Chang-Hun Lee
Dr. Lee (cxlee1@ualr.edu) is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. He joined the department in the fall of 2007. He received his doctoral degree in Criminal Justice and Criminology from School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University in 2007. His doctoral dissertation focused on bullying behaviors among South Korean middle school students.
Dr. Lee is currently working on various research projects. Currently he is working on a grant project on bullying behaviors among students in Central Arkansas area. Based on this pilot study, he wants to initiate a state-wide bullying prevention and intervention project. Other active research projects focus on human nature and theory integration in criminology, citizen’s satisfaction with police, implementation of community oriented policing, comparative policing, crimes committed by military personnel. His recent publications appear in Journal of Criminal Justice, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, Contemporary Sociology, and Asian Journal of Criminology.
Education:
Ph.D. 2007 School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University
Dissertation: An ecological prediction model of bullying behaviors among South Korean middle school students
M.S. 2001 School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University
Thesis: An exploratory study of the U.S. Army personnel’s violent crimes in the U.S. and Korea: A perspective on military subculture
B.A. 1998 Department of German Language and Literature, Hanyang University (Summa Cum Laude)
Research & Projects:
Human nature and criminology: Is it possible to integrate those theories?
Satisfaction with police service: What’s more important to citizens?
Individual and organizational factors influencing community-oriented policing practice in South Korea.
Predictors of successful implementation of community oriented policing: A comparison of police organizations in South Korea and the United States.
An ecological prediction model of bullying behaviors among middle school students in Arkansas.
A hierarchical modeling of bullying behaviors: Effects of multilevel factors on bullying behaviors among Korean middle school students.
An ecological prediction model of bullying behaviors: A comparative structural equation modeling between South Korea and Arkansas, US.
Select Publications:
Chang-Hun Lee. (2010) Personal and interpersonal correlates of bullying behaviors among Korean middle school students. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 25(1).
Chang-Hun Lee. (2009) Violent Military Crime: A Comparative Study of Violent Crimes Committed by U.S. Army Personnel. Saarbrucken, Germany: Verlag Dr. Muller Publishing. (In Press)
Jung-Mi Kim & Chang-Hun Lee (2009). An Application of General Strain Theory to Korean Adolescents: A Test of the Relation between Negative Stimuli at School and Delinquency. Saarbrucken, Germany: Verlag Dr. Muller Publishing. (Forthcoming)
Morash, Merry, Dae-Hoon Kwak, Vincent Hoffman, Chang-Hun Lee, Sun-Ho Cho, & Byongook Moon (2008). Stressors, coping resources and strategies, and police stress in South Korea. Journal of Criminal Justice, 36(3), pp 231-239.
Morash, Merry, Chang-Hun Lee, Vincent Hoffman, Sun-Ho Cho, & Robin Haarr (2007). Predictors of social and defensive coping to address workplace problems: A comparison of police in South Korea and the United States. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 30(2).
Boards and Committees:
Member of the American Society of Criminology
Member of Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
Chair and Coordinator of Departmental Assessment Committee