Di Jia

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Di Jia

Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology

Criminal Justice & Criminology

Office Hours

MW 3:30 PM -- 5:30 PM
TR 10:45--11:45

Biography

Dr. Di Jia

Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at MSU.

After getting her Ph.D. in the U.S., Dr. Jia is committed to teaching criminal justice. As a former law enforcement officer at the Emergency Command Center in China, she applies her research and work experience to the classroom.

Research Interests

    Crime Pattern and Place-based Criminology
    Community Policing and Neighborhood Crime Prevention
    Homeland Security and Cyber Security
    Comparative Studies on Criminal Justice Issues

Teaching Interests

    Her teaching interests include Police Systems and Practices; Crime Analysis; Homeland Security and Crisis Management; International and Comparative Studies on Criminal Justice Issues. She also devotes her future teaching career to the fields of cybersecurity and Cybercrime based on her experience and expertise.

Education

PhD in Criminal Justice

Sam Houston State University

MA in Police Administration--Comparative Study

Chinese People’s Public Security University

BS in Human Resources Management

Hebei University of Economics and Business

Published Works

    Gerber, J., Jia, D. (2025). COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program Loan Fraud: Rational Choice Theory as a Guide in the Study of White-Collar Crime. Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crimehttps://doi.org/10.1177/2631309x251347308. Riccio, V., Jia, D., Dilip, D. (2025). Integrating Science, Technology, and Higher Education into Policing: Interdisciplinary and International Perspectives. (). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003452379 Jia, D. . Exploring an incorporated model of community justice in Chinese immigrant community: the perspective of law enforcement. (pp pp.75-90). Integrating Science, Technology, and Higher Education into Policing: Interdisciplinary and International Perspectives. Gerber, J., Jia, D. (2023). Chinese Immigrants’ Perceptions of Community Justice in the USA: An Exploratory Study. . Białostockie Studia Prawnicze, 28(1), 173-196., 28(1), 173-196.. https://doi.org/10.15290/bsp.2023.28.01.10. Gerber, J., Jia, D. (2021). Perceptions of Police Officers on the Floating Population: A Pilot Study of Community Justice Initiatives in China. (). CRC Press. 1020 15th street 13J Jia, D., Roth, P. M. (2019). From Sleeping Giant to Police State: A Comparative Study of Pre-Socialist Police Systems In China and Russia. American Review of China Studies, Volume 20(No. 1, Spring 2019), p.71-p.96. arcs-journal.org/current-issue/. Gerber, J., Jia, D. (2019). Community Policing and Community Justice: Studying a Marginalized Population Segment in the People's Republic of China. (). Current Problems of Penal Law and Criminology, eighth edition. Mitchell, M. M., Brinser, K., Jia, D., . (2019). HOPE is around the corner: Determining the effect of neighborhood revitalization on crime. Criminal Justice Policy Reviewhttps://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/zu36AYReEYZeeaPEH92Z/full. Jia, D. (2018). Should we police disorder? An local examination of the spatial and temporal aspects of "Broken Windows" theory. . Jia, D., Spooner, K., Del Carmen, V. R. (2016). An analysis and categorization of U.S. Supreme Court cases under the exigent circumstances exception to the warrant requirement. George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journalhttps://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/gmcvr27&div=5&g_sent=1&casa_token=&collection=journals. Mitchell, M. M., Spooner, K., Jia, D., Zhang, Y. (2016). The effect of prison visitation on reentry success: A meta-analysis. Journal of Criminal Justicehttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047235216300575. Cuvelier, J. S., Jia, D., Jin, C. (2015). Chinese police cadets’ attitudes toward police roles revisited. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Managementhttps://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/PIJPSM-09-2014-0101. Jia, D. (2007). Police crisis management. The Chinese People’s Public Security University Press, Jia, D. (2006). American INCOSIT policing training plan. Journal of China’s Special Police. Jia, D. (2005). Police civilization system in U.K. and its adoption to China . Journal of Jiangxi Police College.. Jia, D. (2005). Policing crisis with Chinese characteristics. Journal of Chinese People’s Public Security University.