Associate Professor
Sociology & Criminal Justice

Arif Akgul

6000 BATTEN ARTS & LETTERS BLDG
NORFOLK, 23529

Ph.D. in Political Science / Criminal Justice , Washington State University, (2007)

Articles

Akgul, A., Grimes, J. and Valentine, S. (2025). Human Security and Afghan Refugee Resettlement in the US: A Case Study of Camp Atterbury. Journal of Strategic Security 18 (2) , pp. 13.
Gallagher, C. W., Akgul, A., Sozer, M., Avdija, A. and Pickens, S. (2024). COVID-19 and policing: a qualitative study of sheriff departments in rural Indiana. Criminal Justice Review 49 (2) , pp. 222-243.
Akbas, H., Ozer, M. and Akgul, A. (2022). Crime concentration, African-American density, and racial disparity in police arrests. Crime Prevention and Community Safety 24 , pp. 1–13.
Avdija, A. and Akgul, A. (2021). Examining the Clearance Rates of Violent and Non-Violent Offences in the United States: A Trend Analysis, 2011–2018. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 65 (10-11) , pp. 1224-1241.
Akgul, A. and Gurer, C. (2021). Exploring the victimization of Syrian refugees through the human security model: An ethnographic approach. Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism 21 (1) , pp. 46-66.
Aydin, H., Gundogdu, M. and Akgul, A. (2019). Integration of Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Understanding the Educators’ Perception. Journal of International Migration and Integration 20 (4) , pp. 1029-1040.
Akgul, A., Akbas, H. and Kule, A. (2019). Probation system in Turkey: An analysis of a public policy formation using multiple streams framework. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice 43 (4) , pp. 325-340.
Akgul, A. and Koprulu, O. Murat. (2017). Turkish drug policies since 2000: A triangulated analysis of national and international dynamics. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice 48 , pp. 65-79.

Book Chapters

Akgul, A., Avdija, A., Gallagher, C., Girod, R. and Pinnell, K. (2024). Institutional Isomorphism as a Lens: Understanding the Effects of the Pandemic on Law Enforcement Policies and Practices Policing during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Perspective (pp. 84-104) Routledge.
Gurer, C. and Akgul, A. (2020). Conflict, Human Displacement, and Integration: Exploring the Vulnerability of Refugees (pp. 26-51) IGI Global.