Rate My Professor Kiseong Kuen

Dr. Kiseong Kuen is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University, a position he assumed in July 2024. He is also a member of the Griffith Criminology Institute and part of the Crime and Place Working Group. Kiseong earned his PhD in Criminology, Law and Society from George Mason University in Spring 2024. His dissertation, titled 'A Reassessment of the Process-Based Model of Policing: Filling Three Major Gaps,' was supervised by David Weisburd and consisted of three articles addressing measurement issues in procedural justice, reciprocal relationships between procedural justice and police legitimacy, and longitudinal impacts on citizens' reporting of neighborhood problems. Prior to his doctoral studies, Kiseong completed mandatory military service as a police officer in South Korea for approximately two years, during which he identified key areas for enhancing policing effectiveness and fairness.

Kiseong's research focuses on crime concentrations at micro places, procedural justice in hot spots policing, police legitimacy, evidence-based policing, perceptions of disorder, legal cynicism, antisocial and prosocial activities at crime hot spots, police stress, crime reporting, and community social control. His publications appear in prestigious journals including Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Criminology & Public Policy, Criminal Justice and Behavior, and Urban Studies. Key works include 'Crime concentrations at micro places: A review of the evidence' (2024, with D. Weisburd et al., 46 citations), 'Broken windows and community social control: Evidence from a study of street segments' (2024, 39 citations), 'Are the police primarily responsible for influencing place-level perceptions of procedural justice and effectiveness? A longitudinal study of street segments' (2024, 35 citations), 'Examining impacts of street characteristics on residents' fear of crime: Evidence from a longitudinal study of crime hot spots' (2022, 34 citations), 'Reducing Officers’ Resistance to Evidence-Based Policing: Does Police Self-Legitimacy Matter?' (2025), and 'Do White and Black People Truly View the Police Differently? Findings from a Study of Crime Hot Spots in Baltimore, Maryland' (2025). With over 190 citations on ResearchGate, his collaborations with scholars like David Weisburd and Cynthia Lum advance policing and crime place theories. Kiseong received the Outstanding Student Article Award from the American Society of Criminology’s Division of Policing in 2023 and was honored as an Outstanding Graduating Student by George Mason University’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences in 2024. He teaches courses such as Quantitative Methods for Social Research.