Faculty Focus: Publications: Kratcoski, P

PETER C. KRATCOSKI, Ph.D.

 

     Books:

           Fraud and Corruption: Major Types, Prevention and Control, (with Maxmilian  Edelbacher,Editors). Springer, 2018

Perspectives on Elderly Crime and Victimization

          ( with Maxmilian Edelbacher,Editors). Springer, 2018).

  Correctional Counseling and Treatment Springer, 6th edition, 2017

             

Collaborative Policing: Police, Academics and Professionals Working Together in          Research, training, and Program Implemention (with Max Edelbacher, editors)  CRC            Press/ Taylor and Francis Group. 2016.

 

Corruption, Fraud, Organized Crime and the Shadow Economy.(with Max Edelbacher and Bojan Dobovsek, editors).  CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group. 2016

 

Juvenile Justice Administration, CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton,

    Fla., 2012.

 

Financial Crimes: A Threat to Global Security (Editor) (with Maximillian Edelbacher

   and Michael Theil) CRC Press/ Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, Fla. 2012.

 

Juvenile Delinquency, 5th ed., (with Lucille D. Kratcoski).  Chinese Edition.

                People’s Republic of China:  Pearson Education Asia Limited and China

                Light Industry Press, 2009.

          

Police Education and Training in a Global Society (with Dilip K. Das) Lanham,

                MD: Lexington Books, 2007.

          

Juvenile Delinquency, 5th edition,  (with Lucille D. Kratcoski) Prospect Heights, Ill:, 

                2004.

 

Meeting the Challenges of Global Terrorism (editor with Dilip Das) Lanham, MD: 

     Lexington Books, 2003.

Correctional Counseling and Treatment, 5th edition, Prospect Heights, IL:

Waveland Press, 2004.

  In Production

Juvenile delinquency (6th ed.) Co- Authors: Lucille Dunn Kratcoski & Peter C. Kratcoski. Springer, Tentative publication date- Fall- 2019)

 

Chapters in Books

 

Specialty Courts in Sage Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology, ( R. Morgan, Editor) Las Angeles, CA.  (2019, pp. 1423-1428

 

Older Victims of Crime in Sage Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology, (R. Morgan, Editor) Las Angeles, CA (2019) pp. 1003-1005

 

Introduction: Overview of Major Types of Fraud and Corruption. In Fraud and Corruption: Major Types, Prevention and Control (Peter C. Kratcoski & Maxmilian Edelbacher, editors, Springer, 2018 pp;3-19.

 

Fraud and Corruption in Times of Disaster. In Fraud and Corruption: Major Types, Prevention and Control (Peter C. Kratcoski and Maxmilian Edelbacher, editors), Springer, 2018. PP: 139-157.

 

Fraud and Corruption in the Healthcare Sector in the United States. In Fraud and Corruption: Major Types, Prevention and Control. Peter C. Kratcoski & Max Edelbacher, editors) Springer, 2018. Pp: 109-124.

 

Perspectives on Fraud and Corruption in the Future ( with Maxmilian Edelbacher) In Fraud and Corruption: Major Types, Prevention and Control, Springer, 2018, pp: 277-294

 

Trends in the Types and Amount of Crimes Committed by the Elderly in the United States in Perspectives on Elderly Crime and Victimization (Peter Kratcoski and Maxmilian Edelbacher, Editors) Springer, 2018: 5-24.

 

The Victim-Offender Relationship in the Criminal Victimization of the Elderly in  Perspectives on Elderly Crime and Victimization (Peter Kratcoski and Maxmilian Edelbacher, Editors. Springer,2018: 101-124.

 

Justice System Response to Elderly Criminality in Perspectives on Elderly Crime and Victimization (Peter Kratcoski and Maxmilian Edelbacher, Editors,  Springer, 2018: 197-224.

Summary: Older Criminals and Victims in Perspectives on Elderly Crime and Victimization (Peter Kratcoski and Maxmilian Edelbacher, Editors), Springer, 2018: 245-262.

 

Investigation of Insurance Fraud (with Maximilian Edelbacher) in The Detective Handbook edited by John A. Eterno and Cliff Roberson, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group, 2015: 67-86.

        

The United States Legal System,  ( with Blake M. Randol and Lauren M. Block in Trends

 in the Judiciary, Volume Two, edited by David Lowe and Dilip Das, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group, 2015: 197-200.

 

Sharron L. Kennedy, Ohio Supreme Court in Trends in the Judiciary, Volume Two, edited by David Lowe and Dilip K.Das  CRC Press/ Taylor and Francis Group, 2015: 201-217.

 

 Interview with Magistrate Friedrich Forsthuber, President of the Vienna Criminal

              Court (with Maximilian Edelbacher) in Trends in the Judiciary, Volune One, edited

 by Dilip K.das and Cliff Roberson, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group,  Boca

 Raton, 2015: 35-52.

 

Foreward  in Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Child and Youth Misbehaviour in South Africa,

 3rd ed.  Hatfield:  Pretoria, South Africa:  Van Schaik Publishers: 2013.

 

 Legislative and Programming Initiatives to Prevent and Control Financial Crimes

             in the United States, Financial Crimes: A Threat to Global Security, CRC

            Press/Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, Fla.,2012: 373-390.

 

Financial Crimes: Past, Present and Future  (with Maximillian Edelbacher and

             Michael Theil ) in Financial Crimes: A Threat to Global Security, edited by M.

            Edelbacher,  P. Kratcoski and  M.Theil, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla. 2012: 391-406.

 

 Police Without Borders: An Overview  in Police (with Lucille Dunn Kratcoski)

            in Police Without Borders: The Fading Distinction Between Local and Global, Cliff

            Roberson, Dilip K. Das and Jennie K. Singer eds. Boca Raton, CRC Press/Taylor

            Francis Group, 2010: 1-26.

 

Papers Presented at Professional Meetings – More than 150 papers

             presented at national and international meetings.                       

 

Recent Papers Presented:

 Peter C. Kratcoski & Max Edelbacher “ Preparing for Employment in Criminal Justice”, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Baltimore, March , 2019

 

Peter C. Kratcoski, Gilbert Norten and Maxmilian Edelbacher “ Pre-Service Experiential Education/Training for Criminal Justice.” International Police executive Symposium/ United Nations Symposium on Drugs and Crime , Vienna Austria,Aug.21, 2018.

 

Peter C. Kratcoski, “ Gerontological Criminology (Gero-Criminology ): Crime Policy and Legislation. Presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri, March 23, 2017

 

Peter C. Kratcoski and Maxmilian Edelbacher presented “ Collaboration of Academics and Practitioners in Research: Training and Program Implementation” at the International Police executive Symposium in Sofia, Bulgaria on July 27-August 1, 2014.

 

Peter C. Kratcoski and Max Edelbacher, “ The Investigation of Insurance Fraud”, Annual

 Conference for the Police and Criminal Psychology, Las Vegas, Nevada,

 September, 2014.

 

Peter C. Kratcoski and Max Edelbacher, “Prevention and Control of Financial Crimes:

      A Cross-Cultural Comparison,”   Annual conference, Society for Police and Criminal

      Psychology, Ottawa, CA, September 25-28, 2013.

 

Peter C. Kratcoski, David Graff, and Max Edelbacher, “Criminal Behavior in the Schools:

      A Cross-Cultural Comparison,”  Poster session, annual conference, Society for Police

      And Criminal Psychology, Ottawa, CA, September 15-18, 2013.

 

Peter C. Kratcoski, Max Edelbacher, and Bojan Dobovsek,“Organized Crime and the

              Informal Economy:  A Comparative Study of Austria, Slovenia, and the United

 States.” Budapest,  Hungary, 23rd  International Police Executive Symposium,

August 4-9, 2013.

 

Peter C. Kratcoski, “Executive Summary of Global Issues In Contemporary Policing,” 23rd

International Police Executive Symposium, Budapest, Hungary, August 4-9, 2013.

 

Peter C. Kratcoski, Max Edelbacher, John Eterno, Kate Storey-Whyte, “Police

              Leadership,” 23rd International Police Executive Symposium, Budapest, Hungary,

              August 4-9, 2013.

Peter C. Kratcoski, Susan Sim, Dilip Das, Robert Hanser, “Trends in Correctional

Administration,” 23rd International Police Executive Symposium, Budapest, Hungary, August 4-9, 2013

 

Peter Charles Kratcoski and Peter Christopher Kratcoski, “Perspectives on Serving as a

Part-time Professor,” Association for University Regional Campuses of Ohio 19th

Annual Conference, Lancaster, OH, April 13, 2013.

 

Peter C. Kratcoski and Max Edelbacher, “Initatives to Prevent and Control Financial

 Crimes,”  Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, New York, NY: March, 2012

 

Peter C. Kratcoski and Max Edelbacher “White Collar Crime: Threat to National

 Security” , European Society of Criminology, Bilboa, Spain: September 13-15,

 2012.

 

Peter C. Kratcoski and Max Edelbacher, “ Financial Crimes: A Global Threat”,

     European Society of Criminology, Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 12-15, 2011.

 

 

Partial Tuscarawas Faculty Publication/Research Activity

2013-2019

Akpan, Justice

Akpan, I.J. & Shanker, M. (2017). The confirmed realities and myths about

the benefits and costs of 3D visualization and virtual reality in discrete event

modeling and simulation: A descriptive meta-analysis of evidence from

research and practice, Computers & Industrial Engineering (CAIE),

112(2017), 197-211. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2017.08.020.

 

Akpan, I.J. and Shanker, M (2019). A comparative evaluation of the

effectiveness of virtual reality, 3D visualization, and 2D visual interactive

simulation: An exploratory meta-analysis. Simulation, 95(2), 145-170.

https://doi:10.1177/0037549718757039.

This paper won the editors’ choice award in Feb 2019

 

Razavi, R. Gharipour, A. Fleury, M. and Akpan, I.J. (2019). A Practical

Feature Engineering Framework for Electricity Theft Detection in Smart Grids.

Applied Energy, 238(2019), 481-494. Elsevier.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.01.076.

 

Razavi, R. Gharipour, A. Fleury, M. and Akpan, I.J. (2018) Large-Scale Study

of Occupancy Detection of Residential Buildings Using Smart Meter Data.

Energy and Buildings, 183(2019), 195-208. Elsevier.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.11.025

 

Akpan, I.J. (2016). The efficacy of consulting practicum in enhancing

students’ readiness for professional career in Management Information

Systems: An empirical analysis, Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative

Education, 14(4), 412-440. Wiley.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dsji.12109/full.

 

Akpan, I.J. & Brooks, R.J. (2014). Experimental evaluation of user

performance on two-dimensional and three-dimensional perspective displays

in discrete event simulation, Decision Support Systems (DSS), 64(2014), 14-

30. Elsevier. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2014.04.002.

 

Akpan, I.J., & Akpan, A. A. (2017). The impact of internet use on students'

learning outcomes in higher education in developing countries. International

Journal of Education Research, 12(1), 45-54. http://eds.a.ebscohost.com/.