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ADDRESS |
Department of Criminal Justice
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9201 University City Boulevard
Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
Telephone: 704-547-2009
Fax Number: 704-547-3349
E-mail: vblord@uncc.edu

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PERSONAL
INFORMATION |
Vivian B. Lord has been an associate
professor of the Department of Criminal Justice since July, 1999. Previously
she was a training department manager and instructor of the North Carolina
Justice Academy, a division of the North Carolina Department of Justice
from 1976-1994. She graduated from the University of Georgia in 1975 with
a B.A. is Sociology, received her M.A. in Criminal Justice Administration
from Goddard College (1979), and Ph.D. (1992) in Psychology from North
Carolina State University. She obtained her license as a Practicing Psychologist
from the North Carolina Psychology Board in 1994.
Her research areas include selection
and training of law enforcement officers both in the United States and
other countries, workplace violence, occupational stress, and hetero-suicide.
She has provided consultation to law enforcement departments in areas of
officer selection, hetero-suicide ("suicide by cop"), and stress management.
In addition, she has consulted and trained managers in governmental agencies
and private corporations in the area of workplace violence.

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MOST
RECENT PUBLICATIONS: |
Lord V. and Rassel, G. (Forthcoming
August, 1999). Law enforcement's response to sexual assault: A comparative
study of ten counties in North Carolina. Women and Criminal
Justice 11 (1).
Lord V. (1998). Characteristics
of violence in state government. Journal of Interpersonal
Violence 13 (4) 489-503.
Lord V. (1998). Swedish
police selection and training: Issues from a comparative perspective.
Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management
21 (2) pp. 280-292.
Lord, V. (1996). An impact
of community policing: Reported stressors, social support, and strain among
police officers in a changing police department. Journal of Criminal
Justice. 24(6) pp. 503-522.
Lord, V. (1996). Evaluation
of standardized field sobriety tests training. Police Studies.
19(4) pp. 15-23.
Lord, V. and Gray, D. (1995).
Social support of law enforcement officers. The Encyclopedia
of Police Science. (W.G. Bailey, ed.) Garland Publishing, Inc.

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COURSES |
CJUS
2000 Introduction to Law Enforcement
CJUS
3132 Interviewing in Criminal Justice
CJUS
3130 Criminal Justice Administration
CJUS 3141 Law
Enforcement Behavioral Systems
CJUS
3220 Criminal Offender
CJUS
3400 Criminal Justice Practicum (Internship)
CJUS
5103 Program Planning
CJUS
5131 Police Problems and Practices
CJUS
6130 Law Enforcement Systems
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