Chris Hale is a Professor of Criminal Justice & Program Director at Louisiana State University Shreveport. He received his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Sam Houston State University. He earned his M.S. in Experimental Psychology from Emporia State University and earned a B.S. in Psychology from Kansas State University. He is a former member of the United States Army Reserve. His areas of concentration include Terrorism, Cybercrime, and Multiple Murder.
Prior to LSUS, Dr. Hale was the Associate Director of Information Technology for the Institute for the Study of Violent Groups, where he was the Chief Architect of a database capable of tracking thousands of global and domestic extremist groups. The database was one of five finalists chosen for the Mitretek Innovations Award in Homeland Security. Dr. Hale has presented numerous research papers at international, national, regional, state, and local conferences. He has had work published in Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law & Society, Proteus Futures Digest, the Extremis Project, and the International Journal of Emergency Management, among others. He has contributed to or co-authored books, including Wicked Shreveport, Extremist Groups: An International Compilation of Terrorist Organizations, Violent Political Groups, and Issue-Oriented Militant Movements, and most recently, Society, Ethics, and the Law: A Reader, where he addresses the ethical concerns of countering violent online extremism. He is a former instructor for the International Law Enforcement Academy in Roswell, New Mexico and a member of several professional organizations, including the American Society of Criminology, the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and the National Criminal Justice Honor Society.
Hale, W. C. (2021). Deleting Terror: Exploring the Ethical Aspects of Countering Online Extremism. In D. Mackey & K. Elvey (Eds.), Society, Ethics, and the Law: A Reader (1st Edition). Jones & Bartlett Publishing, Burlington, MA.
Chikeleze, M., Virgil, J., Hale, W., Johnson, I., Williams, D. (2021). Police Supervisors’ Servant Leadership and Line Officers’ Job Satisfaction: A Field Study. Servant Leadership: Theory and Practice, 8 (1), 13-28.
Hale, W. C. (2012). Extremism on the World Wide Web: A Research Review. Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law & Society, 25 (4), 343-356. Special Issue: Homeland Security and Criminal Justice: Reflections and Advancements Ten Years After 9/11. Guest Editor: Everette B. Penn
Mabrey, D., Miller, J. M., & Hale, W. C. (2007). New frontiers in tactical terrorism analysis: An evaluation of machine learning techniques to support counter-terrorism analysts decision making for predicting culpability in terrorist bombing attacks in Iraq. In J. Auger & W. Wimbish (Eds.), Proteus futures digest: A compilation of selected works derived from the 2006 proteus workshop (1st Edition). U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA: The Proteus Management Group.
Hale, W. C. (2006). Information vs. intelligence: Construction and analysis of a relational database of worldwide extremist activity. International Journal of Emergency Management, 3 (4), 280 – 297.
Institute for the Study of Violent Groups (2006). Extremist Groups: An International Compilation of Terrorist Organizations, Violent Political Groups, and Issue-Oriented Militant Movements (3rd Edition). Office of International Criminal Justice & the Institute for the Study of Violent Groups: Huntsville, TX. Chief architect of database used for analysis and headed the information technology staff that created the maps and network charts for the largest and most active terrorist groups in the world.
CJ 107: Introduction to Criminal Justice
CJ 320: Criminology
CJ 399: Internship in Criminal Justice
CJ 425 / 625: Violence in American Society
CJ 430 / 630: Deviant Behavior and Social Response
CJ 495/ 695: Independent Reading and Research
CJ 408 / 608: Computer Apps. for CJ Management
CJ 404 / 604: Cybercrime
CJ 410 / 610: Crime Analysis
CJ 406 / 606: Geographic Profiling in Criminal Justice
CJ 402 / 602: Terrorism
CJ 400 / 600: Homeland Security
CJ 440 / 640: Serial Murder
CJ 465 / 690: Sex Crimes & Sexual Deviance
CJ 490 / 690: Special Topics: Criminal Psychology
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