Professor of Criminology
Chair of the Criminology Department
434.544.8129
mccabe@lynchburg.edu
Elliot & Rosel Schewel Hall 321
Experience
Academic Appointments:
- July 2015-present, Professor, Department of Criminology
- July 2005-June 2015, Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Lynchburg
- May 2006-present, Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of Lynchburg
- August 2001-May 2006, Associate Professor, Program of Sociology, University of Lynchburg
- August 1996-August 2001, Assistant Professor, College of Criminal Justice, University of South Carolina
- July 1991-August 1996, Instructor, College of Criminal Justice, University of South Carolina
Professional Service:
- September 2004-2020, Member, Bedford County Library Foundation
- 2002 – Present, Grants Evaluator, U.S. Department of Education. Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiatives and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
- May 2003-June 2005, Member, Bedford Virginia Regional Library Board
Consultation:
Consultant to federal, state, and local agencies in the United States for design, implementation, and evaluation of criminal justice and public safety programs, strategic planning, recruitment, and problem-solving.
Special Education:
- July 2013: Harvard University Institute of Management
- March 2004: Oxford University (faculty roundtable representative), Oriel College, Oxford, England
- Summer 1997: University of Michigan (faculty fellowship), Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, ICPSR Workshop on Longitudinal Data and Analysis
- Summer 1996: University of Michigan (post-doctoral fellowship), Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, ICPSR Workshop on Analysis of Discrete Data from Complex Designs
- Summer 1995: University of Michigan (student fellowship), Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, ICPSR Workshop on Quantitative Analysis of Crime and Criminal Justice
Education
- PhD, Sociology – University of South Carolina, 1996
- MCJ – University of South Carolina, Criminal Justice, 1990
- BA – Virginia Tech, Math Education, 1987
Publications (Selected)
- McCabe, Kimberly. 2022. Transnational Organized Crime: Yesterday and Today. Cognella Publishing.
- McCabe, Kimberly, B. Egan, and T. Eagle. 2020. Act of Violence in the School Setting: National and International Response. Rowan and Littlefield Publishers.
- McCabe, Kimberly. 2017. Protecting Your Children Online: What You Need to Know About Online Threats to Your Children. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
- McCabe, Kimberly and Daniel G. Murphy. 2016. Child Abuse: Today’s Issues. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
- McCabe, Kimberly and Sabita Manian. 2010. Sex Trafficking: A Global Perspective. Lexington Books.
- McCabe, Kimberly. 2008. The Trafficking of Persons: National and International Responses. Peter Lang International Academic Publishers.
- Mccabe, Kimberly and Greg Martin. 2004. School Violence, the Media, and the Criminal Justice Responses. Peter Lang International Academic Publishers.
- McCabe, Kimberly. 2003. Child Abuse and the Criminal Justice System, Peter Lang International Academic Publishers.
Awards
- Omicron Delta Kappa
- Pi Omicron Chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma, the National Criminal Justice Honor Society
- Alpha Kappa Delta (Sociology Honor Society), August 2001 – Present
Professional Affiliations
- Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, August 1993 – Present
- Southern Criminal Justice Association, September 1993 – Present
- American Society of Criminology, August 1994 – 2016
- Southern Sociology Society, October 2001 – 2006
Professional Interests
- Research methods with special emphasis on quantitative evaluation of criminal justice and public safety programs
- Police policies and procedures
- Child and elder victimization
- School violence
- Trafficking of persons
