Ph.D., City University of New York Graduate Center
M.Phil., City University of New York Graduate Center
M.A., John Jay College of Criminal Justice
M.S., Tiffin University
B.S., Charter Oak State College

DeCarlo, J. Dysart, J. (2010) Differential Aspects of Weapon Focus Effect in Police and Civilians, Law & Human Behavior, In press

DeCarlo, J, Ready, J, White, M. & Kopp, P. (2010) Examining Non-users, Users, and High-Frequency Users of the TASER: A Multi-Site Evaluation, Justice Quarterly, In press

DeCarlo, J. (2009) Chapter on Amadou Diallo in Jones-Brown, D. & Frazier, B. African Americans and Criminal Justice: An Encyclopedia Greenwood Press, New York

DeCarlo, J (2008) Distance Learning and Police Officers, Connecticut Chiefs of Police Magazine, Washington D.C.

DeCarlo, J. (2007) Using Police Training as an Alternative to the Exclusionary Rule: Pros and Cons Consortium on Accreditation For Law Enforcement Agencies, Washington D.C.

DeCarlo, J. (2006) An Alternative to Structured Query Language in Documentation Research, Consortium on Accreditation For Law Enforcement Agencies

DeCarlo, J. (2004) A Phenomenological Examination of Student Self Efficacy in Distance Learning, International Journal of Instructional Technology

Professor DeCarlo has 34 years of experience in police management and administration and is the former chief of police in Branford, CT. DeCarlo is actively involved in several areas of research including police use of force, weapon focus effect, consequences of multiple perpetrators on eyewitness efficacy and policing methodologies and bureaupathology.