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John McCluskey

Professor

Department of Criminal Justice
College of Liberal Arts
jdmgcj@rit.edu
Office Location
EAS-2162

John McCluskey

Professor

Department of Criminal Justice
College of Liberal Arts

Education

BA, MA, Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany

Bio

John McCluskey earned his BA, MA, and Ph.D. from the University at Albany, and we suspect he may have attended kindergarten there as well. His primary teaching areas include Criminal Justice and Theory. His most recent research has included the study of body camera adoption in two divisions of LAPD with Justice and Security Strategies, a large scale longitudinal data collection effort to measure prevalence, causes, and consequences of teacher victimization in San Antonio, Texas with Dr. Byongook Moon, and a national study of the evidentiary value of body worn camera among prosecutors and defense attorneys.

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Journal Paper
McCluskey, Moon, Byongook and John. "Aggression toward Teachers and Negative Consequences: The Moderating Effects of Procedural Justice." Victims & Offenders. (2022): 1-16. Web.
McCluskey, Moon, Byongook, Jihoon Kim, and John. "Teacher Victimization Patterns Establishing a Group-Based Trajectory Approach to Assessing Predictors of Connectedness to School, Job Satisfaction, and Depression." Victims & Offenders. (2021): 1-16. Print.
McCluskey, Moon, Byongook, Merry Morash, and John. "Student violence directed against teachers: Victimized teachers’ reports to school officials and satisfaction with school responses." Journal of Interpersonal Violence. (2021): NP7264-NP728. Print.
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Invited Article/Publication
McCluskey, John, et al. "Data science and criminal justice: An invitation and cautionary note." ACJS Today. (2018). Web.
McCluskey, John D. and Jeffrey M. Cancino. "Commercial and Bank Robbery." Oxford Online Annotated Bibliographies. (2014). Print.
Book Chapter
McClusky, John D., Robert Worden, and Sarah McLean. "Police Legitimacy and Police Encounters." Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2013. 3665-3675. Web.
McCluskey, John D., Roger Parks, and Stephen Mastrofski. "Systematic Social Observation in Criminology." Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2013. 5124-5133. Web.
McClusky, John D. "Explaining Police Officers' Discretion in Providing Services and Assistance." Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2013. 3607-3616. Web.
Published Article
Moon, Byongook, John D. McCluskey, and Cynthia P.McCluskey. “A General Theory of Crime and Computer Crime: An Empirical Test.” Journal of Criminal Justice, 38.4 (2010): 767-772. Print. *

Currently Teaching

CRIM-110
Introduction to Criminal Justice
3 Credits
This course provides an introduction to criminal justice. One of the primary goals of this course is to provide a general understanding of how the criminal justice system responds to crime in society. The main component parts of the criminal justice system (i.e., police, courts, and corrections) will be examined with a particular emphasis on developing an understanding of the behavior and interactions among the main actors in the criminal justice system. To accomplish this goal, we will examine how criminal cases are processed in the criminal justice system. We will also consider how external forces, such as political decisions, public opinion, and the media influence criminal justice decision-making. Students will also formulate, argue, and evaluate ethical perspectives regarding criminal justice systems, individual-level decisions, and recognize relationships with other ethical problems in society. Finally, throughout the course we will emphasize how the societal response to crime has evolved over time.

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