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Dr. Moonsun Kim, PHD

Professor

(585) 395-2915
mkim@brockport.edu
Office: Brown Building 225

Recipient of the Chancellor's Award for

Faculty Service

Bio

Dr. Kim joined to the department of criminal justice in 2007 after earning his PhD from the school of criminal justice, SUNY Albany. He has participated in various research projects for local and State law enforcement agencies. His current scholarship centers on the evaluation research for law enforcement interventions, forensic GIS, community/intelligence-led policing, application of geo-spatial data analysis, international criminal justice, and AI and machine learning in crime prediction. He is the active member of professional organizations such as IACA (International Association of Crime Analysts), ASC (American Society of Criminology), ACJS (Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences), and more. He has served as the chair of Criminal Justice Department, college senator, president of KOSCA (Korean Society of Criminology in America), chairs of many department/college committee, and an affiliated senior researcher of John Finn Institute for Public Safety, inc. in Albany, NY.

Courses Taught

Police Process
Policing in a Free Society
International Criminal Justice
GIS (Geographic Information Systems) & Crime Mapping
Freshmen Seminar

Research Interests

Policing
Forensic GIS (Geographic Information System)
Application of Geo-Spatial Data Analysis
Program Evaluation
International Criminal Justice Practices
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Crime Prediction
Cyber Security and Crimes

SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Faculty Service, 2025, State University of New York

Outstanding Service to University Award (AY2023-24), SUNY Brockport, April 2024

Outstanding Contribution Award 2023: Korean Society of Criminology in America (Recognition of ongoing commitment and outstanding contribution to the organization)

First Destination Survey, 2020 Graduate of the College, Identified as a faculty who influenced the life of a graduate, SUNY (State University of New York) Brockport

First Destination Survey, 2018 Graduate of the College, Identified as a faculty who influenced the life of a graduate, SUNY (State University of New York) Brockport

Best Academic Advisement Award Nominee, AY 2019-2020, SUNY (State University of New York) Brockport

Presidential Teaching Award Nominee, AY 2023-2024, SUNY (State University of New York) Brockport

Presidential Teaching Award Nominee, AY 2019-2020, SUNY (State University of New York) Brockport

Presidential Teaching Award Nominee, AY 2018-2019, SUNY (State University of New York) Brockport

Robert E. Worden, Christopher Harris, and MoonSun Kim (2024). Disciplinary sanctions for police misconduct: An empirical analysis of sanction severity. Police Quarterly, Vol 27(1): 80-108. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10986111231174831

Duru Haci, MoonSun Kim (2021). Testing a multilevel opportunity theory of crime (Place in Neighborhood theory). Crime Prevention and Community Safety, Vol 23: 319–340 (https://doi.org/10.1057/s41300-021-00122-0) Access: https://rdcu.be/cmbOQ

Ann Bunch, MoonSun Kim, and Ronald Brunelli (2017). Under Our Nose: The Use of GIS Technology and Case Notes to Focus Search and Recovery Efforts. Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol. 62(1): 92-98

Melchor de Guzman, and MoonSun Kim (2016). Community hierarchy of needs and policing: Toward a new theory of police organizational behavior. Police Practice and Research,Vol. 18(4), 352-365

MoonSun Kim (2014). Geographies of Crime. In J. Mitchell Miller (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Theoretical Criminology. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (ISBN: 978-0-470-65844-4)

Sarah J. McLean, Robert E. Worden, and MoonSun Kim (2013). Here’s looking at you: An evaluation of public CCTV cameras and their effects on crime and disorder. Criminal Justice Review, Vol. 38(3): 303-334

Robert E. Worden, MoonSun Kim, Christopher J. Harris, Mary Anne Pratte, Shelagh Dorn, and Shelley S. Hyland (2013). Intervention with Problem Officers: An Impact Evaluation of an EIS Intervention. Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 40 (4): 409-437

MoonSun Kim, and Melchor de Guzman (2012). Proceed with Caution: Police Use of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) for Crime Hot Spot Analysis. Law Enforcement Executive Forum, Vol. 12(4): 83-94

MoonSun Kim, and Melchor de Guzman (2012). Police paradigm shift: The impact of the 911 attack on police practices among United States municipal police departments. Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law and Society, Vol. 25 (4): 323-342.

Sarah J. McLean, Robert E. Worden, MoonSun Kim, Tara L. Garmley, and Heidi S. Bonner (2010). Operation Safe Corridor: An Outcome Evaluation. Criminal Justice Policy Review, Vol. 21(3): 363-380

Socioeconomic Effects on Intimate Partner Violence during COVID-19 at the 79th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Philadelphia, PA, November 15-18, 2023.

Fight against Hate Crimes: An In-Depth Study of State Hate Crime Laws at the 78th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Atlanta, GA, November 16-19, 2022.

Policing Practice in response to Hate Crime against Asian American at the 77th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Chicago, IL, November 16-20, 2021.

COVID-19 Outbreak, Police-Citizens Conflict, and Police Reform in the United States. KOSCA (Korean Society of Criminology in America) Virtual Conference 2020, November 13, 2020.

Policing in America: International Scholar’s Insights and Their Dilemma to Study, Educate and Train Current and Future Criminal Justice Professionals at the 75th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), San Francisco, CA, November 13-16, 2019.

Trajectories of juvenile victim-offender overlap in South Korea: Examining the role of micro and macro level mediators on juvenile delinquency and victimization at the 75th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), San Francisco, CA, November 13-16, 2019.

Conditional Effects of Criminogenic Places on Street Robbery at the 74th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Atlanta, GA, November 14-17, 2018.

Testing Place in Neighborhood Theory at the 74th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Atlanta, GA, November 14-17, 2018.

Spatial Regressions: Are they panacea to address spatial dependency? at the 73^rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Philadelphia, PA, November 15-18, 2017.

Zooming into the Criminal Justice and Criminology Research Employing Geo-spatial Applications at the 72^nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), New Orleans, LA, November 16-19, 2016.

The Use of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Technology and Case Notes to Focus Missing Person Search Efforts at the Scholars Day 2016, The College at Brockport, Brockport, NY, April 6, 2016

Use of Geo-Spatial Data Analysis and Crime Mapping in Criminal Justice at the 66^th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), San Francisco, CA, November 19-22, 2014.

Spatial patterns of clandestine locations for homicide victims at the 65^th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Atlanta, GA, November 20-23, 2013.

Where We Are: Era of Homeland Security Policing, Community Oriented Policing, or Both? at the 64^th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Chicago, IL, November 14-17, 2012.

The era of homeland security: Has it arrived and ushered the demise of community policing? at the 63^rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Washington, D.C, November 16-19, 2011.

Rethinking about Neighborhood Characteristics and Crime at the 48^th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 1-5, 2011.

Community hierarchy of needs and policing: Fitting policing models to types of community at the 48^th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 1-5, 2011.

Got Results? Spatial Regression or Other Methods for the Analyses of Crime-Social Disorganization Covariates at the 61^th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Philadelphia, PA, November 4-7, 2009.

Bayesian Analysis in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the 61^th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Philadelphia, PA, November 4-7, 2009.

Juvenile Repeat Victimization: A Repeated Measurement Analysis of Korean Panel Data at the 61^th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Philadelphia, PA, November 4-7, 2009.

A Case of Place: Geographic Influence on the Duration of the Relationship between At-Risk Youth and Their Mentors at the 46^th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), Boston, MA, March 10-14, 2009.

Seemingly Undetected Errors: Basics of Spatial analyses in Criminal Justice Research at the 60^th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), St. Louis, MO, November 12-15, 2008.

Wireless Video Surveillance: Effects on Crime and Disorder at the 60^th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), St. Louis, MO, November 12-15, 2008.

The Effects of Police Arrests on Crimes for Economic Gains at the 45^th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), Cincinnati, OH, March 11-15, 2008.

$45 Million Later-The Police Knew What They Were Doing All Along at the 45^th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), Cincinnati, OH, March 11-15, 2008.

Capturing Crime Displacement and Diffusion of Benefit Effects during/after Police Interventions at the 59^th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Atlanta, GA, November 14-17, 2007.

An Evaluation of RICO Prosecutions against Gangs at the 59^th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Atlanta, GA, November 14-17, 2007.

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