Peggy C. Bowen, Ph.D., C.T.S.

Assistant Professor
Criminal Justice Department

Room 136
Francis Hall
Alvernia College
Reading, PA 19607
610-79-8483
peggy.bowen@alvernia.edu

Education

• Ph.D., Texas A&M University, Educational Psychology, 1979
• M.S.,  Texas A&M University, Sociology, 1975
• B.S.,   Texas A&M University, Psychology, 1971

Licenses and Certifications

• Licensed Psychologist, State of Oklahoma
• Certified Trauma Specialist
• Certified Instructor, Pennsylvania Municipal Police Officer’s Education and Training Commission
• Federal Emergency Management Agency Professional Development Certification
• National Institute of Health Review Board Member Certification

Chair, Alvernia College, Institutional Review Board

Courses Taught at Alvernia College

• CJ 203 Criminalistics
• CJ 216 Women and the Criminal Justice System
• CJ 218 Multicultural Issues in Criminal Justice
• CJ 221 Research Methods in Criminal Justice
• CJ 275 Criminology
• CJ 285 Victimology
• CJ 301 Organized Crime
• CJ 309 White Collar Crime
• CJ 377 Juvenile Justice System
• CJ 390 ST:  Criminal Profiling
• CJ 390 ST:  Forensic Psychology
• PSY 101 Introductory Psychology, Honors
• PSY 430 Forensic Psychology

Research Interests

• Forensic Psychology
• Disasters/Trauma
• Research Issues
• Multicultural Issues
• Stress in Criminal Justice Professionals

Recent Publications

• Bowen, P.C. (2008).  Tribal Policing. [Review of the book Tribal policing:  Asserting sovereignty, seeking justice].  Policing:  An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management.  September, 31, 3.
• Bowen, P.C. (2005).  Background checks.  In P.B. Gerstenfeld, Criminal justice (pp. 60-61).  Pasadena, CA:  Salem Press.

Other Scholarly Works

• Bowen, P.C. (2007).An investigator’s manual for the Alvernia College Institutional Review Board.  Reading, PA:  Alvernia College.
• Consultant and quoted in Law Enforcement Contact with Native Americans chapter. (2006). Shusta, R.M., Levine, D.R., Wong, H.Z., & Harris, P.R. (2007).  Multicultural law enforcement:  Strategies for peacekeeping in a diverse society (4th ed.).  Upper Saddle River, NJ:  Pearson/Prentice Hall

Professional Memberships

• Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
• Alpha Phi Sigma
• Association of University Professors
• American Psychological Association
• Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists
• International Critical Incident Stress Foundation
• Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences
• Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Justice Educators

Other

• Presentations at international, national, state, regional, and local venues.
• Interviews by media
• American Red Cross Mental Health Specialist
• Private Practice
• Route 222 Gang Prevention Initiative Steering Committee—City of Reading
• Public Safety Advisory Committee—City of Reading
• The 222 Corridor Anti-Gang Initiative

Your comments are welcome.