Dr. Joshua Battin
Associate Provost, Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, & Interim Associate Vice President of AdministrationAcademic Affairs
Phone
(570) 662-4805
Office Address
504 North Hall
Mansfield University Campus
Educational Background
B.A., Criminal Justice, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
M.A., Criminology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., Criminology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
About Me
Biography:
Dr. Battin joined Mansfield University in January 2011, teaching core classes in both criminal justice and criminology. His academic interests include criminological theory, evidence-based crime prevention, urban sprawl, community-based criminology & police organization/management. Dr. Battin recently published his research in the Journal of Criminal Justice Education, The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles, Crime Prevention and Community Safety and authored the book Collective Efficacy Theory and Perceptions of Crime: Documenting Neighborhood Context Effects (2015).
Courses Taught:
CJA 1100 Introduction to Criminal Justice
CJA 2200 Survey of Policing
CJA 2200 Survey of Policing (Online)
CJA 2225 Introduction to Criminology
CJA 2225 Introduction to Criminology (Online)
CJA 3262 Interviewing and Interrogation
CJA 3276 Criminology
CJA 3276 Criminology (Online)
CJA 3395 Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System
CJA 4425 Criminal Justice Ethics
CJA 4450 Internship
CJA 4453 Police Organization and Administration
CJA 4490 Senior Seminar
CJA 4496 Crime and Delinquency Prevention
CJA 4496 Crime and Delinquency Prevention (Online)
CJA 4496 Women & Crime
CJA 4496 Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
CJA 4496 Comparative Criminal Justice Systems (Online)
CJA 4497 Practicum
Office Hours
M-F 8:00am - 4:15pm