Eterno, John A. 1959-

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Eterno, John A. 1959-

PERSONAL:

Born 1959, in Port Jefferson, NY; son of Teresa L. Eterno (a teacher; father, also a teacher; married; wife's name JoAnn K. (a homemaker); children: Julia, Lauren. Education: New YorkInstitute of Technology, M.P.S., 1987; State University of New York at Albany, M.A., 1991, Ph.D., 1999.

ADDRESSES:

Office—Molloy College, 1000 Hempstead Ave., P.O. Box 5002, Rockville Centre, NY 11571-5002. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Writer and educator. New York Police Department, New York, NY, career police officer, 1983-2004, retiring as captain; Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY, assistant professor of criminal justice, 2003—. Consultant to Development Research Institutes.

MEMBER:

International Police Executive Symposium, American Society of Criminology, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Police Foundation Award, 1996, for research on physical testing; Enterprise Initiative Award, City of New York, 2001, for innovative work on electronic mapping.

WRITINGS:


Policing within the Law: A Case Study of the New York City Police Department, Praeger (Westport, CT), 2003.

Contributor to books, including Professions of Faith: Living and Working As a Catholic,edited by James Martin and Jeremy Langford, Sheed & Ward (Franklin, WI), 2002; and Homeland Security for Police Administration: Recruitment, Retention, and Organizational Strategies, edited by Joseph Pascarella, Prentice Hall (Upper Saddle River, NJ). Contributor to periodicals, including Policing andJustice Research and Policy. Guest editor, Police Practice and Research, 2002.

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