Mustafa Demir joined the faculty at SUNY Plattsburgh in the fall 2016 after completing
his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice at Rutgers University in New Jersey. He received double
M.A. degrees in criminal justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Rutgers
University respectively.
He has 20 years law enforcement experience as a police administrator in Turkish National
Police. He also worked for the international organizations including the United Nations
for one year and OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) for two
years.
His teaching interests are primarily in the areas of research methods, statistics,
environmental criminology, criminology, crime analysis, crime prevention/control,
introduction to criminal justice, and police related courses.
He has significant years of teaching experience where he instructed a variety of courses
to various target groups including middle school students, high school students, police
officers, college and undergraduate students. He taught various courses to undergraduate
students at Rutgers University in New Jersey, John Jay College of criminal Justice,
and County College of Morris in New Jersey. He taught 16 undergraduate courses before
he joined SUNY Plattsburgh. He also taught various courses to local police officers
while he was working in the United Nations, OSCE, and Turkish National Police.
His research interests primarily focus on a variety of policing issues including police
body-worn cameras (BWC’s), legitimacy, procedural justice, police-citizen encounters,
SQF (Stop-Question-Frisk), police officers being killed in the line of duty, suicide,
witness protection, terrorism, space and crime, and traffic safety.
For more information about Dr. Mustafa’s academic record see his curriculum vitae
in the contact information.
Demir, Mustafa, Braga, Anthony, & Apel, Robert. (2020). “Effects of Police Body-Worn
Cameras on Citizen Compliance and Cooperation: Findings from a Quasi-Randomized Controlled
Trial”. Criminology and Public Policy, 19(3), 855-882.
Demir, Mustafa & Kule, Ahmet. (2020). “The Effect of Body-Worn Cameras on Satisfaction
and General Perceptions of Police: Findings from a Quasi-Randomized Controlled Trial”.
European Journal of Criminology.https://doi.org/10.1177/1477370820905105
Demir, Mustafa. (2019). “Citizens’ Perceptions of Body-Worn Cameras (BWCs): Findings
from a Quasi-Randomized Controlled Trial”. Journal of Criminal Justice, 60, 130-139.
Demir, Mustafa. (2018). “Age differences in suicide methods”. Forensic Research &
Criminology International Journal, 6(6), 512-517.
Demir, Mustafa. (2018). “Who commits suicide most? Suicide by gender and age”. Forensic Research & Criminology International Journal, 6(6), 505-510.
Demir, Mustafa; Apel, Robert; Braga, Anthony; Brunson, Rod; Ariel, Barak. (2020).
“Body Worn Cameras, Procedural Justice, and Police legitimacy: A Controlled Experimental
Evaluation of Traffic Stops”. Justice Quarterly, 37(1), 53-84.
Demir, Mustafa. (2018). “Trends in Suicide Methods by Age Group”. Journal of Asia-Pacific Psychiatry. 2018; e12334. https://doi.org/10.1111/appy.12334
Demir, Mustafa. (2018). “The Perceived Effect of a Witness Security Program on Willingness
to Testify”. International Criminal Justice Review, 28(1), 62-81.
Demir, Mustafa. (2018). “Suicide methods by gender and age in Turkey”. Journal of Forensic Research and Analysis, 2(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.16966/jfra.106
Demir, Mustafa. (2018). “Gender differences in suicide rates”. Forensic Science and Addiction, 2(4). FSAR.000550
