Barry Harvey, MS
Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice Department
Bernardine Hall 1018B
610-796-8482
barry.harvey@alvernia.edu
EDUCATION
M.S. in Criminology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute Indiana – May 1974
B.A. in Sociology, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – May 1969
COURSES TAUGHT
Undergraduate
- CJ 101 - Introduction to Criminal Justice
- CJ 175 - Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation
- CJ 203 - Criminalistics
- CJ 301 - Organized Crime
- CJ 309 - White Collar Crime
- CJ 346 - Terrorism
- CJ 401 - Legal Aspects of Drug Abuse
- CJ 412 - Undercover Investigations
- CJ 444 - Violent Crime
- Legal Procedures
- Law Enforcement Management II
- Criminal Investigations
PRESENTATIONS
- Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, “The Paid Informant: Useful Tool or Unnecessary Evil,” March 12, 2008
- Alvernia Seniors College, “Violent Crime,” September 26, 2007
- Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Conference, Seattle Washington, “Organized Retail Theft: Fuel for the Illegal Drug Trade,” March 14, 2007
- Alvernia Seniors College, “The Life of an Undercover Officer in the Pennsylvania State Police,” March 2007
- Co-presenter, Eastern States Vice Investigator’s Training Conference, Virginia Beach, Virginia, “Fencing Operations, Stolen Property and Organized Criminal Groups,” Spring 2004
PROFESSIONAL JOB EXPERIENCE
- Pennsylvania State Police, March 1975 – April 2005
- Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Organized Crime Division, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – August 1980 – April 2005
- Embreeville Barracks, Coatesville, Pennsylvania – August 1975 – August 1980
ASSOCIATIONS AND AWARDS
- Pennsylvania State Police Deputy Commissioner’s Letter of Commendation for four year investigation into multi-state theft ring 2003
- Federal Bureau of Investigation Letter of Appreciation for undercover investigation into stolen motorcycles in Eastern United States 2003
- Assistant Task Force Commander Letter of Commendation, Presidential Inauguration Operation, Intelligence Section 2001
- Commissioner’s Letter of Commendation, for Undercover Investigation in Erie County PA 1993
- Harrisburg Bureau of Police Merit Award for undercover fencing investigation conducted in Harrisburg, PA 1991
- Pennsylvania Food Marketing Association Committee on Loss Prevention 2001-2005
- Member National Technical Investigators Association 1993-2000
- Member Mid-Atlantic Technical Investigators Association 1993-2000
- Member Eastern States Vice Investigator Association 2004-2005
- Member Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)
- Member Alpha Phi Sigma, National Criminal Justice Honor Society
- Member Saint Thomas More Honor Society, Alvernia University, Reading, Pennsylvania
- Member, American Association of University Professors