STEPHANIE M. MYERS
Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
University of Central Florida
PO Box 161600
Orlando, FL 32816
E-mail: smyers@mail.ucf.edu
Education
Ph.D. Criminal Justice
July 2002
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy,
University at Albany, State University of New York
“Police Encounters with Juvenile Suspects: Explaining the
Use of Authority and Provision of Support”
Dissertation Chair: Robert E. Worden
Funding Sponsor: The National Institute of Justice (dissertation fellowship)
Dissertation Title:
Areas of Specialization:
Administration of Criminal Justice
Policing
Juvenile Justice
Research Methods
Evaluation Research
M.A. Criminal Justice
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy,
University at Albany, State University of New York
1997
B.A.
1995
Criminal Justice
University at Albany, State University of New York
Concentration: Psychology / Political Science
Professional Experience
Research
Co-Principal Investigator, Juvenile Arrest Monitoring Program (JAM), Fall 2001 - Fall
2002.
Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies, University of
Central Florida. (With Kenneth Michael Reynolds, UCF).
Research Assistant, School-Based Partnership Program, Fall 1998 - Spring 2001.
Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center, University at Albany.
Principal Investigator: Robert E. Worden
Research Assistant on the Albany Police Department’s School-Based Partnership
Project, sponsored by the office of community oriented policing services (COPS), which
involves the collaborative efforts of the local police department and local high school.
These two institutions are taking a ‘problem oriented approach’ to address a growing
problem of bullying and threatening behavior among high school students as they travel
to and from school.
My responsibilities for this project include:
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Liaison with these two institutions
Technical assistance in the design and distribution of a student survey
on victimization, fear levels, gang membership, and demographics
Design of offender and victim surveys to be administered by APD
Juvenile Unit detectives
Cleaning and analyzing the student survey data
Collecting, cleaning and analyzing police department incident data and
calls for service (CAD) data – which includes mapping these data
utilizing the MAPINFO software
Presentations of findings to city and school officials, and police
department personnel
Assisting in the development of an intervention
Preliminary report to COPS on project analysis
Writing an evaluation of the project and the effects of the implemented
responses (with Robert E. Worden)
Research Assistant, Project on Policing Neighborhoods (POPN), Spring 1996 - Spring
1999
Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center, University at Albany.
Principal Investigators: Steven D. Mastrofski, George Mason
University; Roger B. Parks, Indiana University; Albert Reiss, Jr., Yale
University; Robert E. Worden, University at Albany.
Research assistant on the Project on Policing Neighborhoods, an NIJ funded study of
police, which involved multi method data collection at two research sites in an attempt
to better understand police-citizen interactions under the rubric of community policing.
My responsibilities on this project included:
 Assisting in the initial development and subsequent revision of data
collection instruments
 Conducting systematic social observations of the police
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Training of both graduate and undergraduate students on methods of
systematic social observation of the police
Cleaning and analyzing project data for utilization in reports to each
police department and the funding sponsor, and in professional papers
Statistical analyses of quantitative observational data of police
behavior and survey data on police attitudes
Collaborating in writing reports for the National Institute of Justice and
professional papers
Field Supervisor, Project on Policing Neighborhoods, Summers of 1996 and 1997.
Indianapolis, IN and St. Petersburg, FL, respectively.
My responsibilities during this time included:
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Direct supervision and day to day management of on-site project
observers
Testing project instruments in the field
Data collection and management
Checks for inconsistencies between qualitative and quantitative data
as part of quality control
Performing reliability checks of observer coding to check for observer
inconsistencies
Teaching
Instructor for the following courses at the University of Central Florida:
Juvenile Justice System (Fall 2001, Spring & Fall 2002)
Policing (Summer & Fall 2002)
Administration of Criminal Justice (Summer & Fall 2002)
Instructor or teaching assistant for the following courses at the University at Albany:
Policing in a Free Society (Summer 1998 and 2000, sole instructor)
Systematic Social Observation (Spring 1997, teaching assistant for Robert
Worden)
Intro to Criminal Justice Administration (Spring 1996, teaching assistant for Alissa
Worden)
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Professional Activities
Publications
Myers, Stephanie M. (2001). “Police Handling of Juveniles,” in Encyclopedia of Crime &
Justice (Joshua Dressler, Editor). MacMillan Reference USA: New York, New York.
Paoline, Eugene A. III, Stephanie M. Myers, and Robert E. Worden (2000). “Police Culture,
Individualism, and Community Policing: Evidence from Two Police Departments”.
Justice Quarterly, Vol. 17 (3) pp.575-605.
Papers Under Review
Worden, Robert E. and Stephanie M. Myers. “Police Encounters with Juvenile
Suspects,” currently working on a R&R from Criminology.
Reports
Reynolds, K. Michael, Stephanie Myers, and Sophia Dziegielewski (2002). “The Orange
County Sheriff’s Office Juvenile Arrest and Monitoring Program”. Report
submitted to the Orange County Sheriff Office.
Myers, Stephanie and Robert E. Worden (2002) “The Albany School-Based Partnership
Program: A Process and Outcome Evaluation”. Report submitted to the Albany
Police department.
Worden, Robert E. and Stephanie M. Myers (1999) “Police Encounters with Juvenile
Suspects,” Report to the National Research Council’s Panel on Juvenile Crime:
Prevention, Treatment and Control. This report has also been submitted to the
National Institute of Justice (pursuant to Grant 95-IJ-CX-0071).
Paoline, Eugene A. III, Stephanie M. Myers, and Robert E. Worden (1998) “Police Culture,
Individualism, and Community Policing: Evidence from Two Police Departments,”
Report to the National Institute of Justice (Grant 95-IJ-CX-0071). Albany, New York:
Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center, University at Albany.
Grants
Myers, Stephanie M. (2001) “Policing Juveniles: The Impact of Officer and Situational
Characteristics on the Use of Authority and Provision of Support,” dissertation
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research funded by the National Institute of Justice, $15,000.
Professional Conference Papers and Presentations
Myers, Stephanie M. “Policing Juveniles: The Impact of Officer and Situational
Characteristics on the Use of Authority and Provision of Support,” Presented at the
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, IL November
(2002).
Robert E. Worden, Stephanie M. Myers, and Eugene Paoline. “Dimensions of Patrol
Officers’ Performance and Behavior: Conceptualization and Measurement,”
presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San
Francisco, CA. November (2000).
Worden, Robert E. and Stephanie M. Myers. “Police Encounters with Juvenile Suspects,”
presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto
Canada, November (1999).
Worden, Robert, E., Stephanie M. Myers and Eugene A. Paoline. “Patrol Officers’
Backgrounds, Outlooks, and Performance,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Criminology, Toronto Canada, November (1999).
Finn, John F. and Stephanie M. Myers. “School Bullying: Assessing the Problem”
presented at the School Violence Conference, Troy New York, November (1999).
Myers, Stephanie M and John F. Finn. “Bullying and Threatening Behavior Among High
School Students: A Problem Oriented Approach” presented at the Annual Meeting of
the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Orlando Florida, March (1999).
Worden, Robert E. and Stephanie M. Myers. “Policing of Juveniles” presented at the
National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Law and Justice, Panel on Juvenile
Crime: Prevention, Treatment, and Control, Washington, DC, January (1999).
Myers, Stephanie M., Eugene A. Paoline and Robert E. Worden. “Patrol Officers’
Characteristics, Attitudes, and Performance” presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Criminology, Washington, DC, November (1998).
Paoline, Eugene A., Stephanie M. Myers and Robert E. Worden. “Patrol Officers’
Backgrounds and Outlooks” presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Society of Criminology, San Diego, Novemeber (1997).
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Worden, Robert E. and Stephanie M. Myers. “Citizen Complaints Against the Police:
Origins and Outcomes” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences, Louisville, March (1997).
Awards and Honors
Walter Francis Award (awarded to a graduate student who has
Achieved distinction in the study of policing), School of Criminal Justice
2001
National Institute of Justice Dissertation Fellowship
2000-2001
School of Criminal Justice Fellowship Award
1999
School of Criminal Justice Teaching Assistantship
(competitive funding)
1997
1999 - 2000
Presidential Undergraduate Research Award (Death Penalty Research),
School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany.
1995
Research in Progress
Myers, Stephanie M. “Policing Juveniles: The Impact of Officer and Situational
Characteristics on the Use of Authority and Provision of Support,” Manuscript from
my dissertation research.
Worden, Robert, E., Myers, Stephanie, M. and Eugene A. Paoline. “Patrol Officers’
Backgrounds, Outlooks, and Performance,” preliminary paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Toronto Canada (1999).
Myers, Stephanie M. and John F. Finn. “Bullying and Threatening Behavior Among High
School Students: A Problem Oriented Approach,” preliminary paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Orlando Florida,
March (1999)
Beery, Tami, L., Stephanie Myers, Robert E. Worden, and Alissa Politz Worden. “Policing
Domestic Violence: Police Officers’ Characteristics, Attitudes, and Arrest Practices.”
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Service
At the University of Central Florida:
Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
Member, PhD Planning Committee for Criminal Justice.
2001 - 2002
College of Health and Public Affairs
Member, TIP Criteria Committee
Spring 2002
University Level/Student Service
Judge, Campus Greek Awards
Spring 2002
Service Continued;
At the University at Albany:
School of Criminal Justice
Member, School of Criminal Justice Student Performance Committee.
Member, Graduate Student Association, Representative.
Member, School of Criminal Justice Admissions Committee.
1999-2000
1998-1999
1998-1999
To the Academic Community:
Member, Search Committee for Editor Position for ACJS Today
2001-2002
References available upon request
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