Dr. Gina Robertiello
Short Biography
Dr. Gina Robertiello graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Administration of Justice from Rutgers University- New Brunswick, N.J. in 1991. In January 1993, Dr. Robertiello received her Master of Arts in Criminal Justice from Rutgers University-School of Criminal Justice in Newark, N.J. She successfully defended her dissertation and was awarded her Ph.D. in Criminal Justice on April 17, 2000 from Rutgers University-School of Criminal Justice. Dr. Robertiello has been married to her husband Peter since 1994 (after 7 ½ years of courtship)! Peter is a financial planner with Wachovia Securities in Wayne, New Jersey. They have two beautiful daughters, Brianna Christina (4/28/98) and Gabriella Gina (5/14/00). They also have a son (Joseph Dominic, 1/5/03). Their pictures are plastered all over Dr. R's office-so stop by for a gander.
As a undergraduate student, Robertiello conducted interviews with convicted battered women in the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in Clinton, N.J., and has continued her research efforts in this area by interviewing battered women in various shelters in New Jersey. In 2002, she published two book reviews (see vita) and a book chapter for Sage Publications. The book chapter was in Albert R. Roberts' (2003) book, Critical Issues in Crime and Justice, entitled "Victim Perceptions of the Utility of Domestic Violence Arrests and Restraining Orders". Dr. Robertiello also spent time during graduate school interviewing citizens in the ten largest drug markets in Jersey City, N.J. From that experience, she was determined to obtain citizen perceptions of the police in other large cities. Thus, Dr. Robertiello conducted the research for her dissertation on the streets on Newark, asking police officers and citizens about their perceptions regarding each other. Robertiello has also evaluated a Sheriff's Department (Bergen County, NJ) and two Civilian Police Academy Programs (West Orange and Morris County, NJ), and presented data on the above mentioned at national conferences in the last few years. Further, Dr. Robertiello also assisted with coding data on the COPS implementation (run by Dr. Joseph Palenski and Dr. Alisa Smith). Dr. Robertiello taught in the Criminal Justice Department at Seton Hall University since 1996, and was recently hired as an Associate Professor at Felician College in the Department of History and Social Sciences (fall 2005). She also taught for two years at Monmouth University before taking the Seton Hall position, and was an adjunct for many years before taking any full-time teaching positions. Her primary interests include police behavior and citizens perceptions of that behavior, and the study of domestic violence victims. She was recently appointed an honorary deputy sheriff in Bergen County (NJ) for her work evaluating their police and sheriff's department.
Dr. Robertiello enjoys teaching Research Methodology courses in Criminal Justice, incorporating IT into the course (see syllabi), and has taught off-site courses at the Bergen County Police Academy. Those courses include: Police in Modern America, Victimology, Criminological Theory, Cooperative Education and Internship. Dr. Robertiello is currently the Coordinator of the Criminal Justice Concentration (and is applying for approval for a Criminal Justice major), at Felician College. Information about the new program can be obtained from her during office hours, held in Kirby Hall Room 419.
Her most recent publication was: Roberts, Robertiello and Bender (2007) "National Survey of 107 Shelters for Battered Women and Their Children" in Battered Women and Their Families, 3rd Edition, NY: Springer Publishing Company. She also published the following: Robertiello and Paitakes (2006, Fall), "The Criminal Justice Department and the Career Center: An Important Relationship" in New Jersey Criminal Justice Educator, 9-11, an encyclopedic entry on "Stalking" for Salem Press, and another on "Police Powers", for Salem Press (both 2005 publications in the book entitled Criminal Justice). Dr. Robertiello has an article in the journal entitled Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention (Oxford University Press), entitled "Domestic Violence and Mental Illness: A Review of Potential Correlates and Suggestions for Assessment and Treatment" (2006) 6 (2) 111-121. In addition, Dr. R published: "Are Civilian Police Academy Programs Working? An Evaluation Effort in Suburban New Jersey in the Fall 2006 New Jersey Criminal Justice Educator (p 2-3), as well as "Civilian Police Academies: Worth the effort in New Jersey", in NJ Cops: The Garden Sate Law Enforcement Journal, p.8, 37. She also published an article from her dissertation for the Evidence Based Practice Manual: Research Outcome Measures in Health and Human Services (Eds. Albert R. Roberts and Kenneth Yeager, Oxford University Press), entitled, "Measuring Police and Citizen Perceptions of Police" and recently had her first book published (Edwin Mellen, December 2004) entitled Police and Citizen Perceptions of Police Behavior. Further, she presented data at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual meeting in March 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005, and presented two papers at ACJS in March 2006. One was on Career Centers and their Relationship with a Criminal Justice Department and one was a National Study of Catholic Colleges and Universities in the US with a Criminal Justice Major. She chaired a panel and presented at the March 2004 Women's Conference at Seton Hall University and recently (October 2005) did a presentation on College Victimization at Seton Hall University. She presented a paper at this year's North Eastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences (June, 2007 in Rhode Island), and recently guest lectured at Rutgers University for Dr. Albert R. Roberts in his Victimology and Crisis Intervention class (February 2007).
Dr. Robertiello is currently putting the final touches on an article (with Dr. Albert R. Roberts) on a "National Study of 130 Law Enforcement Agencies in the U.S." which will be published in the near future.. She also recently published an article with Karen Terry entitled "Can We Profile Sex Offenders?: A Review of Sex Offender Typologies" in Aggression and Violent Behavior 12 (5): 508-518. and two new book reviews: A Review of Ending Intimate Abuse for ACJS Today and A Review of Sexual Offenses and Offenders in Victims and Offenders. For a complete list of Dr. Robertiello's professional work experience, as well as activities, community service and professional memberships, see her curriculum vita.
During her first semester at Felician, Dr. Robertiello taught Criminal Justice I, Principles of Sociology and Dynamics of Urban Society. In the spring, she taught CJ I, CJ II and Victimology, and in the summer she taught CJ I and CJ II again. Last fall, she added Criminology to the schedule and teaches Senior Seminar and Internship in Criminal Justice. During the fall of 2007 she added two new courses to the curriculum (Community Supervision and Juvenile Delinquency). Please contact Dr. R at 201-559-6000 X6234 or at robertiellog@felician.edu for further questions.