International Collaborative Partner (ICP)



Name Dr Adam Dobrin
Qualification Ph.D Criminology, University of Maryland, College Park USA , 1998.
M.A Criminology, University of Maryland, College Park USA, 1993.
B.Sc Sociology, College of William and Mary in Virginia USA, 1991.
Organization Florida Atlantic University, USA
Email adobrin@fau.edu
URL NA
UTAR Contact Person Dr. Cheah Phaik Kin

Employment
  • Associate Professor. School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida Atlantic University. 2005 - present
  • Assistant Professor. Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida Atlantic University 1998-2005
  • Visiting Assistant Professor. Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida Atlantic University. 1997-98.
Teaching Interests
  • Law, Crime and the Criminal Justice System (in-person, online)
  • CCJ 3014 Criminology (in person, hybrid, online)
  • CCJ 3024 Criminal Justice System (in person, hybrid, online)
  • CJE 3692 Criminal Justice Technology (online, hybrid)
    (Co-developed course for program)
  • CJE 4352 Policing in America (in person, hybrid, online)
  • CJJ 4010 Juvenile Justice Administration (in person, hybrid, online)
  • CJE 4174 International Criminal Justice Systems (online)
  • CCJ 4623 Studying Violence (in-person, online)-Developed course for program
  • CCJ 4700 Methods of Research (in person, hybrid, online
Research Publications
  • Dobrin, Adam and Ross Wolf. (2020 online). Laudable or Liable: Volunteer Police on the Front
    Line in US Modern Policing. Voluntary Sector Review.
    https://doi.org/10.1332/204080520X15925527976948
  • Fallik, Seth W., Danielle Victory, and Adam Dobrin (2019). Detective effort among complainant
    and suspect racial and ethnic dyads: An exploration. Race and Justice.
    DOI/10.1177/2153368719832957.
  • Dobrin, Adam, Seth W. Fallik, and Brian P. Mello (2018 online, 2020 in print). SWAT unit
    proactive search warrant deployments: A mixed effects model Exploration. Policing: A Journal of
    Policy and Practice. Vol. 14(3) 792-804. DOI:10.1093/police/pay100.
  • Smith, Justin J., Jennifer H. Peck, and Adam Dobrin. (2018). Examining the Relationships
    between Jail Detention Deputies and Promotional Opportunities: Perceptions across Racial
    Groups. Race and Justice. DOI:10.1177/2153368718785234.
  • Dobrin, Adam, Ross Wolf, Ian K. Pepper, and Seth W. Fallik. (2017 online, 2019 in print).
    Volunteer Police: What Predicts Confidence in Training? Criminal Justice Policy Review. Vol.
    30(7), 1010-1022. DOI: 10.1177/0887403417749875.
  • Dobrin, Adam. (2017). State-Level Estimates of the Number of Volunteer Police in the United
    States. International Journal of Police Science and Management. Vol. 19(2) 81-88 DOI:
    10.1177/1461355717695322.
  • Wolf, Ross, Ian Pepper, and Adam Dobrin. (2017). An international comparison of professional
    confidence in volunteer policing. The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles. Vol. 90(2)
    91-106. DOI: 10.1177/0032258X16671966.
  • Dobrin, Adam and Ross Wolf. (2016). What is Known and Not Known About Volunteer Policing in
    the United States. International Journal of Police Science and Management. Vol. 18(3) 220-22.
    DOI: 10.1177/1461355716660732.
  • Dobrin, Adam, Justin J. Smith, Jennifer H. Peck, and Ken J. Mascara*. (2015 online, 2016 print).
    Perceptions of Gender Bias in the Promotional Process of a Detention Staff. The American
    Journal of Criminal Justice. Vol. 41 (3), 522-538 DOI: 10.1007/s12103-015-9312-8.
  • Dobrin, Adam. (2015 online, 2017 in print). Volunteer Police: History, Benefits, Costs, and Current
    Descriptions. Security Journal. Advance online publication 3 August 2015. DOI:
    10.1057/sj.2015.18. In print: July 2017, Volume 30, Issue 3, pp 717-733.
  • Winland-Brown, Jill E., Dawn Chiarenza, and Adam L. Dobrin. (2010). Nurse-Physician
    perspectives on moral distress support the need to create a caring ethical work environment. The
    Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table. Spring.
  • Winland-Brown, Jill E., and Adam L. Dobrin. (2009). Medical Repatriation: Physician and
    Nurses Responses to a Dilemma. Southern Online Journal of Nursing Research. Volume 9(4).
  • Winland-Brown, Jill E., and Adam L. Dobrin. (2009). A Comparison of Physicians' and Nurses'
    Responses to Selected Ethical Dilemmas. The Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford
    Round Table. Spring
Awards & Honours
  • Broward Achievement Award, finalist (teaching). 2001.
  • Broward Achievement Award, finalist (teaching). 2002.
  • Broward Achievement Award, finalist (teaching). 2003.
  • MAC Exceptional Faculty Award, finalist. 2010.
  • Winner, MAC Exceptional Faculty Award. 2011.
  • Nominated Barnes and Noble Service Award. 2015.
  • Nominated Presidential Leadership Award. 2015.
  • College of Design and Social Inquiry Nominee Barnes and Noble Service Award (2016)
  • Presidential Award for Outstanding Faculty-Led Community Engagement for Engaged Service (2017)

Professional Memberships
  • The Cochrane Collaboration (2008-2013)
  • American Society of Criminology (1992-2007)
  • The International Campbell Collaboration (2005-6)
  • The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (1993, 1998, 2006)
  • The American Public Health Association (2006-7)
  • InfraGard (FBI, Miami Chapter, 2008 - present)
  • Volunteer Law Enforcement Officer Alliance (2015-present)
  • National Sheriff Association, 2020