Vincent J. Hoffman, Ph.D.
 School of Criminal Justice

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Education
 
PH.D.
 Michigan State University (1970)
Psychology: Ecological and Developmental.
MA
 Michigan State University (1973)
Social Psychology
MA
 Jungang University, Seoul, Korea (1969)
Community Development
Yale University (1955-56)
Foreign Language Studies (Korean)
MA
 State University of New York, Albany New York (1953)
Education
BA
 State University of New York, Albany New York (1951)
Philosophy

Academic Positions Held

Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
Michigan State University, 1984-present

Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Michigan State University, 1979-1984

Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology
Michigan State University, 1986-present

Core Faculty, Asian Studies Center,
Michigan State University, 1982-present

Instructor, Psychology Department
Jackson Community College, 1973-1978

Teaching Assistant, Psychology Department
Michigan State University, 1971-1973

Research Interests
My area of expertise is with adolescents and this from a developmental psychological perspective.  Studies of children and working with them and their families has led me to the belief that the person develops along a measurable, predictable, track.  The behavior of the developing youth is oriented to appropriateness.  The person has developmental needs which are especially contingent on significant others, and which needs fulfillment affect the motivation for the youth's behavior, appropriate or non-appropriate.

A second strong interest is in comparative studies of persons, how other cultures promote development in their children, and what is the environmental basis for this development.  The comparative focus has been on peoples of East Asia, especially Korea.  This has led to research in Asia and among the so-called 'new immigrants' (Asians) adjustment to and utilizing of, various components of our CJ system.

Current Research
American CJ System & the 'new Immigrants'.

"Interaction of Police and Asian Immigrant Youth Gangs".  Being conducted with James Sutton at the University of Illinois at Chicago, International Criminal Justice Department, in collaboration with the Asian Crime Task Force, Chicago Police.  Focus on Asian gang criminal activities, especially "home invasion" crime networks.  1990-present.

Violence among youth research being done in collaboration with faculty at the Institute for Children Youth and Family, MSU.  Beginning 1992 and preparing a monograph on the subject.  Children Ethical Values.  Their presence, their use, their source, in affecting the youths' behavior.

Selected Research Grants
 
1995
 Family Violence.  A project which involves professors from several countries in East Asia.  Goals are to develop measures of violence within the family.  Another outcome of the project is the creation of a course, titled: Family Violence: An International Perspective.  The course is now being offered at MSU.
1993
 From International Studies & Programs, MSU & College of Social Science, MSU & School of Criminal Justice, Msu, to initiate research and academic linkages with major universities in Korea and Japan.  Involves 2 other School of CJ faculty members at MSU and CJ graduate faculty in these countries.  In June 1993, contact was made in Korea with the above persons in Korea and Japan.  The plan is to extend the linkages to Southeast Asia in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines in 1994.
1993
 Privatization of Juvenile Institutions in the Republic of Korea.  In collaboration with Dr. Balk C. Lee, Kyonggi University, Suwon, Korea
1992
 Hispanic Youth Violence w/Institute for Children Youth and Family, MSU.

Quality of Police Interaction with new U.S. Asian Immigrants in Four Major Cities, AURI grant from Michigan State University. 1991-1992
1990
 Asian Citizens as Crime Victims.  Proposal sent to NIJ, Victim Research

Selected Publications

"Cultural Approaches to Dealing with Youth Deviance in Four Southeast Asian Countries" International Criminal Justice Review (in preparation)

"Examining Aggressive Violent Behavior Among Hispanic Subgroups: An Intraethnic Study" w/Dan Guiterrez, Criminology (in preparation)

Crime Prevention and the Family, MacMillan (in preparation).

Child Development and Delinquency, Brooks Cole (in preparation).

"Primary Police Role in School Liaison Programs" (in preparation).

"Role Perception of Parent as Affecting Deviant Behavior in the Child" (in preparation).

In Applied Developmental Science: Review: MS. 9601215-002L (0) Loeber, R, Keenan, K., & Sskhang, O. "Boys Experimentation and Persistence in Developmental Pathways Toward Serious Delinquency."  June3, 1996

Nalla, M. and Hoffman, V.J.; (1996) "Security Training Needs: A Study of the Perceptions of Security Guards in Singapore" Security Journal.

Nalla, M.; Hoffman, V.J.; and Christian, Ken ("Security Guards' Perceptions of their Relationship with Police Officers and the Public in Singapore, Security Journal, October, 1996

Hoffman, V.J. & Jackson, L., "Cultural Variables Affecting Security Managers in Japanese Companies in the United States", Journal of Security Administration, August 1995.

Hoffman, V.J. (1995) "Attachment as a Factor in Controlling Deviance Among Youth in Asian Countries", Development, 4, (3), pp 456-478

"Violent Youth: Appropriate Intervention", Monograph in development, publishing date in late1993.

Professional Membership
Academy of Criminal Justice
American Psychological Association
Midwest Juvenile Justice Association
Society for Research in Child Development


E-mail Dr. Hoffman at hoffmanv@msu.edu
 
 

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