Robert A. Brown
Dr. Robert A. Brown is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Criminal Justice at North Carolina Central University. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from Hampton University, his M.S. in Criminology from Indiana State University, and his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati.
Prior to earning his doctorate, he worked as a sentencing mitigation specialist for the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA), coordinating offender-specific rehabilitation and supervision plans for offenders at the state and federal levels. Dr. Brown's research focuses on street-level interactions between police officers and citizens (e.g., citation, arrest, and use of force), the influence of race and gender (of officials and offenders) on criminal justice processing, and the impact of intermediate sanctions and problem-solving courts on rehabilitation and criminal justice processing.
His scholarly work has been published in Justice Quarterly; the Journal of Criminal Justice; Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management; the Journal of Crime and Justice; the Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice; Criminal Justice Studies; and "The Blackwell Companion to Criminology."
Publications
2012 Angela P. Taylor, Lori Guevara, Lorenzo M. Boyd, and Robert A. Brown. “Race, Geography, and Juvenile Justice: An Exploration of the Liberation Hypothesis.” Race and Justice: An International Journal, Vol. 2, Issue 2, 114-136.
2011 Kenneth J. Novak, Robert A. Brown and James Frank. "Women on Patrol: An Analysis of Differences in Officer Arrest Behavior.” Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, Vol. 34, No. 4: 566-587.
2011 Charles F. Klahm, IV, James Frank and Robert A. Brown. “Police Use of Force: Tales from Another City.” Journal of Crime and Justice, Vol. 34, Issue 3, 205- 220.
2011 Lori Guevara, Lorenzo M. Boyd, Angela P. Taylor and Robert A. Brown. “Racial Disparities in Juvenile Court Outcomes: A Test of the Liberation Hypothesis.” Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, Vol. 9, Issue 3, 200-217.
2009 Robert A. Brown, Kenneth J. Novak, and James Frank. “Identifying variation in police officer behavior between juveniles and adults.” Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol. 37, Issue 2, 200-208.
2006 Robert A. Brown and James Frank. "Blacks and Whites in Blue: Examining the Relationship between Officer Race and Arrest Outcomes." Justice Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 1: 96-126.
2005 Robert A. Brown and James Frank. "Police-Citizen Encounters and Field Citations: Do Encounter Characteristics Influence Ticketing?" Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, Vol. 28, No. 3: 435- 454.
2005 Robert A. Brown. "Black, White, and Unequal: Examining Situational Determinants of Arrest Decisions from Police-Suspect Encounters." Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law and Society, Vol. 18, No.1: 51- 68.