Dr. Eric L. Piza is an Associate Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. Prior to entering academia, he served as the Specialist of the Newark, NJ Police Department, Research Director for Crime Analytics of the Rutgers Center on Public Security, and Research Program
Coordinator of the Police Institute. Dr. Piza is involved in a number of applied research projects focusing on the spatial analysis of crime patterns, problem-oriented policing, crime control technology, and the integration of academic research and police practice. Currently, Dr. Piza is leading a research project involving the systematic observation of body-camera footage to analyze situational characteristics of police use of force events. He has published more 45 peer-reviewed journal articles and secured over $2.3 million in grants in support of this research. Dr. Piza was the 2017 recipient of the American Society of Criminology, Division of Policing’s Early Career Award, which recognizes
outstanding scholarly contributions to the field of policing by someone who has received his or her Ph.D. degree within the last five years. He received his PhD from Rutgers University, School of Criminal Justice.
Dr. Eric L. Piza is an Associate Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. Prior to entering academia, he served as the Specialist of the Newark, NJ Police Department, Research Director for Crime Analytics of the Rutgers Center on Public Security, and Research Program
Coordinator of the Police Institute. Dr. Piza is involved in a number of applied research projects focusing on the spatial analysis of crime patterns, problem-oriented policing, crime control technology, and the integration of academic research and police practice. Currently, Dr. Piza is leading a research project involving the systematic observation of body-camera footage to analyze situational characteristics of police use of force events. He has published more 45 peer-reviewed journal articles and secured over $2.3 million in grants in support of this research. Dr. Piza was the 2017 recipient of the American Society of Criminology, Division of Policing’s Early Career Award, which recognizes
outstanding scholarly contributions to the field of policing by someone who has received his or her Ph.D. degree within the last five years. He received his PhD from Rutgers University, School of Criminal Justice.