PERSONAL DATA

Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
Rm 311
Building HPA I
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida 32816
Office: 407.823.2603
Fax: 407.823.5360
email: bjm@mail.ucf.edu

CURRENT APPOINTMENTS (1992-Present)

• Chair and Professor, Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies

• Faculty Associate, East European Linkage Institute

• Faculty Associate, PhD faculty in Public Affairs

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Criminology - Florida State University

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Books
Bernard J. McCarthy, Belinda R. McCarthy and Matthew Leone, Community-Based Corrections. (Belmont, California: Wadsworth). Fourth Edition, December 2001.

Bernard J. McCarthy, Michael Braswell and Belinda R. McCarthy, Criminal Justice Ethics. Edited (Cincinnati, Ohio: Anderson Publishing Company, 2001, Fifth edition. 2005

Recent Articles
Davis, Robin King, Applegate, Brandon K., Otto, Charles W. Surette, Ray, McCarthy, Bernard J., Roles and Responsibilities: Analyzing Local Leader’ Views On Jail Crowding From A Systems Perspective. Crime and Delinquency 50(3) (July 2004).

McCarthy, Bernard J. and Laurie A. Gould, E-government and Corrections: An Analysis of Correctional Web Sites, Corrections Compendium, 28(10), October 2003.

Applegate, B., Surette, R., King, Robin and McCarthy, The Multifunction Jail: Policy Makers Views on the Goals of Local Incarceration, Criminal Justice Policy Review, , vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 155-170, June 2003

Applegate, Surette and McCarthy, Detention and Desistence from Crime: Evaluating the Impact of a New Generation Jail on Recidivism, (1999), Journal of Criminal Justice vol. 27, no 2., pp 539-548

McCarthy, B.R. and McCarthy, BJ, Contemporary Trends in Community Corrections, (1997), Security Journal vol 9, Iss 1.2, 3 p 69

Accepted for Publication
Ray Surette, B. Applegate, B. McCarthy, and P. Jablonski, Forecasting Municipal Correctional Bed Need: A Case Study and Discussion, Journal of Criminal Justice 2005

Book Chapter
Bernard J. McCarthy. Keeping An Eye on the Keeper: Prison Corruption and its Control, pp. 265-284 in Justice, Crime and Ethics, fifth, Edition Anderson Publishing/Lexus Nexus 2005

UNIVERSITY GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
Co-Principal Investigator

• Incarceration and Retention Trends at the Orange County Corrections Department, 2003-. $67,361

• with Bill Koleszar and Robert Ford, International Center for Democratic Policing, U.S State Department, 2001-2003. $740,000

• with Stephen Holmes: Implementing and Evaluating the Orange County 311 System, 2000-2002 $125,000

• with Brandon Applegate and Ray Surette, Investigating the Influences of Jail Crowding in Orange County, $128,104

RECENT PAPERS PRESENTED

2005 McCarthy, The Impact of Terrorism on Tourism, Istanbul Conference on Democracy and Security, Istanbul Turkey.

2005 McCarthy and Wolf, Magic vs Sin City, A Comparative Analysis of Tourism Policing, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Chicago Illinois.

2004 McCarthy and Laurie Gould, Strategic Planning by State Correctional Agencies, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2004.

2003 McCarthy, Bernard and Belinda McCarthy, The Challenges and Opportunities of Interdisciplinary Doctoral Education in Criminal Justice. American Society of Criminology, Denver Colorado, November 2003.

2003 McCarthy, Bernard and Laurie Gould, E-Government and Corrections, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Boston, Mass, March 2003

2003 McCarthy, Bernard, Terrorism in the United States: Threat and Response, Lou Frey Institute Symposium Homeland Security or Police State, University of Central Florida, April 2003

2002 Davis, Robin King, Applegate, B.K., Surette, R., and McCarthy, B.J. (2002). Local Policy Makers: Views Toward Correctional Reform. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Chicago, IL.

2002 Surette, R., Applegate, B.K., McCarthy, B.J., and Davis, Robin King. (2002). Jail Forecasting: A Tool for Public Policy Decision Making. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Chicago, IL.

2002 McCarthy, B.J., Applegate, B.K., and Davis, Robin King. (2002). The Impact of Criminal Justice Policy Changes on Jail Populations. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Chicago, IL.

2002 McCarthy, B.J. and McCarthy B.R. Modernizing Criminal Justice: Implications for Higher Education, Modernizing Criminal Justice, New World Challenges, Sixth Biennial Conference, International Perspectives on Crime, Justice and Public Order, June 16- 20, 2002, London, England.

2001 "The Development and Implementation of PHD in Public Affairs: Lessons Learned', International Seminar on Crime and Justice, Bologna, Italy, June 2001

SELECTED COMMUNITY/UNIVERSITY SERVICE
2003-2005

University Service

• Member Chair’s Council (University and College)

• Member, University Athletic Committee

• Chair of the Public Administration Chair's Search Search Committee

• Member, Chair’s search committee, College of Education

• Faculty Associate East European Linkage Institute

• Member PhD in Public Affairs Advisory Committee

Community Service

• Board Member, Crime line of Central Florida

• Regional Advisory Board Member, Florida Department of Law Enforcement

• Member, Orange County Jail Oversight Commission

• Board Member, Florida Association of Community Corrections

• Member, American Society of Criminology, American Association of Doctoral Programs in Criminology and Criminal Justice and Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

• External Reviewer of Criminal Justice Programs, Massachusetts Board Of Regents

Bernard McCarthy is Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Florida. He previously taught at Jacksonville State University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He received his PhD in Criminology from the Florida State University and a Master’s in Criminal Justice from the State University of New York in Albany. He also worked for several years for the New York State Department of Corrections as a program research specialist.

His research interests focus on the impact of policy changes on criminal justice operations and program evaluation. He is particularly interested in examining the divergence between intended and unintended consequences of criminal justice policy innovations. Recently he has been examining the impact of homeland security initiatives on criminal justice policy.

He teaches both graduate and undergraduate students. From an instructional perspective one of his major goals is to provide students with a deeper understanding of the structure and operation of the criminal justice system and the forces that shape policy in a democratic society. He engages his students in the subject material through the use of research projects, case studies and class presentations.

In addition, all of his classes include an exposure to the research methodology used in the field and the latest research findings. His classes are interactive and students are challenged to get actively involved in the learning process. Most recently he developed a service learning course for graduate students.

Outside of work he has been heavily involved in sports, mostly coaching, but in the last few years has run several marathons and triathlons. His children, Matt and Megan, played baseball and softball through college and his son Matthew was drafted to play professional baseball by the Anaheim Angels. He is now a student at Harvard Medical School.

His daughter graduated from Middlebury College, was named to the NESCAC Softball All Conference and All Academic Team and is employed as a consultant in Washington, DC.

His partner in life and colleague is Belinda R. McCarthy. They reside in Winter Springs, Florida with their three dogs: lumpy, stumpy and grumpy….