Jacqueline Fish is the Director of the Graduate Program in Criminal Justice at Charleston Southern University (CSU). She also serves as the Department Chair for the Criminal Justice Department, and chairs the Graduate Council for the University. Prior to joining the CSU faculty in October 2006, Dr. Fish was the Curriculum Manager for The University of Tennessee's Law Enforcement Innovation Center (LEIC). During her nine year career she worked with Project Safe Neighborhoods, and a Dept. of Homeland Security grant to develop Transit Terrorism Tools and Tactics (T-4). As the project manager of the National Forensic Academy, Dr. Fish led the development and implementation of the program in 2001.
She is co-author of Crime Scene Investigation 2nd ed. published by Elsevier and Practical Crime Scene Investigations for Hot Zones, published by CRC Press (2010). Dr. Fish worked with Louisiana State University's National Center for Biomedical Research and Training (NCBRT) to develop Advanced Forensics Investigations for Hazardous Environments and is one of the original instructional team members. Prior to entering academia, Dr. Fish was a police officer for 17 years in Knox County, Tennessee. She worked as a crime scene investigator for 10 years, an attained the rank of Lieutenant while at the Sheriff's Department. Dr.
Fish earned an Associate degree in Law Enforcement and Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from East Tennessee State University. She completed a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice at The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. In 2004, she was awarded a Doctorate of Education in Instructional Technology, Curriculum and Evaluation from The University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Larry Miller is a Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice & Criminology at East Tennessee State University. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in statistics and research methods for criminal justice and criminology for over 30 years. He has authored or co-authored over 10 textbooks and numerous articles published in referred journals. He has conducted numerous program evaluations for local and state law enforcement and corrections agencies using statistical methods.