EDUCATION:

• Ph.D., Education, University of Missouri-St. Louis
• Graduate Certificate, Institutional Research, University of Missouri-St. Louis
• Graduate Certificate, Ancient & Classical History, American Public University
• M.A., Criminal Justice, Wichita State University
• B.S. Criminal Justice, Wichita State University
• A.A. General Studies, Wichita State University

Profile:

Former criminal justice practitioner with 15 years of experience in the law enforcement, corrections (institutional and community-based), and private security fields.  Lifelong learner with a passion for seeking knowledge having completed graduate degrees at both the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Wichita State University.  Engaged educator with prior experience teaching a variety of undergraduate and graduate criminal justice, sociology, and public administration courses to a diverse student population through a variety of instructional mediums.  Current research interests focus on the interaction of personal religious orientation and deviant forms of human behavior, law enforcement hiring and training practices and outcomes, and public sector agency management and leadership.  Emerging interest in researching interactions between the law enforcement and Individuals with Developmental Disabilities (IDD) community.

Courses Taught:

• Introduction to Criminal Justice
• Policing and Society
• Homeland Security & Terrorism
• Emergency Managemen
• Organizational Management & Leadership
• Criminology & Victimology
• Threat Management & Assessment

AREAS OF INTEREST:

• Religion and Crime
• Law Enforcement Training and Education Practices & Outcomes
• Organizational Management and Leadership
• Law Enforcement Interactions and the IDD Community

selected Publications:

• Jolicoeur, J. (in progress). Wellbeing among criminal justice practitioners: Avoidable practitioner trauma linked to a lack of training and tools.  In Phillips, J., Ricciardelli, R., & Novisky, M. (Eds.), Handbook of wellness and wellbeing in the criminal justice system.  Routledge.  
• Jolicoeur, J. (in press). Law Enforcement Training and the IDD Community: Dangerous Disjunctures.  In H. Chandan (Ed.), Social inclusion tactics for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. IGI.
•  Jolicoeur, J. & Jolicoeur, K. (2024).  Role Conflict Among Academic Deans and its Relationship to Job Satisfaction and Institutional Efficacy.  In L. Vidler (Ed.),  Developing deans transforming academic leadership. Vernon.
• Jolicoeur, J.  (2020).  Police Power and Human Rights.  In C. Roberson (Ed.) Handbook on Social Justice,  (pp. 309-337). Routledge.
• Jolicoeur, J. & Grant, E.  (2019)  Form Seeking Function: An Exploratory Content Analysis Evaluation of the Imagery Contained in Law Enforcement Agency Police Officer Recruitment Brochures.  The Police Journal: Theory, Practice, and Principles, 91(4), 339-355.