Beth A. Sanders, Ph.D.

Position: Professor
Phone: 419-372-2326
Email: sandbet@bgsu.edu

About:

Dr. Beth Sanders spent several years working in public health at the Child Health Statistics Center housed at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. She joined BGSU in 2018 and is a past Chair of the Department of Human Services. She has served as a consultant to police departments in Ohio, Kentucky and Texas in the areas of officer selection, performance evaluation, and community relations. She has conducted program evaluations for adult probation and juvenile treatment programs and currently works with the Wood County Jail’s IGNITE program. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Criminal Justice Education, Deviant Behavior, and Policing.

Education:

Ph.D. Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati

M.S. Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati

B.A. Business & Organizational Communication, Otterbein College

Courses Taught:

Senior Seminar Research Methods

Police in America

Theoretical Foundation of Crime

Nature of Crime

Research Interests:

Police officer selection and promotion

Police officer job performance

Program evaluation

Criminological theory

Publications 

Beth A. Sanders (2003) "Maybe there’s no such thing as a “good cop”: Organizational challenges in selecting quality officers", Policing: An International Journal, Vol. 26 No. 2, pp. 313-328, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/13639510310475787

Beth A. Sanders (2008) "Using personality traits to predict police officer performance", Policing: An International Journal, Vol. 31 No. 1, pp. 129-147, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/13639510810852611  

Beth A. Sanders (2010) POLICE CHIEF PERCEPTIONS OF GOOD POLICING IN NON-URBAN DEPARTMENTS, Journal of Crime and Justice, 33:1, 117-135, DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.2010.9721282