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CURRICULUM VITAE
YEOJU PARK
PRESENT POSITION:
Ph.D. Student
CONTACT INFORMATION:
University of South Carolina
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
1305 Greene St. Currell College #205C
Columbia, SC 29208
803-777-2955
[email protected]
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
The impact of criminal victimization on mental health and
juvenile delinquency
The role of family structure on juvenile crime
Juvenile Justice System
Korea: Social change; juvenile delinquency; policing
Measurement and method
EDUCATION
Ph.D.
2015 - Present
Criminology and Criminal Justice,
University of South Carolina
M.S.
2013 - 2015
Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia State University
Committee: Mark Reed, Timothy Brezina, Volkan Topalli
B.A.
2002 - 2006
Law and Police Science (Summa cum laude),
Dong-Eui University, Busan, Republic of Korea
Other training
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Presidential Security Service System. 2006. The Blue House, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Custody and Correction system. 2005. Busan Juvenile Protective Custody Office, Busan,
Republic of Korea.
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Defensive Tactics/Marital Arts/Arrest Techniques. 2002-2005. Dong-Eui University.
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UNIVERSITY EMPLOYMENT
2015 - Present Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, USC
Supervisor: Brian Fuleihan
2013 - 2015
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, GSU
Supervisor: Volkan Topalli, Angela Overton
HONORS AND AWARD
2006
Certificate of Award, The Chief of Police, Busan jin-gu Police Station, Busan,
Republic of Korea - High Academic Achievement.
2003 - 2005
Academic Scholarship, Department of Police Administration, Dong-Eui University.
RESEARCH
2014
Research Assistant, Electric Benefit Transfer (EBT) system and street crimes: Data
collection, Georgia State University.
2013
Research Assistant, Budget of state government and professors’ salary at OSU &
GSU: Data entry, Georgia State University.
2005
Research Assistant, The organization of police: The relationship between police
department and prosecutor: Data collection, Dong-Eui University.
SERVICE
2015 - Present Criminology and Criminal Justice Graduate Student Association, Department of
Criminology and Criminal Justice, USC.
2002 - 2006
Undergraduate Student Organization, College of Law and Government, Dong-Eui
University.