Trojanowicz, R. & Woods, D., Harpold, J., Reboussin, R. & Trojanowicz, S. (1994). Community Policing: A Survey of Police Departments in the United States. Washington DC: Department of Justice. Woods, D. (1983). Rapid Cyanoacrylate Ester Fuming, Identification News, 33, (4):10. Woods, D. (1981). Crime Scene Investigation, Michigan Star, 3, (3): 45-47.
Monographs Woods, D. (2013, n.p.). “Indigent Defense Eligibility Screening System Study.” An evaluation of a 2013 Edward Byrne Memorial JAG Grant awarded by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute to develop and evaluate a uniform method of assigning counsel to indigent defendants in the State of Indiana. Woods, D. (2009, n.p): Crime analysis study for the Farrington’s Grove Historic District. Woods, D. & Polizzi, D. (2008). Shoot Me!: An Overview of Suicide-by-Cop. Reprint of Forum Journal article in AELE Law Enforcement Legal Center instructional manual. Chicago, IL. Woods, D., Skelton, D., Huckabee, R. (2005). NSWC Crane Law Enforcement Affordable Access to Night Vision Program Evaluation. Skelton, D., Marsh, H. & Woods, D. (2001) Indiana State Coroners Training Board Guidebook.
Courses Taught: Undergraduate Introduction to the Criminal Justice System Criminology 150 Introduction to Law Enforcement Criminology 220 Criminalistics Criminology 385 Advanced Criminalistics CCJ 386 Police Administration Criminology 407 Intelligence Led Policing and Criminal Analysis Criminology 416 Comparative Policing Criminology 416 Community Policing Criminology 416 Serial Murder Criminology 416 Social Construction of Crime Criminology 416 CSI: Myth and Reality Criminology 416 Criminal Investigation Criminology 435 Independent Directed Study Criminology 497 Advanced Criminal Investigation CCJ 635
Graduate Police Administration Criminology 507 Intelligence Led Policing and Criminal Analysis Criminology 516 Comparative Policing Criminology 516 Community Policing Criminology 516 Serial Murder Criminology 516 Social Construction of Crime Criminology 516 CSI: Myth and Reality Criminology 516 Criminal Investigation Criminology 535 Police Problems and Practices Criminology 604 Research Methods Criminology 606 Independent Directed Study Criminology 697 |
