Dr. Shelley Liu is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice in the Department of Social Sciences at Bronx Community College. She received her Ph.D. degree in Criminal Justice from Rutgers University. She was a criminal investigator for a local police department in China before she studied for her Ph.D. degree in the U.S. Her research interests include comparative criminal justice, policing, and police attitudes toward the use of force. Her current research focuses on distance learning and its effects on student success, which is aligned with her student-centered teaching philosophy. Her publications appeared in several criminal justice journals, including, but not limited to, Feminist Criminology, International Journals of Police Science and Management, and Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology.  

Education
Ph.D., Criminal Justice, Rutgers University

Courses Taught
CRJ 11, Introduction to Criminal Justice
CRJ 21 Introduction to Criminology
CRJ 22 Introduction to Policing

Recent Publications
Liu, Shelley. 2023. Chinese Police and its Support for the Use of Force”. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice. 21(2):103-127.

Liu, Shelley. 2023. Citizen Provoking Behavior and Police Attitudes toward the Use of Force: A Scenario-Based Study in China. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. Volume 38, Issue 1: 210-218.  

Liu, Shelley & Zhang, Lening. 2021. Police Attitudes toward the Inappropriate Use of Force in China. International Journal of Police Science and Management. Volume 23, Issue 4: 358-371.