Robert J. Kane, PhD

Robert J. Kane is Professor and Department Head of Criminology and Justice Studies at Drexel University. Kane's primary research interests include (1) police authority and accountability, (2) the social ecology of crime, (3) violence, policing, and urban health, and (4) and technology and justice. His peer reviewed work has appeared in such journals as Criminology, Justice Quarterly, Criminology & Public Policy, Crime & Delinquency, Journal of Experimental Criminology, and Social Science & Medicine. He is the coauthor of Jammed Up: Bad Cops, Police Misconduct, and the New York City Police Department (NYU Press), and co-editor of The Handbook of Police and Policing (Oxford University Press). Kane holds a PhD in Criminal Justice from Temple University.