Kenneth J Peak

Kenneth J. Peak has instructed introductory criminal justice courses for more than three decades; his other teaching interests include policing, administration, victimology, comparative criminal justice systems, and planned change in criminal justice. He is sole or co-author of: eight editions of Policing America: Challenges and Best Practices; seven editions of Justice Administration: Police, Courts, and Corrections Management; six editions of Community Policing and Problem Solving: Strategies...See more

Kenneth J. Peak has instructed introductory criminal justice courses for more than three decades; his other teaching interests include policing, administration, victimology, comparative criminal justice systems, and planned change in criminal justice. He is sole or co-author of: eight editions of Policing America: Challenges and Best Practices; seven editions of Justice Administration: Police, Courts, and Corrections Management; six editions of Community Policing and Problem Solving: Strategies and Practices; three editions of Police Supervision and Management; Women in Law Enforcement Careers; and more than 60 related journal articles, invited book chapters, and federal monographs. He also possesses extensive practitioner s experience, having served as a university police chief (at two universities), a municipal police officer, a nine-county criminal justice planner, and director of a four-state Technical Assistance Institute. He is past chairman of the Police Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS); past president of the Western and Pacific Association of Criminal Justice Educators; and Deputy Chair, Academic Review Committee for ACJS. He received two gubernatorial appointments to statewide criminal justice committees while residing in Kansas, and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. See less