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Raymond B. Surette

College of Health and Public Affairs

Department of Criminal Justice
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida 32816-1600
Phone: (407) 823-5946

Education

B.S. 1974 Criminal Justice Northeastern University, Boston, Mass.

M.S. 1977 Criminology Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla.
Ph.D. 1979 Criminology Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla.

Research Interests

Media, Crime, and Criminal Justice, Copycat Crime, Public Space Surveillance Systems,
Statistical Criminology, Program Evaluation, Research Design and Methodology.

Instructional Interests (graduate and undergraduate)

Crime and Media, Criminological Theory, History of Criminal Justice, Introductory

Statistical Analysis, Multivariate Analysis, Time Series Analysis, Meta-Analysis,
Program Evaluation.

Professional Employment

1995-Present: Professor. College of Health and Public Affairs Department of Criminal

Justice, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Fla.

1992-1995: Professor. School of Policy and Management, Florida International

University, Miami, Fla.

1989-91, 1985-87: Chair/Associate Professor. Criminal Justice Department, Florida

International University.
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1987-89: Associate Dean. School of Policy and Management, Florida International

University.

1980-85: Assistant Professor. Criminal Justice Dept. Florida International University,

Miami, Fla.

1975-78: Project Monitor. Citizen Dispute Settlement Program sponsored by American

Bar Association and The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Correctional Reform
Series.

1975-76: Research Director/Faculty Associate. Responsible for Orange County, Florida

National Evaluation of Des Moines Replication Projects.

Other Professional and University Activities

2009, Panel Presentation: Popular Culture and Death Penalty Opinion presented at the
annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA,
November.

2002, Guest Speaker Crime, Media, and Public Policy Symposium on the Media, the
Public, and Criminal Justice Policy. Central Missouri University.

1997, Keynote Speaker on Crime and the Media, Masters of Prevention Seminar for
Legislators and Staff presented by Eysnik Smeets & Etman, Den Haag,
Netherlands.

1989-1995: Masters of Criminal Justice Graduate Program Coordinator, Florida

International University.

1988-1994: Project Director. Miami Coalition Against Drugs Scientific Advisory

Committee; Coordinator of General Public Drug Attitude Telephone Survey,
Drugs in the Workplace Survey, and Drugs in the School Survey.

1985-Present: Member, Florida State Board of Regents Common Course Numbering

Committee.

1987-Present: Reviewer Criminal Justice and Popular Culture, Criminal Justice Policy
Review, Journal of Criminal Justice Education, Journal of Drug Issues, Policy
Studies Review, Journal of Crime and Justice, Journal of Crime and Justice, and
Justice Quarterly.
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1991: Member National Advisory Task Force. Equipment and Facilities adviser for
Third Edition of Local Government Police Management, published by
International City Management Association, Washington, D.C.

1990: Awarded FIU Research Sabbatical.

1989: Panel Chair. American Society of Criminology

Panel: "Media, Video Technology and Social Control"

1987: Plenary Speaker "Video Technology in Criminal Justice"

28th International Course on Criminology, Montreal, Canada, August, 1987

1986: Panel Chair. American Society of Public Administration.

Panel: "Media and Public Policy"

1984: Panel Chair. American Society of Criminology

Panel: "Media and Criminal Justice Policy"

1983: Trainer. Symposium on Computer Fundamentals for Local Government.

Dade County, Florida International University

1981: Principal Investigator. Human Service Computer Model.

Applied Research Grant from FIU Joint Center for Environmental Problems.

1980: Consultant. Needs Documentation Study: High Risk Drivers in Miami-Dade

County Florida, City of Miami Police Department.

1979: Consultant. Florida State Court Administrator's Office Evaluation Workshop.

Publications and Papers

Books

Media, Crime, and Criminal Justice: Images and Realities. (2010) fourth edition,
Belmont, CA.: Thomson/Wadsworth.

Immigration and Its Impact on American Cities. (1996) with Steve Loveless, Cliff
McCue & Dorothy Norris-Terrill New York: Praeger Publishers.

The Media and Criminal Justice Policy. (1990) Editor, Springfield, Ill.: Charles C.
Thomas Pub.
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Justice and The Media: Issues and Research. (1984) Editor, Springfield, Ill.:Charles C.
Thomas Pub.

Refereed Articles

Measuring Media Oriented Terrorism with K. Hansen and G. Noble. Journal of

Criminal Justice (2009) vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 360-370.

Self-destructing Prophecies: Long-term Forecasting of Municipal Correctional Bed

Need with B. Applegate, B. McCarthy and P. Jablonski. Journal of Criminal Justice
(2006) vol. 34, pp. 57-72.

CCTV and Citizen Guardianship Suppression: A Questionable Proposition in Police

Quarterly, (2006) vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 100–125.

Social Worker Perceptions of the Portrayal of the Profession in the News and
Entertainment Media: An Exploratory Study with C. Zugazaga, M. Mendez and C. Otto.
Journal of Social Work Education, (2006), Vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 621-636.

The Thinking Eye: Pros and Cons of Second Generation CCTV Surveillance Systems in
Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, (2005) vol 28,
no 1, pp. 152-173.

Roles and Responsibilities: Analyzing Local Leaders’ Views on Jail crowding from a
Systems Perspective with Brandon Applegate, Robin Davis, Charles Otto, and Bernard
McCarthy Crime and Delinquency, (2004) vol 50, no 3, pp. 458-482.

The Multifunction Jail: Policy Makers’ Views of the Goals of Local Incarceration with
Brandon Applegate, Robin Davis, Charles Otto, and Bernard McCarthy Criminal Justice
Policy Review, (2003) vol 14, no 2, pp. 155-170.

A Test of a Crime and Justice Infotainment Measure with Charles Otto, The Journal of
Criminal Justice, (2002) vol 30, no 5, pp. 443-453.

From Killers to Cuddlers: News Media Coverage of Law Enforcement Canines with C.
Meslow. Police Forum (2002) vol 12, no 4, pp. 1-14.

Self Reported Copycat Crime among a Population of Serious Violent Juvenile Offenders
Crime and Delinquency, (2002) vol 48, no 1, pp. 46-69.
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Public Information Officers: The Civilianization of a Criminal Justice Profession

Journal of Criminal Justice, (2001) vol 29, no 2, pp. 107-117.

Media Echoes: Systemic Effects of News Coverage Justice Quarterly. (1999) vol. 16,
pp. 601-631.

Detention and Desistence from Crime: Evaluating the Impact of a New Generation Jail
on Recidivism with Brandon Applegate and Bernard McCarthy Journal of Criminal
Justice. (1999) Vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 539-548.

Public Information Offices: A Descriptive Study of Crime News Gatekeepers with

Alfredo Richard (1995) Journal of Criminal Justice. Vol. 23, pp. 325-336.

A Serendipitous Finding of a News Media History Effect: A Research Note (1995)

Justice Quarterly. Vol 12, no. 2, pp. 355-364.

Reprinted in Constructing Crime (eds) G. Potter and V. Kappeler, Waveland Press,

1998.

Methodological Problems in Determining Media Effects on Criminal Justice: A Review

and Suggestions for the Future Criminal Justice Policy Review (1992) vol. 6, no. 4, pp.
291-310.

The Case for Videotaping Misdemeanor Defendants with Clinton Terry, The Judges'
Journal (1991) vol. 30, no. 3, pp.20-25,45.

Media Trials The Journal of Criminal Justice (1989) vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 293-308.

The Mass Media and Criminal Investigations: Crime Stoppers in Dade County, Florida
Journal of Justice Issues (1986) vol 1, no. 1, pp. 21-38.

Pinch-Hitting in the Courtroom with Susan Witkin, The Judges' Journal (1986) vol. 25,
no. 3, pp. 18-21,53-55.

Media Technology and the Courts with Clinton Terry, Criminal Justice Review (1986)
vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 31-36.

A Note on the Historical Relationship Between the Economy and Police Organizational
Activities Criminal Justice Review (1985) vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 47-52.

reprinted in The Administration and Management of Criminal Justice

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Organizations. (eds.) S. Stojkovic, J. Klofas, and D. Kalinich, Waveland Press,

1990.

Television and Punitive Criminal Justice Policy Support Journalism Quarterly (1985)
Summer, pp. 373-377,450.

Video Street Patrol: Media Technology and Street Crime The Journal of Police Science
and Administration (1985) vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 78-85.

Video in the Misdemeanor Court: The South Florida Experience with Clinton Terry,
Judicature (1985) vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 13-19.

Crimes, Arrests, and Elections: Predicting Winners and Losers Journal of Criminal
Justice (1985) vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 321-328.

The Historical Development of Criminological Statistics with Luis Salas, Journal of

Criminal Justice (1984) vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 457-465.

Problems in Comparative Crime Statistics for Latin America and the English-Speaking
Caribbean, 1973-1978 with Luis Salas, The Statistical Abstract of Latin America (1984)
vol. 23, pp. 783-793.

Processing Citizens' Disputes Outside the Courts: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation

with Ross Conner, Evaluation Review (1980) vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 739-768.

reprinted in New Directions in Public Administration. eds. B. Bozeman and J.

Straussman, Brooks/Cole, 1984.

Organizational Models and Prisons: A Synthesis New England Journal on Prison Law
(1979) vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 113-127.

Under Review

Recurrent issues in efforts to prevent homicidal youth violence in schools: Expert

opinions with K. Dill, R. Redding, P. Smith, & D. Cornell. Submitted to New
Directions in Youth Development.

Preventive and Punitive Criminal Justice Policy Support in Trinidad with D. Chadee, L.
Heath and J. Young. Submitted to Journal of Popular Culture.

The Executioner’s Song does not Fall on Deal Ears: Changing Death Penalty Opinion
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with Robert Bohm. Submitted to Criminology.

In Preparation

Self-Reported Copycat Crime among Male and Female Inmates.

Self-Reported Copycat Crime among Non-Incarcerated At-Risk Youth.

A Test of a Typology of Copycat Crime Utilizing Films Linked with Copycat Crime
Incidents.

Citizen Attitudes, Media Use and Perceptions of Police and Criminal Justice in
Contemporary Russia.

Self-Reported Copycat Crime among Delinquent Incarcerated Youth in Trinidad and

Tobago.

Book Chapters and Solicited Works

Mass Media, Crime and Justice. In Oxford Bibliographies Online: Criminology. Ed. R.
Rosenfeld. New York: Oxford University Press. Forthcoming, Jan 2010:
www.oxfordbibliographiesonline.com

Gothic Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy (2007) in Monsters Among and Within
Us, Editors: C. Picart and C. Greek, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.

The Media, the Public, and Criminal Justice Policy (2003) Journal of the Institute of
Justice and International Studies, no. 2: 39-51.

The Promise and the Reality: Peddling Violent Entertainment to Children (2001) in The
World and I (April 2001) Morton Kaplan, editor, Washington, D.C.: The Washington
Times.

The Media’s Role in the Definition of Crime in What is Crime Mark Lanier and Stuart
Henry (editors) (2001) with Charles Otto Rowman and Littlefield Publishers.

Some Unpopular Thoughts about Popular Culture in Popular Culture, Crime and
Justice (1998) Frankie Bailey and Donna Hale editors, West/Wadsworth.

That’s Entertainment? in The World and I (September, 1998) Michael Marshall, editor,
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Washington, D.C.: The Washington Times.

The Media and Crime in Crime and the Justice System in America (1997) Frank
Schmalleger editor, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press.

News from Nowhere, Policy to Follow: Media and the Social Construction of Three
Strikes and You’re Out in Three Strikes and You=re Out: Vengeance as Public Policy
(1996) David Shichor & Dale Sechrest editors, Thousand Oaks, Ca.: Sage.

Media, Violence, Youth, and Society in The World & I: Currents in Modern Thought.
(July, 1994) Michael Marshall editor, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Times.

reprinted in e-Journal World Media Association Spring, 2006, vol. 2, no. 1.

http://www.wmassociation.com/ejournal/index.html

Predator Criminals as Media Icons in Media, Process, and the Social Construction of
Crime: Studies in Newsmaking Criminology (1994) Gregg Barak editor, Garland
Publishing.

In The Media and Criminal Justice Policy (1990) Charles Thomas Pub.
"Criminal Justice Policy and the Media: Evidence of a Mass Media Effect"
"The Magnitude and Mechanisms of Copy Cat Crime"
"Media Trials and Their Echoes"
"Policing and Camera Surveillance"
"The Media and Criminal Justice Public Policy - Future Prospects"

Video Technology in Criminal Justice: Live Judicial Proceedings and Patrol and
Surveillance in New Technologies and Criminal Justice, (1988) Proceedings of the 28th
International Course on Criminology, International Society of Criminology and the
University of Montreal Centre on Criminology.

In Justice and The Media (1984) Charles Thomas Pub.

"Media, Crime, and Criminal Justice"
"Two Media Based Crime Control Programs"
"Videotaped Misdemeanor First Appearances: Fairness from the Defendant's
Perspective" with Dr. W. Clinton Terry
"Media and Justice: Future Prospects"

Monographs, Grants, and Reports

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An Evaluation of IRIS: A Community Anti-Crime CCTV System. (2010) Orlando, Fl.,

Orlando Police Department. Principal Investigator. $18,000.

Focus on Juvenile Crime – Phase II: Serious and Violent Juvenile Criminal Cases in Orange
and Osceola Counties, Florida, 2000 and 2006. (2008) Co-Principal Investigator, primary
data analyst. Jointly funded by the Office of the state Attorney, Ninth Judicial Circuit of
Florida and the College of health and Public Affairs, University of Central Florida.

Focus on Juvenile Crime – Phase I: Observations Based Upon Trend Analysis of Serious
and Violent Juvenile Criminal Cases in Orange and Osceola Counties, Florida January 1995
thru December 2006. (2007) Co-Principal Investigator, primary time-series data analyst.
Jointly funded by the Office of the state Attorney, Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida and the
College of health and Public Affairs, University of Central Florida.

Incarceration and Retention Trends at the Orange County Corrections Department. (2006)
Co-Principle Investigator with Mike Reynolds. Orange County, Florida, $67,361.

A Field Test of a Computer Vision Enhanced Crime Detection and Deterrence System for
Downtown Orlando, Florida . (2004) Co-Principle Investigator with Mubarak Shah.
Center of Metropolitan Studies Univ. of Central Florida and City of Orlando, Florida,
$40,000.

Influences on Orange County, Florida Jail Overcrowding. (2003) University of Central

Florida Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies, Orlando, Florida. Co-Principle
Investigator with B. Applegate and B. McCarthy. Sponsored by Orange County, Florida
Corrections. $128,104.

An Evaluation of the TASC Component of the Juvenile Assessment Center, Orange County,
Florida (1999) Co-Principal investigator with Donna Bishop. Sponsored by Sate of Florida
Department of Children and Families District 7. $50,223

An Evaluation of the Orange County Corrections Division New Generation Jail. (1997)
University of Central Florida Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies, Orlando,
Florida. Co-Principle investigator with B. Applegate and B. McCarthy. Sponsored by
Orange County, Florida Corrections. $31,000

Crime Prevention in Hispanic Florida Communities: The First Year of the Crime Prevention
Among Hispanics Project. (1996) Center for the Administration of Justice, Florida
International University, Miami, Florida. Research Associate. Sponsored by State of Florida
Attorney General Office.
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Attitudes of Dade County Residents Toward Illegal Drugs and Drug Abuse: Summary and
Comparisons. (1989-1993) Miami Coalition for a Drug Free Community Annual Reports.
Pro-bono.

Public Information Officers in Florida: A Descriptive Study. (1993) Florida International

University. Conducted on behalf of FLEPIO. Pro-bono.

The Relationship between Media Use, Training and Attitudes for Correctional and Law
Enforcement Recruits at the Southeast Florida Institute of Criminal Justice. (1991) Florida
International University. Sabbatical Research Project.

"Forecasting the Impact of Immigration on the Provision of Municipal Services in Dade

County." (1990) Florida STAR grant. Co-Principle Investigator with Steve Loveless.
$50,000.

Dade County Comprehensive Alcohol Treatment Program: A Regional Demonstration of a

Computer Simulation Model. (1981) Research Associate FIU/FAU Joint Center for
Sponsored Research.

The High Risk Driver in Dade County: An Evaluation of the Current Data Base. (1980) City
of Miami Police Department. Co-Principle Investigator with Luis Salas. $35,000

Training for the Worker with Aged and Elderly Disabled: An Evaluation. (1980) (Title XX
Social Security Act. Research Associate FIU/FAU Joint Center for Sponsored Research.

The Citizen Dispute Settlement Program. (1978) Site Evaluator with Dr. Ross Conner,
American Bar Association Correctional Reform Experimental Studies Series.