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Michael Berlin JD, PhD
5th Floor, Room 532
2500 W North Ave
Baltimore, MD 21216
Michael M. Berlin, J.D., Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Coordinator of the Criminal Justice Graduate Program at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Berlin’s areas of specialization include: constitutional law and criminal procedure, community policing, criminal justice leadership and management and terrorism/homeland security. Prior to his appointment at Coppin State University, Dr. Berlin served as a Professor of Criminal Justice at Baltimore City Community College where he directed both on-campus and Baltimore Police Academy Programs for over a decade. He is an attorney with more than 20 years experience in private practice and is a former Baltimore Police Officer. Dr. Berlin served as an instructor at the U.S. State Department sponsored International Law Enforcement Academy in Roswell, New Mexico, where he taught thousands of police supervisors from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Central and South America. He has also served as an instructor for police officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians at a U.S. Department of Homeland Security sponsored anti-terrorism training in Socorro, New Mexico. Dr. Berlin was named Instructor of the year by the Maryland Police Training Commission in 2003 and received the Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award from Coppin State University in 2012. His recent publications include Crime Scene Searches and the Fourth Amendment, The Evolution, Decline and Nascent Transformation of Community Policing in the United States: 1980 – 2010, An Overview of Police Academy Training in the United States and an Interview of the Honorable Robert M. Bell, Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland (State Supreme Court).
“Interview with Chief Judge Wanda K. Heard, Chief Judge, Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Ret.” in Trends in the Judiciary Interviews with Judges Across the Globe, Volume Four Edited By Wendell C. Wallace, Michael M. Berlin & Dilip K. Das. Routledge, Taylor & Francis. New York, Abington, U.K. December, 2021.
John A. Eterno, Eli B. Silverman & Michael M. Berlin (2021) Police leadership of tomorrow: comprehensive compstat performance management moving from stagnation to innovation, Police Practice and Research, 22:1, 886-902, DOI: 10.1080/15614263.2020.1725273
“Interview of J. Thomas Manger, Chief of Police Montgomery, County, Maryland” in Trends in Policing: Interviews with Police Leaders Across the Glove. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL 2016
Interview of Judge Frank Labuda, Superior Court of Sullivan County, New York for Trends in Judiciary: Interviews with Judges Across the Globe. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL 2017
“Interview of Judge Robert M Bell, Maryland Court of Appeals (Maryland State Supreme Court) for Trends in the Judiciary: Interviews with Police Leaders Across the Glove. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL 2014
“An Overview of Police Training in the United States in International Perspectives on Police Training” in International Perspectives on Police Training and Education. Edited by Perry Stanislas. Routledge. London, October, 2013
“Community Policing in New Haven, Connecticut and Richmond, Virginia. Articulation, Transmission, Awareness and Adoption of the Principles and Values of Community Policing.” American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences On-Line Journal, June, 2013.
Peer Reviewed Journal Article “Evolution of Community Policing” in Encyclopedia of Community Policing and Problem Solving edited by Kenneth J. Peak,. Sage Publications. June, 2013.
“Arrest, Courts and Stop and Frisk” in Encyclopedia of Street Crime in America. Edited by Jeffrey Ian Ross. Sage Publications, April, 2013.
“The Evolution, Decline and Nascent Transformation of Community Policing in the United States: 1980 – 2010. In Pamer, D., Berlin, M.M. and Das, D.K., eds. Global Environment of Policing. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL. 2012
Book Chapter and Editor Hopkins, A., Knapp, W., Clay, K & Berlin, M. “Aging Inmates: Correctional Issues and Initiatives”. Maryland Bar Journal. November/December, 2011.
Berlin, M. “Crime Scene Searches and the Fourth Amendment”. Investigative Sciences Journal. Vol. 3 No. 4. July, 2011
Peer Reviewed Journal Article Das D. & Berlin, M. Conclusion. In Das, D. and Edde, O. Eds. Abuse of Women and Children Around the World, Taylor and Francis. 2009.
Berlin, M. Implementing Community Policing: Case Studies of New Haven, Connecticut and Richmond, Virginia. Coppin State University Proceedings of the First Annual Research Conference. 2008.
Bishop L. Robinson Justice Institute Interim Co-Director, Curriculum, Instruction & Research
Coppin State University Criminal Justice Graduate Program Coordinator
Maryland Criminal Justice Consortium of College Educators. (MCJCCE) Co-Chair. The MCJCCE is statewide professional association of college and university criminal justice faculty and includes a representative from the University of Maryland Systems.
1991-2006 The University of Maryland Graduate School, Baltimore - Public Policy Ph.D.
1989-1990 The Johns Hopkins Fellows in Change Management Fellow/Certificate
1976-1979 University of Maryland School of Law J.D.
1971-1975 The Johns Hopkins University B.A., M.A., Psychology Dean's List/Departmental Honors
- Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)
- American Society of Criminology (ASC)
- International Police Executive Symposium (IPES)
- Maryland Council of Criminal Justice College Educators (MCCJCE)
Community Policing; Criminal Justice Leadership, Management and Organization; Criminal Procedure and Constitutional Law; Terrorism and Homeland Security
Instructor of the Year Maryland Police Training Commission in 2003 Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award Coppin State University in 2012.
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