William (Bill) G. Doerner (born 1949) is a professor in the College of

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and Criminal Justice at

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. His research has covered topics such as criminal justice,

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, law enforcement, police management and procedures, and victimology.

Biography

Doerner was born in

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. He graduated from

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(in

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) with a B.A. in Sociology in 1971. Continuing directly into graduate studies, he received his M.A. from Emory University (in Atlanta, Georgia) two years later and his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Tennessee (in Knoxville, Tennessee) in 1977. While working on his dissertation, he taught and conducted research at Marquette University (in Milwaukee, Wisconsin). Upon completion of his doctoral studies, he accepted a position in the College of Criminology & Criminal Justice at

where he currently teaches courses to undergraduate and graduate students. Several years after beginning as an assistant professorship, a neighbor invited him to ride along with county sheriff deputies. In 1980, he began working as a part-time reserve officer with the

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. Besides serving as a one-person patrol unit, he lectured at the state established Pat Thomas Law Enforcement Academy, evaluated police training programs, and provided in-service training to dispatchers and veteran officers. In the 1990s, he conducted a police training seminar for the National Police Academy in Costa Rica that was sponsored by the Universidad de Costa Rica and the Florida/Costa Rica
FLORICA
) Linkage Institute. Doerner retired from policing in 2010. Throughout his academic career, Doerner has drawn on his practical experiences in law enforcement to write several textbooks and over sixty journal articles, book chapters, reviews, and monographs. He has served as editor for th
American Journal of Criminal Justice
and on the board of directors for th
Southern Criminal Justice Association
In 2009, he was recognized for "significant contributions to the field of victimology and victim services" by the American Society of Victimology.

Selected publications

Text Books * * * * * Journal Articles * * * * *

References

External links

Florida State University faculty profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Doerner, William G. 1949 births Living people Writers from Bridgeport, Connecticut American criminologists American textbook writers American male non-fiction writers Fairfield University alumni Emory University alumni University of Tennessee alumni Florida State University faculty